On Friday, September 26, 2025, the School of Computer Science held its annual Cheriton Research Symposium, a celebration of scholarly excellence made possible by David R. Cheriton’s investment in computer science education.
The symposium opened with presentations by Professors Shane McIntosh, Toshiya Hachisuka and Craig S. Kaplan. In the afternoon, the event continued with a poster session, where 12 graduate students presented their research to faculty, fellow students and poster judges.
“The poster session is one of the highlights of the symposium because it showcases the research excellence of our students,” said Jesse Hoey, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the Cheriton School of Computer Science. “It’s inspiring to see how they are advancing the field of computer science. Thanks to all of the participants for their contributions, and congratulations to the prize winners for their outstanding posters.”
Professor Hoey also expressed his gratitude to faculty members who volunteered their time to serve as judges for the poster presentations: Professors N. Asokan, Diogo Barradas, Daniel Berry, Krzysztof Czarnecki, Lila Kari, Sihang Liu, Jeff Orchard, Éric Schost, Grant Weddell, Yaoliang Yu, Hong Zhang and Victor Zhong.
Poster competition winners
First place — $300 prize
Ross Evans, advised by Professor Diogo Barradas
Cache to the Future: Webpage Access in a Blackout (PDF, 3.5 MB)
Second place — $200 prize
Vasisht Duddu, advised by Professor N. Asokan
Unintended Interactions in Protecting ML Models (PDF, 596 kB)
Third place (tie) — $100 prize
Shubhankar Mohapatra, advised by Professor Xi He
Computing Inconsistency Measures under Differential Privacy (PDF, 1.6 MB)
Third place (tie) — $100 prize
Sreeharsha Udayashankar, advised by Professor Samer Al-Kiswany
Accelerating Data Deduplication with Content-Defined Skips and Vector Instructions (PDF, 959 kB)
