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Members of Waterloo-founded milk pasteurization start-up Safi were recently invited to present at the United Nations as part of a Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals from May 9 to 10.

On May 27, 2024, delegates from the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) met with representatives of the Centre for Education in Math and Computing (CEMC) and the larger Faculty of Mathematics to celebrate a new phase in their continuing partnership.

The award was established in 2010 by the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society’s (CAIMS) and recognizes “exceptional research in any branch of applied mathematics,” conducted primarily in Canada or in affiliation with a Canadian university.

Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor Jo Atlee has been named a recipient of the 2023 CS-Can | Info-Can’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Computer Science.

On May 11, University of Waterloo students were invited to participate in the GOODHack24 challenge held at Communitech in downtown Kitchener. 

International senior and junior researchers are invited to participate in July meeting celebrating C&O pioneer 

Chizewer graduates this June with a MMath in Combinatorics and Optimization.

This third-year class teaches students how to create artwork using “advanced computer science techniques like computer vision, 3D graphics, generative agents, audio processing, real-time data streaming, distributed systems, and more,” says Professor Daniel Vogel who taught this course for the Winter 2024 term.