Welcome to Statistics and Actuarial Science

Current PhD student, Kyu Min Shim received a Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral (CGRS D). Valued at $40,000 per year, the scholarship runs for three years.

The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Quantitative Finance and Financial Risk Analytics, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2027. We welcome candidates with expertise in areas such as financial econometrics, machine learning, portfolio optimization, risk management, computational finance, and related fields. The successful candidate will contribute to our internationally recognized research and teaching programs while joining one of the world's leading departments in statistical, actuarial, and quantitative finance education. Applications from exceptional candidates at the Associate or Full Professor level will also be considered. For full details and application information, please see the job posting.

The Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics (WCA) is delighted to welcome three exceptional early-career researchers who have chosen to bring prestigious national fellowship awards to the WCA. Drs. David Dayi Li (SAS), Syeda Lammin Ahad, and Nicholas Kern join the WCA after securing highly competitive fellowship support. Drs. Li and Ahad were awarded the new Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA), while Dr. Kern brings a five-year SKA Fellowship to Waterloo.