Mar 28, 2024 At DGP Academy, high school students gain new perspectives on graduate school and computer graphics research Mar 28, 2024
Mar 19, 2024 Video game design course and showcase propel student creativity into the spotlight Mar 19, 2024
Mar 19, 2024 Alán Aspuru-Guzik receives 2024 U of T President’s Impact Award Mar 19, 2024
Mar 13, 2024 Compassion behind the keyboard: How a CS researcher is using AI and community feedback to tackle harmful social media content Mar 13, 2024
Mar 4, 2024 Acceleration Consortium seed grants support new research into self-driving labs technology Mar 4, 2024

February 2024

Feb 23, 2024 Ishtiaque Ahmed awarded Microsoft AI & Society fellowship for research into ‘digital divide’ of generative AI tools Feb 23, 2024
Feb 14, 2024 Alumna Patricia Thaine turns passion for finding patterns in language into career in online privacy Feb 14, 2024
Feb 13, 2024 ‘We’re improving patient safety’: How one CS grad is using AI to personalize health-care operations Feb 13, 2024
Feb 2, 2024 CS alum Alex Lu is discovering new ways to apply deep learning in biology Feb 2, 2024

January 2024

Jan 25, 2024 AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton named ACM Fellow Jan 25, 2024
Jan 12, 2024 New faculty spotlight: Niv Dayan Jan 12, 2024
Jan 4, 2024 Alumnus and Adjunct Professor Bill Buxton appointed to the Order of Canada Jan 4, 2024
Jan 4, 2024 Professor Raquel Urtasun appointed to the Order of Ontario Jan 4, 2024

December 2023

Dec 15, 2023 New faculty spotlight: Qizhen Zhang Dec 15, 2023
Dec 12, 2023 Department of Computer Science at SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 Dec 12, 2023
Dec 11, 2023 Kyros Kutulakos wins 2023 Dean’s Research Excellence Award Dec 11, 2023
Dec 8, 2023 Achieving alignment: How U of T researchers are working to keep AI on track Dec 8, 2023

November 2023

Nov 30, 2023 New faculty spotlight: Gururaj Saileshwar Nov 30, 2023
Nov 29, 2023 Reflecting on ‘Social Issues in Computing,’ 50 years later Nov 29, 2023
Nov 24, 2023 Ishtiaque Ahmed receives 2023 Google Award for Inclusion Research Nov 24, 2023
Nov 24, 2023 Web3, here we come: CS alum and Agora co-founder Kent Fenwick on the future of the internet Nov 24, 2023
Nov 23, 2023 Geoffrey Hinton tops Toronto Life's list of most influential people Nov 23, 2023
Nov 23, 2023 Tech research and innovation take centre stage at tenth annual ARIA showcase Nov 23, 2023
Nov 22, 2023 Department of Computer Science welcomes its newest faculty members in 2023–2024 Nov 22, 2023
Nov 9, 2023 Shubhangi Saraf wins Connaught Fund’s McLean Award for her research bridging computer science and mathematics Nov 9, 2023
Nov 8, 2023 Graduation Spotlight: Evi Micha Nov 8, 2023
Nov 8, 2023 Graduation Spotlight: Myles Thiessen Nov 8, 2023
Nov 7, 2023 U of T researchers leverage AI to decipher lung health from speech Nov 7, 2023
Nov 7, 2023 Graduation Spotlight: Helena Jovic Nov 7, 2023
Nov 7, 2023 Graduation Spotlight: Parsa Tajik Nov 7, 2023
Nov 2, 2023 Geoffrey Hinton fields questions from scholars, students during academic talk on responsible AI Nov 2, 2023
Nov 2, 2023 U of T computer scientists develop video camera that acts as a ‘microscope for time’ Nov 2, 2023

October 2023

Oct 27, 2023 CS alum Francois Gouelo is changing the status quo of the hospitality industry Oct 27, 2023
Oct 26, 2023 Why is COVID-19 more severe in some people? Researchers use genetics, data science to find out Oct 26, 2023
Oct 25, 2023 Geoffrey Hinton to give scholarly talk on whether AI will eclipse human intelligence Oct 25, 2023
Oct 20, 2023 New book explains how we know climate-change computer models are accurate — and why we should believe them Oct 20, 2023
Oct 17, 2023 GPTZero enters the chat: Alum Alex Cui and his breakthrough in AI detection Oct 17, 2023
Oct 10, 2023 Humanity is at a ‘turning point’ with AI, Geoffrey Hinton tells CBS News's 60 Minutes Oct 10, 2023
Oct 6, 2023 Geoffrey Hinton and Fei-Fei Li draw thousands to talk about responsible AI development Oct 6, 2023
Oct 5, 2023 Nandita Vijaykumar and Igor Gilitschenski win 2022 Sony Focused Research Award Oct 5, 2023

September 2023

Sep 21, 2023 Bo Wang appointed chief AI scientist at University Health Network Sep 21, 2023
Sep 7, 2023 U of T CS faculty and alumni among Time magazine’s TIME100 Most Influential People in AI Sep 7, 2023

August 2023

Aug 31, 2023 Team including U of T computer scientists wins ISSS 2023 Scientific Achievement Award for work on CERN Large Hadron Collider safety system Aug 31, 2023
Aug 30, 2023 First-year student arrives at U of T to study computer science with a plan to improve Toronto’s transit Aug 30, 2023
Aug 29, 2023 New podcast keeps CS students ‘In the Loop’ on making the most of their time at U of T Aug 29, 2023
Aug 25, 2023 Computer Science PhD students win 2023 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship with machine learning optimization project Aug 25, 2023
Aug 1, 2023 CS researchers design ‘CLAIRify’ framework to improve chemistry robotics planning Aug 1, 2023

July 2023

Jul 31, 2023 Two PhD alumni honoured with dissertation awards at ICAPS 2023 Jul 31, 2023
Jul 27, 2023 Researchers find ‘unified foundation’ of word meaning in child language development and language evolution Jul 27, 2023
Jul 4, 2023 Risks of artificial intelligence must be considered as the technology evolves: Geoffrey Hinton Jul 4, 2023

June 2023

Jun 29, 2023 Department of Computer Science announces promotion of five faculty members Jun 29, 2023
Jun 22, 2023 The Godfather in Conversation: Why Geoffrey Hinton is worried about the future of AI Jun 22, 2023
Jun 19, 2023 Since discovering machine learning and AI in first year, CS grad Varun Lodaya, has never looked back Jun 19, 2023
Jun 13, 2023 Computer Science undergraduates in the class of 2023 reflect on their time at U of T Jun 13, 2023
Jun 13, 2023 Graduation Spotlight: Jenny Zhang Jun 13, 2023
Jun 13, 2023 Graduation Spotlight: Hudson Yuen Jun 13, 2023
Jun 13, 2023 Graduation Spotlight: Affan Siddiqui Jun 13, 2023
Jun 13, 2023 Graduation Spotlight: Ananya Jha Jun 13, 2023
Jun 13, 2023 Graduation Spotlight: Ramzi Dajani Jun 13, 2023
Jun 9, 2023 Influential Paper Award: International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS 2022) Jun 9, 2023
Jun 2, 2023 The future of AI is in good hands with graduating student Guodong Zhang Jun 2, 2023
Jun 1, 2023 Graduation Spotlight: Maayan Shvo Jun 1, 2023

May 2023

May 30, 2023 Fanny Chevalier named to France's Order of Academic Palms May 30, 2023
May 24, 2023 With digital messaging tools for mental health, context is key, U of T researchers find May 24, 2023
May 19, 2023 Students from Ukraine take part in U of T’s computer science summer research program May 19, 2023
May 18, 2023 Richard Zemel receives 2023 CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award May 18, 2023
May 18, 2023 Robert Soden shares insights on climate informatics in U of T sustainability video series May 18, 2023
May 16, 2023 Interactive ‘Stargazer’ camera robot assists with how-to video creation May 16, 2023
May 16, 2023 New research on training decision-making AI reveals insights into normative judgments May 16, 2023
May 12, 2023 Award-winning text visualization research aims to support health-care workers navigating patient records May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023 ‘It’s given me huge encouragement’: PhD grad wins 2022 Alain Fournier Dissertation Award for geometry processing research on stylization algorithms May 12, 2023
May 10, 2023 Alec Jacobson wins CS-Can/Info-Can Outstanding Early Career Computer Science Research Award May 10, 2023
May 9, 2023 Transforming education through AI-powered adaptive experiments: U of T computer scientists’ team wins XPRIZE Digital Learning Challenge May 9, 2023
May 5, 2023 Geoffrey Hinton elected to U.S. National Academy of Sciences May 5, 2023
May 3, 2023 Ashton Anderson discusses recommender systems with Spotify’s senior director of research May 3, 2023

April 2023

Apr 28, 2023 U of T receives $200-million grant to support Acceleration Consortium's ‘self-driving labs’ research Apr 28, 2023
Apr 27, 2023 Rahul G. Krishnan receives Amazon Research Award to build machine learning into the health-care system Apr 27, 2023
Apr 26, 2023 CS undergrad Lisa Yu is first individual female finisher in global trading competition Apr 26, 2023
Apr 25, 2023 U of T computer science students ‘level up’ at game design showcase Apr 25, 2023
Apr 18, 2023 Alec Jacobson wins Faculty of Arts & Science Outstanding Teaching Award Apr 18, 2023
Apr 4, 2023 Brave new technology: A&S experts provide insight into generative AI tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E Apr 4, 2023

March 2023

Mar 31, 2023 U of T computer scientists' MOOClet framework helps personalize and improve online learning experiences Mar 31, 2023
Mar 27, 2023 Geoffrey Hinton, alumnus Nick Frosst discuss impact and potential of new AI on CBS News Mar 27, 2023
Mar 24, 2023 Computer Science faculty members awarded Catalyst Grants from Data Sciences Institute Mar 24, 2023
Mar 23, 2023 AI code generators could make learning to code easier for young students, new research shows Mar 23, 2023
Mar 21, 2023 Maclean’s ‘Top 10 AI Trailblazers’ list recognizes U of T CS faculty and alumni Mar 21, 2023
Mar 17, 2023 CS professor ‘all ears’ for the future of blood pressure monitoring Mar 17, 2023
Mar 16, 2023 Three takeaways from Waabi CEO Raquel Urtasun’s entrepreneurial journey Mar 16, 2023
Mar 14, 2023 Computer science alumna co-develops equity-focused therapy platform featuring AI avatars Mar 14, 2023
Mar 13, 2023 U of T researchers advancing telescope technology for next-generation ground-based observations Mar 13, 2023
Mar 8, 2023 ‘There’s a very large group of women who have your back’: computer science mentorship event connects female students and faculty Mar 8, 2023
Mar 7, 2023 U of T students score win at NFL’s Big Data Bowl Mar 7, 2023
Mar 6, 2023 Global News: U of T AI pioneers highlighted as key players in industry innovation Mar 6, 2023

February 2023

Feb 24, 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships awarded to Jimmy Ba and Sushant Sachdeva Feb 24, 2023
Feb 9, 2023 U of T students land in finals of the NFL’s Big Data Bowl with improved model of ‘pocket pressure’ Feb 9, 2023

