David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Professor Ian Goldberg has been named a 2026 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the nation’s highest honour bestowed upon scholars, artists and scientists.

He is among 105 newly elected Fellows nationwide and one of seven Waterloo researchers elected this year in recognition of their exceptional scholarly, artistic and scientific achievements.

Professor Jimmy Lin has been named a 2026 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the nation’s highest honour for scholars, artists and scientists.

He is among 105 individuals across Canada, and seven at the University of Waterloo, elected as RSC Fellows this year in recognition of their exceptional scholarly, scientific and artistic achievements.

Jeffrey Zang is a first-year computer science student at the University of Waterloo. At 15, he landed his first internship and completed four software internships before his 19^th birthday.  

Since high school, he has competed in 17 hackathons, where he built projects from an eye-tracking device to a conversational robot resembling former President Barack Obama. He became the youngest co-chair of Hack the 6ix, Toronto’s largest hackathon. With his help, the hackathon garnered more than 1,100 attendees and secured nearly $50,000 in sponsorship from companies such as Microsoft and Deloitte. He went on to organize six hackathons.