Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Scott, associate professor of Applied Mathematics and co-director of the Mathematical Biology Laboratory, on his co-receipt of a substantial grant ($1,350,000 US) from the Human Frontier Science Program.
Professor Pascal Poupart has received a $50,000 grant from CIBC to support artificial intelligence research through PhD-level training.
Students and alumni at the University of Waterloo are optimistic about the future, and the general sentiment is that AI presents opportunities, not threats.
“I have really enjoyed being in a class that doesn’t just talk about how to build things, but also about what you should build, and why you should do it.”
One of the first steps in software debugging is bug reproduction, where a programmer will replicate a bug to understand and decipher its behaviour.
A new national initiative to transform access to Canada’s historical records is bringing together researchers across disciplines and institutions, including Professor Dan Brown of Waterloo’s Cheriton School of Computer Science.
"The large language models we have right now are far from being able to replace humans."
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre has awarded resources equivalent to $250,000 to Professor Ana Crisan through its Cancer Digital Intelligence team, supporting her research under the 2025–26 Grand Challenge: From AI Algorithm to Implementation.
Dr. Ronald Mullin, the first graduate of the University of Waterloo and a pioneering member of the Faculty of Mathematics, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 6th, 2026, in Cambridge, Ontario. He was 89.
Congratulations to Pulkit Sinha, Ruikun Zhou, and Xiao Zhong, who have all received Graduate Research Excellence Awards.