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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.

Friday, May 4, 2012

Early Researcher Award for Ricardo Fukasawa

Ricardo Fukasawa
Congratulations to Ricardo Fukasawa in the University of Waterloo Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, recipient of an Early Researcher Award.

The title of his funded project was "Increasing the applicability of mixed-integer programming".

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Distinguished Teacher Award

Alfred Menezes
Alfred Menezes was announced as a recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award. Alfred Menezes is an instructor in cryptography, coding theory and introductory combinatorics and algebra. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate students, Alfred is an active graduate supervisor with more than 25 successful supervisions at Waterloo.