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If you’re looking for a way to use a computer more efficiently, researchers at the University of Waterloo’s David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science may have a solution for you.

Master’s candidate Jingjie Zheng and Professor Daniel Vogel have recently filed a patent that would allow computer users to trigger different shortcut commands by pressing the same keyboard key with different fingers, hands, or hand postures.

Four University of Waterloo researchers have recently received funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund.

Each year, UWaterloo celebrates one student from each faculty for outstanding achievement in co-operative education. To be considered for one of the prestigious awards, a co-op student must go above and beyond their employers’ expectations, be involved with their community, maintain a high academic standing and contribute positively to the co-op program. 

Two students from the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science are recipients of the 2016 Amit and Meena Chakma Awards for Exceptional Teaching by a Student. The awards were presented to PhD candidates John Doucette and Hadi Hosseini at Monday’s meeting of the University of Waterloo’s senate. Doucette and Hosseini join two PhD candidates - one from engineering, one from science.

Kate Larson, Associate Professor with the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science has been named an Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher by the Canadian Association of Computer Science. This award recognizes excellence in Computer Science research by an academic researchers within 10 years of finishing their PhD.

Luisa D'Amato spoke with Jo Atlee, the School's Director of Women in Computer Science ahead of International Women's Day.

The article "A great Women's Day gift — girls in computer science" was published in today's Record. They talk about:

• how the first computer programmers were women
• how the field came to be male-dominated, and
• what's being done to make changes