Matthew Kennedy (PhD, 2011) has won the 2012 CMS Doctoral Prize. He will give a talk, and receive the award, in December at the CMS meeting in Montreal. Matt joins other University of Waterloo alumni as winners of this award: Jim Geelen (C&O) in 1997, Stephen Astels (PM) in 2000, Nico Spronk (PM) in 2004, Michael Newman (C&O) in 2006, and also David Kerr (PM undergrad, Toronto PhD) in 2002.
More information can be found on the CMS website.