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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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May 10, 2016

Finger-specific key presses could speed up computer interaction

If you’re looking for a way to use a computer more efficiently, researchers at the University of Waterloo’s David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science may have a solution for you

April 20, 2016

Waterloo hosts workshop to encourage interest in math among young women

About 40 young women in grades 9 and 10 will come to the University of Waterloo this week to take part in the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing’s annual Think About Math workshop, where they will explore exciting career opportunities available in the field of mathematics

March 15, 2016

University of Waterloo honours its top co-op students, including national winner

A student from the University of Waterloo is top co-op student for Canada, Ontario and the University for 2017.

Sue Ann Campbell, Nerissa Wong and Beth Coleman

November 23, 2015

#UWCeilingBreakers: Challenging the status quo

Special issue of Waterloo Magazine celebrates women who lead, and explores equity in education and the workplace

September 24, 2015

A twist for control of orbital angular momentum of neutron waves

An experiment by a team of researchers led from the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) shows, for the first time, that a wave property of neutrons, Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM), can be controlled

September 17, 2015

Waterloo and Thomson Reuters partner on big data innovation

Researchers from the University of Waterloo are partnering with global information company Thomson Reuters to launch a collaborative research investigation on large-scale data integration and data cleaning

September 16, 2015

Waterloo's IP policy drives innovation

Historian Ken McLaughlin launches new book — Innovation and Entrepreneurship are in the Waterloo Genome

August 4, 2015

Internet security: Creating cryptographic tools for the quantum age

Mathematical tools that protect the personal information you share on the internet won’t work once we have large-scale quantum computing

June 22, 2015

Waterloo researchers on verge of a breakthrough chosen for NSERC funding boost

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) selected seven researchers from the University of Waterloo to receive a funding boost to further their transformational and potentially groundbreaking research

May 11, 2015

Waving the flag for Canadian Research

Waterloo partners in national campaign to raise the profile of Canadian research

May 3, 2015

Waterloo researchers find new way to control quantum systems

Researchers from the Department of Applied Mathematics and the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo have developed a versatile new way of controlling quantum systems that can affect the reliability of experiments.

April 1, 2015

The mathematics of solving the invasive species problem

New statistical tool can help ecologists predict how Asian carp and zebra mussels will compete with native species for food and breeding grounds