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From the sepia tones of a Coen brothers film set in the Dust Bowl to a child’s red coat in Schindler’s List, filmmakers have long known the power of colour in movies. Now, computer scientists have analyzed 60 years of films to paint a picture of the past six decades in film.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo used a technique called k-means clustering to analyze the trailers for more than 29,000 North American movies released between 1960 and 2019.

Today, March 14, is Pi Day: a day where mathematicians and dessert enthusiasts around the world celebrated their shared love for math, puns, and sweet treats. Here in the Faculty of Mathematics, MathSoc will be serving free pie and there will be a pi-reciting contest at 3:14 p.m. Regardless of where you are, however, you can celebrate Pi Day - starting by learning a little bit more about it!

Researchers at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) have implemented the first experiment in which quantum entanglement is used as a resource to activate the vacuum zero-point energy.

The team included Dr. Raymond Laflamme, IQC faculty member and professor in Waterloo’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Dr. Eduardo Martín-Martínez, IQC associate and professor in the Department of Applied Math...

Alex Zhu, a second-year Computing and Financial Management student, was named Co-op of the Year from the Faculty of Mathematics at this morning’s Co-op Student of the Year awards. During his co-op term in fall 2022, Zhu did hybrid work at Mastercard.

As Canada’s aviation sector struggles through post-pandemic turbulence, a major University of Waterloo initiative has taken off to offer it stability — and even clearer skies ahead.

This fall semester, a new Living and Learning Community (LLC) program focused on Honors Math will launch. The program will connect first-year students living in residence by creating clusters of students who take classes together, live in the same residences, and participate in intentional community-building activities.

Four teams of students from the Cheriton School of Computer Science and the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, each with a triad of exceptional coders, competed on Saturday, February 25 at the 2022 East Central North America Regional International Collegiate Programming Contest.

Congratulations to Pure Mathematics PhD candidate Jacob Campbell and recent Computer Science master’s graduate Mahbod Majid, the 2023 recipients of the Faculty of Mathematics Graduate Research Excellence Awards. The prestigious recognition comes with a $5,000 cash prize and is conferred annually to two graduate students in the Faculty of Mathematics who have authored or co-authored an outstanding research paper.

Ronald Garth Dunkley (C.M), aged 92, of Waterloo, Ontario, passed away on February 19, 2023. Dunkley was a long time professor in the Faculty of Mathematics, the founding director of the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC), and the co-creator of the Canadian Mathematics Competition. 

RBC President and CEO Dave McKay (BMath ’87) has been named Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year for 2022. This prestigious award is presented annually by Bennett Jones LLP, Caldwell Partners International Inc., and the National Post to recognize outstanding business leadership in Canada.