January 2023

Jan 19, 2023 Researchers use AI-powered database to design potential cancer drug in 30 days Jan 19, 2023
Jan 10, 2023 University of Toronto scientists use machine learning to fast-track drug formulation development Jan 10, 2023

December 2022

Dec 12, 2022 Sujay Nagaraj awarded 2022 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship Dec 12, 2022
Dec 6, 2022 ‘We had to rethink how we were teaching the class’: CS faculty reflect on a decade of MOOCs at U of T Dec 6, 2022
Dec 1, 2022 U of T computer scientists recognized for outstanding AI research at NeurIPS 2022 Dec 1, 2022

November 2022

Nov 21, 2022 Waabi’s self-driving technology set to be road-tested, Raquel Urtasun tells Globe and Mail, Forbes Nov 21, 2022
Nov 3, 2022 2022 Applied Research in Action (ARIA) showcase to spotlight innovative student tech research Nov 3, 2022
Nov 2, 2022 U of T collaborates with Naver, Wattpad on AI research Nov 2, 2022
Nov 1, 2022 Two CS faculty members to lead U of T’s Schmidt AI in Science Postdocs program Nov 1, 2022

October 2022

Oct 18, 2022 Computer science students from Ukraine find a summer home at U of T Oct 18, 2022
Oct 5, 2022 Department of Computer Science welcomes its newest faculty members in 2022–2023 Oct 5, 2022
Oct 4, 2022 Statement of solidarity with Iranian community members Oct 4, 2022

September 2022

Sep 27, 2022 South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol visits U of T for AI roundtable Sep 27, 2022
Sep 23, 2022 In Memoriam: Professor Fahiem Bacchus (1957–2022) Sep 23, 2022
Sep 20, 2022 Karthik Mahadevan receives 2022 Google PhD Fellowship in HCI Sep 20, 2022

August 2022

Aug 24, 2022 AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton receives prestigious Royal Medal from the Royal Society Aug 24, 2022
Aug 4, 2022 $1.5 million in funding from Department of National Defence to support development of 5G edge computing research network Aug 4, 2022

July 2022

Jul 19, 2022 Six U of T Computer Science faculty members promoted Jul 19, 2022
Jul 14, 2022 Department of Computer Science, Vector Institute launch Technology UpSkilling Program with micro-credential offerings in machine learning Jul 14, 2022
Jul 6, 2022 Geoffrey Hinton shares 2022 Princess of Asturias Award with fellow deep learning pioneers Jul 6, 2022
Jul 5, 2022 Alumnus Mark Braverman awarded 2022 IMU Abacus Medal Jul 5, 2022

June 2022

Jun 28, 2022 Gennady Pekhimenko receives early-career awards from Google, VMware Jun 28, 2022
Jun 22, 2022 Computer Science undergraduates in the class of 2022 reflect on their time at U of T Jun 22, 2022
Jun 17, 2022 Graduation Spotlight: Shannon Komguem Jun 17, 2022
Jun 17, 2022 Graduation Spotlight: Matthieu Chan Chee Jun 17, 2022
Jun 17, 2022 Graduation Spotlight: Evan Kanter Jun 17, 2022
Jun 17, 2022 Graduation Spotlight: Antoine Finot Jun 17, 2022
Jun 17, 2022 Graduation Spotlight: Samantha Fassnacht Jun 17, 2022
Jun 3, 2022 Fahiem Bacchus receives 2022 CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award Jun 3, 2022
Jun 2, 2022 Eyal de Lara appointed Chair and Graduate Chair of Department of Computer Science Jun 2, 2022

May 2022

May 31, 2022 Sushant Sachdeva receives Ontario Early Researcher Award to support optimization of real-world networks May 31, 2022
May 22, 2022 Toniann Pitassi elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences May 22, 2022
May 13, 2022 Department of Computer Science to welcome students from Ukrainian universities amid ongoing war May 13, 2022
May 12, 2022 Pavi Chandrasegaram wins 2022 Dean’s Outstanding Administrative Service Award May 12, 2022
May 9, 2022 Acceleration Consortium cements partnership with global technology leader Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany May 9, 2022

April 2022

Apr 29, 2022 Mario Badr recognized for excellence in teaching by undergraduate students Apr 29, 2022
Apr 6, 2022 Ashton Anderson awarded 2021 CS-Can/Info-Can Outstanding Early Career Computer Science Researcher Prize Apr 6, 2022

March 2022

Mar 22, 2022 Toronto 'quietly' experiences massive tech boom: The New York Times Mar 22, 2022
Mar 10, 2022 Two faculty members appointed to Bell University Laboratory Chairs Mar 10, 2022
Mar 9, 2022 At U of T Entrepreneurship Week, three startups to watch with Department of Computer Science ties Mar 9, 2022
Mar 9, 2022 U of T’s Raquel Urtasun among five women breaking down barriers in the auto industry: Globe and Mail Mar 9, 2022

February 2022

Feb 18, 2022 AI language processing startup Cohere raises US$125 million: The Globe and Mail Feb 18, 2022
Feb 15, 2022 Sloan Research Fellowships awarded to David Duvenaud and Alec Jacobson Feb 15, 2022
Feb 10, 2022 In Globe and Mail, Raquel Urtasun discusses 'milestone' in self-driving car development Feb 10, 2022

January 2022

Jan 31, 2022 Two students named finalists in 2022 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award program Jan 31, 2022
Jan 20, 2022 U of T ‘Groundbreakers’ series highlights cutting-edge research of two CS faculty members Jan 20, 2022
Jan 11, 2022 Ronald Baecker’s new book offers strategies for a safer digital world Jan 11, 2022

