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We are home to 30 faculty, four staff, approximately 60 graduate students, several research visitors, and numerous undergraduate students. We offer exciting and challenging programs leading to BMath, MMath and PhD degrees. We nurture a very active research environment and are intensely devoted to both ground-breaking research and excellent teaching.


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More than 100 researchers and students from across Canada and around the world attended the 53rd annual Canadian Operator Algebras Symposium (COSY), which took place from May 26-30 at the University of Waterloo.

Events

Thursday, June 25, 2026 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Algebraic geometry seminar

Catherine St-Pierre, University of Waterloo

Group Actions in Non-Commutative Algebraic Geometry: a survey of homological property and invariants

We survey non-commutative analogues of classical regularity, Gorenstein, and Cohen-Macaulay properties in the framework of Artin-Schelter. After reviewing the foundational homological properties that govern this theory, we will focus on the structure of invariant rings under group and Hopf algebra actions and review some noncommutative analogues of classical results in invariant theory to characterize the invariant rings of noncommutative rings. The talk concludes with new results extending this invariant-theoretic framework.

MC 5403

Thursday, June 25, 2026 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Computability Learning Seminar

Beining Mu, University of Waterloo

Thickness Lemma and Infinite Injury Priority Argument

In this talk, I will present Strong Thickness Lemma, which states that every piecewise computable c.e. set has a thick subset which lies outside of an upper cone of a non-computable c.e. set, as an example of infinite injury priority argument. In addition, I will discuss how thickness lemma implies the lack of least upper bound for infinite ascending c.e. degrees.

MC 5403