Why come to U. of T.

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Why come to U. of T.?

• Stefan Saroiu
• April 1st, 2005

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Three Things to Consider

• Why CS at U. of T?
• Why systems/networking at U. of T.?
• Why Toronto?

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Why CS at U. of T.?

• Top-notch research department
• Top school in Canada
• Comparable to the top 10 in the U.S.
• Fantastic graduate student community
• Large department ( large EE department)
• PL, DB, HCI, AI, Theory, Vision, Linguistics,
  KMDI, etc
• From Turing award faculty to yesterday-grad-studen
  ts
• Maximal integration
• Horizontally
• Lots of true co-supervision (including EE)
• Vertically
• Minimal hierarchy among the students and faculty

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Why Systems/Networking at U. of T.?

• Up-and-coming systems/networking group
• SOSP/OSDI/SIGCOMM/INFOCOM/NSDI(USITS)
• 11 papers in the past 5 years!!!
• Right mix of bleeding edge research topics
• Mobile ubiquitous computing
• Compiler support for systems
• Distributed systems and networks (P2P, Internet)
• Security
• One of the best groups by growth curves slope

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Why Toronto?

• Ranked 4th best city to live in worldwide
• Tech sector ranked 3rd busiest in North America
• Modern cosmopolitan city

• Be careful where you decide to spend your next 5
  years!!!
• Look at
• Entertainment, amusement parks, clubs, beaches,
  public parks, museums, art galleries, zoo, movie
  festivals, bike paths, concert halls, sports
  arenas, and on and on...

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Bottom Line

• Great place to continue your education
• Great place to live and work