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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.

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!!

Penny Haxell was awarded a 2012 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in recognition of her past accomplishments in research and teaching.

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.

Scott Vanstone was named a 2011 fellow of the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) for his work on the deployment of elliptic curve cryptography, sustained educational leadership in applied cryptology, and service to the IACR.

Congratulations to Andrew Childs, ERA winner, part of the $12 million in research support from the Ontario Research Fund announced at University of Waterloo.

Congratulations to the recipients of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's (NSERC) prestigious Julie Payette Research Scholarship. Of the seven UWaterloo receipients, four of the five math faculty recipients have ties to C&O:

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.

For his tremendous contributions to science in Canada, Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) Deputy Director Michele Mosca has been named among Canada's Top 40 Under 40.

Congratulations to C&O undergrads Steve Karp and Malcolm Sharpe, members of the University of Waterloo's Putnam Team which ranked fifth in the December 2010 competition

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CO/OR book prize to undergraduates

Penny Haxell receives a 2012 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

Bill Cook receives Faculty of Math Alumni Achievement Medal

Scott Vanstone named a 2011 International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) fellow

Early Researcher Award (ERA) award winner, Andrew Childs

Julie Payette recipients from Combinatorics and Optimization department

Professors honoured for being outstanding

Professor M. Mosca, named one of Canada's top 40 under 40

Combinatorics and Optimization students in top 5 at Putnam

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