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Congratulations to the eight incoming master’s students in the Faculty of Mathematics who have been chosen as recipients of this year’s Vector Institute Scholarships in AI. The eight students are among twelve students at Waterloo, and 115 across Ontario, who will each receive $17,500 towards their groundbreaking research in AI.

“On behalf of the Government of Ontario, we’d like to congratulate the 115 talented students who are recipients of the Vector Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence,” says The Honourable Vic Fedeli, the Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation, and Trade. “Ontario is a leading source of tech and AI talent, and by fostering innovation in critical technologies, we are enabling domestic companies to compete and win on the global stage.”

The eight recipients who will begin their studies in the Faculty of Mathematics this fall are:

  • Kareena Bhalla – Master of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
  • Yuxin Kang – Master of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
  • Steven Song – Master of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
  • Benjamin Schneider – MMath in Computer Science
  • Hala Sheta – MMath in Computer Science
  • Xin Yan – MMath in Computer Science
  • Lily Seebach – MMath in Data Science
  • Carolyn Wang – MMath in Data Science

You can see a full list of recipients, and learn more about the Vector Institute, on their website

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

From AlphaGO to ChatGPT Public Talk

University of Waterloo expert in artificial intelligence, Professor Pascal Poupart, shared the key technological advances and paradigm shifts in recent years which were behind, and ultimately facilitated, breakthroughs in AlphaGO, ChatGPT, AlphaFold and the newer AI technologies of today.

Congratulations to our student, David Awosoga! 

For winning the 1st place prize in the poster competition at the 2022 Carnegie Mellon Sports Analytics Conference, held  in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on October 29, 2022.

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Data Science Orientation Breakfast

Welcome, to Graduate Data Science at the University of Waterloo!

We welcomed our incoming cohort with an incredibly informative orientation!

Your Program Admins, Ryan & Silvana have a few "thank yous" to shout out!

- To the students who attended orientation, we loved meeting you all and look forward to guiding you through your studies. 

Congratulations, to all students who have completed their degree this year! We hosted a Convocation Lunch on June 16, 2022 where we welcomed students from past graduate years as well as current to come in and celebrate their success. 

Thank you to all who came, we loved having you!

Monday, April 5, 2021

The power of machine learning

“Gaining broad technical skills in artificial intelligence and data science isn’t actually that challenging,” recognized Jaskirat Bhatia. “You can find countless tutorials on Youtube that will teach you the basics. But they can’t tell you which tools to apply to which problems. They can’t guide your learning in any way.” That’s where the Master of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (MDSAI) comes in.