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Mathematics Statistics alumni Joy Jiang (PhD ‘18) has been named as one of the inaugural 40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Award recipients. The Boston Congress of Public Health recognized these 40 individuals as representatives of the next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, scientists, activists, intellectual provocateurs, authors, and directors who inspire and catalyze a more just and equitable world.

Stephanie Whitney joined the Faculty of Mathematics this summer as the Director of Research and Innovation Partnerships. She works closely with Professor Charlie Clarke, the Faculty of Math’s Associate Dean of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, to raise research profiles, initiate and develop industry and government relationships, and secure funding to support student entrepreneurship.

Two Cheriton School of Computer Science affiliated researchers are working on a new era glucometer. Nathalia Nascimento, a postdoctoral fellow, and Glaucia Melo dos Santos a Ph.D. candidate, alongside a team of researchers and health professionals are developing new health technology through a startup company called OrientaMED.

As we dawn on the age of quantum computing and work to harness its power and potential, there is an inherited risk of new types of cyber attacks from these increasingly powerful computers.

Any computer scientist 70 or more years of age today knows almost every other computer scientist of those same ages, as few were in the discipline during its fledgling days. One such individual from that era is Daniel Berry, a professor in the Software Engineering group at the Cheriton School of Computer Science.

The Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) has announced the 2021 teaching award recipients, including Anton Mosunov from the Faculty of Mathematics.

Anita Layton, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Pharmacy and Biology has been named a Fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS). The fellowship is awarded for outstanding contributions in research, teaching and learning and service in fulfillment of CMS mandates and goals.

Esteban Veintimilla (BMath ’18) founded an education tech company called 1Mentor, which recently received recognition as a top 100 tech company to watch for in 2022.