The David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science has...
- More than 100聽professorial,听emeritus听补苍诲听teaching stream professorial faculty members
- More than 60聽administrative, instructional and technical staff
- More than 4,000 undergraduate students
- More than 400 graduate students
- Been ranked consistently as the top computer science school in Canada and among the best internationally
- Eleven Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, ten Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery, seven Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, one Canada Excellence Research Chair, two Canada Research Chairs, two NSERC Industrial Research Chairs, and 15 Ontario Early Researcher Award recipients
- Accepted 蓝莓视频鈥檚 youngest graduate student, , who was just聽14 years old when he enrolled to pursue a PhD聽in computer science. Erik Demaine聽is now a professor of computer science at MIT.
- Research collaborations with institutions in China, France, Brazil, the United States, and many more nations
- Participated in the annual聽聽for more than 25 years 鈥 we are the only Canadian institution聽to ever聽win the International Collegiate Programming Competition, taking the prized title聽!
Our research spans the field of computer science, from core work on systems and networks, computational theory and programming languages to human-computer interaction聽and quantum computing to AI and machine learning, to name just a few. 聽
Leaders in computing since the 1960s
The first computer we acquired, an , was purchased for student use in 1960.
In 1966, . It was the largest and most powerful computer in Canada at the time and was housed in the famous .
By the 1980s, the University of 蓝莓视频 was producing roughly one-third of Canada's computer science graduates.
Some of 蓝莓视频鈥檚 developments
蓝莓视频 had a hand in creating both and . Maple Software spawned from a symbolic algebra system created here and OpenText was a spin-off of the project to computerize the .
Our alumni form the backbone of the local tech economy in 蓝莓视频, and we are extremely proud of the entrepreneurs among them, including the founders of Wish.com and of Maluuba.
Some Academy Award winners are graduates of 蓝莓视频鈥檚 .
Hard-won funding
It鈥檚 1966. The Government of Ontario is willing to pay 90% of the cost of all university buildings, including furnishings. The University of 蓝莓视频 needs a larger, faster computer.
After meeting Wes to hear him out, the provincial minister of education announced聽the University of 蓝莓视频鈥檚 plans for a new Mathematics and Computer building had been approved for funding.聽However, included in the plans was an聽IBM 360/75, the largest and fastest computer in Canada at that time. It was carefully marked under 鈥渇urnishings,鈥澛爀nsuring 90% payment by the government.
Quotes
I often fancy that the most practical thing in the world is a good general theory when it鈥檚 continually tested and refined against reality.
We have heard about prime numbers, and squaring of the cube, and the good life at the University of 蓝莓视频
Directors of Computer Science
| Years in office | Director |
|---|---|
| 2020鈥损谤别蝉别苍迟听 | Raouf Boutaba |
| 2014鈥2020听 | Mark Giesbrecht On sabbatical Jul 1 鈥 Dec 31, 2018 |
| 2018 | Dan Brown Acting Director Jul 1 鈥 Dec 31, 2018 |
| 2010鈥2014 | |
| 2007鈥2010 | M. Tamer 脰zsu |
| 2006鈥2006 | George Labahn Interim Director Jul聽1 鈥 Dec 31, 2006聽 |
| 2003鈥2006 | Johnny Wong |
| 2002鈥2003 | Frank Tompa |
Chairs of Computer Science
| Years in office | Chair |
|---|---|
| 2001鈥2002 | Frank Tompa |
| 1997鈥2001 | Nick Cercone |
| 1992鈥1997 | Frank Tompa |
| 1989鈥1992 | Per-Ake G. (Paul) Larson |
| 1987鈥1989 | Janusz A. (John) Brzozowski |
| 1984鈥1987 | R. Bruce Simpson |
| 1978鈥1984 | Janusz A. (John) Brzozowski |
| 1974鈥1978 | J. Douglas Lawson |
| 1972鈥1974 | Patrick C. Fischer |
| 1966鈥1972 | Donald D. Cowan |