Every year CAS initiates a number of new research projects, renews existing projects, and redirects previous projects. These projects emphasize various topics in computer science that are of relevance to IBM Toronto Lab products. Each project is assigned a research associate who is a member of the IBM Toronto Lab.
Research associates are also the initial points of contact for information about their projects.
Besides the research associate, each project involves one or more university professors and one or more graduate students. Project activities take place partly at CAS, and partly at the collaborating universities. CAS encourages students and their supervisors to visit the Toronto Lab. These visits range from four months of summer for students to one day a week for professors. The graduate students are typically funded by various IBM Fellowships.