A new #UWaterloo startup is helping credit card users maximize their rewards and savings. Velocity based company Eclipse uses machine learning to choose the best credit card for every transaction. More: bit.ly/3yxsqMd | #UWaterlooNews

Really excited to have Niklas Elmqvist at Waterloo's Cheriton School of Computer Science to talk about "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: Visualization for Human-Centered AI Tools"! It is time to merge IA (intelligence augmentation) and AI (artificial intelligence) by emphasizing both human and AI concerns

I’m grateful to work on several interesting projects at Waterloo's Cheriton School of Computer Science that have recently been accepted. These include three papers, one poster, and one workshop at #UIST2024, and one poster at #IEEEVIS2024 Here’s a glimpse of the work we’ve done together 👇

👋 Work with us! Applications for our Winter 2025 ML #SoftwareEngineering Co-op are open. You’ll be involved in a project end to end – from #data pre-processing to implementing #ML algorithms and front-end development. 📥Toronto, Vancouver & Calgary: jobs.rbc.com/ca/en/job/R-00…

Congrats to team 42-b3yond-6ug, which includes CS Professor Meng Xu and his doctoral student Qingyang Zhou. Team 42-b3yond-6ug has been awarded $2 million USD as 1 of 7 semi-finalists at DEF CON 32, among the world’s premier cybersecurity conferences. cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/waterloo-…

Congrats to CS Prof Ihab Ilyas on receiving the 2024 IEEE Canada - IEEE Region 7 C.C. Gotlieb Computer Award! This honour recognizes his groundbreaking work in developing large-scale machine learning systems for data integration, data cleaning and knowledge construction. cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/ihab-ilya…

A team of undergraduate Waterloo Mathematics students placed in the top 8 at a recent AI Hackathon with “Skyline,” a project that uses demographic data and machine learning to simulate cities and use these patterns to optimize its transit infrastructure. More: bit.ly/3Xh2wGb

Dir. Paul W. Grimm of Duke Law and Prof. Maura Grossman of Waterloo's Cheriton School of Computer Science comment on a proposed new federal evidentiary rule in response to #AI and #deepfakes. Read Phillip Bantz's full article via Law360. ⬇️ law360.com/articles/18722…

👋 Waterloo's Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute is hosting its annual conference on Thu, Oct 10 from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm at Federation Hall. This year's event focuses on tackling Canada's cybersecurity challenges. Register & submit a poster / abstract at uwaterloo.ca/cybersecurity-…

Congratulations to co-founders and fellow co-op students Miraal Kabir and Martin Turuta on a fabulous interview with BBC about their non-profit organization, Safi! Their segment starts at the 9:48 mark. spoti.fi/4e20AXx Waterloo Mathematics #UWaterloo open.spotify.com/episode/2PwgdX…

📣 Great news as we start the fall term ... Ihab Ilyas has been named a Fellow of RSC! He has made significant contributions in ranking, ML for large-scale data linkage, and gen-AI systems for automatic data cleaning, as well as co-founding two start-ups. cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/professor…

Feeling pressured to follow the crowd? Read how three students at #UWaterloo are breaking out of the mold and creating their own paths to success. 🙌 More: bit.ly/4cX2U0S | #BackToSchool

👇Check out Eclipse, an app that uses machine learning to maximize credit card rewards and savings💳

🎉HCI researcher Nikhita Joshi was selected among 1000+ applicants from across the world to attend the Heidelberg Laureate Forum. ⭐️The Heidelberg Laureate Forum connects up-and-coming researchers with the world's top mathematicians and computer scientists. 🔗Read more: uwaterloo.ca/computer-scien…

#UWaterloo tops the charts! 📈 We’re #1 in Canada and #21 globally for producing successful entrepreneurs in the latest PitchBook Rankings, with 562 founders and $20B USD raised. Additionally we rank 2nd in Canada for producing female founders.🖤💛 🔗 bit.ly/3yYT94B

With goals from using tech for social good to creating innovative AI software, we're excited to welcome this year's CS Schulich Leaders🙌

Congratulations to CS prof Meng Xu, his doctoral student Qingyang Zhou, and their team 42-b3yond-6ug for being semi-finalists at the AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC), run by DARPA at DEF CON 32! Read more here: bit.ly/3XyEPJt

Congrats, Mahmoud. Wonderful news!

Congrats to U Waterloo Research Professor Maura R. Grossman on being appointed to the NYC Bar Association’s Presidential Task Force on AI & Digital Technologies. She’ll help guide the integration of AI into legal services & the administration of justice. mondaq.com/pressrelease/1…

How should judges deal with the growing issue of deepfakes in court? A recent paper co-authored by CS Research Professor Maura R. Grossman discusses the growing challenges the courts face from the rise of deepfake and AI-generated materials. ediscoverytoday.com/2024/09/11/dee…