Amir Sharif may be a new grad this week, but thanks to Waterloo’s co-op program he’s already worked at startups in Waterloo and Silicon Valley and is looking forward to a full-time position at Facebook.
When people started putting mannequins in the backs of their cars to try and sneak onto HOV lanes during the Pan Am Games in Toronto, it was an extreme example of how desperate we can become when faced with major traffic congestion. It was also proof that Miovision’s potential solution to transportation management couldn’t come at a better time.
In the days after Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans leaving horrific flooding in its wake, Elizabeth English entered the area and managed to get a firsthand look at the devastation.
Two Waterloo alumni successfully pitched their company PopRx on the season premiere of the Dragon’s Den webisode series Next Gen Den.
Tobias Lutke admits he didn’t know much about Waterloo until he went to Silicon Valley a few years ago. The founder and chief executive officer of Shopify, one of the hottest software companies on the Canadian tech scene, had gone to California seeking venture capital funding to expand his company.
Zhou Wang, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at University of Waterloo, has won an Engineering Emmy® Award for developing computational models that accurately and consistently predict how people view image and video quality, the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences has announced.
Shopify Founder and CEO Tobias Lütke, will visit the University of Waterloo on October 1, marking his first-ever appearance at a Canadian university.
Lütke will speak to a group of Waterloo’s math and engineering students in a fireside chat, where he will offer insights on what drives innovation ecosystems. He will also reveal his startup story, sharing how he became the visionary leader behind one of Canada’s tech giants.
Mariana Mazzucato delivers the first keynote presentation at the Waterloo Innovation Summit.
A series of high-profile speakers shed light on the key ingredients in building successful innovation-based economies during 50 hours of high-intensity talks and tours at the annual Waterloo Innovation Summit on Thursday.
When industry works hand-in-hand with researchers, ownership of intellectual property (IP) rights worth millions of dollars can be at stake.
At many institutions, IP rights are closely tied to corporate donations. Other universities view them as income.
The University of Waterloo was among the first universities to make their position clear: Intellectual property is owned by the inventor.