Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor is one of nine researchers at the University of ݮƵ to receive funding from the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities through the .
In one of the most memorable speeches from William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, Juliet ponders, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Her message is clear — things are what they are no matter what name they are given.
But what if your name, or more precisely what people perceive about you from just your name, affected how your contributions are viewed and valued?
, a blockchain-based start-up founded by Cheriton School of Computer Science doctoral student Yuhao Dong, has secured $1.5 million USD in seed funding from Polychain Capital, a digital asset investment fund based in San Francisco, California. The start-up is developing Themelio, an open-source public blockchain that aims to revolutionize the way blockchains are used in security-critical software systems.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Peter Forsyth, Professor Ken Vetzal from the School of Accounting and Finance, and Graham Westmacott, portfolio manager at PWL Capital, have received the 2021 from — the American Risk and Insurance Association.
With a rich and expansive career in mathematics and computer science, can be regarded as one of the earliest pioneers of computer science at the University of ݮƵ.
Cheriton School of Computer Science PhD student Brad Glasbergen, recent CS undergraduate Fangyu Wu and Professor Khuzaima Daudjee have received the Best Demonstration Award at the for , a proof-of-concept system they developed that allows data systems to adapt easily to changes in workload and system behaviour.
Research conducted by recent CS master’s graduate has received a Best Student Paper award at , the flagship conference of the Association for Computing Machinery’s special interest group for the computer systems performance evaluation community.
Master’s graduate Abbas Abou Daya, Research Professors Mohammad A. Salahuddin and Noura Limam, and Cheriton School of Computer Science Director Raouf Boutaba have received a for their research presented at the 16th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management and published in the .
Ondřej Lhoták is an Associate Professor at the Cheriton School of Computer Science. He has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from ݮƵ, and an MSc and PhD in computer science from McGill. He joined the Cheriton School of Computer Science as faculty in 2006.
Cheriton School of Computer Science faculty members Byron Weber Becker, Eric Blais, Raouf Boutaba, Lori Case, Ihab Ilyas, Anna Lubiw and Pascal Poupart have each received a 2020 Outstanding Performance Award.
Established in 2005, these awards recognize University of ݮƵ faculty members for their outstanding contributions to teaching, scholarship and service.