On Friday, September 27, 2024, the School of Computer Science held its annual Cheriton Research Symposium, a showcase of research excellence made possible by David R. Cheriton’s generous investment in computer science research.
The event opened with presentations by Cheriton Fellows Eric Blais and Semih Salihoğlu. Their presentations were followed by a panel discussion on the future of computer science education, featuring Professors David R. Cheriton, Carmen Bruni, Gordon Cormack and Mei Nagappan, with Professor Dave Tompkins serving as moderator.
In the afternoon, the symposium continued with a well-attended poster session featuring the work of 12 graduate students.
“It’s wonderful to see the breadth of high-quality research conducted by our students,” said Khuzaima Daudjee, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the Cheriton School of Computer Science. “I’d like to extend my thanks to all the graduate students who presented their findings, and congratulations to the winners of the poster session.”
Professor Daudjee extends his gratitude and thanks to the faculty members who volunteered their time to serve as judges for the poster presentations: Professors Daniel Berry, Xiao Hu, Kate Larson, Sihang Liu, Ali Mashtizadeh, Chengnian Sun, Richard Trefler, Daniel Vogel, Meng Xu and Hongyang Zhang.
First place winner — $300 prize
Ryusuke Sugimoto, advised by Professors Toshiya Hachisuka and Christopher Batty
Velocity-based Monte Carlo Fluids (download PDF of poster)
Second-place winner — $200 prize
Weiming Ren, advised by Professor Wenhu Chen
Towards Practical Video Generation and Editing (download PDF of poster)
Third-place winner — $100 prize
Gustavo Sutter Pessurno de Carvalho, advised by Professor Pascal Poupart
In-context Example Selection Based on Error Structure for Grammatical Error Correction (download PDF of poster)
