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million dollars in research funding (2018/19)

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graduates in 105 countries

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in the world for mathematics and computer science

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Sep. 23, 2019Three C&O professors are awarded NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements
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Three C&O faculty members have been awarded 2019 NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplements (DAS):
Sep. 20, 2019Professors Lap Chi Lau and Daniel Vogel named 2019–2022 Cheriton Faculty Fellows
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Professors Lap Chi Lau and Daniel Vogel have been named 2019 David R. Cheriton Faculty Fellows, positions they will hold until 2022. These prestigious three-year fellowships support the work of leading faculty members in the Cheriton School of Computer Science and are made possible through the David R.
Sep. 20, 2019Celebrating Mary Thompson's 50th anniversary in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science
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On Wednesday, September 18, 2019, the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science (SAS) celebrated the 50^th anniversary of Professor Mary Thompson as a faculty member in the department. Many current faculty and staff and a number of retired professors gathered in the SAS Lounge and celebrated Mary’s milestone with cake, coffee and fruits. The Vice-President, Research & International, of University of Waterloo, Professor Charmaine Dean, who was a PhD graduate from the department, sent a beautiful bouquet to congratulate Mary on this special occasion.

Sep. 26, 2019David Sprott Distinguished Lecture by Hans Föllmer
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Optimal Transport, Entropy, and Risk Measures on Wiener space

We discuss the interplay between entropy, large deviations, and optimal couplings on Wiener space.

In particular we prove a new rescaled version of Talagrand’s transport inequality. As an application, we consider rescaled versions of the entropic risk measure which are sensitive to risks in the fine structure of Brownian paths.
Sep. 26, 2019UWaterloo Mathematics & Engineering Alumni Mixer in Seattle
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Waterloo Mathematics and Engineering alumni living or working in the Seattle area are invited to meet and catch up with fellow alumni for a Thursday night mixer at the Brave Horse Tavern. Reminisce about the University of Waterloo, network with classmates and hear the latest news from your alma mater over cocktails and appetizers.
Sep. 27 to 29, 2019Waterloo Mathematics Undergraduate Research Conference
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Applications were due by June 30, 2019.

Meet leaders in mathematical, computer and statistical sciences at a two-day, all-expenses-paid conference hosted by the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo.