Five graduating computer science undergrad students from the Class of 2025 reflect on their experience at U of T and what’s next for them. 

Whatley combined technical innovation and educational impact at U of T, creating tools like Saturn and an NES emulator, and is now headed to Apple full-time.

Walker combined computer science with campus leadership and creativity, and is now heading to U of T Law to explore tech policy and AI governance.

Tenenbaum explored the theoretical side of computer science at U of T, culminating in a joint first-author publication on microarchitectural side channels.

Seal blended computer science and life sciences through research and internships in computational biology, while embracing U of T’s vibrant student life and preparing for an exciting next chapter at the Flatiron Institute in New York.

Li combined research in AI and human-computer interaction with leadership in mentorship and advocacy, paving the way for a career at Microsoft and graduate studies at Stanford.

Cookson’s theoretical computer science research examines how to fairly allocate everything from food donations to nurses’ hospital shifts.

Working with AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton at Google inspired Sabour to pursue a PhD in CS at U of T. 

The 14-year veteran of the Department of Computer Science was recognized for her "professionalism and personal touch."  

David Liu is an award-winning teaching stream professor whose innovative course design, interdisciplinary initiatives, and commitment to student mentorship have transformed the undergraduate computer science experience at U of T. 

From developing innovative courses to hosting a helpful podcast, the assistant professor, teaching stream, has made significant contributions over his five years with the Department of Computer Science. 

Anand Agarawala and Mike Jurka can thank a chance encounter in the Department of Computer Science’s Dynamic Graphics Project Lab (DGP) for a lifelong friendship and business partnership.

U of T’s Department of Computer Science marked the close of its 60th anniversary with a heartfelt celebration, honouring its legacy and imagining the next era of tech innovation. 

The Embedded Ethics Education Initiative has been awarded the 2025 D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning for its pioneering approach to integrating ethics into computer science education. 

Undergraduate students in a computer science capstone course imagined up novel experiences that could serve a public good. 

An analysis by the journal Nature of the 25 most-cited papers of the century included three papers with authors from the U of T Department of Computer Science. 

University of Toronto computer science students triumphed at the 2025 Level Up Showcase, earning top honors and showcasing their talents in game design, animation and computer science among 157 teams from across Ontario. 

Recent U of T CS graduate Ramy Zhang won the top prize in the programming category at Ubisoft NEXT, a competition that showcases Ontario's top video game development students. 

The AlexNet source code was at the heart of a seminal paper by U of T’s Geoffrey Hinton and then-grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever.

Assistant Professor Aviad Levis and collaborators are developing innovative tools for the imaging black holes with the next generation of radio and optical telescopes. 

U of T CS alum Bill Reeves has brought some of pop culture’s most famous characters to life as a founding member of Pixar Animation Studios in the 1980s.

Chechik, a renowned expert in the application of formal methods to improve the quality of software, is the latest U of T computer scientist to receive the prestigious honour. 

The University of Toronto’s Geoffrey Hinton travelled to Sweden to officially accept the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics.

The AI2050 fellowships recognize scholars working to create AI for a better world. 

U of T University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton receives his Nobel Prize in Physics during the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm on Dec. 10, 2024.

In Stockholm for a series of Nobel Week events, the “godfather of AI” will officially accept his Nobel Prize in Physics at a ceremony on Dec. 10