Congratulations to the following Math alumni who have received the Young Alumni Achievement Medal since 2011. This distinguished group of math alumni have received this medal in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments, professional achievements, community service or academic excellence. The Young Alumni Achievement Medal is the highest honour that the Faculty of Mathematics bestows on its graduates.
2016 Medal Recipients
Joanna Duong (BMath 2004), Founder & CEO at Henkaa Inc.
is awarded the Faculty of Mathematics
Young Alumni Achievement Medal for Professional Achievement
William Zhou (BMath 2015), Co-Founder and CEO at Chalk.com
is awarded the Faculty of Mathematics
Young Alumni Achievement Medal for Professional Achievement
In recognition for his entrepreneurial spirit, and creation of innovative solutions in the educational software market.
2015 Medal Recipients
Raees Hussain-Aamir (BMath 2004), Vice President of Strategy and Business Management at the Bank of Montreal
is awarded the Faculty of Mathematics
Young Alumni Achievement Medal for Professional Achievement
In recognition for his innovative style of leadership and his dedicated commitment to mentoring young leaders and championing diversity initiative in the work place.
Erik Demaine (MMath 1996, PhD 2002), Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
is awarded the Faculty of Mathematics
Young Alumni Achievement Medal for Academic Excellence
2014 Medal Recipient
Matei Zaharia (BMath 2007), Chief Technology Officer at Databricks
is awarded the Faculty of Mathematics
Young Alumni Achievement Medal for Professional Achievement
In recognition for his academic leadership in the area of computer systems for large-scale data processing and for his entrepreneurial spirit that led to the development of widely used open source software including the Spark processing engine.
2013 Medal Recipient
Hamoon Ekhtiari (BMath 2009, MACC 2009), Director, Studio Y at MaRS
is awarded the Faculty of Mathematics
Young Alumni Achievement Medal for Professional Achievement