Though the building’s designers aren’t math professors, they are constantly thinking about optimization – making the best decisions with limited resources to achieve their goals.
Waterloo co-op students at Faire — an online wholesale platform connecting independent retailers with unique brands — are helping build tools that strengthen local economies and empower small businesses to thrive.
Professor Shai Ben-David has been named a 2025 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the highest national recognition for researchers in the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences.
By tapping into Google Research Football’s reinforcement learning environment, the researchers developed a system that can simulate and record unlimited soccer matches.
“People deserve to have full transparency on how AI models work. Why do they make certain mistakes or decisions? What is the technology behind these models? I want to help everyday people make informed decisions when they interact with AI systems.”
Colafranceschi’s project is titled “Axiomatic Framework for Quantum Gravity: Unravelling Black Hole Entropy.”
New insight into the laws of nature and advances in quantum technology may soon be possible thanks to a transformational gift from the Dieter Schwarz Foundation.
When it comes to cybersecurity, humans are often seen as the weakest link, but new research suggests that with a little help, people can do a surprisingly effective job at identifying malware.
Yupp is an AI startup that launched last month with more than $33 million in seed funding.
Presented at the Free and Open Communications on the Internet conference, the FOCI Rising Star Award honours early-career researchers whose work advances Internet freedom.