The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science is a top-tier academic unit among statistical and actuarial science globally. Our community is engaged in topics such as actuarial science, biostatistics, data science, quantitative finance, statistics, & statistics-computing. Our department is home to 70 full-time faculty researching diverse and exciting areas, over 2000 undergraduate students from around the world, and approximately 200 graduate students in master, doctoral, and professional programs.
News
Dr. Mu Zhu appointed first associate dean for AI Strategy
“I expect my main role will be to help build up our reputation in AI-related research for the Math Faculty,” Zhu says.
Doing good really does pay: the financial case for sustainable investing
UWaterloo researcher Tony Wirjanto finds that investment strategies built on ESG principles deliver stronger, more resilient returns — even during times of economic stress.
Read the full story on the School of Accounting and Finance website.
Historical additions: a look back at the construction of Waterloo Math
In honour of Math 4, we’re looking back at the other buildings on Waterloo’s “Math Campus,” and how they came to be.
Events
Actuarial Science and Financial Mathematics seminar: Liyuan Lin
Liyuan Lin
University Monash
Room: M3 3127
Probability seminar: Han Le
Han Le
University of Waterloo
Room: M3 3127
Student Seminar: Kuan Liu
Joint seminar with CANSSI Ontario STatistics Seminar (CAST)
Kuan Liu
University of Toronto
Room: M3 3127