Congratulations to Professors Ondřej Lhotak and Laurent Marcoux, recipients of the Faculty of Mathematics 2024 Awards for Distinction in Teaching. The award, which was established in 2007, comes with a cash prize and recognizes teachers in the Faculty “who have consistently demonstrated outstanding pedagogical skills and a deep commitment to our students’ education.”
Ondřej Lhotak is a professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science. He has been teaching at the University of Waterloo since 2006, and does research on programming languages and compilers.
“Many of Prof. Lhotak’s past students stated that his passion and teaching prepared them for their career endeavours and sparked an interest in pursuing graduate research in compiler studies and programming,” says Raouf Boutaba, director of the Cheriton School of Computer Science. “His influence on his students’ academic and career journey is a testament to his teaching ability.”