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) |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |