Three
Faculty
of
Mathematics
researchers
have
been
named
fellows
of
the
Royal
Society
of
Canada
(RSC)
and
members
of
the
Royal
Society
of
Canada’s
College
of
New
Scholars,
Artists
and
Scientists.
They
are
among
93
new
fellows
elected
by
their
peers
for
outstanding
scholarly,
scientific,
and
artistic
achievement
and
46
new
members
of
the
College
across
Canada
announced
today.
The
Faculty
of
Mathematics'
new
RSC
fellows
and
members
are:
Raouf
Boutaba
(Cheriton
School
of
Computer
Science)
is
an
internationally
acclaimed
authority
and
leading
researcher
in
the
management
of
communication
networks.
He
is
particularly
known
for
his
pioneering
contributions
to
automated
management
which
directly
led
to
the
trend
toward
autonomic
networking,
and
for
his
groundbreaking
work
on
network
virtualization
and
network
softwarization
expected
to
revolutionize
the
way
communication
networks
are
designed,
operated,
and
managed.
Phelim
Boyle
(Statistics
and
Actuarial
Science)
is
a
professor
emeritus
at
Waterloo
and
a
professor
of
business
and
economics
and
Wilfrid
Laurier
University.
He
is
an
actuary
whose
seminal
research
work
in
finance
and
insurance
has
won
international
recognition.
He
uses
mathematical
models
to
solve
problems
at
the
interface
of
these
fields.
Boyle
has
made
pioneering
contributions
to
quantitative
finance
and
his
ideas
have
transformed
how
actuaries
handle
financial
risk.
His
research
has
influenced
financial
practice
by
providing
sophisticated
tools
for
financial
institutions
to
better
manage
their
risks.
Srinivasan
Keshav
(Cheriton
School
of
Computer
Science)
has
an
outstanding
international
reputation
for
his
groundbreaking
work
in
two
distinct
fields:
computer
networking
and
energy
systems.
He
has
made
innovative
contributions
to
network
congestion
control
and
simulation;
wireless
networking;
and
the
application
of
computer
networking
principles
to
energy
systems
in
the
emerging
area
of
energy
informatics.
Professor
Keshav
is
a
Fellow
of
both
the
Association
for
Computing
Machinery
and
the
Institute
of
Electrical
and
Electronics
Engineers.
Learn
more
about
the
awards
and
work
of
the
two
fellows
from
the
Cheriton
School
of
Computer
Science.
