Alumni on the move and getting noticed...
1960s
1980s
Rohan Jayasekera (BMath ’81): Rohan Jayasekera is CTO at Hungerhub, which was recognized as #62 as one of Canada's Top Growing Companies in 2022. Read more....
Judi Hess (BMath ’82): Judi Hess is CEO of Copper Leaf Technologies, which was recognized as #306 as one of Canada's Top Growing Companies in 2022. Read more....
David Yach (BMath ’83): Auvik Networks, where David Yach is the Co-Founder & Former CTO, was recognized as #186 as one of Canada's Top Growing Companies in 2022. Read more.....
Dave McKay (BMath ’87): RBC's top executive Dave McKay says he and his fellow CEOs need to show more leadership on climate change and while the federal government needs to commit a lot more money to make real progress. Read more...
1990s
Mark Baker (BMath ’90): Infront announces that Mark Baker will assume the position of Chief Marketing Officer. Read more...
Paul Salvini (BMath ’92): Visual effects company behind 'Dune' officially opens Toronto studio. "The work that we're doing is truly cutting-edge in terms of innovation," said Paul Salvini, global chief technology officer. Read more...
2000s
Erik Demaine (PHD, CS ’02): The Computer Scientist Erik Demaine and his artist and computer scientist father, Martin Demaine, solve a geometry problem with infinite folds. Read more...
David Kennedy (BMath ’02): David Kennedy started a digital comic strips program called Bitstrips on Snapchat. About 10 per cent of the Bitmoji team went to the University of Waterloo. Read more...
Hamoon Ekhtiari (BMath ’09): Hamoon Ekhtiari's startup FutureFit AI raises $5.7 million to scale career navigation platform. The financing was co-led by American investment firms JPMorgan Chase and Acumen America. Read more...
2010s
Swati Matta (BCS ’10): Swati Matta, who started Koble to provide families with credible information and support, from pregnancy planning to postpartum, is featured in this podcast. Read more....
Matta was also featured in the latest in a series of Q&As with influential women in the technology business in Canada. Read more....
Alex Millar (BCS ’11): Alex Millar's startup Bonfire Interactive was recognized as #187 as one of Canada's Top Growing Companies in 2022. Read more....
Keegan Keplinger (PHD ’17): For 16 months, Keegan Keplinger and a colleague in cybersecurity research at eSentire worked to uncover the hacker behind the malware known as "Golden Chickens". Read more....
Joy Jiang (PHD ’18): Joy Jiang was named one of the inaugural 40 under 40 public health catalyst Award recipients by the Boston Congress of Public Health. Read more.....
Janarth Punniyamoorthy (BCS ’20): An interview with Janarth Punniyamoorthy about his first three months in his new role at Hive. Read more....
Fangya Mao (PHD ’22): Fangya Mao was recognized with a Student Conference Award at the 43rd meeting of the International Society of Clinical Biostatistics meeting for her presentation on spatial dependence modeling of latent susceptibility and time to joint damage in psoriatic arthritis. Read more....
Vatalik Buterin (incomplete): Co-Founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin took the stage at the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto to talk about the blockchain's widely anticipated transformation. Read more....
Faculty, Lecturers, PhD's, Students, Staff, Retirees, Parents and Friends
Mohammad Kohandel (Professor, Applied Mathematics): Mohammad Kohandel is one of the winners of the Faculty of Mathematics 2022 Awards for Distinction of Teaching. Read more....
Ghazal Geshnizjani (Professor, Chair of Women in Math): Ghazel Geshnizjani professor and chair of the Women in Math, appears with performance artist Gioia De Cari to discuss the latter's experience in what she's described as the male math maze at MIT and the show it inspired. Read more....
Anita Layton (Professor, Applied Mathematics): Anita Layton along with five other University of Waterloo researchers have been honored by the Royal Society of Canada. Read more....
Stacey Watson (Lecturer, Cheriton School of Computer Science): Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor Stacey Watson, and their colleagues Manisha Kamarushi, Garreth Tigwell and Roshan Peris at Rochester Institute of Technology, have received a best paper award at MobileHCI 2022. Read more....
What’s Happening in Math (2022)
July
- Anita Layton named fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society of the Canadian Mathematical Society. Read more....
- Anton Mosunov wins WUSA Teaching Awards. Read more....
- Daniel Berry celebrates half a century as professor of computer science. Read more....
- Mathematics alumni and researchers create new standardizations encryption. Read more....
August
- Computer Science researchers developing new diabetes monitor. Read more....
- Nathaniel Stevens and Mohammad Kohandel named winners of Faculty of Mathematics 2022 Awards for Distinction in Teaching. Read more....
- Stephanie Whitney brings partnership development expertise to the Faculty of Math's Innovation and Entrepreneurship office. Read more....
- Math Alum Joy Jiang receives 40 under 40 Public Health Catalyst Award. Read more....
September
- Anita Layton named fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Read more....
- New Schulich Leaders join the Faculty of Mathematics. Read more....
- The Zero Experience returns for another year of fast-paced innovation. Read more....
- Stacey Watson and colleagues with best paper award at MobilHCI 2022. Read more....
- Faculty of Mathematics awards Research Chairs to Pengfei Li and Rahim Moosa for 2022-2023 academic year. Read more....
- Math researchers part of $64 million investment in research infrastructure from Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). Read more....
- Ninth annual Hack of the North catalyzes current and future Waterloo student innovation. Read more....
- 2022 K.D. Fryer Gold Medal winner Jalisa Karim crosses disciplines to advance women's health. Read more....
October
- Don Cowan receives honourary J.W Graham Medal in Innovation and Computing. Read more....
- Waterloo tops Maclean's univeristy rankings for computer science. Read more....
- Combinatorics and Optimization researchers use computational complexity to further understand the quantum partition function. Read more....
- Ontario Universities' Fair introduces thousands of prospective students to the Faculty of Mathematics. Read more....
- Women's Executive Network names Charmaine Dean in 2022 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards. Read more....
- Waterloo recognizes academic and industry excellence with honorary doctorates. Read more....
In memoriam
Mr. Donald Thede, BMath ’71
Donald Thede passed away suddenly on June 23, 2022, at home in London, ON, in his 76th year. He is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Anne (nee Hodgins); devoted father to Michael (m. Juliana) and Kate; elder brother to Allan (m. Maryann). Read more....
Mr. Stephen Kassner, BMath ’78
Stephen Kassner died on Feb 12, 2022, after a short bout with an aggressive cancer. He was 65. Stephen will be immensely missed by his wife Lucia, children Chris (Kaori) and Julia (Jahmar), grandchildren Maria, Camila, and Carmelo, sister Johannah and brothers Michael (Sue) and Ron (Julia). Read more....
Mrs. Anne Bourne, BMath ’92
Mr. Brennan Malleck, BCS ’16
Brennan Malleck Passed away unexpectedly on Friday, September 9, 2022, at the age of 30. Beloved spouse of Katie Smith. Loving father to Ezra and Levi. Read more....
