David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Continuing a long tradition of excellence in competitive programming, a trio of Waterloo students won a silver medal at the 2026 International Collegiate Programming Contest North America Championship, held on March 22, 2026 at the University of Central Florida.

Comprised of Kelly Dance, a graduate student in Combinatorics and Optimization, along with Kevin Guo and Kevin Yang, both fourth-year Computer Science students, Waterloo had an exceptional performance, solving 10 out of 13 problems, to finish second out of 52 teams at the prestigious annual competition.

Modern health care support patients at crisis points: during a visit, around a procedure and after discharge. However, the gaps between care can fuel readmissions, emergencies and preventable decline. Velocity startup Doro is developing clinically guided AI tools to ensure that connection with patients continues long after appointments end, filling the gap health practitioners do not have the capacity to reach.

Pulkit Sinha, a PhD candidate at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, specializing in quantum information, has received a 2026 Faculty of Mathematics Graduate Research Excellence Award.

Funded through alumni and community support, the $5,000 award celebrates outstanding research by emerging scholars in the Faculty of Mathematics.