University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon
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University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon
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#2Waterloo seems to be killing it this week (BufferBox acquisition, virtual brain, Facebook Hackathon)
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#3My understanding is that Waterloo has been a Microsoft and RIM software talent poaching ground for over a decade. The Waterloo Engineering and CS programs are known for their extremely high quality and rigour.
The recent string of higher profile alumni successes reinforces this reputation and serves as a beacon for Canadian high-school graduate intake. Now if only they would do something about the concrete jungle they call their campus :)
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#4Winning for Waterloo hackathon or global hackathon? it's not clear in the article
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#5Winning for Waterloo hackathon or global hackathon? it's not clear in the article
Facebook's global university hackathon.
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#6Winning for Waterloo hackathon or global hackathon? it's not clear in the article
There were 17 teams apparently, here's a better article: http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2012/12/01/facebook-universit...
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#7My understanding is that Waterloo has been a Microsoft and RIM software talent poaching ground for over a decade. The Waterloo Engineering and CS programs are known for their extremely high quality and rigour. The recent string of higher profile alumni successes reinforces this reputation and serves as a beacon for Canadian high-school graduate intake. Now if only they would do something about the concrete jungle the…
I agree that it's mostly a concrete jungle, but there are some new buildings going up. The new Quantum Nano Centre just opened a few months ago, and it looks pretty spiffy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAZXcVLMMG0
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#8My understanding is that Waterloo has been a Microsoft and RIM software talent poaching ground for over a decade. The Waterloo Engineering and CS programs are known for their extremely high quality and rigour. The recent string of higher profile alumni successes reinforces this reputation and serves as a beacon for Canadian high-school graduate intake. Now if only they would do something about the concrete jungle the…
No kidding. The buildings are getting nicer but there is almost no green space left on campus.
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#9Good job Waterloo.
Water Water Water - Loo Loo Loo!
Re: University of Waterloo Students Win Facebook's Hackathon
#10My understanding is that Waterloo has been a Microsoft and RIM software talent poaching ground for over a decade. The Waterloo Engineering and CS programs are known for their extremely high quality and rigour. The recent string of higher profile alumni successes reinforces this reputation and serves as a beacon for Canadian high-school graduate intake. Now if only they would do something about the concrete jungle the…
Waterloo was a MSFT poaching ground when I was an undergrad in 1992... well before RIM was even on the scene. Macleans magazine has consistently ranked it the best engineering school in Canada. They've been winning ACM programming contests since the math building had the dinosaur pit (http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/cs/redroom/).
As for campus being ugly... hey, you can't have everything.