Thursday, April 26, 2018
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Mathematics graduate students awarded Huawei, Murray Martin Prizes for Outstanding Research Papers
The Faculty of Mathematics recognizes three graduate students for their outstanding research papers. Sam Harris from Pure Mathematics and Ahmad Abdi from Combinatorics and Optimization each receive the 2018 Huawei prize, while Michael Cormier from the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science wins the Murray Martin prize. The three PhD award winners include:
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Researchers find new way of exploring the afterglow from the Big Bang
Researchers have developed a new way to improve our knowledge of the Big Bang by measuring radiation from its afterglow, called the cosmic microwave background radiation. The new results predict the maximum bandwidth of the universe, which is the maximum speed at which any change can occur in the universe.
The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a reverberation or afterglow left from when the universe was about 300,000 years old. It was first discovered in 1964 as a ubiquitous faint noise in radio antennas.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
WiCS receives 2018 Equity and Inclusivity Award
The Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo’s Equity Committee has awarded a 2018 Equity and Inclusivity Award to Women in Computer Science — a group of dedicated undergrad students, graduate students and faculty members that promotes women who are interested in studying computer science and who are pursuing careers in computing.
Monday, April 9, 2018
Optimization techniques guide surgeons at SickKids
Waterloo graduate student David Qian, under the guidance of the Faculty of Mathematics’ Ricardo Fukasawa and Jochen Koenemann, introduced optimization techniques based on integer and dynamic programming to surgeons at SickKids hospital. By applying mathematical optimization algorithms, Qian and team advised doctors on the best surgical cut points to minimize the volume-difference between the surgically modified skull, and an ideal skull.
Monday, March 19, 2018
Bumble bee tracking app places first at Software Engineering Design Symposium
Joint effort with Friends of the Earth Canada to support the Great Canadian Bumble Bee Count
Dinah Shi, John Salaveria and Luisa San Martin won first prize at the 2018 Software Engineering Capstone Design Symposium for their bumble bee tracking app.
Monday, January 22, 2018
Tools for commercialization
Sherry Shannon-Vanstone opened her toolbox at the CryptoWorks21 Distinguished Lecture
“To the man that has only a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.”
Abraham Maslow
Your toolbox needs more than just a hammer. Why? That’s exactly it – Why?
Sherry Shannon-Vanstone told a crowd of academics, business professionals and entrepreneurs that people don’t buy what you do, but why you do it. To explain what she meant, Shannon-Vanstone opened her toolbox and shared her tools to commercialize information technology.
Friday, November 17, 2017
Two mathematics faculty members named Canada Research Chairs
Jun Liu and Karen Yeats recognized for research excellence
Faculty members Jun Liu and Karen Yeats have been named Canada Research Chairs, as part of the Government of Canada’s - Canada Research Chairs Program. Jun is chairholder for his work in Hybrid Systems and Control, and Karen is chairholder for her work in Combinatorics of Quantum Field Theory.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Small c Math Contest 2015
Congratulations go to the following top-performing students.
1st year students: Chun Ho Lau and Anqi (Joyce) Yang
Friday, August 21, 2015
Making Exam Marking Easier - repeat session
This is a repeat presentation of the Crowdmark grading session.
The Faculty of Mathematics has contracted with Crowdmark Inc. to provide campus-wide on-line midterm/exam marking and results distribution starting Fall 2015 for all course instructors who are interested.
Students write exam papers with Crowdmark-generated QR codes on each page. Exams are later scanned and uploaded to Crowdmark for marking.