The David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science currently has 77 faculty members, nearly 300 graduate students, and over 1700 undergraduates. Its primary research areas are: Algorithms and Complexity; Artificial Intelligence; Bioinformatics; Computational Statistics; Computer Graphics; Cryptography, Security and Privacy; Database Systems; Formal Methods; Health Informatics; Human-Computer Interaction; Information Retrieval; Networks and Distributed Systems; Programming Languages; Quantum Computing; Scientific Computation; Software Engineering; and Symbolic Computation. Further information about these research areas is available at http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/research/.

The IQC Faculty based within Computer Science are:

Prof. Richard Cleve
Prof. John Watrous
Prof. Ben Reichardt

IQC Faculty who are cross-appointed to the School of Computer Science are:

Prof. Andrew Childs (C&O)
Prof. Ashwin Nayak (C&O)
Prof. Raymond Laflamme (Physics)
Prof. Michele Mosca (C&O)

IQC Affiliates based within Computer Science include:

Prof. Ian Goldberg

Further information on the graduate program in the School of Computer Science, including application procedures, a description of degree programs leading to MMath and PhD degrees, and information about scholarships and assistantships, may be found at http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/grad/