Victor Zhong, University of Waterloo assistant professor and Vector Institute CIFAR AI Chair, publishes “The Homogenization of Computer Science” essay calling for recalibrating curricula amid generative AI tools

— A recent graduate urges retaining the prior engineering-focused structure.

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OPVZ#559Victor Zhong|@HLLO_WRLD

I helping recalibrate Waterloo’s software engineering program (and to some degree CS) for the age of AI. I wrote an essay on the challenges I’m seeing. https://www.victorzhong.com/writing/the-homogenization-of-computer-science/

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REPLYBI#1402bilal|@BILALTWOVEC

@hllo_wrld as a recent uw se grad (last year) and now ai researcher i really liked the lack of ai in the program and focus on systems and ee/ce courses! hope that never goes away or gets watered down

VZVictor Zhong@hllo_wrld

I helping recalibrate Waterloo’s software engineering program (and to some degree CS) for the age of AI. I wrote an essay on the challenges I’m seeing. https://www.victorzhong.com/writing/the-homogenization-of-computer-science/

7:47 PM · May 23, 2026 · 9.2K Views

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