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A trio of computer science students from the University of Waterloo were among the top programmers from 128 universities across six continents invited to battle it out in Rapid City, South Dakota on May 24, 2017 at the 41^st Annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals.

First year Computer Science student Joyce Yang has been awarded a $12,000 HeForShe scholarship. Yang is among five other students entering STEM disciplines this September.

David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science professor Joanne Atlee has been appointed as the first director of Women in Computer Science. A long time advocate of supporting women in computer science, Atlee explains that she is happy to take on the role and continue pushing for women to feel comfortable and confident in the field.

PhD candidates Xu Chu (Ihab Ilyas, Database Research) and Laura Inozemtseva (Reid Holmes, Software Architecture), have been invited to join the prestigious Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship Program. 

Ahmed E. Hassan, an alumnus of the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, has been named CACS/AIC Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher for 2014.

Urs Hengartner, an associate professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, was quoted in a CBC News Go Public investigation regarding sequencing fraud and credit card security. 

This article originally appeared on Waterloo Stories

By Cherri Greeno
Marketing and Strategic Communications

In a perfect world, computer science Professor Jo Atlee would like to glance around her classroom and see an even mixture of male and female students.

The Faculty of Mathematics and David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science are partnering with the Student Success Office to invite students to the student portal starting February 9.

This new online communications tool is enhancing the student experience by delivering just-enough, just-in-time information for current students.