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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing comes to the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ this weekend

The University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ and David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science will host the fourth annual Ontario Celebration of Women in Computing this weekend.

The conference brings together female professionals from across the province, students and faculty who are interested in, or working in, computing. The conference, on November 8 and 9 helps generate excitement about the field while providing attendees with opportunities for networking, sharing and mentoring.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Derick Wood Graduate Scholarship awarded to Shahin Kamali

Shahin Kamali, a PhD student in the David R. CheritonÌýSchool of Computer Science,Ìýhas been awarded theÌýDerick Wood ÌýGraduate Scholarship.
Dr. Derick Wood was a Professor in the School from 1982 to 1992. He is widely known for his outstanding research contributions in a number of areas of theoretical Computer Science, including algorithms, data structures, and formal languages.
Friday, September 13, 2013

BlackBerry scholarship recipient joins software engineering

TianÌýQiÌý(Dinah)ÌýShiÌýofÌýMississaugaÌýwas awarded one of threeÌýBlackBerryÌýscholarships and will be joining the David R. CheritonÌýSchool of Computer Science pursing a degree in software engineering programs this term. ShiÌýjoins Anastasia Santasheva of Maple, ON, a newÌýÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Engineering systems design engineering student, andÌýXiao Yan (Cheyenne) Guo of Toronto who joins the Faculty of Mathematics.
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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Jim Mitchell, Vice President, Photonics, Interconnects and Packaging at Oracle Labs, returns to À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ

Jim Mitchell, Vice President,ÌýPhotonics, Interconnects and Packaging at Oracle Labs, is a À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ alumnus who graduated not only with a degree in Mathematics/Physics Option, but with some extraordinary firsthand experience. As an undergraduate, he was one of the four developers of the firstÌýWATFORÌýFORTRAN compiler.

Friday, August 23, 2013

À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ ranked among top 50 for engineering and technology by international rankings body

WATERLOO, Ont. (Thursday, August 15, 2013) - The (ARWU) has named the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ among the top 50 universities in the world for academic achievement in engineering/technology and computer science for the second year running.

À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ ranked at 43 in the world for Engineering and amongst the top 200 universities overall globally.