Several Waterloo Computer Science professors were recipients of the 2024 Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada's (NSERC) Discovery Program.
This year, the federal government invested $693.8 million to fund R&D and outreach projects in Canada. These initiatives include the Canada Research Chair Program, the John R. Evans Leaders Fund, the College and Community Innovation Program, and the PromoScience Program. Their largest initiative, the NSERC Discovery Program, received more than $554 million. Its goal is to support researchers, amplify international collaborations, and attract R&D talent to Canada.
“Canada’s science and research sector is solving some of the world’s greatest challenges, all while driving innovation, growth and productivity,” says The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry. “Research programs like Discovery give researchers the flexibility to explore the most promising avenues of research as they emerge to ensure Canada remains a world leader in science and new technologies. Congratulations to all exceptional researchers receiving support, we look forward to learning of your successes.”
Nineteen Cheriton School of Computer Science professors received NSERC grants, amounting to $1,055,131.00.
| Name | Project Title | Funding Amount | Grant Type |
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Scalable Algorithms for Processing Massive Graphs: Graph Streaming, Communication Games, and Beyond |
$81,500 |
Discovery Grant ($69,000) & Discovery Launch Supplement ($12,500) |
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Computational creativity and aesthetics: theory and practice in an age of change |
$35,000 |
Discovery Grant |
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Development, Testing, Launch, Analysis Computer to Frontend Experimental Cluster |
$32,631 |
Discovery Grant |
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Dynamic Data Systems |
$48,000 |
Discovery Grant |
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Discovering and Applying Patterns in Declarative Modelling and Verification |
$48,000 |
Discovery Grant |
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Multi-Agent Communication and Collaboration for Specialized Large Language Models |
$46,500 |
Discovery Grant ($34,000) & Discovery Launch Supplement ($12,500) |
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Supporting Cooperation in Multiagent Systems |
$55,000 |
Discovery Grant |
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Execution-Guided Machine Learning Models for Test Generation and Maintenance |
$37,500 |
Discovery Grant ($25,000) & Discovery Launch Supplement ($12,500) |
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Disaggregated and Heterogeneous Computing Platform |
$150,000 |
Research Tools and Instruments grants program |
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Advanced Topics in Graph Data Management and Processing |
$48,000 |
Discovery Grant |
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Versatile Reinforcement Learning |
$48,000 |
Discovery Grant |
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Architectural Principles of Modern Datalog Database Management Systems |
$48,000 |
Discovery Grant |
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Novel Applications of Logic and Automata Theory to Number Theory and Combinatorics on Words |
$48,000 |
Discovery Grant |
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Towards General-Purpose Machine Pragmatic Reasoning |
$46,500 |
Discovery Grant ($34,000) & Discovery Launch Supplement ($12,500) |
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Physical Light Transport |
$46,500 |
Discovery Grant ($34,000) & Discovery Launch Supplement ($12,500) |
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Language-Agnostic Program Reduction for Debugging Language Implementations |
$29,000 |
Discovery Grant |
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Developing Highly Skilled Dexterous Interactions |
$64,000 |
Discovery Grant |
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Taming Deep Generative Models: Faster, Stronger and More Trustworthy |
$55,000 |
Discovery Grant |
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Designing Serving Systems for Large Language Models with Low Latency, High Utilization, and Good Scalability |
$41,500 |
Discovery Grant ($29,000) & Discovery Launch Supplement ($12,500) |
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Teaching machines to learn more efficiently and more generally by reading problem descriptions |
$46,500 |
Discovery Grant ($34,000) & Discovery Launch Supplement ($12,500) |