Class notes

Pat Meredith (BMath ’75): Pat Meredith, a Centre for International Governance Innovation senior fellow, writes in the Globe and Mail that, because accountants are focused on ensuring assets are not overstated, they dramatically understate them. Read more about Pat Meredith

Raymond Ng (MMath ’88): Raymond Ng is the Director of the UBC Data Science Institute, a hub of innovation where interdisciplinary research teams converge and data scientists are nurtured.  Read more aboutRaymond Ng

Peter Carrescia (BMath ’91): Peter Carrescia is one of the co-founders and early investors of Confirm, an identity verification platform, which recently launched a new product.  Read more about Peter Carrescia

Steven Woods (MMath ’91, PhD ’96): CTO and Partner at Inovia Capital, Steven Woods announced that the company will publish their generative AI thesis.  Read more about Steven Woods

Nick Darveau-Garneau (BMath ’92): McEwen Mining Inc. is pleased to welcome Nicolas Darveau-Garneau as the newest member of their Board of Directors. Read more about Nick Darveau-Garneau

Michele Mosca (BMath ’95): The contributions of Waterloo researchers and professors Michele Mosca and Douglas Stebila (BMath ’03, PhD ’09) have been instrumental in advancing post-quantum technologies and safeguarding data security for both the industry and consumers, according to Norbert Lütkenhaus of the Institute for Quantum Computing. Read more about Michele Mosca

John Tsang (MMath ’00): ImmunoScape, a biotechnology company focused on next-generation immunotherapies, has announced the appointment of John Tsang to their Scientific Advisory Board. Read more about John Tsang

Petri Varsa (BMath ’01): Computer Science PhD candidate Petri Varsa and Computer Science Professor Gladimir Baranoski at the University of Waterloo are researching simulations on how light interacts with complex materials in order to gain a greater understanding of climate change. Read more about Petri Varsa

Jamala Harland (BMath ’03): Genworth Financial Inc. appoints Jamala M. Arland as the Executive Vice President of U.S Life Insurance. Read more about Jamala Harland

Danny Zhang (BMath ’03, MMath ’05), Peter Szulczewski (BMath ’05): The parent of discount online retailer Wish, founded by Peter Szulczewski and Danny Zhang, is in advanced talks to sell its assets and liabilities for $173 million to Singaporean e-commerce company Qoo10. Read more about Danny Zhang

Doug Stebila (BMath ’03, PhD ’09): The contributions of Waterloo researchers and professors Michele Mosca (BMath ’95) and Douglas Stebila have been instrumental in advancing post-quantum technologies and safeguarding data security for both the industry and consumers, according to Norbert Lütkenhaus of the Institute for Quantum Computing. Read more about Doug Stebila

Jesse Chor (BCS ’04): Jesse Chor recently launched Tanda, a new platform providing financial services to small businesses and individuals through community ties. Read more about Jesse Chor

Beryl Tomay (BMath ’05): Starting out as a young software developer at Amazon, Beryl Tomay is now the Vice President of Amazon Delivery. Read more about Beryl Tomay

Steve Balaban (BMath ’06): Steve Balaban, Chief Investment Officer of Mink Capital, speaks on the future of private equity investments, private debt and private equity regulation. Read more about Steve Balaban

Barbat Rodgers (BMath ’07): Barbat Rodgers joins Bell Parters Inc. as the Senior Vice President of Investor Relations. Read more about Barbat Rodgers

Stephanie Simmons (BMath ’08): Dr. Stephanie Simmons is one of the founders of Photonic Inc, a leader in quantum computing deign and manufacturing. They plan on building a quantum computer using silicon chips networked with light.  Read more about Stephanie Simmons

Maggie Tittel (BMath ’11): Payments Canada announces their new Vice President of Risk Management, Maggie Tittel. Read more about Maggie Tittel

Tristan Pilcher (BMath ’11): K-W Musical Productions' revival of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" will star Tristan Pilcher. Read more about Tristan Pilcher

Deon Nicholas (BMath ’15): Co-Founder and CEO of Forethought discusses the story of how his company started and how the emerging AI industry will affect Canada. Read more about Dean Nicholas

Guillaume Verdon-Akzam (BMath ’17): Extropic, whose CEO and founder is Guillaume Verdon-Akzam, previously known as Qyber, is working on a chip to run large language models. Read more about Guillaume Verdon-Akzam

Keegan Keplinger (PhD ’17): Keegan Keplinger, a cybersecurity researcher for eSentire's threat response unit, discovered a software quirk that allows hackers to lure people to malicious websites.  Read more about Keegan Keplinger

Esteban Veintimilla (BMath ’18): Quacquarelli Symonds acquires career navigation and micro-credential platform 1Mentor, founded by Esteban Veintimilla.  Read more about Esteban Veintimilla

Joanne Atlee named one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women today by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN)

Waterloo dominates at 2023 ICPC East Central North America Contest.

Dr. Anita Layton receives the FCCP Education Foundation Award of Merit from Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals.

Computer Science students win top prize at the 30th Social Impact Showcase.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo developed GraphNovo, a new program that provides a more accurate understanding of the peptide sequences in cells. 

Waterloo partners with Rogers on 5G technology.

Cohere and Waterloo.AI sponsored a student-led hackathon that focused on Retrieval Augmented Generation.

Doris Wenbo Yi, an applied math major, won $5000 grand prize in Velocity $5K Pitch Competition.

CS professor Maura Grossman speaks in "Antagonism in Academia" panel.

The University of Waterloo community mourns the loss of Professor Dominic Welsh, a distinguished mathematician and a recipient of their honorary doctorate.

Unexpected connections:Professor Matthew Satriano on the artistry of pure mathematics and the importance of collaborative research.

From cutting-edge cancer research to new frontiers in machine learning, here are twelve big research stories from the Faculty of Mathematics that you may have missed this year.

Microbial organisms living in extreme environments have similar genomic signatures even though they are unrelated.

University Professor Ming Li is the 2024 recipient of the IEEE Computer Society W. Wallace McDowell Award.

The Association for Computing Machinery named Professor Shai Ben-David and Professor Ian Goldberg 2023 ACM Fellows.

Jason Amri co-founded 3cycle to collect, recycle and transform 3D-printed waste.

Waterloo students win GenAI competition in Toronto.

The Faculty of Mathematics launches its Equity and Inclusive Communities Principles.

Waterloo joins the Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance (PQCA).

CS start-up Safi receives $15,000 grant from Up Start program 

The second annual Scotiabank Data Science Discovery Days invited Waterloo students to analyze large volumes of data in projects that would emulate the real work data scientists do every day.

Philip King passed away on May 1^st, 2023, surrounded by his family at Grand River Hospital, at the age of seventy-four years. He will be sadly missed by his wife Pauline, his son Bradley, daughter-in-law Tara, and cherished grandchildren, Kathryn and Anna King, as well as Emily-Rose and Madelyn Jacobsen.