December 2021

Dec 2, 2021 Marsha Chechik named Fellow of Automated Software Engineering Dec 2, 2021
Dec 2, 2021 U of T computer scientists uncover the driver of recent political polarization on Reddit Dec 2, 2021

November 2021

Nov 19, 2021 Raquel Urtasun and Brendan Frey named to '50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2021' Nov 19, 2021
Nov 19, 2021 At Applied Research in Action showcase, students share innovative projects at the intersection of academia and industry Nov 19, 2021
Nov 18, 2021 Graduation Spotlight: Charles Bullingham Nov 18, 2021
Nov 16, 2021 Deep Learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton named winner of 2021 Dickson Prize in Science Nov 16, 2021

October 2021

Oct 29, 2021 This chemist is reimagining the discovery of materials using AI and automation: MIT Technology Review Oct 29, 2021
Oct 21, 2021 Robots in the wild: Florian Shkurti on overcoming 'edge cases' in machine learning Oct 21, 2021
Oct 18, 2021 Raquel Urtasun awarded Everingham Prize for contributions to computer vision Oct 18, 2021

September 2021

Sep 16, 2021 Two CS faculty inducted into International Symposium on Computer Architecture Hall of Fame Sep 16, 2021
Sep 10, 2021 Getting involved as an undergraduate CS student: a conversation with U of T AI Sep 10, 2021
Sep 1, 2021 U of T launches Data Sciences Institute to harness global data revolution Sep 1, 2021

July 2021

Jul 28, 2021 Leqi Zhu wins 2021 Principles of Distributed Computing Dissertation Award Jul 28, 2021
Jul 21, 2021 Computer graphics researcher Silvia Sellán is awarded two prestigious scholarships Jul 21, 2021
Jul 9, 2021 Visual computing researcher to join Department of Computer Science faculty in 2022 Jul 9, 2021
Jul 6, 2021 Pilot program embeds ethics into U of T undergraduate CS courses Jul 6, 2021

June 2021

Jun 28, 2021 Jennifer Campbell is awarded U of T’s highest teaching honour Jun 28, 2021
Jun 24, 2021 Graduation Spotlight: Yanna Ding Jun 24, 2021
Jun 23, 2021 Graduation Spotlight: Phillip Christoffersen Jun 23, 2021
Jun 23, 2021 Graduation Spotlight: Tina Li Jun 23, 2021
Jun 23, 2021 Graduation Spotlight: Aniket Kali Jun 23, 2021
Jun 23, 2021 Graduation Spotlight: Murad Akhundov Jun 23, 2021
Jun 23, 2021 Graduation Spotlight: Danya Lette Jun 23, 2021
Jun 23, 2021 Graduation Spotlight: Ben Prystawski Jun 23, 2021
Jun 11, 2021 U of T deep learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton receives honorary degree Jun 11, 2021
Jun 10, 2021 The road ahead: Raquel Urtasun's startup to ‘unleash full power of AI’ on self-driving cars Jun 10, 2021
Jun 10, 2021 David Levin awarded for early career accomplishments in graphics Jun 10, 2021

May 2021

May 31, 2021 Hector Levesque recognized by ACM for contributions to knowledge representation and reasoning May 31, 2021
May 19, 2021 New faculty spotlight: Sadia Sharmin May 19, 2021
May 18, 2021 Startup launched by U of T alumni helps companies' computers talk to customers: The Globe and Mail May 18, 2021
May 6, 2021 Black high school students explore STEM with the Faculty of Arts & Science May 6, 2021
May 4, 2021 Texting tool built by U of T alumnus helps Canadians find nearest vaccine clinic: Toronto Star May 4, 2021
May 3, 2021 How a slender, snake-like device could give doctors new ways to save lives May 3, 2021
May 1, 2021 U of T startup draws on AI, linguistics to power facial animation in video games May 1, 2021

April 2021

Apr 26, 2021 Sana Tonekaboni receives Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD fellowship Apr 26, 2021
Apr 22, 2021 U of T’s Geoffrey Hinton and Allen Lau help kick off 2021 Collision conference Apr 22, 2021
Apr 20, 2021 New Acceleration Consortium at U of T applies artificial intelligence to discovery of advanced materials Apr 20, 2021
Apr 1, 2021 Toni Pitassi recognized for contributions to theoretical computer science Apr 1, 2021

March 2021

Mar 29, 2021 U of T recognizes Jacqueline Smith with Early Career Teaching Award Mar 29, 2021
Mar 29, 2021 Q&A with undergraduate student Alex Kozin Mar 29, 2021
Mar 16, 2021 Rachel Levine wins postdoctoral fellowship to study human relationships with robotic pets Mar 16, 2021

February 2021

Feb 24, 2021 What do you get when medievalists team up with computer scientists? Smart software that reads Latin Feb 24, 2021
Feb 17, 2021 How to beat banana blight? Prize-winning U of T student team turns to novel neural network Feb 17, 2021
Feb 16, 2021 Two Department of Computer Science researchers receive 2021 Sloan Research Fellowships Feb 16, 2021
Feb 11, 2021 Multidisciplinary team lays groundwork for a Central Bank-backed “digital loonie” Feb 11, 2021
Feb 11, 2021 Q&A with undergraduate student Alex Tran Feb 11, 2021
Feb 9, 2021 Database systems pioneer recognized for lifetime achievements in computer science Feb 9, 2021
Feb 3, 2021 Toronto's first student-run Black hackathon goes global Feb 3, 2021
Feb 2, 2021 Nisarg Shah recognized as one of ‘AI’s 10 To Watch’ Feb 2, 2021

