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Friday, May 31, 2013

Andrew Childs receives an Outstanding Performance Award

Andrew Childs
Congratulations to Combinatorics and Optimization Professor Andrew Childs for being named recipient of a 2013 Outstanding Performance Fund Award. In 2003, the University of Waterloo established the Outstanding Performance Fund to reward faculty members for outstanding contribution in teaching and scholarship.

Friday, February 15, 2013

Andrew Childs, David Gosset and Zak Webb propose quantum walk-based computing model

In an article published in Science, Childs, Gosset and Webb propose a new notion of multiparticle quantum walks with interactions on graphs. This new computing model is capable of universal quantum computation and can potentially be used as an architecture for building a scalable quantum computer with no need for time-dependent control.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Frank Ban receives the 2012 C&O Book Prize

Ban
Frank Ban received the C&O Book Prize at the Faculty of Mathematics Awards Banquet on January 31, 2013 for his superb performance during his undergraduate studies. Frank is a CO/PMATH double major and will be graduating in April 2013. Frank has held undergraduate research assistantships with Professors David Wagner and Ian Goulden. Congratulations Frank!!

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Michele Mosca on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paiken

"Quantum computing and nanotechnology aim to map the next groundbreaking frontier in technological innovation. The University of Waterloo is launching a brand new, state of the art facility with the opening of the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre. Michele Mosca, Professor in the Combinatorics and Optimization Department and Deputy Director of the Institute for Quantum Computing, joins Steve Paikin to talk about the enormous potential of bringing two giants of tiny research together in one facility."

Friday, June 15, 2012

John Dennis awarded an Honorary DMath degree

John Dennis
John E. Dennis Jr. received an honorary Doctor of Mathematics (DMath). He is renowned for his fundamental contributions to continuous optimization. John Dennis is the Noah Harding professor emeritus and research professor in the Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics at Rice University. He also served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization from 1988 to 1993.