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Thursday, June 19, 2025
## [Stuck on that paper? AI tool suggests citations and autocompletes writing](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/stuck-paper-ai-tool-suggests-citations-and-autocompletes)
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.
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Monday, June 9, 2025
## [Doug Stinson receives Lifetime Achievement Award from CS-Can | Info-Can](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/doug-stinson-receives-lifetime-achievement-award-from-cs-can-info-can)
Professor Emeritus Douglas Robert Stinson has received the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from CS-Can | Info-Can, the national non-profit organization dedicated to representing computer science and the interests of the discipline across Canada.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
## [Hadas Barabash and Leyi Yan receive Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/hadas-barabash-leyi-yan-receive-jessie-wh-zou-memorial-award-excellence-undergraduate-research)
Computer Science students Hadas Barabash and Leyi Yan have won the 2025 Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research.
As recipients, each receives a $1,000 prize in recognition of outstanding research during their final year of study.
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Thursday, May 15, 2025
## [Valentio Iverson wins Germain-Erdős Undergraduate Award in Mathematical Research](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/valentio-iverson-wins-germain-erdos-undergraduate-award-in-mathematical-research)
Valentio Iverson, a fourth-year Computer Science major, has won the 2025 Germain-Erdős award, a recognition conferred annually for “remarkable contributions to basic mathematical research” by a student who has done a successful Undergraduate Research Assistant placement.
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Monday, May 12, 2025
## [Sepehr Assadi and international collaborators receive STOC 2025 Best Paper Award](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/sepehr-assadi-international-collaborators-stoc-2025-best-paper-award-vizings-theorem-near-linear-time)
Professor Sepehr Assadi and his international collaborators — Soheil Behnezhad, Sayan Bhattacharya, Martín Costa, Shay Solomon and Tianyi Zhang — have received a Best Paper Award at STOC 2025, the 57th ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing.
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
## [Jian Zhao receives Ontario Early Researcher Award to enhance software development through visual interfaces and generative AI](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/jian-zhao-receives-early-researcher-award-enhance-software-development-through-visual-interfaces)
Professor Jian Zhao has received an Ontario Early Researcher Award, which will provide $140,000 in funding to support his research on enhancing software development through visual interfaces and generative AI.
The funding from the Ontario government is matched by an additional $50,000 from the University of Waterloo, bringing total funding to $190,000 over five years.
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
## [Gautam Kamath receives Ontario Early Researcher Award to further research on data privacy](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/gautam-kamath-receives-ontario-early-researcher-award-to-further-research-on-data-privacy)
Professor Gautam Kamath has been awarded $140,000 from the Ontario Early Researcher Awards program to further his research on algorithms and machine learning techniques that preserve data privacy.
The amount from the Ontario government is matched by $50,000 from the University of Waterloo, bringing total funding to $190,000.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2025
## [Waterloo students win nearly $100k USD at ETHDenver 2025](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/waterloo-students-win-nearly-100k-usd-ethdenver-2025)
Seventeen students from the University of Waterloo and Wilfred Laurier University dominated [ETHDenver](https://www.ethdenver.com/), 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.
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Friday, March 28, 2025
## [UR2PhD program at Waterloo opens doors to meaningful CS research for students](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/ur2phd-program-at-waterloo-opens-doors-meaningful-cs-research-for-students)
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 Waterloo, where Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor Edith Law coordinates the program locally.
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Thursday, March 6, 2025
## [Waterloo startup migrates to the Y Combinator](https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/waterloo-startup-migrates-y-combinator)
Three childhood friends from the University of Waterloo have secured $500,000 from the Y Combinator (YC) for GALE, an innovative immigration software.
[YC](https://www.ycombinator.com/) is one of the world’s biggest and most prestigious startup accelerators, with an average acceptance rate of one per cent. Every year, recipients receive $500,000 in seed funding and other resources like alumni talks and mentorship. With alumni including Airbnb, DoorDash, and Twitch, YC can help kickstart a young business.
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