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First-year Waterloo Computer Science student Celeste Anderson added another accolade to her glowing resume of accomplishments in the world of math, computer science, and gaming by earning the ultimate title of King as the first-place winner of the popular reality-tv series, “King of the Nerds.” Competing in challenges that required mathematical skills, logic, and problem solvin

Raouf Boutaba, Professor at the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, has been named a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC-ICI). Boutaba adds this fellowship to an impressive list of accolades having been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) just over a year ago.

Ondrej Lhotak, Associate Professor with the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science has been named an Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher by the Canadian Association of Computer Science. Lhotak joins Associate Professor Ian Goldberg (2010) and Professor Bin Ma (2009) in a growing list of distinguished faculty members who have won this researcher prize.

For the second year in a row, a student team from the School of Accounting and Finance, including Anqi Wang (CFM '13), took top prize at the CFA Research Challenge. The team will advance to the Americas Regional Competition held in Toronto in March.

Congratulations, Anqi!

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By Beth Gallagher

Communications and Public Affairs

Yuying Li looks deeply into the unpredictable and sometimes catastrophic events that haunt investors.

While her expertise is managing risk, the University of Waterloo computer science professor specializes in how to avoid huge losses on the stock market when random events hit unexpectedly.

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced it will award more than $4.7 million to four research projects at Waterloo. Professor Ian Goldberg of the Cheriton School of Computer Science will receive funding to support research about Privacy Enhancing Technologies at a Global Scale.

By Dave Pink

Communications & Public Affairs

Friendly reminders from an electronic companion may be able to help seniors living with dementia to live a better, more fulfilling life.

Students of mathematics at Waterloo recognized the Cheriton School's Associate Professor Michael Terry as "Instructor of the Year 2012."

Students describe him as an engaging and inspiring professor who has taught first to fourth year courses in computer science.

The second 2012 Derick Wood Graduate Scholarship has been awarded to Vinayak Pathak. Pathak is a PhD student at the School who is studying for his PhD with Prof. Anna Lubiw. He previously earned his MMath degree under the supervision of Prof.

Professor Srinivasan Keshav of the Cheriton School has been named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for his contributions to computer communication networks and systems.

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Professor Raouf Boutaba named Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada

CS professor named Outstanding Young Computer Science Researcher

CFM student advances to Americas Regional Competition of CFA Research Challenge

Professor Yuying Li warns banks and investment firms to expect the unexpected

Goldberg Awarded CFI

Professor Jesse Hoey researches how to make life easier for those living with Alzheimer's

MathSoc names Professor Terry Instructor of the Year

Derick Wood Scholar Announced

Keshav Named ACM Fellow