Events

Peter Berg and David O'Keefe

Discover the remarkable story of the Enigma machine, a device invented in 1918 to encrypt the most secret and sensitive communications in Hitler’s Nazi Germany, and  the lengths the Allies would go to in an effort to tap into its Ultra Secret yield!
 

J. Andrew Deman, Josh Neufeld, and Naomi Nishimura

What are we? By what processes and patterns did we originate and how do these patterns compare to the processes of the world around us, digital and biological, societal and fictional?

Join us for an afternoon of discussions presented by Alex Nicolaou, 2018 J.W. Graham Medal recipient and Rob Tibshirani and Anand Pillay, 2018 Honorary Doctorate recipients.

Itinerary:

We're excited about the Spring convocation. The Faculty of Mathematics holds two ceremonies. If you don't see your degree here, please check Ceremony 2.

Following each ceremony, bring your families and guests to the Great Hall in the Student Life Centre (SLC) for photos and refreshments.

In the first ceremony, the following degrees will awarded:

We're excited about the Spring convocation. The Faculty of Mathematics holds two ceremonies. If you don't see your degree here, please check Ceremony 1.

Following each ceremony, bring your families and guests to the Great Hall in the Student Life Centre (SLC) for photos and refreshments.

In the second ceremony, the following degrees will awarded:

The David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science is pleased to announce its inaugural Wes Graham Research Symposium & Computer Science Awards. The ceremony takes its name from James Wesley (Wes) Graham, a humble visionary known as the “father of computing” at the University of Waterloo and an academic who devoted his career to making the magic of computers available to everyone. 

Three-day programing workshop

This three-day workshop covers an intense 17-hour curriculum designed to give beginners complete, basic programming skills to use in their studies or workplace. It is intended for everyone who wants to learn basics of programming and does not have an opportunity to do so as a part of their studies. Over the course of the workshop, participants will learn the Python programming language through lectures and hands-on sessions, supported by a team of mentors.

Waterloo empowers entrepreneurs to go beyond.

Entrepreneurs are natural problem solvers. Beyond creating companies that bring innovative and world-changing ideas to the global market place, entrepreneurs are increasingly acting as community builders, industry change agents, and global disruptors. Find out why.

New for Friday night…its Alumni vs Students in the ultimate LOOP Elimination Tournament.  Battle through your classmates in quick 4 minute games of LOOP pool.