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Results of Waterloo-local ACM-style programming contest
PhD candidate Marianna Rapoport awarded Radhia Cousot Award
PhD candidate
![Marianna Rapoport](/computer-science/sites/default/files/uploads/images/mr2015.jpg.jpeg)
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science to lead Waterloo-Thomson Reuters partnership on big data innovation
Researchers from the University of Waterloo are partnering with global information company Thomson Reuters to launch a collaborative research investigation on large-scale data integration and data cleaning.
Professor Ihab F. Ilyas, Alexandra Roatis and Mina Farid from the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science will lead the project, which will create algorithms to highlight anomalies in enterprise data sets aimed at improving data quality.
First year Computer Science student Joyce (Anqi) Yang awarded HeForShe scholarship
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.
![Joyce (Anqi) Yang](/computer-science/sites/default/files/uploads/images/heforshe_scholars18.jpg)
CS welcomes eight outstanding faculty members
The David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science is happy to announce the appointment of eight outstanding faculty members to the largest academic computer science research centre in Canada. These eight innovative and award-winning researchers will help us continue celebrating research excellence, collaboration, and entrepreneurship.
For more information about career opportunities in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, please visit our Open Faculty Positions page.
Researchers awarded best paper at ACM SoCC
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science professors Ken Salem, Khuzaima Daudjee, Ashraf Aboulnaga, PhD candidate Jaemyung Kim, and former MMath student Xin Pan, have been awarded best paper at the 2015 Association for Computing Machinery Symposium on Clou
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science names Jo Atlee as First Director of Women in Computer Science
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.
![Jo Atlee](/computer-science/sites/default/files/uploads/images/img_7791.jpg)
Professor Lila Kari awarded Rozenberg Tulip Award for the DNA Computer Scientist of the Year
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science professor Lila Kari was awarded the Rozenberg Tulip Award for the DNA Computer Scientist of the Year at the 21st International conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming.
2015 International Olympiad in Informatics results
![Canadian IOI team: J.P. Pretti, Ben Zhang, Farbod Yadegarian, Jacob Jackson, Timothy Li, Troy Vasiga](/computer-science/sites/default/files/uploads/images/canadaatioi2015.png)