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
- Mar. 19, 2024Raouf Boutaba receives Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision
Professor Raouf Boutaba, Director of the Cheriton School of Computer Science, has received the Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision, a recognition conferred annually since 2005 by Waterloo’s Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs in collaboration with the Graduate Student Association.
Nomination for the award is based on submissions from former graduate students. In addition to the honour, recipients also receive a $1,000 cash prize.
- Mar. 14, 2024University Professor M. Tamer Özsu receives 2024 IEEE TCDE Education Award
University Professor M. Tamer Özsu has received the 2024 IEEE Technical Committee on Data Engineering Education Award for his fundamental contributions to data management and data science pedagogy. One of four prestigious annual awards conferred by IEEE TCDE, the Education Award recognizes database researchers who have made an impact on data engineering education, including impact on the next generation of data engineering practitioners and researchers.
- Mar. 12, 2024Waterloo Blockchain growing by leaps and bounds
Fahim Ahmed is a computer science and finance student at Waterloo, and the president and co-founder of Waterloo Blockchain. But what feels like a direct path to success now, took him a while to find.
Fahim was only 12 years old when he started crypto-mining.
“I had seen people talking about it a lot online, so I set up my own hardware to do mining in my bedroom,” he recalls. “I just wanted money to buy video games!”
Events
- Mar. 20, 2024Seminar • Artificial Intelligence • Trustworthy Machine Learning under Social and Adversarial Data Sources
Please note: This seminar will take place in DC 1304.
Han Shao, PhD candidate
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago - Mar. 20, 2024Master’s Thesis Presentation • Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) • Laconic and Private Evaluation of Branching Programs from the Diffie-Hellman Assumption
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314 and online.
Alice Murphy, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer ScienceSupervisor: Professor Mohammad Hajiabadi
- Mar. 20, 2024PhD Seminar • Artificial Intelligence • Distributional Reinforcement Learning with Monotonic Splines
Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 2585.
Yudong Luo, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer ScienceSupervisor: Professor Pascal Poupart