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
- May 6, 2024Professor Edith Law receives the Graham Seed Fund to field test The Newcomer App
Eight Waterloo researchers have received $25,000 each from the Graham Seed Fund (GSF) to support transformative health-tech collaborations. Among the recipients is Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor Edith Law.
- Apr. 30, 2024Unlocking human potential through a universal basic income
Growing up in a family where money was scarce, Floyd Marinescu (BMath ’02) saw firsthand the impacts of working class poverty. “Money was a source of a lot of conflict in my house,” he said. “I knew that if there was financial security, it would have been a lot better for my family.”
A fan of Star Trek, Marinescu yearned for the egalitarian, poverty-less society depicted on the show, often wondering, “How do we get to that future?”
- 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.
Events
- May 6, 2024CrySP Speaker Series on Privacy • Profiling the Political Influence Industry in Canada in the Age of AI: Privacy Protection and Democratic Accountability
Please note: This talk will take place in DC 1302 and online.
Colin Bennett
Emeritus Professor of Political Science
Fellow, Center for Global Studies
University of Victoria - May 8, 2024Master’s Thesis Presentation • Artificial Intelligence • Explore the In-context Learning Capability of Large Language Models
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place online.
Tianle Li, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer ScienceSupervisor: Professor Wenhu Chen
- May 9, 2024PhD Seminar • Formal Methods | Software Engineering • Compositional Analysis of Parameterized Distributed Hybrid Systems
Please note: This PhD seminar will take place in DC 2310.
Raniah Alghamdi, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer ScienceSupervisor: Professor Richard Trefler
