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The excitement was palpable as eight teams made their last effort to convince a panel of judges that their business idea deserved one of four $5,000 awards at Velocity’s $5K pitch competition. Among them was RelayMD, held on November 23, 2022.

A team of three À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ students have at the , the most prestigious and well-known algorithmic programming competition for university students, held this year in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

The many Wi-Fi devices that pervade our homes, workplaces and lives — from phones and smartwatches to TVs and voice assistants to desktops, laptops, tablets, security systems, and more — use an encrypted network to communicate securely, yet despite cryptographic protection they may be leaking sensitive information. 

FairBlock, a start-up founded by recent master’s graduate Peyman Momeni, has received the equivalent of $400k USD funding from Cosmos, an ecosystem of apps and services that exchange digital assets and data using inter-blockchain communication protocols.

The Cheriton School of Computer Science has been nationally for the third year in a row, according to the ²Ñ²¹³¦±ô±ð²¹²Ô’s 2023 university rankings just released. Based on program and research reputation, computer science at À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ shared the podium for first place with CS programs at the University of British Columbia and University of Toronto.

On Saturday, October 1, 2022, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Don Cowan (MSc ’61, PhD ’65) received an honorary J.W. Graham Medal in Innovation and Computing at the Wes Graham Symposium.

The award recognizes Professor Cowan’s “extensive academic career, pioneering research in mathematics and computer science, entrepreneurial spirit, and devotion to mentorship and knowledge sharing.â€

PhD candidate Ryusuke Sugimoto and Professors Christopher Batty and Toshiya Hachisuka have won a best paper award at SCA 2022. The took place virtually and in person this year at Durham University in the United Kingdom from September 13 to 15.