2019
- David Gosset, Luke Postle and Laura Sanita awarded 2019 NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements
- Crypto 2019 Best Young Researcher Award
- Samuel Jaques awarded the Governor's General Gold Medal (Master's)
- Hanmeng Zhan wins the inuagural Mathematics Doctoral Prize competition
- Eddie Cheng is a recipient of an Alumni Achievement Award
- David Gosset is a recipient of the TQC 2019 Outstanding Paper Award
- Stefan Sremac wins the 2019 Huawei Prize for Best Research Paper
- Caelan Wang is a recipient of an Amit and Meera Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student
2018
- Ahmad Abdi: University Finalist for the Alumni Gold Medal (PhD)
- Michele Mosca honoured with Italian knighthood
- Luke Postle wins 2018 Faculty of Mathematics Golden Jubilee Research Excellent Award
- Sally Dong is a 2018 recipient of the Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award
- Ahmad Abdi awarded a 2018 Huawei Prize
- Early Researcher Award for Peter Nelson
2017
- Karen Yeats award a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair
- Fan Chung Graham awarded an Honorary Doctorate
- David Jao awarded a 2017 Faculty of Mathematics Award for Distinction in Teaching
- Sara Ahmadian receives an Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies (PhD) honour
- Edward Eaton receives an Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies (MMath) honour
- Chris Godsil awarded an NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement
- Ron Mullin named the first recipient of the Stanton Medal
2016
- Karen Yeats receives a 2016 Humboldt Research Fellowship
- Early Researcher Award for Luke Postle
- Tor Myklebust receives an Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies Award
- Tom Coleman named a 2016 SIAM Fellow
- Luke Postle awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair
- Chaitanya Swamy awarded an NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement
- Bill Tutte was inducted in the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame
2015
- Abbas Mehrabian awarded a Governor General's Gold Medal
- Chris Godsil receives the Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision
- Rutger Campbell is a 2015 recipient of the Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award
- Bill Cook appointed University Professor
- Noga Alon awarded an Honorary DMath degree
- Hanmeng Zhan receives an Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies Award
- Debbie Leung appointed University Research Chair
- Henry Wolkowicz selected SIAM Fellow
- Early Researcher Awards for Eric Katz and Laura Sanita
2014
- Ahmad Abdi awarded an Alumni Gold Medal
- Penny Haxell awarded the 2014 Faculty of Mathematics Award for Distinction in Teaching
- Marcel Silva receives an Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies Award
- Geelen appointed University Research Chair
- Levent Tuncel awarded the 2014 University of Waterloo Distinguished Teacher Award
- Scott Vanstone receives an Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award
2013
- Abbas Mehrabian awarded a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
- Mathieu Guay-Paquet awarded Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies
- Bob Bixby awarded an Honorary DMath Degree
- Ahmad Abdi is the 2013 recipient of the Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award
- Andrew Childs receives an Outstanding Performance Award
- Laura Mancinska wins an Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) Achievement Award
2012
- Bill Cunningham appointed Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- John Dennis awarded an honorary Doctor of Mathematics
- Peter Nelson awarded Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies
- Levent Tuncel awarded Award for Distinction in Teaching
- Ricardo Fukasawa awarded a 2012 Early Researcher Award
- Alfred Menezes awarded Distinguished Teacher Award
- Michele Mosca appointed University Research Chair
- Penny Haxell receives 2012 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
2011
- Bill Cook receives Faculty of Math Alumni Achievement Medal
- Scott Vanstone named a 2011 International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) Fellow
- Andrew Childs receives Early Researcher Award (ERA) Award.
- 2011 Julie Payette award recipients
- Combinatorics and Optimization (C and O) students on 2010 Putnam's top 5 team
- C and O professors granted award from University of Waterloo's Outstanding Performance Fund
2010
- Ron Graham awarded an Honourary DMath Degree
- Ian Goulden elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Alfred Menezes awarded the Mathematics Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award
- Michele Mosca named as one of Waterloo Region's Top 40 under 40
2009
- Adi Shamir received an Honorary DMath Degree
- Paul Schellenberg became an Honorary Member of the University
- Murray Martin received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree
- Arkadi Nemirovski awarded an Honorary DMath Degree
- Ian Goulden awarded the Mathematics Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award
- Scott Vanstone awarded the Premier's Catalyst Award for Lifetime Achievement in Innovation
2008
- Andris Ambainis awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship for 2008
- Paul Seymour awarded an Honorary DMath Degree
2007
2006
- Dominic Welsh awarded an Honorary DMath Degree and addressed convocation
- Jim Geelen awarded the Coxeter-James Prize
- Penny Haxell awarded the 2006 Krieger-Nelson Prize
- Mike Newman awarded CMS Doctoral Prize
2005
- Jochen Koenemann awarded the IBM Corporation Faculty Prize
- W.R. Pulleyblank awarded a Faculty of Mathematics Alumni Achievement Medal
- C. Thomassen awarded a Faculty of Mathematics Alumni Achievement Medal
- David Jackson elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- Egon Balas awarded an Honorary DMath Degree and addressed convocation
- Canada Research Chair Appointment