Current students

9 waterloo students standing behind a yellow bar and doing the "W" sign with their hands

Seventeen students from the University of Waterloo and Wilfred Laurier University dominated ETHDenver, held from February 23 to March 2, 2025.

ETHDenver is the world’s largest and longest-running Ethereum event. Since 2018, it has hosted blockchain-focused events, including panel discussions, workshops, networking sessions, and boot camps. Their main event is #BUIDLathon, a hackathon where attendees can team up to develop their own blockchain projects.

Please note: This seminar will take place in DC 1304.

Mathias Lécuyer, Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314.

Yiran Wang, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Chengnian Sun

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314 and online.

Yelizaveta Brus, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Shane McIntosh

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314 and online.

Prashant Gokhale, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Therese Biedl

a futuristic stock image of a hand holding a dropper, while a microscope is overlaying it

Waterloo researchers use machine learning to predict how new drugs could affect the body.

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314.

Yuan Liu, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Yuying Li, Peter Forsyth

Please note: This PhD defence will take place online.

Negar Arabzadehghahyazi, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Charles Clarke

Please note: This seminar will take place in DC 2568.

Rafael Oliveira, Professor
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online only.

Futian Zhang, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisors: Professors Jian Zhao, Keiko Katsuragawa

Current students

Waterloo students win nearly $100k USD at ETHDenver 2025

Seminar • Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) • Adversarial Robustness and Privacy Measurements using Hypothesis-tests

Please note: This seminar will take place in DC 1304.

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Software Engineering • Latra: A Template-Based Language-Agnostic Transformation Framework for Program Reduction

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314.

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Software Engineering • Characterizing Recheck Builds in Continuous Integration

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314 and online.

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Algorithms and Complexity • Efficient Algorithms for RDV Graphs

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314 and online.

Using AI to accelerate drug development

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Scientific Computing • Investigation to a Neural Network Approach to Optimal Dynamic Allocation Problem in Defined Contribution Pension Plans

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314.

PhD Defence • Information Retrieval • Evaluation of Information Access Systems in the Generative Era

Please note: This PhD defence will take place online.

Seminar • Algorithms and Complexity • Almost Tight Exponential Lower Bounds for Binary Linear 3-LCCs

Please note: This seminar will take place in DC 2568.

PhD Seminar • Human-Computer Interaction • Drum Menu: Bimanual Controller Command Access Techniques in Virtual Reality

Please note: This PhD seminar will take place online only.