Alumni on the move and getting noticed…
'79 BMath: Bill Dulmage continues to use humour to inspire his students to learn math. This self-proclaimed 'math nerd' is making a difference in the classroom.
'80 BMath: Best of luck to alumnus John Hele who is participating as part of the New York Yacht Club in the annual Corinthian Intergalactics.
'83 BMath: Hats off to Garth Gibson! Vector Institute named him CEO.
'83 BMath: Hats off to David Anderson - Sanmina's new Executive Vice President And Chief Financial Officer.
'85 BMath: Our compliments to Young Park whom the Calian Group has appointed to the Board of Directors.
'93 BMath: We wish Jodie Wallis all the best in her new role as Managing Director, Artificial Intelligence for Canada at Accenture.
'95 BMath: Congratulations to Paul Lorentz! Manulife appointed Paul as the Head of Global Wealth and Asset Management.
'10 BMath: Congratulations to Jeff Wan who was featured on BBC’s The Apprentice. Unfortunately, Jeff wasn't hired.
'13 BMath: We wish Xinxin Zhang all the best as she competes in Miss Universe Canada competition.
Congratulations! Comox Valley Community Foundation named Professor Emeritus Harry Panjer as the new President
Kudos!
'01 BMath: We're proud to say that Richard Hoshino received the 2017 Adrien Pouliot Award for significant and sustained contributions to mathematics education in Canada.
'16 BMath: Corey Sinnamon (BMath’16) is getting recognized for great research. Corey and Professor John Brzozowski received the Sheng Yu Award for best paper at the 22nd International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata.
'16 PhD: Congratulations to Martin Derka and his supervisor Professor Therese Biedl , as well as colleagues Markus Chimani and Petra Mutzel for receiving the best paper award at 28th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation.
In memoriam
'68 BMath, '69MMath: We sadly announce the passing of Professor Arnie Dyck (1945-2017). Arnie, along with Jay Black and Shirley Fenton redesigned CS 100 in 1985. This course has been offered to tens of thousands of students.The first Computer Science academic advisor, Arnie later became the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies. Even after retiring he continued working at Waterloo as the Associate Dean for Co-operative Studies in the Faculty of Mathematics, a position he held until 2011.
