Many of University of Waterloo's graduate students have received awards for their theses and dissertations. Some of these awards include the prestigious Doctoral Prize from the Canadian Mathematical Society, and the Pierre Robillard Award from the Statistical Society of Canada.
The Canadian Mathematical Society's Doctoral Prize is an award given to a doctoral student who graduated from a Canadian university the year prior. This award recognizes outstanding work and performance of a doctoral student.
Listed below are University of Waterloo doctoral students that were awarded this prize.
| Name | Year won |
|---|---|
| Michael Newman | 2006 |
| Nicolaas Spronk | 2004 |
| Stephen Astels | 2000 |
| James Geelen | 1997 |
The Statistical Society of Canada's Pierre Robillard Award is an award given to the best thesis defended in statistics or probability each year at a Canadian university.
Listed below are all the University of Waterloo doctoral students that have received this award.
| Name | Year won |
|---|---|
| Yujie Zhong | 2015 |
| Ying Yan | 2014 |
| Liqun Diao | 2013 |
| Bei Chen | 2011 |
| Michelle Qian Zhou | 2009 |
| Baojiang | 2008 |
| Zeny Zhe-Qing Feng | 2004 |
| Edmund Tze-Man Ng | 1997 |
| Edward Susko | 1996 |
| Xiaoqiong (Joan) Hu | 1995 |
| Hugh Chipman | 1994 |
| Jing Qin | 1992 |
| Román Viveros-Aguilera | 1985 |
| Thomas J. DiCiccio | 1983 |
| Anthony F. Desmond | 1982 |
| E. Richard Shillington | 1979 |