January 2021

Jan 26, 2021 New chess AI bridges gap between human and artificial intelligence Jan 26, 2021
Jan 19, 2021 Four U of T computer science researchers named CIFAR AI Chairs Jan 19, 2021
Jan 13, 2021 Scientists use machine learning to accelerate discovery of materials for use in industrial processes Jan 13, 2021
Jan 12, 2021 Undergraduates engage in cutting-edge CS research over the summer Jan 12, 2021

December 2020

Dec 11, 2020 Professor Graeme Hirst receives 2020 ACL Distinguished Service Award Dec 11, 2020
Dec 4, 2020 MScAC Program announces 2020 ARIA Award winners Dec 4, 2020

November 2020

Nov 27, 2020 University Professor Allan Borodin appointed to the Order of Canada Nov 27, 2020
Nov 12, 2020 U of T and Palette Inc. announce novel partnership to drive reskilling of Canadian workers displaced by shifting global economy Nov 12, 2020
Nov 10, 2020 Tovi Grossman recognized with prestigious NSERC fellowship Nov 10, 2020

October 2020

Oct 30, 2020 U of T undergraduates host a global competition that uses machine learning to address climate change Oct 30, 2020
Oct 29, 2020 DeepMind establishes four new graduate scholarships at U of T for under-represented students in computer science Oct 29, 2020
Oct 16, 2020 Making AI more 'explainable' in health-care settings may lead to more mistakes: U of T researcher Oct 16, 2020
Oct 6, 2020 Assistant Professor Gennady Pekhimenko receives Amazon and Facebook research awards to train deep neural networks faster Oct 6, 2020

September 2020

Sep 22, 2020 MScAC highlighted as a top AI and data science master’s program Sep 22, 2020
Sep 2, 2020 U of T’s Department of Computer Science welcomes its newest faculty members Sep 2, 2020
Sep 2, 2020 U of T ranked among world’s top 10 universities for computer science Sep 2, 2020

August 2020

Aug 17, 2020 Assistant Professor Marzyeh Ghassemi named a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Aug 17, 2020
Aug 11, 2020 Assistant Professor Maryam Mehri Dehnavi awarded Canada Research Chair in Parallel and Distributed Computing Aug 11, 2020

July 2020

Jul 30, 2020 Updates to academic leadership for 2020–2021 Jul 30, 2020
Jul 27, 2020 Two U of T Computer Science faculty members promoted Jul 27, 2020
Jul 20, 2020 CS Professor Emeritus co-authors 'The COVID-19 Solutions Guide’ Jul 20, 2020
Jul 15, 2020 Assistant Professor Alec Jacobson receives ACM SIGGRAPH Significant New Researcher Award Jul 15, 2020
Jul 14, 2020 Marsha Chechik starts two-year term as Chair of Department of Computer Science Jul 14, 2020

June 2020

Jun 26, 2020 Department of Computer Science recognizes class of 2020 with online celebrations Jun 26, 2020
Jun 10, 2020 Invited by Justin Trudeau, U of T's Lana El Sanyoura addresses fellow graduates across the country Jun 10, 2020
Jun 4, 2020 Statement of solidarity with Black community members Jun 4, 2020
Jun 2, 2020 CS specialist Lana El Sanyoura reflects on current accomplishments, future possibilities Jun 2, 2020

May 2020

May 29, 2020 University Professor Emeritus Stephen Cook Recognized with Harvard Centennial Medal May 29, 2020
May 1, 2020 #HowsMyFlattening: CS faculty and students are key contributors to ‘virtual war room’ for Ontario COVID-19 information May 1, 2020

April 2020

Apr 28, 2020 Computer Science researchers address COVID-19 challenges with innovative projects Apr 28, 2020
Apr 24, 2020 Professor Ravin Balakrishnan presented with Canadian Human-Computer Communications Society Achievement Award Apr 24, 2020
Apr 24, 2020 Computer Science Professor aims to improve accuracy of COVID-19 contact tracing with MyTrace app Apr 24, 2020
Apr 20, 2020 Leqi Zhu receives CS-Can/Info-Can Distinguished Dissertation Award Apr 20, 2020
Apr 8, 2020 Computer Science Professor Emeritus named to inaugural cohort of IFIP Fellows Apr 8, 2020
Apr 1, 2020 Professor Emeritus Ron Baecker honoured with 2020 SIGCHI Social Impact Award Apr 1, 2020

March 2020

Mar 13, 2020 Scholarship honours female computer science pioneer Mar 13, 2020
Mar 13, 2020 Connaught Innovation Awards recognize promise and potential of three computer scientists’ research Mar 13, 2020

January 2020

Jan 30, 2020 Computer Science establishes Beiruti and Saleheh Memorial Fund honouring victims of Flight PS752 Jan 30, 2020
Jan 28, 2020 Three graduate students win U of T Libraries research exhibition awards Jan 28, 2020
Jan 28, 2020 U of T’s Deep Genomics secures $40 million in financing for AI drug development platform: Betakit Jan 28, 2020
Jan 15, 2020 Remembering Mohammad Amin Beiruti and Mohammad Saleheh Jan 15, 2020
Jan 15, 2020 U of T to observe national moment of silence on Canadian campuses in memory of Flight 752 victims Jan 15, 2020

December 2019

Dec 13, 2019 Computer Science’s Sheila McIlraith named Fellow of prestigious Association of Computing Machinery Dec 13, 2019
Dec 9, 2019 Eight U of T artificial intelligence researchers named CIFAR AI Chairs Dec 9, 2019
Dec 9, 2019 'Our dream of a utopia': new course explores threats to privacy in age of big data collection Dec 9, 2019

