Please join us for two days of celebrations, presentations and awards.
2019 Computer Science Awards Ceremony
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 • 4:15 p.m. • DC Fishbowl
Join Mark Giesbrecht, Director of the Cheriton School of Computer Science, as he recognizes the many achievements and awards conferred to our faculty members and students. The ceremony will begin right after the School of Computer Science’s council meeting.
- Download the CS Achievement Awards poster (PDF)
View a sampling of photos from last year’s Computer Science Awards Ceremony.
Recognizing Excellence Summit
Please note: The Recognizing Excellence Summit is a free event and open to all, but registration is required.
2019 Wes Graham Research Symposium
Thursday, June 13, 2019 • 8 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
Time | Speakers | Location |
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8:00 a.m. | Morning Refreshments | DC 1302 |
8:15 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks Mark Giesbrecht, Professor and Director, Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo |
DC 1302 |
8:30 a.m. | Emotional Identity in Assistive Technology for Aging Jesse Hoey, Inaugural Graham Research Fellow, Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo |
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8:50 a.m. | Improving Perceived Humanness of Virtual Agents Through Emotions Moojan Ghafurian, Inaugural Graham Postdoctoral Fellow, Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo |
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9:20 a.m. | Early Detection of Cancer (Multiple Myeloma) Relapse from Blood with Mass Spectrometry and Computation Bin Ma, Inaugural Graham Research Fellow, Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo |
DC 1302 |
Turing Symposium & Celebrating Women in Computer Science
Thursday, June 13, 2019 • 9:55 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Time | Speakers | Location |
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9:55 a.m. | Break | DC 1302 |
10:10 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks Stephen M. Watt, Dean, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo |
DC 1302 |
10:15 a.m. |
Introduction of Barbara Liskov Multicore Programming |
DC 1302 |
11:00 a.m. |
Introduction of Shafi Goldwasser Cryptography for Safe Machine Learning |
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11:45 a.m. |
Celebrating Women in Computer Science Moderator: Maura Grossman, Director of Women in Computer Science, Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo Panelists: Barbara Liskov and Shafi Goldwasser, ACM A.M. Turing Award Laureates |
DC 1302 |
12:30 p.m. | Symposium Luncheon Lunch vouchers will be available |
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Recognizing Excellence Series
Thursday, June 13, 2019 • 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Time | Speakers | Location |
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2:00 p.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks Stephen M. Watt, Dean, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo |
DC 1302 |
2:10 p.m. | The Accidental Entrepreneurd: A Pocket MBA in 30 Minutes or Less Eldon Sprickerhoff, 2019 J. W. Graham Medal Recipient Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer, eSentire |
DC 1302 |
2:45 p.m. | How to Sell your Company to Bill Gates for $150M Sam Pasupalak, 2018 Young Alumni Achievement Medal Recipient, Co-founder and former CEO, Maluuba |
DC 1302 |
3:15 p.m. | Working with Bright High School Students Eddie Cheng, 2018 Alumni Achievement Medal Recipient, Distinguished Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University |
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3:45 p.m. | Where are our Future Global Leaders are Going to Come From? Keith Farlinger, 2018 Alumni Achievement Medal Recipient, CEO, BDO International Limited |
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