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.

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Four people standing in front of a screen depicting Desire Paths
Monday, May 11, 2026

Coding Art into Masterpieces

by Mayuri Punithan

A playable “floor” ocarina. A commentary on modern-day surveillance and technology. A growing tree with people’s memories as leaves.

What do they all have in common? These are some of the artworks featured in the annual CS 383 exhibit.

Evelien Riddell holding a best papaer award certificate at FORGE 2026 / ICSE 2026 conference
Friday, May 8, 2026

Software engineering researchers win ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award at FORGE 2026

A team of software engineering researchers has won the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award at FORGE 2026, the 3rd ACM International Conference on AI Foundation Models and Software Engineering, held as part of ICSE 2026, the 48th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering.

The award recognizes recent master’s graduate Evelien Riddell, whose thesis forms the foundation of the paper, along with MMath student James Riddell, PhD student Gengyi Sun, research engineer Michał Antkiewicz and Professor Krzysztof Czarnecki.

Professor Yizhou Zhang in Waterloo's Davis Centre
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Yizhou Zhang receives the 2026 AITO Dahl–Nygaard Prize

Professor Yizhou Zhang has been awarded the 2026 AITO Dahl–Nygaard Junior Prize. The award recognizes a junior researcher who has demonstrated exceptional promise in programming languages research through impactful early-career contributions.

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