November 2019

Nov 22, 2019 The 50 most influential Torontonians of 2019 Nov 22, 2019
Nov 21, 2019 With the help of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, U of T researchers develop data tools to accelerate science Nov 21, 2019
Nov 21, 2019 Deep Genomics, founded by U of T's Brendan Frey, named to CNBC list of most promising startups Nov 21, 2019
Nov 20, 2019 Computer scientist Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed named Fulbright Centennial Fellow Nov 20, 2019

October 2019

Oct 30, 2019 Jeroen Tas, chief innovation and strategy officer at Philips, visits U of T, gives Exponential Impact Lecture Oct 30, 2019
Oct 25, 2019 A&S computer scientist named NSERC/Autodesk Industrial Research Chair in Human-Computer Interaction Oct 25, 2019
Oct 17, 2019 Medicine by Design to accelerate regenerative medicine discovery and translation with new $20-million investment Oct 17, 2019
Oct 15, 2019 U of T, Vector Institute woo rising stars in machine learning field Oct 15, 2019
Oct 10, 2019 U of T's Alán Aspuru-Guzik on self-driving laboratories that use robotics, AI to automate routine parts of experiments Oct 10, 2019
Oct 9, 2019 BMO Financial Group’s $5-million gift will fund exploration of the creative potential of AI Oct 9, 2019
Oct 2, 2019 U of T's Raquel Urtasun hails Toronto's AI scene in Global News profile Oct 2, 2019
Oct 2, 2019 U of T artificial intelligence startups make big splash at Elevate tech fest Oct 2, 2019
Oct 2, 2019 U of T researchers, entrepreneurs to showcase work at Elevate 2019 tech festival Oct 2, 2019

September 2019

Sep 20, 2019 U of T's Geoffrey Hinton, pioneer in deep learning, wins 2019 Honda Prize Sep 20, 2019
Sep 20, 2019 President Gertler welcomes university leaders to U of T next year to discuss ‘the power of place’ Sep 20, 2019
Sep 11, 2019 Rescuing crops, reframing history and researching MMIW: 2019 Connaught New Researcher Award winners announced Sep 11, 2019

August 2019

Aug 22, 2019 Framework stresses responsible machine learning: “Healthcare is not immune to pernicious bias” Aug 22, 2019
Aug 19, 2019 'We have really ambitious plans': Robotics research gears up at U of T Mississauga Aug 19, 2019
Aug 16, 2019 Computer science student shows he has the right stuff in NASA internship Aug 16, 2019
Aug 8, 2019 U of T Scarborough students join forces with IBM Watson to create the first globally collaborative financial technology (FinTech) chatbot Aug 8, 2019
Aug 2, 2019 Will Artificial Intelligence Improve Health Care for Everyone? Aug 2, 2019
Aug 1, 2019 SLCs: Bringing students together for collaboration, career exploration and a sense of community Aug 1, 2019

July 2019

Jul 24, 2019 Can we eliminate bias in AI? How Canada’s commitment to multiculturalism could help it become a world leader Jul 24, 2019
Jul 17, 2019 Announcing New Associate Chair Appointments Jul 17, 2019
Jul 13, 2019 Changes in the Chair's Office: Chair and Vice Chair Jul 13, 2019
Jul 12, 2019 Canada’s Changing Climate: What We Can Do Now Jul 12, 2019
Jul 6, 2019 How to trust AI with life-or-death decisions Jul 6, 2019

June 2019

Jun 28, 2019 Nine U of T Computer Science Professors Promoted Jun 28, 2019
Jun 19, 2019 Top Prospects: Leading innovators from the Class of 2019 Jun 19, 2019
Jun 14, 2019 56 U of T researchers supported by Canada Research Chairs Program Jun 14, 2019
Jun 11, 2019 Stephen Cook: Celebrating a half century of computational complexity and a ground-breaking career Jun 11, 2019

May 2019

May 31, 2019 Two U of T professors honoured with President’s Teaching Award May 31, 2019
May 3, 2019 Computer science prof and undergrad duo explore social phenomena on Reddit and GitHub May 3, 2019

April 2019

Apr 30, 2019 Three U of T teams set to compete in the Microsoft Imagine Cup National Finals Apr 30, 2019
Apr 9, 2019 U of T researchers named new CIFAR chairs in artificial intelligence Apr 9, 2019
Apr 8, 2019 Talk2Me: A new tool uses language to probe the human mind Apr 8, 2019
Apr 3, 2019 Building a post-carbon world: U of T conference considers a world where climate change has been solved Apr 3, 2019

March 2019

Mar 27, 2019 A.M. Turing Award, the 'Nobel Prize of Computing', given to Hinton and two other AI pioneers Mar 27, 2019
Mar 26, 2019 Landmark $100-million gift to the University of Toronto from Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman Mar 26, 2019
Mar 25, 2019 U of T computer science faculty member named to elite global fellowship Mar 25, 2019
Mar 8, 2019 'We're in a good place right now': Women entrepreneurs share their experiences at U of T event Mar 8, 2019
Mar 6, 2019 Industry-Integrated Learning Experience Introduced by Computer Science Mar 6, 2019

February 2019

Feb 8, 2019 Professor Karan Singh Awarded the President's Impact Award Feb 8, 2019

December 2018

Dec 5, 2018 Professor Toniann Pitassi named ACM Fellow Dec 5, 2018

November 2018

Nov 8, 2018 Professor Chechik recognized by ACM for outstanding scientific contributions to computing Nov 8, 2018

