The C&O department has 36 faculty members and 60 graduate students. We are intensely research oriented and hold a strong international reputation in each of our six major areas:
- Algebraic combinatorics
- Combinatorial optimization
- Continuous optimization
- Cryptography
- Graph theory
- Quantum computing
Read more about the department's research to learn of our contributions to the world of mathematics!
News
Three C&O faculty win Outstanding Performance Awards
The awards are given each year to faculty members across the University of Waterloo who demonstrate excellence in teaching and research.
Prof. Alfred Menezes is named Fellow of the International Association for Cryptologic Research
The Fellows program, which was established in 2004, is awarded to no more than 0.25% of the IACR’s 3000 members each year and recognizes “outstanding IACR members for technical and professional contributions to cryptologic research.”
C&O student Ava Pun receives Jessie W. H. Zou Memorial Award
She received the award in recognition of her research on simulating virtual training environments for autonomous vehicles, which she conducted at the start-up Waabi.
Events
Algebraic Graph Theory-Shahla Nasserasr
Title: Multiplicities of Eigenvalues in Symmetric Graph Matrices with Zero Entries for Non-Edges
| Speaker: | Shahla Nasserasr |
| Affiliation: | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Location: | Please contact Sabrina Lato for Zoom link. |
Abstract: This talk will focus on the multiplicities of eigenvalues in symmetric matrices associated with simple graphs, where nonzero entries correspond to edges, and zero entries represent non-edges in the off-diagonal positions. We will discuss how the structural properties of graphs, particularly those of trees, impact their spectral characteristics, with a special emphasis on eigenvalue multiplicities.