Research

The David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science is among the leading computer science institutionsÌýin the world. It is also one of the largest, with more than 100Ìýprofessorial,ÌýemeritusÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýlecturerÌýfaculty members, more than 60Ìýadministrative, instructional and technical staff, and more than 4,000 undergraduate students and 400Ìýgraduate students.
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Researchers at the Cheriton School of Computer Science conductÌýstudies on aÌýdiverse range of computer science research areas. According to theÌý²Ñ²¹³¦±ô±ð²¹²Ô’sÌý2023 university rankings, weÌýare firstÌýin Canada for the third year in a rowÌýbased on our program and research reputation,Ìýand among the top 25 universities internationally for computer science according to the 2024,Ìý2023,Ìý2022Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌý2021ÌýQuacquarelli SymondsÌýworldwide university subject rankings.
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Among our faculty members we have eight Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, ten Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery, seven Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, three Canada Research Chairs, and two NSERC Industrial Research Chairs. Seventeen of our faculty members areÌýEarly Researcher Awardees.
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The research conductedÌýat the Cheriton School of Computer Science is also deeply connected to the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ software community and beyond. A few of the many exciting industrial projects and spin-offs from À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ are the following —
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  • Axelar —Ìýa universal blockchain interoperability networkÌýthat connects application builders with blockchain ecosystems, applications and users
  • Ìý— a leading software provider for protein and peptide identification
  • InductivÌý—Ìýan AI start-up that uses machine learning to automate the task of identifying and correcting errors in data (acquired by Apple in 2020)
  • produces the Maple symbolic computation software, one of the leading systems for mathematical computation
  • , which began with the in what was then the Department of Computer Science. This was the first major research and development project in electronic publishing and digital libraries.
  • provided leading software for high performance computation on GPUs (before being purchased by Intel in 2009)
  • RapidÌýNovor — an industry-leading antibody/protein sequencing service
  • Ìý— an exciting start-up that uses machine learning for data curation and cleaning
  • developed the WATFOR and WATFIV compilers, which were critically important in training a whole generation of programmers around the world
Faculty and graduate students atÌýthe Cheriton School of Computer Science conduct pure and applied research, publish in top scientific journals and conferences, and move research into practice by collaborating with industrial partners and by creating spin-off companies. We are committed to maintaining our leadership position in computer science education and research.
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The research activities described here give but a brief overview ofÌýwhat we do.ÌýPlease see About the Cheriton School of Computer ScienceÌýfor more information.