Computer Science Education Week is taking place between December 5 and December 11 around the world in celebration of computer science pioneer Grace Hopper's birthday (December 9, 1906).
Celebrate with your students, classmates, friends, family and more by learning or teaching others to code. You can choose from a variety of programs and activities to get you going. It's easy!
Faculty and Computer Science Undergraduate Research Assistants (URAs) are invited to participate in the inaugural URA appreciation event hosted by the Graduate Recruitment Committee.
This reception is for students and faculty to come together to share their research ideas, showcase projects and discover additional educational opportunities.
Appetizers and refreshments will be included.
Workshop
| Dates | Times |
|---|---|
| Friday, November 11 | 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. |
| Saturday, November 12 | 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. |
Second, third and fourth-year undergraduate students are invited to come out and learn more about graduate studies in Faculty of Mathematics.
Are you interested in what a career in computing can look like? Are you looking for ways that your tech career can make an impact on the world?
Attend the WiCS Panel on Meaningful Careers in Computing to hear from members of the industry about their roles in meaningful projects in diverse fields including: healthcare, education, digital forensics, and non-profit. Our panelists include experienced professionals from Google, Medicalis, Chalk.com, Agfa, Magnet, and GE.
Ophir Frieder
Robert L. McDevitt, K.S.G., K.C.H.S. and Catherine H. McDevitt L.C.H.S. Chair in Computer Science and Information Processing
Georgetown University
Gail Murphy
Computer Science Professor and Associate VP Research & International pro tem
University of British Columbia
The Cheriton School of Computer Science will hold its annual Cheriton Research Symposium September 16 in the Davis Centre.
Sophisticated, complex, and numerous, rhetorical figures from antimetabole to zeugma have been rich resources for communication, literature and argumentation for over two millennia.
Rooted in the boundary area between mathematics and computer science, computer algebra has evolved as a lively independent discipline and significantly influenced the research in many scientific fields.
Ricardo Baeza-Yates
UPF, Spain and UChile
Monday, April 18, 2016
2:30 p.m.
DC 1302
Graduate students are invited to a reception with Professor Baeza-Yates following the talk, starting at 3:30 p.m. in DC 2310.
Abstract:
Kevin Leyton-Brown
University of British Columbia
3:30 p.m. • DC 1302
The David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science invites you to a special retirement celebration in honour of David Taylor.
RSVP for this event.
Workshop
| Dates | Times |
|---|---|
| Friday, January 29 | 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. |
| Saturday, January 30 | 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. |
| Sunday, January 31 | 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. |
Rick Haldenby
School of Architecture
University of Waterloo
Friday, January 22, 2016
3:45 p.m.
DC 1302
Abstract:
Students are invited to attend an information session relating to choosing their upper year courses, hosted by Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor Charlie Clarke.
Students will hear:
- Information on all fourth-year and optional third-year courses.
- Differences among courses
- Advice on preparation for upper-year specialization (e.g. what courses to choose to prepare for graphics, AI)
Refreshments will be provided
Women In Computer Science will be running a new event this term, to help students prepare for technical interviews (in advance of co-op, summer-internship, and employment interviews).
Saturday, January 16, 1 - 4 p.m. QNC ground floor and second floor atriums (presentation room to be announced).
Please register!
Bring your own copy of Cracking the Code Interview (or other) book!
Early one morning in the spring of 2013, my daughter called home from college announcing she intended to drop her computer science major. “I’m really bad at it,” she says. “I’m the worst in the class; I don’t fit in.” Her confidence was shaken by being one of just two women in a class of 25, and by not having the resources to support her. After taking 3 computer science classes, she drops the CS major. Turns out she was earning a B.
