Seminar

Tuesday, July 12, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WaterTalk: The Ontario lake-river routing product

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Bryan Tolson, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and PhD Candidate Ming Han will present: The Ontario lake-river routing product.

Valuation of water quality in Canada: An overview of the upcoming policy needs and challenges, presented by Jean-Michel Larivière, Senior economist, Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Friday, June 24, 2022 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

WIN Seminar Series: Professor Evgeny Pavlov

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) is pleased to present a WIN Seminar talk by Professor Evgeny Pavlov from the Department of Molecular Pathobiology at the New York University. This seminar will be held in-person in QNC 1501 at 10am on June 24th, 2022.

Monday, June 20, 2022 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing: A Commercial Perspective

In this talk, IQC alum Ben Criger lays out how we think about fault-tolerant quantum computing at Quantinuum, and how the commercial perspective changes our beliefs and priorities with respect to performing accurate quantum computations.

Thursday, June 23, 2022 2:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Evolutions through Graduate School and Hamiltonians

The Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) alum Galit Anikeeva will talk about her research since IQC, at Stanford, MIT, and beyond - at first focusing on quantum error correction, and then most recently on tentative connections between chaos and Hamiltonian simulation.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Emily S. Huff, Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, will present: A holistic approach to monitoring abrupt environmental shifts in the Kluane Lake region.

As part of the Water Institute's Webinar Series: The Value of Water in Canada, Marian Weber, Chief Environmental Economist and Unit Head, BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategies presents: Water ecosystem service valuation for watershed security – information gaps and policy needs.

Monday, June 6, 2022 - Friday, June 10, 2022 (all day)

TD Walter Bean Visiting Professorship: faculty & graduate student meetings

This year's TD Walter Bean Visiting Professor, Dr. Amber Wutich will be visiting the University of Waterloo from Monday, June 6th until Friday, June 10th. In addition to Dr. Wutich's public lecture, the Faculty of Environment has coordinated meeting times for graduate students and faculty members to meet with Dr. Wutich.