Assistant Professor Alec Jacobson has received the 2020 Significant New Researcher Award from ACM SIGGRAPH. The annual award is one of the highest honours for early-career researchers in the field of computer graphics.

Professor Marsha Chechik has started a two-year term as Chair of the Department of Computer Science, effective July 1, 2020. She will lead DCS through a critical visioning exercise at this pivotal time in its history.

With U of T’s traditional June convocation moved online, the Department of Computer Science stepped up to celebrate its 2020 graduates in a new way. 

Recent CS graduate Lana El Sanyoura was one of four students selected to address the country in commencement remarks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Lana El Sanyoura graduates with a specialization in computer science and a major in cognitive science. Read a Q&A about her U of T student experience.

University Professor Emeritus Stephen Cook has received the Centennial Medal, the highest honour bestowed by Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. 

Computer Science faculty and students have key roles in a collaborative effort to share information about how Ontario is dealing with COVID-19.

Professor Michael Brudno and Professor Eyal de Lara are working on projects that bring computer science innovations into clinical care settings and patients’ homes to address challenges of COVID-19.

Professor Ravin Balakrishnan was recognized with a 2020 CHCCS/SCDHM Achievement Award for his significant contributions to the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).

Leqi (Jimmy) Zhu (PhD 2019 Computer Science) is the recipient of the 2019 Canadian Computer Science Distinguished Dissertation Award from CS-Can/Info-Can.

The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) has named Professor Emeritus John Mylopoulos to its first cohort of Fellows.

Professor Emeritus Ron Baecker has been recognized for promoting the application of human-computer interaction (HCI) research to pressing social needs.

Assistant Professor Sanja Fidler, Professor Eyal de Lara, and Professor Karan Singh, and are among 10 U of T scientists who have won prestigious Connaught Innovation Awards for 2020.