University of Waterloo

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million dollars in research funding (2019/20)

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in the world for mathematics and computer science

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News

Aug. 4, 2022Nathaniel Stevens and Mohammad Kohandel named winners of Faculty of Mathematics 2022 Awards for Distinction in Teaching
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Nathaniel Stevens from the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science and Mohammad Kohandel from the Department of Applied Mathematics have been named winners of this year’s Awards for Distinction in Teaching from the Faculty of Mathematics.
Aug. 1, 2022Computer Science researchers developing new diabetes monitor
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July 26, 2022Mathematics alumni and researchers create new standardizations encryption
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As we dawn on the age of quantum computing and work to harness its power and potential, there is an inherited risk of new types of cyber attacks from these increasingly powerful computers.