News archive - February 2019

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Rina Wehbe’s video selected as a top entry in NSERC's Science, Action! Contest

screen shot of Rina Webhe's video entry in NSERC’s Science, Action! video contest

A video created by Rina R. Wehbe, a PhD student at the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, has been selected as one of 40 entries in NSERC’s Science, Action! video contest.

Titled Playing with Space, Rina’s video explores designing large displays for collaboaration.

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

2019 QS World University Rankings places computer science at Waterloo 22nd globally

photo of Mark Giesbrecht, Director of the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) released its 2019 World University Rankings and once again Waterloo finds itself amongst the best universities in Canada and around the world. Building on momentum, computer science at Waterloo ranked 22ndglobally, up nine spots relative to the 2018 ranking. 

Monday, February 18, 2019

Professor Florian Kerschbaum speaks about cybersecurity, privacy and ethics in the age of machine learning and AI at World Affairs Conference

photo of Professor Florian Kerschbaum

Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor Florian Kerschbaum spoke about cybersecurity, privacy and ethics in the age of machine learning and artificial intelligence to high school students at the 2019 World Affairs Conference, held this year on February 4 to 5, 2019 in Toronto.

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Hemant Surale receives prestigious 2019 Snap Research Fellowship

Hemant Surale in lab

PhD candidate Hemant Surale is one of 11 recipients globally and the only candidate from Canada to receive a prestigious 2019 Snap Research Fellowship. These fellowships were established to foster collaboration between Snap Research and exceptional doctoral students across the world.

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