Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Tamer Özsu named fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science professor Tamer Özsu was recently named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). 

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Undergraduate Research Opportunities Conference (UROC) applications now closed

The David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo is hosting its second annual Undergraduate Research Opportunities Conference (UROC) this coming fall. Following enthusiastic demand from last year, the School is extending this year’s workshop to a 4-day, fully funded event. The conference offers students the opportunity to explore research through a series of group-work sessions by tackling a mini project alongside a professor.
Monday, June 6, 2016

CS resarchers help users reduce cyberslacking and increase their physical activity with a tap, a click, or a kick

An innovative wearable technology for standing desks that creates a new way of interacting with your computer could reduce cyberslacking and increase healthy movement.
 
Researchers at the University of Waterloo’s David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science are hoping to make computing a bit more fun and physically active all while helping computer users kick cyberslacking habits by introducing a foot interaction method for computer users with a standing desk. 
 

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Finger-specific key presses could speed up computer interaction

Finger-aware shortcuts

If you’re looking for a way to use a computer more efficiently, researchers at the University of Waterloo’s David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science may have a solution for you.

Master’s candidate Jingjie Zheng and Professor Daniel Vogel have recently filed a patent that would allow computer users to trigger different shortcut commands by pressing the same keyboard key with different fingers, hands, or hand postures.

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Waterloo Black ACM team places 13th at 2016 ICPC world finals

ACM competition team

The Waterloo Black Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest competition team has placed 13th overall at the 2016 world finals in Phuket, Thailand. The team was awarded a bronze medal for solving 9 of 13 problems and $1,500 for the team. 

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