Canada's Largest Engineering School

A systems design engineering professor at Waterloo was elected as a new fellow of an international society that recognizes leaders improving the quality and impact of software worldwide.

Dr. Alexander Wong was named a Fellow of the Institution of Analysts and Programmers (IAP), an honour that acknowledges individuals who advance software practices that benefit industry and communities. He joins a global network of professionals committed to strengthening how software serves society.

Researchers at Waterloo Engineering have developed a much faster, more efficient training method to help put powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the hands of many more people.

Their approach to large language models (LLMs) – advanced AI systems designed to understand and generate human language by learning patterns in how words and ideas are connected – reduces both the cost and environmental impact of building them.

A financial technology company founded by two former classmates at Waterloo Engineering has secured US $6 million in backing to help launch a platform to fight fraud by enabling secure, real-time collaboration among merchants, banks and service providers.

Tuhk Inc. was founded in 2025 by Andre Edelbrock and Trevor Clarke (both BASc ’98, systems design engineering) to turn fragmented data into a cohesive intelligence network to neutralize fraud, maximize transaction approvals, reduce chargebacks and streamline dispute resolution.