Welcome to Applied Mathematics

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The Department of Applied Mathematics has 30 faculty members and over 100 graduate students. We offer undergraduate plans in Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics that attract outstanding students. The wide range of interdisciplinary research being undertaken in the department provides a stimulating environment for our graduate program.

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New: Modified AM undergraduate programs from Fall 2025! (Including the AM-SciML program, our new major focusing on Scientific Machine Learning; new course AMATH 345 - Data-Driven Mathematical modeling; a new Climate and Sustainability specialization; and PHYS 121 no longer being required for the AM major.) 

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Tuesday, September 1, 2026

School on Port-Hamiltonian Systems

A very successful School on Port-Hamiltonian Systems took place at the University of Waterloo, Canada, on August 14–15, 2026, see https://lnkd.in/et6VNwQn.

Around 30 participants joined us for two intensive days exploring the foundations, modeling, analysis, control, and numerical treatment of port-Hamiltonian systems.

A big thank you to our excellent speakers: David C. Del Rey Fernández (Waterloo, Canada), Hannes Gernandt (Wuppertal, Germany), Birgit Jacob (Wuppertal, Germany), Yann Le Gorrec (Besançon, France), Alessandro Macchelli (Bologna, Italy), Kirsten Morris (Waterloo, Canada), and Hector Ramirez (Valparaíso, Chile) for their inspiring lectures and discussions.

The school was organized by Kirsten Morris (University of Waterloo) and Birgit Jacob (University of Wuppertal, CRC 1701 | Port-Hamiltonian Systems 1701) and was generously supported by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the University of Waterloo, and CRC 1701 | Port-Hamiltonian Systems 1701 “Port-Hamiltonian Systems”.

Two days full of mathematics, exchange, and new connections — and a great contribution to the growing international port-Hamiltonian systems community.

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