The David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science takes pride in its diversity of strengths, innovation in research and education, and close contact with surrounding high-tech companies. Housed in the Faculty of Mathematics, the School comprises 77 faculty members, nearly 300 graduate students, and 1700 undergraduates.
The 2011 Derick Wood Graduate Scholarship has been awarded to Jakub Truszkowski, a student at the Cheriton School of Computer Science since 2008. Jakub designs fast algorithms for building evolutionary trees from DNA sequences. This problem is one of the oldest computational biology problems, as evolution is the core of modern biology. The two methods that Jakub has developed with his advisor, Professor Dan Brown, focus on speed and on algorithmic simplicity. They are designed to build trees from input data sets with thousands or even hundreds of thousands of input sequences, and are much faster than competing approaches, while still giving nearly comparable results. The Scholarship honours Professor Derick Wood, who taught at Waterloo from 1982 to 1992, and wrote two textbooks, "Theory of Computation" and "Data Structures, Algorithms, and Performance."
Professor Raouf Boutaba has been named a Fellow of the IEEE, "for contributions to automated network and service management methodologies and applications." IEEE Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest are deemed fitting of this prestigious designation.
Staff who have worked at the University of Waterloo for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 or more years will be recognized at a reception this November. The School congratulates: Daniel Allen, Philippe Beldowski, Caroline Kierstead, Jessica Miranda, Debbie Mustin, Omar Nafees, Suzana Pinto, Wendy Rush, Ian Turner and Michelle Wagler for reaching an anniversary milestone. Collectively, they have worked 150 years at Waterloo.
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Information for undergraduate students interested in studying at Waterloo is available on our Prospective Students page. Some fun and informative events are coming up soon.
The David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science video contest winners have been selected. Thank you to all who participated, and congratulations to the winners!
The Ontario Council on Graduate Studies recently approved our new Master of Health Informatics program. This innovative course-based graduate program began September 2010. If you are interesting in applying or would like more information, please visit our MHI webpage. Applications are now being accepted for Fall 2012.
Applications are invited for the following faculty positions in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science:
We periodically offer sessional teaching positions in the form of a temporary, four-month contract; interested applicants are requested to fill out an application.
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
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