October 2018

Oct 25, 2018 Meet U of T faculty member honoured by OCUFA for outstanding teaching Oct 25, 2018
Oct 24, 2018 U of T and AI: Faculty members on their research and its impact Oct 24, 2018
Oct 11, 2018 'Immense energy and passion': Innovative U of T faculty recognized with Early Career Teaching Awards Oct 11, 2018
Oct 10, 2018 How one U of T alumnus went from slinging drinks in undergrad to Geoffrey Hinton's AI lab Oct 10, 2018
Oct 9, 2018 Using computer science methods to discover how people learn Oct 9, 2018
Oct 5, 2018 Professor Steve Easterbrook appointed Director of the School of the Environment Oct 5, 2018

September 2018

Sep 28, 2018 U of T's Michelle Craig wins prestigious OCUFA teaching award Sep 28, 2018
Sep 27, 2018 Former Google CEO lauds role of universities in Canada's innovation ecosystem Sep 27, 2018
Sep 24, 2018 Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang calls Canada's AI talent 'incredible,' a key resource Sep 24, 2018
Sep 21, 2018 Tech's next great opportunity is mid-career workers Sep 21, 2018
Sep 19, 2018 U of T students awarded RBC Amplify's 'most disruptive' prize for AI used in monitoring e-transfers Sep 19, 2018
Sep 13, 2018 From data visualization to AI in health care: Big ideas, new solutions from U of T undergraduate researchers Sep 13, 2018
Sep 13, 2018 Uber seeks top Toronto talent with $200-million investment Sep 13, 2018
Sep 7, 2018 A recipe to save lives: Geoffrey Hinton and David Naylor call on physicians to embrace AI Sep 7, 2018
Sep 6, 2018 U of T computer science undergrad interns at MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab Sep 6, 2018
Sep 4, 2018 Professor Miller receives VLDB Women in Database Research Award Sep 4, 2018
Sep 4, 2018 Five computer science professors join the University of Toronto Sep 4, 2018

August 2018

Aug 27, 2018 Professor Dickinson named Fellow of IAPR Aug 27, 2018
Aug 24, 2018 He won Microsoft's global innovation competition. What's next for this fourth-year student? Aug 24, 2018
Aug 20, 2018 U of T expert helps lead consultations with Canadians on digital and data transformation Aug 20, 2018
Aug 16, 2018 U of T experts use deep learning AI for predictive animation Aug 16, 2018
Aug 14, 2018 Undergrads awarded the Konrad Group's Digital Technology and Women in Technology Scholarships Aug 14, 2018
Aug 14, 2018 Alumni Q&A: Dr. Manya Ghobadi joins MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Aug 14, 2018
Aug 14, 2018 U of T experts in AI explore a classical problem of computer science Aug 14, 2018
Aug 10, 2018 Inside or outside the surface: U of T experts advance 3D printing pathways Aug 10, 2018
Aug 9, 2018 U of T alumni and graduate students part of Layer 6 AI's win in global competition Aug 9, 2018
Aug 3, 2018 Northern Frontier: In conversation with Assistant Professor Sanja Fidler Aug 3, 2018
Aug 3, 2018 Government of Canada announces Professor Gupta as a digital innovation leader Aug 3, 2018

July 2018

Jul 26, 2018 U of T computer science student part of team that wins Imagine Cup Jul 26, 2018
Jul 24, 2018 U of T and UOIT duo reach the semi-finals of the 2018 Imagine Cup World Finals Jul 24, 2018
Jul 24, 2018 U of T innovation centre to help form 'new cornerstone' of the Canadian economy Jul 24, 2018
Jul 16, 2018 U of T computer science researchers tackle voter distribution and how it affects gerrymandering in the U.S. Jul 16, 2018
Jul 10, 2018 Alumni News: Computer Systems & Networks Research Group Jul 10, 2018
Jul 5, 2018 International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS): Influential Paper Award Jul 5, 2018

June 2018

Jun 27, 2018 MIT Technology Review's 2018 Innovators Under 35 List Jun 27, 2018
Jun 27, 2018 U of T computer science introduces technology leadership initiative Jun 27, 2018
Jun 25, 2018 ACM/SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award Jun 25, 2018
Jun 22, 2018 How to train your robot: U of T research provides new approaches Jun 22, 2018
Jun 21, 2018 Autonomous vehicles: U of T researchers make advances with new algorithm Jun 21, 2018
Jun 21, 2018 'Experience what characters are feeling': U of T researchers use AI to add '4D' effects to movies Jun 21, 2018
Jun 14, 2018 Alumnus named to Canada's Developer 30 Under 30 list Jun 14, 2018
Jun 13, 2018 U of T computer vision expert to lead new Nvidia research lab in Toronto Jun 13, 2018
Jun 12, 2018 2018 Andre Aisenstadt Prize in Mathematics Jun 12, 2018
Jun 5, 2018 Adweek magazine: U of T Associate Professor Raquel Urtasun named among 33 Toronto-based media, marketing and tech stars Jun 5, 2018
Jun 4, 2018 From Toronto to Kyrgyzstan: How U of T computer science is going international Jun 4, 2018

