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February 22, 2021

Mapping the globe and creating a better world

From disaster response and recovery to vaccine delivery, two Waterloo alumni are harnessing AI for social good

April 29, 2021

Personalizing cancer treatment through machine learning

Computer science researchers find way to customize cancer vaccines to provide more effective treatment

February 8, 2021

Quantum future: Recovery will depend on keeping information secure

Waterloo quantum startup is working to secure information in a post-pandemic future with businesses increasingly dependent on the internet

February 8, 2021

Using mobile phone sensors and drones for a zero-carbon future

Amelia Holcomb wanted more than a great job at a large tech company. Now the grad student is researching how technology can measure forest carbon

February 8, 2021

The mathematics of life and death in a global pandemic

Mathematical models have driven decisions on how to best stop the spread of COVID-19. New models are now helping leaders determine who should get vaccinated first

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October 20, 2017

From international exchange student to tenure-track prof

Xu Chu graduates from Waterloo with a PhD in computer science and moves on to a faculty position at Georgia Institute of Technology

August 14, 2017

Emotionally supportive virtual assistant could help people with Alzheimer’s disease

Computer scientists at the University of Waterloo are creating a prototype of a virtual assistant to help people living with Alzheimer’s disease

April 21, 2017

Tool will give people access to government-censored websites

Waterloo researchers are developing a censorship-resistance system called Slitheen to fool government censors

April 20, 2017

Researchers developing a system to access government-censored websites

People living in countries where the Internet is censored will be able to use a new tool to access websites their governments restrict

January 30, 2017

Waterloop looks forward to next round of competition

Student Hyperloop team returns from competition with fresh ideas for their high-speed pod

January 15, 2017

Waterloo’s Faculty of Mathematics launches anniversary celebrations

Faculty members who were at the University of Waterloo for the start of the Faculty of Mathematics will share stories of its early days during a special event to launch the Faculty’s 50^thanniversary celebrations

January 3, 2017

Waterloo researchers help launch and demonstrate new autonomous vehicle

A research team at the University of Waterloo played a key role in the development of a highly autonomous vehicle that Renesas Electronics America unveiled today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas

December 6, 2016

Professor finds shortest route to visit nearly 50,000 historic places in the U.S.

Professor William Cook, of the University of Waterloo, led an international team that has found the shortest-possible route to visit 49,603 of the sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S

November 7, 2016

Waterloo ranked #1 school in Canada for computer science, engineering

U.S. News ranking recognizes Waterloo as a national leader in core disciplines

June 23, 2016

Nanotechnology and math deliver two-in-one punch for cancer therapy resistance

Math, biology and nanotechnology are becoming strange, yet effective bed-fellows in the fight against cancer treatment resistance

June 6, 2016

Reduce cyberslacking and increase physical activity with a tap, a click or a kick

An innovative wearable technology for standing desks that creates a new way of interacting with your computer could reduce cyberslacking and increase healthy movement

May 27, 2016

3-D model reveals how invisible waves move materials within aquatic ecosystems

Garbage, nutrients and tiny animals are pushed around, suspended in the world’s oceans by waves invisible to the naked eye according to a new 3-D model developed by mathematicians at the University of Waterloo