The pilot version of the CSC108 course – called "mastery-based" because students must master each section before moving on to the next – began in the winter term, with 60 students taking part.

U of T computer science students turned to their peers in the Faculty of Music for help making games that are as fun to listen to as they are to play. The games will be presented on April 4 at Level Up, an annual showcase for video games made by university and college students across Ontario.

Alán Aspuru-Guzik, a tenured professor at Harvard University, will arrive at U of T this summer. An expert in machine learning, quantum computing and chemistry, he is jointly appointed to the departments of chemistry and computer science as the Canada 150 Research Chair in Theoretical & Quantum Chemistry.

PhD student Carolina Gomes and alumnus Daniel Zhang are building a startup with the support of the Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab (DCSIL).

Should you consider a computer science degree? Q&A with Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Paul Gries an associate professor.

PhD student Benett Axtell is researching user speech interactions and is a member of the Technologies for Aging Gracefully lab.

Over the past five years, more than 150 companies have been created. In total, they've generated more than $500 million in investment. Four of the top 10 mentions have a U of T computer science connection.

Kaufman, who co-founded WinterLight with fellow computer science researchers Maria Yancheva, Katie Fraser and Assistant Professor Frank Rudzicz, says the startup benefited immensely from its ongoing association with Toronto’s growing innovation community.

Nearly 60 startups and companies took part in the program’s internship fair over three days.

The University of Toronto is among the top five best global universities for fostering startups, says UBI Global, a Stockholm-based research and advisory firm that ranks top business incubators and accelerators.

Assistant Professor Frank Rudzicz will receive funding for "Automatic remote screening of speech features associated with Alzheimer's disease."

Weedoo, a startup co-founded by U of T alumni, may play a key role in building a link between India and the Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab (DCSIL).

"If you look at the history of a word, meanings of that word tend to shift or extend over time," says Yang Xu, an assistant professor in the department of computer science and University College’s cognitive science program.

Assistant Professor Ashton Anderson (UTSC) and Etan Green, an assistant professor in operations, information and decisions at Wharton, have published their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).