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Seventeen students from the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ and Wilfred Laurier University dominatedÌý, held from February 23 to March 2, 2025.

ETHDenver is the world’s largest and longest-running Ethereum event. Since 2018, it has hosted blockchain-focused events, including panel discussions, workshops, networking sessions, and boot camps. Their main event is #BUIDLathon, a hackathon where attendees can team up to develop their own blockchain projects.

Professor Xiao Hu has received a Best Paper Award at the 2025 ACM SIGMOD/PODS International Conference on Management of Data for her research on optimizing join-aggregate queries.

Her paper, Output-Optimal Algorithms for Join-Aggregate Queries, addresses a long-standing open problem in database theory, establishing output-optimal bounds on the efficiency with which such queries can be processed.

À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ researchers use machine learning to predict how new drugs could affect the body.

Graduate student Helia Yazdanyar and her advisor, Professor Sepehr Assadi, have received the Best Paper Award at SOSA25, the eighth SIAM Symposium on Simplicity in Algorithms.

Their paper, Simple Sublinear Algorithms for (Δ + 1) Vertex Coloring via Asymmetric Palette Sparsification, was recognized for its approach to simplifying sublinear algorithms for graph colouring.

Launched by the Computing Research Association in 2023, the UR2PhD program is designed to broaden access to undergraduate research experiences and inspire students to pursue graduate studies.

Among its institutional partners is the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, where Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor Edith Law coordinates the program locally.

University Professor M. Tamer Öszu has received the Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision, a prestigious recognition conferred annually since 2005 by À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs in collaboration with the Graduate Student Association.

Linda Wang (she/her), a third-year Computer Science student, is the Co-op Student of the Year for the Faculty of Math! Her incredible work at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) played a pivotal role in developing one of the company’s first generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) use cases in human resources (HR).

A lot has happened to (BCS ’22) since graduating from the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, nearly three years ago.

She moved to San Francisco for her first post-graduation job. Started a book club to make friends. Got into an accident, where she, a Canadian, had to navigate the complexities of the American healthcare system. Quit her job to launch a health-tech startup, Cenote, with two people she met from her book club. Applied to Y Combinator (YC), the world’s largest and most competitive startup accelerator. Got accepted by YC and received $500,000 USD in seed funding.Ìý

We connected with our alum about her unique entrepreneurship journey, her passion for diversity, equity and inclusive (DEI) initiatives, and her words to her younger self.Ìý

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Peter Forsyth from the Cheriton School of Computer Science, Professor Emeritus Ken Vetzal from the School of Accounting and Finance, and Graham Westmacott, a portfolio manager at Richardson Wealth Limited, have been awarded the 2024 Chris Daykin Prize by the International Actuarial Association.

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