Four awards are given annually in recognition of excellence in teaching of all kinds by registered students (e.g., teaching assistant, laboratory demonstrator, sessional lecturer).
Professor Andrew (Andy) Conn passed away in his sleep on March 14, 2019.
Farbod Yadegarian is the first recipient of the William Tutte Centenary Undergraduate Scholarship.
Professors Peter Nelson (PI) and Luke Postle (co-PI) have been awarded an International Research Partnership Grant (IPRG) for their project Sparse structures in graphs and matroids. Professors Nelson and Postle, and their graduate students, will collaborate with University of Bordeaux professors Marthe Bonamy and Frantisek Kardos.
Former C&O faculty member Ronald (Ron) Read died on January 7, 2019 at the age of 94.
Ahmad Abdi was a University Finalist for the Alumni Gold Medal awarded to a Ph.D. student at the Fall 2018 convocation ceremonies.
Five C&O graduate students received their degrees at the Fall 2018 convocation ceremony.
Written by Institute for Quantum Computing staff
Quantum computers can solve a linear algebra problem faster than classical computers, according to a new study published in Science. The finding proves that constant-depth quantum circuits are more powerful than their classical counterparts, and provides a new sense of how quantum technology will be a key to more powerful computing.
Professor Jochen Koenemann is a co-organizer of a followup workshop to the 2015 Trimester Program on Combinatorial Optimization.