The University of Waterloo 2022 Global Impact Report has been released and features several researchers from the Faculty of Mathematics.
The Global Impact Report is an annual publication of the university and sets out to showcase some of the cutting-edge innovations by Waterloo faculty members and students.
Two Faculty of Mathematics-linked teams are featuring in the winter 2022 edition of the Concept 5K startup challenge.
Mélissa Tardibuono (BMath ’14) embodies the best values of the Faculty of Mathematics.
A hard worker, who knows what it takes to get top grades. A self-starter, with the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship. And a thoughtful person with a passion to create a better world, providing opportunities for youth to fulfill their potential.
James Davies is a PhD student in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization. His research is supervised by Professor Jim Geelen. Davies was one of two winners of this year's Faculty of Mathematics Graduate Research Excellence Awards.
Greg Philbrick is a PhD candidate at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, advised by Professor Craig Kaplan. He has a master's degree in computer science from Brigham Young University and he has worked as a software engineer at Stellar Science, a software company that provides scientific analysis software.
Mathematics has historically been a multicultural project. It is a constantly evolving discipline that requires a diverse set of viewpoints and outlooks to grow.
Cheryl Lao, a master’s student at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, is one of 16 recipients across North America and one of four from Canada to receive a 2022 Adobe Research Women-in-Technology Scholarship. As a recipient of this prestigious award, she will receive $10,000 USD for education expenses and a year-long Adobe Creative Cloud subscription.
Jeremy Hartmann recently defended his PhD dissertation in the Cheriton School of Computer Science, where he worked with the Human Computer Interaction Lab under the supervision of professor Daniel Vogel.
Now, Hartmann has launched a new venture, which offers virtual reality streaming services to gamers as well as a virtual club house.
Computer science undergraduate students (l-r) Nicholas Vadivelu, Kelvin Jiang, Sourav Biswas, and Vikram Subramanian were named in the annual CRA awards program.
Ben Zhang (left) and Brian Mao (right) are in Las Vegas preparing for another race after a crash put their team out in an October 2021 event.
In October, two students linked to the Faculty of Mathematics participated in a unique autonomous racecar event at the famed Indianapolis Speedway, in which their hopes were dashed when their car crashed.