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Four students at the Cheriton School of Computer Science are recipients of the . The annual CRA awards program recognizes undergraduate students from universities across North America who have distinguished themselves by conducting exceptional research in an area of computer science.

A team of computer scientists has developed a new system that recognizes near-keyboard hand gestures to expand laptop interaction.

The new technology is an innovation in the field of human-computer interaction and allows users to give commands that would otherwise involve keyboard shortcuts or mouse round-trips.

During his inaugural lecture at the University of Lille in 1854, the French microbiologist and chemist Louis Pasteur said, “In the fields of observation chance favours only the prepared mind.”

Pasteur’s reflection is as true today as it was more than a century and a half ago. Those who observe the world keenly with minds that have been primed by experience and education will see novel ideas to pursue, original opportunities to explore.

Former computer science student Vitalik Buterin, founder of the cryptocurrency Ethereum, has been named in the recent Forbes ‘30 under 30 hall of fame.’

Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor has been for his contributions to data integration, data cleaning and rank-aware query processing.

Ian Munro joined the University of ��ݮ��Ƶ as a faculty member 50 years ago this fall, just before defending his PhD thesis at the University of Toronto. 

We are saddened to announce that our colleague and friend Farhad Mavaddat, retired Professor at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, passed away peacefully on November 3, 2021 at the age of 80. 

Researchers at the Cheriton School of Computer Science have developed a data-efficient pretrained transformed-based neural language model to analyze 11 African languages. Their , is based on BERT — — a deep learning technique for natural language processing developed in 2018 by Google. 

As a graduate student in the Cheriton School of Computer Science, Cameron Seth studies . As an athlete, he is among the top Canadian men’s squash players. He has been playing on the international professional tour since 2015, and during his undergrad, Cameron was a mainstay on the University of ��ݮ��Ƶ varsity team.

A company founded by two University of ��ݮ��Ƶ graduates is on track to become a giant in the Canadian business-to-business credit card market.

Float, which was co-founded by Cheriton School of Computer Science alums Griffin Keglevich and Ruslan Nikolaev, recently brought in a whopping $37 million CAD in new investments.

The company’s third co-founder and current CEO, Rob Khazzam, who joined Float in March 2021, brings a wealth of experience in business and finance, having previously worked for Uber and various venture capital advisory firms.