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Wednesday, September 21, 2022 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Software Engineering • Studying and Leveraging API Usage Patterns

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place online.

Sruthi Venkatanarayanan, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Patrick Lam

Wednesday, September 21, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

PhD Seminar • Data Systems • Operator Selection and Ordering in a Pipeline Approach to Efficiency Optimizations for Transformers

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online.

Ji Xin, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Jimmy Lin and Yaoliang Yu

Monday, September 19, 2022 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Algorithms and Complexity • A Las Vegas Algorithm for the Ordered Majority Problem

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place online.

Ben Baral, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: University Professor J. Ian Munro

Wednesday, September 21, 2022 10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Bioinformatics • Modelling Allostery Using a Computational Analysis of Side-chain Interactions

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place online.

Leonard Zhao, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Forbes Burkowski

Wednesday, September 14, 2022 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Algorithms and Complexity • Connectivity Properties of the Flip Graph After Forbidding Triangulation Edges

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place online.

Reza Bigdeli, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Anna Lubiw

The flip graph for a set $P$ of points in the plane has a vertex for every triangulation of $P$, and an edge when two triangulations differ by one flip that replaces one triangulation edge by another.

The flip graph is known to have some connectivity properties:

composite photo of 2022 Schulich Leaders who will be studying computer science and software engineering
Tuesday, September 6, 2022

Waterloo welcomes 2022 Schulich Leaders who will be studying computer science and software engineering

For the eleventh year in a row, the University of Waterloo is welcoming ten exceptional first-year students who were awarded a Schulich Leaders Scholarship. Of those who received the prestigious award, six will be studying computer science or software engineering.

Friday, September 2, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Quantum Computing • On the Power of Interleaved Low-depth Quantum and Classical Circuits

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given in QNC 1201 and online.

Abhishek Anand, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Shalev Ben-David

photo of Nathalia Nascimento with breath-based blood glucose monitor
Monday, August 8, 2022

Computer scientists develop diabetes monitor that detects blood glucose levels using a person’s breath

A next-generation diabetes monitor that analyzes breath could soon mean no more needle pricks to check blood sugar levels. The device uses gas sensors to measure breath instantly, then using Bluetooth sends data to an app on a mobile device to give a readout.

Distinct biomarkers in exhaled breath carry a subtle chemical signature that the device picks up before the app uses a deep learning algorithm to produce rapid individual results.