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Congratulations to CS Prof Ian Goldberg and his colleagues Aniket Kate and Greg Zaverucha on winning the 2025 Asiacrypt Test-of-Time Award. Their highly cited 2010 paper introduced constant-size polynomial commitment schemes central in the design of ZK proof systems.

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L to R: Ian Goldberg, Aniket Kate, Gregory Zaverucha. Ian Goldberg is a Professor at the Cheriton School of Computer Science and the Canada Research Chair in Privacy Enhancing Technologies. Aniket Kate is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and a University Faculty Scholar at Purdue University. Greg Zaverucha is a software engineer in the Microsoft Research Security and Cryptography group.
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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⚖️ Professors Maura R. Grossman, Yuntian Deng, and Wenhu Chen join CIFAR's Solution Networks to tackle AI safety in the legal system and linguistic inequality 🗣️

🔗 Read more: cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/cs-prof...

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November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Cameron Seth is breaking down the world’s hardest CS problem piece by piece.

“What I’m doing is looking at a series of smaller problems related to the broader P vs. NP problem. Essentially, what I’m asking is if we can solve these other related problems,” Cam says.

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PhD candidate Cameron Seth in front of a blackboard
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Al-generated evidence is increasingly appearing in court cases and judges say they are not ready. Research Professor Maura R. Grossman warns that generative Al has democratized fraud and courts must shift from "trust but verify" to "don't trust and verify."

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Research Professor Maura R. Grossman in Waterloo's Davis Centre
November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Key Clues 2026 is quickly approaching!

Watch as Josephine breaks down one of her puzzles from the 2025 challenge and then register your team for the 2026 challenge: keyclueschallenge.uwaterloo.ca

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#PuzzleHunt #KeyClues2026
Key Clues Decoded: Josephine Explains
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November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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🎮 PhD student Yuzhe You is using gaming to make AI more understandable and accessible for non-technical users! She even received $145K from various scholarships and research funds to support her vision

📲Read more here: uwaterloo.ca/computer-sci...
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Congrats to Professors Meng Xu and Sihang Liu, recipients of a $254k grant from National Cybersecurity Consortium to strengthen security of LLM agents.

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Left to right: Professors Meng Xu and Sihang Liu in the Davis Centre
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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The Cheriton School of Computer Science is recruiting!

We invite applications for multiple positions in data management and data systems, as well as in other areas of CS — ML, robotics, computer vision, bioinformatics, and computer systems and architecture.

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November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Congrats to Waterloo Black, represented by Kevin Guo (4A CS), Kevin Yang (4A CS) and Kelly Dance (Master’s C&O). The trio finished second at the 2025 ICPC East Central North America contest. They will represent Waterloo at the ICPC North America Championship in 2026!

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L to R: Professor Ondřej Lhoták, Kevin Guo, Kevin Yang, Kelly Dance and Professor Troy Vasiga at the 2025 ICPC East Central North America contest
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Drop by M3 2nd floor to get a free headshot on November 19th! Open to all Math students!
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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We sat down with dean Jochen Koenemann to discuss everything from his priorities for his term to what his favourite hobbies are outside of work!

Watch the full video here: youtu.be/dpjUY7KpD4s
Coffee with Dean Jochen Koenemann
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November 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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🦅 What if your gym routine consisted of gliding across a forest, skewing fruits like a ninja, or racing on a Formula 1 track? 🏁

🎮 That’s the vision behind Hiro. They're supporting children with disabilities by gamifying physiotherapy exercises.

🔗 Read more: uwaterloo.ca/news/clinic-...

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November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Join the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing for their final Canadian Senior Math Contest (CSMC) prep workshops taking place on November 6, 2025.

These sessions are aimed at students in Grades 11-12.

Register here: uwaterloo.ca/math/undergr...
November 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Happy Halloween! 👻
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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On Nov. 5th, drop in to preview and share feedback on the draft Campus Plan!

Just like cities have urban plans, @uwaterloo.ca has a Campus Plan, a roadmap for how our spaces evolve to support learning, research, community, and sustainability.

Session info here: uwaterloo.ca/campus-plan/...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Congrats to Prof Chengnian Sun and his collaborators Vu Le and Zhendong Su on winning the OOPSLA 2025 Most Influential Paper Award for their work on automated compiler testing. Their research introduced a new way to expose previously undetected bugs in compilers.

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Professor Chengnian Sun in Waterloo's Davis Centre
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Join CEMC Professors in a series of online workshops to help you prepare for the Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest!

These sessions are aimed at Gr. 11 + 12s interested in participating in the Canadian Senior Math Contest in November

Register here: uwaterloo.ca/math/undergr...
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Join us on Oct. 23 for a Mathematics meets Economics workshop featuring Professor Elliot Lipnowski from Yale University!

📅October 23, 2025

⏰5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

📍HH 373

Register here: bit.ly/3Jicp1R
October 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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On November 4th, 2025 you are invited to attend Dr. Edward Doolittle’s lecture, Indigenous Mathematics: Foundations.

The lecture is open to everyone and free to attend!

More info here: uwaterloo.ca/hagey-lectur...
October 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Join CEMC Professors in a series of online workshops to help you prepare for the Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest!

These sessions are aimed at Gr. 11 + 12s interested in participating in the Canadian Senior Math Contest in November

Register here: uwaterloo.ca/.../csmc-pre...
A dark pink background with white text at the top stating "CSMC Part A: Medium difficulty problems". A lighter pink circle has text that reads: Morning Session Thursday, October 23, 2025 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT. Evening Session Thursday, October 23, 2025 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT" Underneath that text is a graphic of a triangular ruler, a compass, a notepad, and a calculator. Under those items and beneath the circle are the University of Waterloo Faculty of Math and The Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing logos.
October 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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🎉Last week, we proudly celebrated our 2025 Alumni Achievement Award recipients! Congrats again to:

Manisha Dias (BMath ’13)
Ian MacKinnon (BMath ’06, MMath ’08)
Farhan Thawar (BMath ’98)
Kim Tremblay (BMath CS ’84)
October 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Congrats to Postdoctoral Research Besat Kassaie, Dr. Andrew Kane and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Frank Tompa, winners of the Best Paper Award at DocEng’25. Their work combines LLMs for query reformulation with reciprocal rank fusion to improve mathematical IR.

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L to R: Andrew Kane, Frank Tompa and Besat Kassaie pose with a Best Paper Award certificate the research team received for "Exploiting Query Reformulation and Reciprocal Rank Fusion in Math-Aware Search Engines," research presented at DocEng'25.
October 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Congrats to CS Prof Edith Law, who has been named the Google Chair in the Future of Work and Learning. This Chair is situated within a broader initiative, the Future of Work Institute, in which she’ll lead research on how AI is transforming education & career readiness.

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L to R: Raouf Boutaba, Charmaine Dean, Edith Law, Jochen Koenemann, Vivek Goel, Nolan Quinn, Sabrina Geremia, Jules Walter
October 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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🎖️We are proud to announce the recipient of the 2025 J.W. Graham Medal in Computing and Innovation!

Congratulations to Farhan Thawar (BMath ’98)!

More on Farhan and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
September 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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🎖️We are proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Alumni Achievement Medals and the J.W. Graham Medal in Computing and Innovation!

Congratulations to Alumni Achievement Medal Recipient, Kim Tremblay (BMath CS ’84)!

Read all about Kim and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
September 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM