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
Spurring growth at Faire
Waterloo co-op students are making strides in the business and technology sector with transformative innovations.
As more consumers choose to shop local, Waterloo students and alumni at Faire — an online wholesale platform connecting independent retailers with unique brands — are co-developing tools that strengthen local economies and empower small businesses to thrive.
Shai Ben-David named 2025 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Professor Shai Ben-David has been named a 2025 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the highest national recognition for researchers in the arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences.
He is among 102 individuals across Canada elected this year for their exceptional scholarly, scientific and artistic achievements.
Scoring high with AI
Two Cheriton alumni, David Radke and Kyle Tilbury, are using AI to make it easier for researchers to unlock sports insights— which were previously reserved for pro-teams.
By leveraging the Google Research Football’s reinforcement learning environment, the duo created a system that can simulate and record unlimited soccer matches. They generated and saved data from 3,000 simulated soccer games, resulting in a rich and complex dataset of passes, goals, and player movements for researchers to study.
Events
PhD Defence • Programming Languages • Polymorphic Type Qualifiers
Please note: This PhD defence will take place in DC 2314.
Edward Lee, PhD candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Ondřej Lhoták
Master’s Thesis Presentation • Machine Learning • Diffusion-Based Generative Modeling of Financial Time Series
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 2314 and online.
Mykhailo Briazkalo, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Justin Wan
Master’s Thesis Presentation • Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) • Oblivious Multi-Way Band Joins: An Efficient Algorithm for Secure Range Queries
Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place in DC 3317.
Ruidi Wei, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Supervisor: Professor Florian Kerschbaum