David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

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[Using AI to accelerate drug development

PhD candidate Bing Hu uses machine learning to empower collaboration between computer science, math and medical research](https://uwaterloo.ca/news/global-futures/using-ai-accelerate-drug-development)

[The hidden dangers of black carbon in snow

Research on light and snow interactions reveal how pollution could impact plant growth](https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/hidden-impact-polluted-snow)

[Does DNA carry an imprint of the environment?

Computational genomics: Extremophiles in different domains of life adapted to same extreme environment can share similar genomic signatures](https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/news/does-dna-carry-imprint-of-the-environment)

[The TTC race

Computer science student built a website to track the speed of TTC streetcars](https://uwaterloo.ca/news/mathematics/tracking-transit)

[From computer science to Grammy nominations

Award-winning mix and recording engineer, George Seara, discusses his Cheriton roots and music career](https://uwaterloo.ca/math/news/computer-science-recording-studio-interview-george-seara)

[Pascal Poupart, Luis Ricardez-Sandoval receive $480k grant from BMO and Mitacs

Strengthening Canada’s supply of critical minerals by applying AI to recycling of rare earth elements](https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/news/pascal-poupart-luis-ricardez-sandoval-receive-480k-grant-bmo-mitacs-develop-reinforcement-learning-tools-for-ree-recycling)

[International Women’s Day: Celebrating women researchers and entrepreneurs

From groundbreaking discoveries to accelerating patient care, Waterloo's Computer Science women shine](https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/news/international-womens-day-celebrating-women-researchers-and)

[Marina Meila named Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Recognizing her expertise in advancing the theoretical foundations of interpretable and explainable machine learning](https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/news/marina-meila-named-canada-cifar-ai-chair)

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David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

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Thursday, June 19, 2025

Stuck on that paper? AI tool suggests citations and autocompletes writing

Ever spent hours browsing through multiple websites because you can’t find the right source for your essay?

Fortunately, a Waterloo-led research team has created ScholarCopilot, an AI-powered software that can make writing papers faster, smoother, and less stressful.

Users can write or upload on ScholarCopilot’s interface. When they click on the “search citations” button, it will analyze their content and generate a list of academic sources. If the user chooses one of the recommendations, ScholarCopilot will automatically create in-text citations.

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Yuzhe You wins best student paper award at GI 2025 for novel cybersecurity tool

PhD student Yuzhe You has won the Michael A.J. Sweeney Award for Best Student Paper at Graphics Interface 2025. Held annually by the Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society, GI is the nation’s top conference on computer graphics and visualization, and human-computer interaction.

The award recognizes Yuzhe’s paper, Exploring Comparative Visual Approaches for Understanding Model Trade-offs in Adversarial Machine Learning, co-authored with Professor Jian Zhao, her supervisor.

Monday, June 16, 2025

Research on long-distance immigrant family communication wins award at GI 2025

Jiawen Stefanie Zhu (BCS ’24) has won the Best Poster award at Graphics Interface 2025, Canada’s top conference on computer graphics and visualization, and human-computer interaction.

Jiawen completed her undergraduate studies at the Cheriton School of Computer Science in 2024. Now, as a PhD student at the University of Washington, her research focuses on interactive systems that can enhance human–human and human–AI collaboration. In particular, she is “exploring ways to help people navigate our multilingual world.”

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