In
addition
to
a
new
dean
in
the
Faculty
of
Mathematics
starting
on
July
1,
we
welcomed
two
new
unit
heads.
Jochen
Koenemann
returns
as
chair
of
the
Department
of
Combinatorics
and
Optimization
and
Raouf
Boutaba
becomes
the
eighth
director
of
the
David
R.
Cheriton
School
of
Computer
Science.
Mark
Giesbrecht
became
the
12th
dean
of
the
University's
Faculty
of
Mathematics
for
a
five-year
appointment.
Giesbrecht
joined
Waterloo
as
an
associate
professor
in
2001.
Service
has
long
been
part
of
his
career
–
he
was
Director
of
Undergraduate
Studies
in
the
Cheriton
School
of
Computer
Science
(2002-2005),
associate
director
of
the
school
(2009-2011),
and
most
recently
as
its
director
(2014-2020).
Koenemann
returned
to
his
role
as
chair
for
a
two-year
term.
He
has
previously
served
as
chair
from
2010-2011
and
2016-2019.
He
joined
the
combinatorics
and
optimization
department
as
an
assistant
professor
in
2003
and
then
promoted
to
associate
professor
in
2008
and
a
full
professor
in
2013.
Koenemann
recently
became
an
Amazon
Scholar,
working
with
Amazon's
Modeling
and
Optimization
team
on
strategic
network
planning issues
arising
in
Amazon's
fulfillment
operations.
Boutaba
joined
the
Cheriton
School
of
Computer
Science
in
1999
as
an
assistant
professor.
In
2002,
he
was
promoted
to
associate
professor
and
in
2007
to
full
professor.
In
2016,
he
became
the
Associate
Dean
of
Research
in
the
Faculty
of
Mathematics
and,
in
July
2019,
was
appointed
its
first
Associate
Dean
of
Innovation
and
Entrepreneurship.
An
award-winning
researcher,
Boutaba
also
has
a
long
track
record
of
collaboration
with
the
industry.
His
four-year
term
started
July
1.
