Join us for an exclusive 'Ask Me Anything' event with Natalie Gordon, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Babylist, March 21, 2023, in DC 1302 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Faculty
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
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.
Join us on January 23, 2023, in DC 1302 at 4:30 p.m. for this exclusive 'Ask Me Anything' event featuring Ian MacKinnon, founder and CTO of Later.com and current CTO at Later/Mavrck. The AMA will be followed immediately by a social reception with refreshments catered by Gayuma, in DC 1301 (Fishbowl).
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.
Monday, September 19, 2022
SkyWatch
SkyWatch is a company that gives relief agencies access to its satellite image datasets to aid in surveying the damage and be able to efficiently coordinate a response and was founded by Roland Sing (BMath '85), James Slifierz, and Dexter Jagula in 2014 at a hackathon. SkyWatch has provided support during many disasters, including Hurricane Dorian and the collapse of the Brumadinho dam.
Monday, September 19, 2022
Computer scientists pioneer method to determine taxonomic relationships
At the Cheriton School of Computer Science, researchers are using unsupervised machine learning to determine taxonomic relationships between organisms.
Lila Kari, a professor of computer science, along with her PhD students Pablo Millán Arias and Fatemeh Alipour and her colleague Professor Kathleen Hill at Western University’s Department of Biology pioneered this new method, titled Deep Learning for Unsupervised Clustering of DNA Sequences, or DeLUCS for short.
The Math & Computing Research Discovery Days is a new multi-day showcase featuring research from the University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics. The inaugural iteration of this annual event will bring together current and prospective industry partners to engage in discussion about leading research topics and the impacts this research will have. Fostering and supporting student engagement in mathematical innovation and entrepreneurship will be at the forefront of this initiative.
This in-person event will feature an impressive lineup of keynote speakers, research demonstrations, lighting rounds, panel discussions, networking opportunities, and more.