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The University of Toronto is probably a lot better funded than Waterloo, too, has a massive student base, and has connections to other local universities that a

The University of Toronto is probably a lot better funded than Waterloo, too, has a massive student base, and has connections to other local universities that are also much larger than Waterloo like York and Ryerson. This selection will certainly put a dent in Waterloo's reputation, though with any luck they'll be able to capitalize on it in some capacity due to their proximity.

canistr 10y ago
Sure, but Toronto and Waterloo have different reputations when it comes to Engineering and Computer Science. And if it really matters to you that Waterloo be involved, it's obviously worth pointing out that Pearl Sullivan (Dean of Waterloo Engineering) is on the Board of Directors for the Vector Institute anyway.
029r0823jr 10y ago
> This selection will certainly put a dent in Waterloo's reputation, though with any luck they'll be able to capitalize on it in some capacity due to their proximity. Highly doubt it. Waterloo is known for being mediocre/trash for CS research. People go to Waterloo to get into industry and not academics.
- AvenueIngres 10y ago
  >Waterloo is known for being mediocre/trash for CS research Are you out of your mind? Do you know why Waterloo's School of Computer Science is named after David R. Cheriton? Yeah, the same DRC who made a major exit to Cisco, seed funded Google and hold an emeritus professorship at Stanford. A sizeable chunk of the people who published Spark have done their undergrad' or research masters at UW. Waterloo is definitely top-notch at the undergrad', perhaps less impressive than schools with bigger endowment at the research level, but far from being "trash". Tons of Waterloo profs are on the steering committees of major CS conferences (VLDB most notably). This comment is so puerile, it has to be written by some jealous and petty undergraduate student. Or so I hope.
- batty 10y ago
  The most recent Times Higher Ed world university rankings for Computer Science put Toronto at 17, Waterloo at 23. The QS rankings give Toronto 11, Waterloo 26. You can debate the merit of rankings, but there's simply no credible way to argue that a school that routinely appears in in the world's top 30 is "mediocre/trash". Relatedly, Waterloo is in fact included in the Budget 2017 funding for Canada's overall AI initiative, of which this Vector stuff is a part: "In this budget, the government announced the creation of the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy, which will promote collaboration between AI hubs Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo, Montreal, and Edmonton. It will be dedicating $125 million towards the launch of this strategy."
Kephael 10y ago
I think Waterloo would be an unknown school if it were not for their coop program.

canistr 10y ago

Sure, but Toronto and Waterloo have different reputations when it comes to Engineering and Computer Science. And if it really matters to you that Waterloo be involved, it's obviously worth pointing out that Pearl Sullivan (Dean of Waterloo Engineering) is on the Board of Directors for the Vector Institute anyway.

029r0823jr 10y ago

> This selection will certainly put a dent in Waterloo's reputation, though with any luck they'll be able to capitalize on it in some capacity due to their proximity. Highly doubt it. Waterloo is known for being mediocre/trash for CS research. People go to Waterloo to get into industry and not academics.

AvenueIngres 10y ago
>Waterloo is known for being mediocre/trash for CS research Are you out of your mind? Do you know why Waterloo's School of Computer Science is named after David R. Cheriton? Yeah, the same DRC who made a major exit to Cisco, seed funded Google and hold an emeritus professorship at Stanford. A sizeable chunk of the people who published Spark have done their undergrad' or research masters at UW. Waterloo is definitely top-notch at the undergrad', perhaps less impressive than schools with bigger endowment at the research level, but far from being "trash". Tons of Waterloo profs are on the steering committees of major CS conferences (VLDB most notably). This comment is so puerile, it has to be written by some jealous and petty undergraduate student. Or so I hope.
batty 10y ago
The most recent Times Higher Ed world university rankings for Computer Science put Toronto at 17, Waterloo at 23. The QS rankings give Toronto 11, Waterloo 26. You can debate the merit of rankings, but there's simply no credible way to argue that a school that routinely appears in in the world's top 30 is "mediocre/trash". Relatedly, Waterloo is in fact included in the Budget 2017 funding for Canada's overall AI initiative, of which this Vector stuff is a part: "In this budget, the government announced the creation of the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy, which will promote collaboration between AI hubs Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo, Montreal, and Edmonton. It will be dedicating $125 million towards the launch of this strategy."

Kephael 10y ago

I think Waterloo would be an unknown school if it were not for their coop program.