Freda Shi joined the Cheriton School of Computer Science as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in July 2024. In September 2024 she was named a CIFAR AI Chair and a faculty member at the Vector Institute.
It was another exciting year for the Faculty of Mathematics!
Don't miss Key Clues, the campus-wide puzzle hunt returning to campus this winter, from January 27 to February 3, 2025.
Aukosh Jagannath and Ruodu Wang, two researchers in the Faculty of Mathematics, have received $160,000 in funding from the Ontario Research Fund-Research Infrastructure as part of more than $10 million in funding for Waterloo researchers announced November 22, 2024.
They had a lot of great ideas but there was one that charmed them all — building the legendary Grumobile from Despicable Me.
Nathan Hoel (BCS’ 08) is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of ag-tech startup, BinSentry.
The third Math Teach-Off challenges instructors to improve student comprehension of an unfamiliar topic in just an hour.
A total of 13,029 people in 2,520 teams from around the world participated, including 22 teams from the University of Waterloo.
Kim, a Computer Science student, was recognized for his solo development of an app that uses the Story blockchain protocol to mint IP licensing terms for digital content.
The award is given annually to a graduate student in the Faculty of Mathematics who demonstrates academic excellence as well as involvement in activities that advance 2SLGBTQ+ initiatives and wellbeing on campus and in the larger community.