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Professor Anita Layton’s contributions to research, which have included revealing the molecular mechanisms behind different responses to treatments for hypertension among men and women; and uncovering potential side effects of a new “miracle drug” for diabetes, have resulted in her being named the Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematical Biology and Medicine.

PhD candidate Erinn Atwater, an expert in the Cryptography, Security, and Privacy group at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, has developed an Android app for reporters and activists so they can encrypt their smartphones to protect sensitive information before crossing the border.

After her mother suffered a stroke, Aries Lee devised an entrepreneurial idea that would change her mother’s life and bring a sense of style to home assistance living aids.

Native to China, Lee came to Canada to complete high school and went on to pursue a Bachelor of Mathematics, graduating in 2005 from the University of Waterloo. “It’s known for being the top school for math, so getting into Waterloo was my ideal goal,” Lee explained.

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Waterloo alumni Henry Shi and Hussein Fazal share the early experiences that helped prepare them to launch SnapTravel 

The Faculty of Mathematics leads a collaborative institute

The Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute was formed to uncover new approaches to security and privacy and educating Canada’s future leaders to be able to understand and respond to emerging online threats.

Mathematicians and computer scientists are natural problem solvers. It is this innate curiousity and tenacity that provides fertile ground for ideation, creation. For the entrepreneurial-minded, the logical outcome is commercialization.

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University of Waterloo has a vital role to play in end-to-end AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing our lives – transforming how we work, how we travel, how we treat disease, how we communicate, and how we learn.

Waterloo alumnus Dr. Karen Kopciuk inspired to give back 

From a young age, Dr. Karen Kopciuk (MMath ’95, GCERT ‘01, PhD ’01) had a passion for learning and for medicine. Starting her career as a dental hygienist, she soon came to realize her interest in research extended deeper than she ever imagined. Making the decision to return to school as a mature student, Karen completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Calgary before coming to the University of Waterloo for her Master’s and PhD degrees in statistics.