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Thursday, July 4, 2013

Applied Math professors host global exchange students

Professors Hans De Sterck and Kevin Lamb are hosting international
undergraduate student researchers through the MITACS Globallink program.
Professor De Sterck's student, Xu Yuzhi, is from Renmin University and is working on, advanced algorithms for social network analysis with Hadoop/MapReduce.
Professor Lamb's student, Aritra Sasmal, is from the Indian Institute
of Technology and is working on a project on internal water waves.
This project was recently written up in the "
Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Quantum sounds could reveal the shape of the universe

Applied Mathematics Professor and Canada Research Chair Achim Kempf recently published work which develops new tools that may help unify quantum theory and the theory of general relativity. The tools involve calculating the shape of an object just from its sound. Theoretically this could be used to determine the shape of spacetime from the ringing caused by quantum fluctuations. More detail can be found here: https://uwaterloo.ca/news/quantum-sounds-could-reveal-shape-universe.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Applied Mathematics Graduate student wins faculty 3-minute thesis competition

Applied Mathematics PhD candidate Robert Jonsson won the Faculty of Mathematics 3-minute thesis competition held on March 1, 2013, with his talk titled "Relativistic Quantum Information". Robert will be one of two representatives of the Faculty at the University-wide competition, to be held on March 27, 2013.

For more information about the 3-minute Thesis please click on the following: https://uwaterloo.ca/three-minute-thesis/.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Applied Mathematics Graduate student participates in conversation with Chris Hadfield

Applied Mathematics PhD candidate Nancy Soontiens was one of the University of Waterloo students chosen to ask a question of astronaut Chris Hadfield during a live downlink between the International Space Station and the university on Friday, February 15. Nancy asked for advice for aspiring astronauts.  Commander Hadfield's response: get an advanced degree, be in good physical condition and show that you have the ability to make good decisions when consequences matter. The entire event can be viewed below.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Ontario Graduate Scholarships awarded for 2013-2014

The following Applied Mathematics graduate students have been awarded OGS Scholarships for 2013-2014:

  • Aidan Chatwin-Davies (MMath)
  • Bartek Ewertowski (MMath)
  • Peter Forsyth (MMath)
  • Matthew Kloosterman (PhD)
  • Wilten Nicola (PhD)
  • Jason Olsthoorn (MMath)
  • Victor Veitch (MMath)