Events

Mike Stonebraker
MIT and Turing Award Winner

Monday, September 14
Humanities Theatre
2:00 p.m.

Abstract:

This Turing Award talk intermixes a bicycle ride across America during the summer of 1988 with the design, construction and commercialization of Postgres during the late 80’s and early ‘90’s.  Striking parallels are observed, leading to a discussion of what it takes to build a new DBMS.  Also, indicated are the roles that perseverance and serendipity played in both endeavours.

Biography:

Thank you very much for attending March Break Open House 2016!

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• Academic sessions - see suggested schedules below 
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Join Stephen M. Watt, Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, as he outlines new programs, innovations, and accomplishments that have helped make the University of Waterloo mathematics program one of the best in the world.

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Joint Seminar presented by WatRISQ, University of Waterloo and Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (IEOR), Columbia University:New Ideas for Credit Portfolio Management by Dr. David Li, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance and Columbia University

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.

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On Friday, September 28 we will launch the new Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute.

The Institute brings together under one umbrella Waterloo’s 40 security researchers from across the University. These renowned experts are collaborating to uncover new approaches to security and privacy while also partnering with corporations and government to advance the application and implementation of cybersecurity and privacy technologies.

On October 2, the Waterloo Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute annual conference will highlight innovative cybsersecurity research and collaborations with keynote speakers, panel discussions, and industry talks. This conference is open to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, entrepreneurs, start ups, government, sponsors, and local businesses. Additional details will be posted in the near future. 

The Entrepreneurship and Impact Series brings experienced, successful entrepreneurs to UWaterloo to share their stories and inspire students. This month's speaker is Bonnie Foley-Wong.