This past September, the City of Waterloo lit up with the annual Lumen Festival, which explores the interplay of light, art and technology.
Cheriton School of Computer Science Professors Freda Shi and Victor Zhong have been named Canada CIFAR AI Chairs and appointed as Faculty Members at the Vector Institute.
The initiative is aimed at recognizing and celebrating the diverse contributions of mathematicians across a wide range of disciplines.
In her upcoming article, “Compact holonomy G2 manifolds need not be formal,” Martín-Merchán makes an important intervention at the intersection of the pure mathematics fields of differential geometry and algebraic topology.
The study, which employed a mathematical model of men’s and women’s metabolisms, showed that men’s metabolisms respond better on average to a meal laden with high carbohydrates like oats and grains after fasting for several hours, while women are better served by a meal with a higher percentage of fat, such as omelettes and avocados.
This year’s event saw more than 1,000 young inventors come together at the University of Waterloo to work together over 36 hours and create a dizzying array of software applications, hardware projects and gadgets.
I am a creative technologist at Antimodular Research, the Montreal-based studio of media artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.
The University of Waterloo has recognized recent PhD graduate Dr. Nils Lukas with the 2024 Alumni Gold Medal for his exceptional academic performance in a doctoral program.
The co-founders created a smart digital wallet that recommends the best card to use at every payment and provides personalized card suggestions, like Apple Pay but with more advanced features.
The University of Waterloo is proud to welcome a new cohort of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students through the Schulich Leader Scholarship program.