Current graduate students

Technology is constantly evolving and as a direct result, the workforce is rapidly changing. To adapt to modern business expectations and realities, Esteban Veintimilla (BMath ‘18) founded 1Mentor to help students prepare for entry into their careers. 1Mentor is an AI-Powered platform that enables high levels of education and navigates students through the rapidly changing job market, and has recently received recognition as a top 100 tech company to watch for in 2022.

As we enter the digital age and work to harness the potential of quantum computing, there is an increase in risk of new forms of cyber-attacks. To prepare for these attacks, The United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) called on cryptographers to create new algorithms to protect government and industry communications from attacks by quantum computing.

The Math Innovation Office is proud to host the Entrepreneurship and Impact Series which aims to bring experienced, successful entrepreneurs to UWaterloo to share their stories and inspire students. This series will feature an impressive lineup of speakers who have used their backgrounds in mathematics and computer science to create startups, build innovative products, and forge their own paths to success.

Join us on January 23, 2023, in DC 1302 at 4:30 p.m. for this exclusive 'Ask Me Anything' event featuring Robert Madej, Founder and CEO of PureFacts Financial Solutions. The AMA will be followed immediately by a social reception with refreshments in DC 1301 (Fishbowl). Register to attend

*This event will be recorded

Bio: Robert Madej

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Robert Madej

Founder and CEO

PureFacts Financial Solutions

Robert Madej is the Founder and CEO of PureFacts Financial Solutions, a leading provider of end-to-end revenue management software for the wealth and asset management industry. A graduate from the University of Waterloo, Robert has his BMATH, Pure Mathematics (1992) and his MMATH, Pure Mathematics (1994) and is an advocate for encouraging more pure mathematicians to innovate in the entrepreneurial space.

Robert founded PureFacts in 1997 with a vision for worldwide wealth. More than two decades later, he continues to be humbled by PureFacts’ journey. With offices in Canada, the USA, and Europe, the company’s mission is to create meaningful solutions for wealth and asset managers so they can help their investors live their best lives and grow their firms. Today, PureFacts supports the revenue growth of over 100 clients with its fee calculation platform, revenue management tools, and insightful, AI-powered, reporting. For its solution and service delivery, PureFacts has been recognized as a top FinTech solution, receiving the WealthTech100, AIFinTech100, and ESGFinTech100 awards. 

This past summer the Faculty of Mathematics was excited to welcome Stephanie Whitney as Director of Research and Innovation Partnerships. She will help raise research profiles, initiate and develop industry and government relationships and secure funding to support student entrepreneurship. Stephanie has a PhD in Social and Ecological Sustainability (2018), Masters in Environment and Business (2013) and a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Environmental Engineering with an option in Management Science (2004). 

Monday, September 19, 2022

Math co-op student of the year

Laura Bombulis is the Faculty of Mathematics Co-op Student of the Year because of her exemplary work in improving efficiency at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. In her role as bioinformatics analyst to investigate mechanisms of tumour growth and identify genetic and biological markers that guides precision in medicine for aggressive cancer. 

Monday, September 19, 2022

The future of weather forecasts

The effects of climate change are becoming more and more apparent, increasingly in the unpredictability of the weather, thus raising the stakes for weather forecasters. A major concern involves the scale that the weather models run, representing wind, temperature, and other quantities on a grid of points. Professor Michael Waite explains that the spacing of the points and low photo resolution makes it consistently difficult to see the small details.