David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Professor Gautam Kamath and his colleagues, Ilias Diakonikolas, Daniel Kane, Jerry Li, Ankur Moitra and Alistair Stewart, have been awarded the 2026 Gödel Prize for their landmark paper, Robust Estimators in High-Dimensions without the Computational Intractability.

The Gödel Prize recognizes outstanding contributions to theoretical computer science and is widely regarded as the field’s most prestigious honour.

Professor Jian Zhao has received the 2025 Early Career Research Award from CS-Can | Info-Can, the national organization that represents and advocates for computer science research, education and academic leadership across Canada.

Presented annually since 2009, the Early Career Research Award recognizes outstanding contributions to computer science research and is conferred upon exceptional faculty members at Canadian computer science departments, schools, and faculties who are within 10 years of completing their PhD.

On Saturday, May 2^nd, students exhibited technology at the University of Waterloo that tackled real-world problems, from helping Parkinson’s disease patients through augmented reality to creating an emergency alert system for seniors living alone.