News archive - May 2020

Friday, May 29, 2020

Waterloo-based AI start-up Inductiv acquired by Apple

photo of Ihab Ilyas

Waterloo-based Inductiv Inc., an AI start-up that uses machine learning to automate the task of identifying and correcting errors in data, has been bought by tech giant Apple.

Friday, May 29, 2020

Maura R. Grossman receives 2020 Faculty Teaching Award from Osgoode Hall Law School

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Cheriton School of Computer Science Research Professor Maura R. Grossman was one of eight recipients of a Faculty Teaching or Service Award from York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School.

Friday, May 29, 2020

WiCS receives $90,000 from NSERC to develop technology entrepreneurship programs for girls and young women

photo of a WiCS educational program for girls

Women in Computer Science has received $90,000 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council’s PromoScience Program to establish Girls Mean Business. This new WiCS outreach program will encourage girls and young women in grades 6 to 12 to explore technology and to develop their entrepreneurial skills.

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Calculating the future of COVID-19

Professor Ali Abedi, Gunesh Pinar, Ku Young Shin and Xiaoyu Wu

A group of computer science students are applying big data practices to predicting the end of COVID-19 cases in Canada. Their findings? October 15, 2020.

Faced with this unprecedented situation of pivoting to online learning, many of Waterloo’s instructors wanted to get their students involved in research around COVID-19.

One such instructor is Cheriton School of Computer Science’s Ali Abedi, who teaches two big data courses — Data Intensive Distributed Computing (CS451) and Data Intensive Distributed Analytics (CS431).

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Four master’s students receive Vector Scholarships in Artificial Intelligence

photo of Solaiappan Alagappa, Daniel Herman, Wanxin Li and Blake VanBerlo

Solaiappan Alagappan, Daniel Herman, Wanxin Li and Blake VanBerlo have each received a Vector Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence from the Vector Institute. Valued at $17,500, these prestigious graduate scholarships recognize exceptional students and support their studies in top artificial intelligence–related master’s program in Ontario.

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