David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
The Cheriton School of Computer Science is named for David R. Cheriton, who earned his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo in 1978. In 2005, Professor Cheriton made a transformational gift to the school that supports named chairs, faculty fellowships, and graduate scholarships.
News
- Apr. 29, 2024Cheriton researchers and their colleagues at Western University use machine learning to identify and classify deadly astroviruses
A team of researchers at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, along with their colleagues at Western University, have successfully classified 191 previously unidentified astroviruses using a new machine learning-enabled classification process.
- Apr. 25, 2024PhD candidate Nils Lukas receives 2024 Mathematics Doctoral Prize’s top honour
Nils Lukas, a PhD candidate at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, is the first-place winner of the 2024 Faculty of Mathematics Doctoral Prize. Now in its sixth year, this prestigious award recognizes and celebrates the achievements of top doctoral students in the Faculty of Mathematics.
- Apr. 23, 2024Two teams of Waterloo coders take on the global competition at simultaneous 46th and 47th ICPC World Finals
Representing the University of Waterloo, two trios of algorithmic programmers put their coding skills to the test on the global stage at the 46th and 47th International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals. Held in Luxor, Egypt, from April 14 to 19, the simultaneous global coding competitions marked the final contests among the world’s top programming talent from some 124 universities across more than 110 countries.
Events
- Apr. 29, 2024DSG Seminar Series • ASTral: Fast Rewriting for Query Optimization
Please note: This seminar will take place in DC 1304.
Darshana Balakrishnan
Software Developer, Amazon Web Services
PhD candidate, University at Buffalo - Apr. 29, 2024Master’s Thesis Presentation • Software Engineering • Not All Pull Request Rejections Are The Same
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314 and online.
Amirreza Shamsolhodaei, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer ScienceSupervisor: Professor Mei Nagappan
- Apr. 30, 2024PhD Defence • Scientific Computing | Quantitative Finance | Machine Learning • Efficient Machine Learning Methods for Solving Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equations in Finance
Please note: This PhD defence will take place in DC 2314 and online.
Andrew Na, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer ScienceSupervisor: Professor Justin Wan