Thursday, May 14, 2015
Hanmeng Zhan: Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Zachary Friggstad Awarded Tier 2 CRC
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
In the News [The Guardian]: The Traveling Politician Problem
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Debbie Leung appointed University Research Chair
Professor Debbie Leung has been appointed a University Research Chair.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Ashwin Nayak receives funding for Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships
Ashwin Nayak, a professor in the Combinatorics and Optimization department, was awarded $260,000 in funding for Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Henry Wolkowicz selected SIAM Fellow
Professor Henry Wolkowicz has been selected as a SIAM Fellow for contributions to convex optimization and matrix theory. Fellowships honour SIAM members who have made outstanding contributions to the fields served by the organization.
Friday, January 30, 2015
C&O/OR book prize
At the Math Faculty Awards Banquet on January 29, 2015, Rutger Campbell and Nathaniel Horvath received the C&O and OR book prizes for their excellent performances during their undergraduate studies. Rutger is a Combinatorics & Optimization and Pure Math double major, and has held undergraduate research assistantships with Peter Nelson and Jim Geelen.
Monday, December 1, 2014
Bill Tutte: A snapshot of his life
Recently, Professor Dan Younger uncovered in his office a letter from Bill Tutte written in Newmarket, England, dated July 7, 1996.
The letter, which can be viewed as a self-portrait, describes the events
of the prior several weeks, including his first visit to Bletchley Park
since the end of World War II.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Ron Mullin speaks in the Tutte seminar
On October 31, 2014, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Ron Mullin (pictured on the left with Professor Dan Younger) delivered a lecture "A set-theoretic approach to fractional iterates" in the department's weekly Tutte seminar. Ron presented a new result that answered a question that Bill Tutte has posed to him in 1964.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
PQCrypto 2014
On the 20th anniversary of Shor's algorithms for breaking factoring and discrete log based cryptosystems, there is a new landscape of quantum tools and intensifying efforts worldwide to build large-scale quantum computers. The aim of the PQCrypto conferences is to serve as a forum for researchers to present results and exchange ideas on the topic of cryptography in an era with large-scale quantum computers.