Groups federated with the Institute for Computer Research (ICR) include:
- Artificial Intelligence Group
- Bioinformatics Research Group
- Centre for Applied Cryptographic Research
- Computer Graphics Laboratory
- Computer Systems Group
- Control Systems Group
- Cryptography, Security and Privacy (CrySP)
- Database Group
- Institute for Quantum Computing
- Systems and Networking Group
- Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Group
- Scientific Computation Group
- Software Engineering
- Symbolic Computation Group
- WatForm - Waterloo Formal Methods Group
ICR regards members of these research groups as members of ICR regardless of whether they have sought individual membership status.
