From brisk autumn mornings to late-night study grinds, a group of University of Waterloo students powered through the leafy season, and the results speak for themselves. Thanks to the Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute (CPI), the following scholars earned a CPI Undergraduate Award in their respective courses for the Fall 2025 term:
Privacy, Cryptography, Network and Data Security (CS 459) - Alex Choe
Cybersecurity Management and Governance (AFM 347) - Fizza Zaidi
Applied Cryptography (CO 487) - Haoyu Weng
Cybercrime and Digital Harm (SOC/LS 435) - Bosola Ogunleye
Surveillance and Society (SOC/LS 413) - Layanna Abu-Dumedah
This notable award recognizes the top performing scholar(s) in any course that has a significant cybersecurity and privacy component, and each recipient will receive $1,000 courtesy of CPI funds.
If you are interested in supporting this award program in any future term or wish to engage with world leading talent, please contact ccpi@uwaterloo.ca.
To view past recipients and review the eligibility details of the award, go to the scholarships page.