May 2018

May 31, 2018 U of T grads seek out Toronto jobs as Canada's 'brain gain' gathers steam May 31, 2018
May 29, 2018 U of T wins at the Canadian Finals of Imagine Cup 2018 May 29, 2018
May 25, 2018 An oral history of artificial intelligence May 25, 2018
May 24, 2018 Samsung to join other big players, open AI research lab in Toronto May 24, 2018
May 22, 2018 How to evaluate machine learning? U of T research supports latest benchmark initiative May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018 Three undergraduates recognized for their course work in CSC418: Computer Graphics May 22, 2018
May 20, 2018 U of T and Autodesk researchers design 2D-3D software for augmented reality drawing May 20, 2018
May 18, 2018 Q&A with "Inspiring Fifty" alumna Aashni Shah May 18, 2018
May 8, 2018 Two U of T computer science alumni amongst Canada's 50 most inspiring women in STEM May 8, 2018
May 4, 2018 AI researcher outlines vision for 'self-driving' labs at U of T-Tsinghua University conference May 4, 2018
May 3, 2018 U of T's newest Canada Research Chairs May 3, 2018
May 1, 2018 Predict responsibly: Fairness needed in algorithmic decision-making, U of T experts say May 1, 2018

April 2018

Apr 30, 2018 ACM SIGSOFT Doctoral Dissertation Award Apr 30, 2018
Apr 24, 2018 2018 Arts & Science Outstanding Achievement Awards Apr 24, 2018
Apr 18, 2018 How do we solve the global problem of climate change? With technology, says U of T expert Apr 18, 2018
Apr 17, 2018 Graduate student wants to help Syrian refugees – by designing technology for them Apr 17, 2018
Apr 17, 2018 Department Awarded IBM Community Grant Apr 17, 2018
Apr 13, 2018 PhD graduate Michael Glueck Awarded Best Canadian HCI Dissertation Apr 13, 2018
Apr 12, 2018 Mexican-American chemist on why he left Harvard for U of T Apr 12, 2018
Apr 12, 2018 U of T's Deep Genomics inks partnership with U.S. biotech firm Apr 12, 2018
Apr 11, 2018 U of T scholar giving 'voice' to marginalized communities Apr 11, 2018
Apr 11, 2018 U of T's new self-paced Introduction to Computer Programming: How did students do? Apr 11, 2018
Apr 11, 2018 Three U of T computer science professors promoted Apr 11, 2018
Apr 9, 2018 Associate Professor Raquel Urtasun receives Western University's Fallona Family Research Award Apr 9, 2018
Apr 2, 2018 Music students make soundtracks for video games by computer science undergrads Apr 2, 2018

March 2018

Mar 29, 2018 U of T wins third prestigious Canada 150 Chair Mar 29, 2018
Mar 26, 2018 Deep learning: Why it's time for AI to get philosophical Mar 26, 2018
Mar 13, 2018 U of T startup helps hospitals capitalize on their data, prepare for an AI future Mar 13, 2018
Mar 12, 2018 Degree or coding boot camp? U of T expert decodes computer science Mar 12, 2018
Mar 9, 2018 Teaching stream professor David Liu receives Early Career Teaching Award Mar 9, 2018
Mar 9, 2018 The big picture: U of T experts develop storytelling tool for family photos Mar 9, 2018
Mar 8, 2018 Can you name these U of T legends? Mar 8, 2018

February 2018

Feb 28, 2018 U of T Entrepreneurship Week: 10 startups to watch Feb 28, 2018
Feb 27, 2018 'This town is special': How Toronto – and U of T – emerged as an innovation hotspot Feb 27, 2018
Feb 26, 2018 U of T’s applied computing expertise attracts Toronto’s tech and startup scene Feb 26, 2018
Feb 23, 2018 U of T Entrepreneurship ranked among the best university-managed business incubators Feb 23, 2018
Feb 23, 2018 CSSU x Platterz Hackathon: Hungry for hacking? Feb 23, 2018
Feb 22, 2018 U of T health-care collaborations share $3.5 million in new federal funding Feb 22, 2018
Feb 21, 2018 U of T signs agreement with IIT Bombay during Canada's trade mission to India Feb 21, 2018
Feb 20, 2018 U of T study uses algorithms to predict how word meanings change over time Feb 20, 2018
Feb 7, 2018 Personal bests – and why you stop after achieving them Feb 7, 2018
Feb 2, 2018 U of T research project receiving Connaught Innovation Award support Feb 2, 2018
Feb 2, 2018 Tracing the steps of nearly 10,000 U of T PhDs after graduation Feb 2, 2018
Feb 1, 2018 UofTHacks in Photos: Hackers visit U of T for 36 (sleepless) hours of code Feb 1, 2018
Feb 1, 2018 Winner of the Computer Graphics Forum 2018 Cover Image Contest Feb 1, 2018

January 2018

Jan 31, 2018 U of T's Geoffrey Hinton: Toronto Life looks at the man behind the machines Jan 31, 2018
Jan 29, 2018 U of T computer science professor named NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Machine Learning Jan 29, 2018
Jan 29, 2018 From anthropology to AI: Meet the U of T expert guiding the software companies of tomorrow Jan 29, 2018
Jan 19, 2018 UofTHacks: Canada’s first student-run hackathon enters its fifth year Jan 19, 2018
Jan 18, 2018 What's it like to develop Google’s latest AR technology? Ask this U of T graphics alumnus Jan 18, 2018
Jan 15, 2018 Spotlight on dgp startup Tactual Labs at The Consumer Electronics Show Jan 15, 2018
Jan 10, 2018 TD Bank embraces AI future with purchase of startup built by U of T alumni Jan 10, 2018
Jan 9, 2018 PhD student Haijun Xia named a Microsoft Research PhD Fellow Jan 9, 2018
Jan 8, 2018 New pilot program will see change in how U of T's Introduction to Computer Programming is taught Jan 8, 2018
Jan 4, 2018 Where is AI headed in 2018? Your phone will know you better than your friends do, U of T researcher predicts Jan 4, 2018

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