The award recognizes the research team’s paper, Vizing’s Theorem in Near-Linear Time, which introduces a randomized algorithm that computes a (∆ + 1)-edge colouring in near-linear time with high probability, a near-optimal result for this classic problem in graph theory.
Congratulations to Leyi Yan and Hadas Barabash, the winners of the 2025 Jessie W.H. Zou Memorial Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research.
In addition to two students who wish to remain anonymous, the awardees include Jerry Bao, Kacie Phillippo, and Yujie Wen.
Disney Lam’s (BMath ’14) father supported her love of technology from a young age, giving her tasks like setting up computer networks in the family’s home.
Don Cowan, a distinguished professor emeritus at Waterloo, explained that Wes Graham, who was known as the “father of computing” at Waterloo, wanted to make using computers “as natural to people as pen and paper.”
Christian Garmann Sørli is leveraging AI to enhance and accelerate student learning.
The Germain-Erdős award is given annually in recognition of “remarkable contributions to basic mathematical research” by a student who has done a successful Undergraduate Research Assistant placement.
The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science proudly celebrates the remarkable first-place victory by a team of its students, Team Factuarial, in the prestigious 2025 Society of Actuaries (SOA) Research Institute Student Research Case Study Challenge.
Dr. Shu (Joy) Jiang (PhD ’18) first developed her unique approach to medical research as a PhD student at the University of Waterloo.
Waterloo professor and WWII codebreaker Dr. William T. Tutte (1917-2002) is one of ten individuals being honored by Great Britain’s Royal Mail in a stamp series commemorating the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day.