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Mark Giesbrecht, the dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, today gave a keynote address for the WatITis 2021 conference.

The WatITis conference is an annual gathering of information technology professionals and administrators from the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University and tech industry partners.

The founder of cryptocurrency Etherium and former computer science student Vitalik Buterin has been named in the recent Forbes '30 under 30 hall of fame.'

On this tenth anniversary of the Forbes 30 under 30 lists, the publication included a best of the best from the past ten years, noting those who had been named the most times or consistently in the lists.

Today is Giving Tuesday, the annual celebration of generosity, designated for organizations in the non-profit, education and charitable sectors to make a broad appeal to donors. And the Faculty of Mathematics is on board!

A new series of research projects funded by the Canadian Institute for Health Research and the Kidney Foundation aim to improve outcomes for people living with diabetes.

December 3 this year is International Day of Persons with Disability, and the University of Waterloo is hosting a special keynote address by Chris Downey.

Judy Dinn, a graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics, has taken a new role as the chief information officer (CIO) for Toronto Dominion Bank’s US subsidiary, TD Bank NA.

Dinn completed a BMath in computer science and business, before going on to a career in the banking and finance sectors and working for companies including BMO, CIBC, Royal Bank, and JP Morgan Chase.

Cheriton School of Computer Science professor Ihab Ilyas has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for his contributions to data integration, data cleaning and rank-aware query processing.

You’ve probably heard a lot about Bitcoin, and the people who became very rich from it. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. There are thousands of cryptocurrencies in existence today, like Ether (built on Ethereum, the most actively used blockchain) and Dogecoin (which started as a joke).

Michael Best, professor in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, passed away on November 10 after a battle with cancer.

Mike earned his BMath and MMath degrees at Waterloo in 1967 and 1968, followed by an MSc and PhD at UC Berkeley in 1970 and 1971. He was the second-ever recipient of a BMath degree at Waterloo.

“The problem is that math students get jobs,” said Larry Smith from the University of Waterloo’s Problem Lab. “They get good jobs and well-paid jobs, which means they often don’t think about their careers carefully enough.”