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Friday, March 21, 2014

Student launches new data analysis tool for scientists

Fourth-year Business Administration and Computer Science student Jack Gao met his business partners at The Next 36, a program designed to nurture entrepreneurship in 36 Canadian undergraduates. Jack got together with Eddie Kim, University of Guelph and Susie Pan, Queen’s University, with one goal in mind – to keep Canada on the cutting edge of science.

Thursday, March 13, 2014

The mathematics of making money

Algorithm developed by Waterloo computer scientist shows online brokerages are wasting investors’ money

Published by: Marketing and Strategic Communications

Photo of Professor Peter Forsyth

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Waterloo's Computer Science ranked 10th in North America by QS

UK firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has ranked the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science 10th, in their 2014 North American University Rankings. Computer Science also ranks 24th in the world – second among Canadian universities in this subject. This is the fourth consecutive year that Computer Science has risen in the international classification. 

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing comes to the University of Waterloo this weekend

The University of Waterloo and David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science will host the fourth annual Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing this weekend.

The conference brings together female professionals from across the province, students and faculty who are interested in, or working in, computing. The conference, on November 8 and 9 helps generate excitement about the field while providing attendees with opportunities for networking, sharing and mentoring.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Derick Wood Graduate Scholarship awarded to Shahin Kamali

Shahin Kamali, a PhD student in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, has been awarded the Derick Wood  Graduate Scholarship.
Dr. Derick Wood was a Professor in the School from 1982 to 1992. He is widely known for his outstanding research contributions in a number of areas of theoretical Computer Science, including algorithms, data structures, and formal languages.