Below is a sample of the world-class research conducted by our faculty members. Most of these stories have appeared in our annual reports and on the University of Waterloo home page.
TITLE | RESEARCHER'S NAME | RESEARCH AREA(S) |
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How much is too much information for the parents of young children? | Anastasia Kuzminykh, Edward Lank | Surveillance, childcare |
Waterloo researchers speed up blockchain to meet real-world needs | Christian Gorenflo, Srinivasan Keshav | Blockchain |
10 to 20 year stocks could be in investment sweet spot | Tony Wirjanto, Danqiao Guo, Chengguo Weng | Stocks |
Study shows that charity may be a better motivation to work | Keiko Katsuragawa, Edward Lank | Computing systems |
Timing of vaccinations can help with controlling disease outbreaks | Kevin Church, Xinzhi Liu | Healthcare |
New technique developed to detect autism in children | Mehrshad Sadria, Anita Layton | Biology |
Making AI more human is key to widespread acceptance | Moojan Ghafurian, Jesse Hoey | Artificial intelligence |
Wave goodbye to smart phones that don’t recognize gesture commands | Edward Lank, Keiko Katsuragawa | Smart devices |
Safer testing possible with first computational kidney | Anita Layton | Healthcare |
New cybersecurity system offers better protection against hacking and censorship | Raouf Boutaba | Cybersecurity |
Finding answers to some of life's most intriguing questions | Lila Kari | Machine learning, biology |
Researchers help to bridge the gap between psychology and gamification | Lennart Nacke | Human-computer interaction |
Making homes smart could become easier | Omar Abari | Smart homes, backscatter communication |
Why people don't reply to your emails | Bahareh Sarrafzadeh | Statistics |
Carbon emissions could start to dictate stock prices in as little as 10 years' time |
Mingyu
Fang Tony Wirjantoit Ken Seng Tan | Statistics, climate change |
New AI tool able to better identify bad data | Ihab Ilyas | Artificial intelligence |
Raouf Boutaba | Computer science, machine learning | |
Shai Ben-David | Artificial intelligence and machine learning | |
Erinn Atwater | Computer science, cybersecurity and privacy | |
Omid Abari, Ju Wang & Srinivasan Keshav | Computer science, Internet of Things | |
The traveling salesman problem | William Cook | Combinatorics and optimization |
Creating an emotional understanding in virtual humans | Jesse Hoey | AI interfaces and human interaction |
Math can predict how cancer cells evolve | Mohammad Kohandel & Siv Sivaloganathan | Applied mathematics |
Blockchain for green energy | Srinivasan Keshav | Blockchain technology |
Optimization techniques guide surgeons at SickKids | David Qian, Ricardo Fukasawa & Jochen Koenemann | Mathematical optimization |
Efficient legal document review | Maura Grossman | Artificial intelligence |
How fast was the Big Bang? | Achim Kempf | Mathematics and astrophysics |
Friendship groups can influence strategic voting and electoral outcomes | Kate Larson & Alan Tsang | Mathematical simulation |
Actuarial science | Johnny Li | Interactions |
Actuarial science | Mary Hardy | Risk Management |
Applied mathematics | Sue Ann Campbell | Mathematical biology |
Approximation algorithms | Jochen Koönemann | Approximation algorithms |
Biostatistical research | Richard Cook | Biostatistics |
Breaking the fall: Smart walker will help prevent injuries | Pascal Poupart | Artificial intelligence |
Bringing science fiction home | Daniel Vogel | Human-computer & interaction |
Carbon nanotubes | Zoran Miskovic | Nanotechnology |
Characterizing classes of linear programs | Bertrand Guenin | Combinatorial optimization |
Charting a course down an unknown road | Tony Wirjanto | Financial risk |
Computational algorithms for optimization problems | Yuying Li | Scientific computing |
Computational efficiency | Ian Munro | Efficient computation |
Context-sensitive and location-based services | Urs Hengartner | Location-Based Services |
Differential topology | Doug Park | Geometry |
Elliptic curve cryptography in practice | Alfred Menezes | Cryptography |
Exploring function fields | Yu-Ru Liu | Additive and probabilistic number theory |
Genetic and clinical information converge | Grace Yi | Statistical methodology |
Harnessing quantum information | Richard Cleve | Quantum mechanical systems |
L-functions | Michael Rubinstein | Analytic number theory |
Machine learning: Inference under uncertainty | Ali Ghodsi | Statistical machine learning |
Making life easier for those living with Alzheimers | Jesse Hoey | Artificial intelligence |
Managing health information | Ian McKillop | Information management |
Math and music | Anna Lubiw | Algorithms & computational geometry |
Math and water | Kevin Lamb | Mathematical modeling |
Mathematics and medicine are powerful partners | Siv Sivaloganathan | Hydrocephalus |
Medical researchers in 40 countries use Waterloo software | Bin Ma | Medical treatments |
Mitigating risk | Ken Seng Tan | Risk management |
New graduate program: Computational mathematics | Kevin Hare | Computational Math |
Non-commutative harmonic analysis | Nico Spronk | Homomorphisms analysis |
Playing with fire | Kate Larson | Game theory |
Quantum capacity | Debbie Leung | Quantum channels |
Quantum sounds could reveal shape of the Universe | Achim Kempf | General relativity & quantum theory |
Quantum theory: Foundations and applications | Joseph Emerson | Quantum theory |
Quantum world may hold the key to keeping information secure | Michele Mosca | Cryptography & quantum science |
Quasi-Monte Carlo for practical problems | Christiane Lemieux | Computational mathematics |
RSVP: Responding to a need | Ming Li | Multiple-language voice interfaces |
Saving the whales with mathematics | Francis Poulin | Understanding the current |
Statistics | Cecilia Cotton | Theoretical health/medical research |
Statistics | Steve Drekic | Queueing theory |
Streamlining software development | David Toman | Global Positioning System |
The art of math | Cam Stewart | Number theory |
The joy of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs): Guard dogs of the Internet | Ian Goldberg | Useful security and privacy |
Retired faculty members
TITLE | RESEARCHER'S NAME | RESEARCH AREA(S) |
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Algebraic combinatorics | David Jackson | Algebraic geometry |
Entangled states | Dragomir Djokovic | Lie Algebras |
Intersection: Combinatorics and number theory | Bruce Richmond | Analysis of partitions of numbers |
Quantization of analogue signals | Stan Lipshitz | Quantization error |
Translating finance into mathematics | Michael Best | Finance and mathematics |