Over fifty attendees gathered on November 27 to hear from a panel of current data science industry experts and network with professionals in the industry.
Students in the Master of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (MDSAI) - Co-operative Program have been successful in utilizing their interdisciplinary foundation and technical and analytical skills in their co-operative jobs.
Convocation is a momentous occasion that honours the dedication and achievements of graduates. Family and friends come together with the University of Waterloo community to celebrate graduating students as they embark on exciting new adventures.
This year, graduate students will take the stage as valedictorians representing the Class of 2024 for the first time during the fall convocation ceremonies.
A recently released update to the QS subject ranking for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence puts the University of Waterloo second in Canada and 4oth globally.
The results are part of the annual QS World University Rankings by Subject, which rank approximately 1,600 universities in 54 disciplines. Indicators for the subject rankings are drawn from a peer review survey, employer survey, citations data and collaboration data.
“The new rankings from QS show the ways that data scientists at Waterloo are leading innovation in the field and providing opportunities for our students to learn from the absolute best,” said M. Tamer Özsu, co-director of the Graduate Data Science Program and a professor of computer science. “Achieving this recognition only five years since the start of the program shows it’s an exciting time to be working in data science and artificial intelligence at Waterloo.”
Congratulations to the eight incoming master’s students in the Faculty of Mathematics who have been chosen as recipients of this year’s Vector Institute Scholarships in AI. The eight students are among twelve students at Waterloo, and 115 across Ontario, who will each receive $17,500 towards their groundbreaking research in AI.
“On behalf of the Government of Ontario, we’d like to congratulate the 115 talented students who are recipients of the Vector Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence,” says The Honourable Vic Fedeli, the Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation, and Trade. “Ontario is a leading source of tech and AI talent, and by fostering innovation in critical technologies, we are enabling domestic companies to compete and win on the global stage.”
University of Waterloo expert in artificial intelligence, Professor Pascal Poupart, shared the key technological advances and paradigm shifts in recent years which were behind, and ultimately facilitated, breakthroughs in AlphaGO, ChatGPT, AlphaFold and the newer AI technologies of today.
More than a hundred students, including 20+ data science graduate students, spent the weekend working in teams learning to detect fraud as part of the inaugural Scotiabank Data Science Discovery Days competition.
For winning the 1st place prize in the poster competition at the 2022 Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Conference, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on October 29, 2022.
We welcomed our incoming cohort with an incredibly informative orientation!
Your Program Admins, Ryan & Silvana have a few "thank yous" to shout out!
- To the students who attended orientation, we loved meeting you all and look forward to guiding you through your studies.
Congratulations, to all students who have completed their degree this year! We hosted a Convocation Lunch on June 16, 2022 where we welcomed students from past graduate years as well as current to come in and celebrate their success.
Thank you to all who came, we loved having you!