Xu Chu successfully defended his PhD in August 2017. He was supervised by , a member of the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science’s Data Systems Group.
A trio of computer science students from the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ were among the top programmers from 128 universities across six continents invited to battle it out in Rapid City, South Dakota on May 24, 2017 at the .
First year Computer Science student Joyce Yang has been awarded a $12,000 HeForShe scholarship. Yang is among five other students entering STEM disciplines this September.
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science professor Joanne Atlee has been appointed as the first director of Women in Computer Science. A long time advocate of supporting women in computer science, Atlee explains that she is happy to take on the role and continue pushing for women to feel comfortable and confident in the field.
Ahmed E. Hassan, an alumnus of the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, has been named .
Urs Hengartner, an associate professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, was quoted in a  regarding sequencing fraud and credit card security.Ìý
Robert Bridson (BMath '98, MMath '99) has been awarded a for "early conceptualization of sparse-tiled voxel data structures and their application to modeling and simulation."
Danny Yaroslavski, a graduate from the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science (2014) was named to the Forbes "" list, for his work in founding the company .ÌýLightbot teaches children ages four and up how to code though gaming.Ìý
The À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Black team finished 1st at the East Central North America in Windsor, Ontario this past weekend. The À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Red and Gold teams, which comprised of only first and second year students, placed impressively 7th and 8th place respectively.