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Michele Mosca
Michele Mosca was appointed a University Research Chair in recognition of his exceptional research and scholarly achievements. The appointment will be held from 2012 to 2019. Michele is a professor in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization. He also serves as deputy director of the Institute for Quantum Computing.

Friday, January 27, 2012

CO/OR book prize to undergraduates

Jie Ning (William) Fu and Yixuan Zhao received the CO andd OR book prizes at the Faculty of Mathematics Awards Banquet on January 26 for their superb performances in their academic studies. Congratulations Jie Ning and Yixuan!!

Bill Cook
Bill Cook (PhD 1983, Combinatorics and Optimization) was awarded a Faculty of Mathematics Alumni Achievement Medal for fundamental contributions to combinatorial optimization and, in particular, the travelling salesman problem.

Congratulations to Combinatorics and Optimization Professors Jim Geelen, Penny Haxell, Alfred Menezes and Levent Tunçel, recipients of the University of Waterloo's Outstanding Performance Fund Award established in 2003 to reward faculty members for outstanding contribution in teaching and scholarship.