Profiles

Charles Clarke is a Professor of Computer Science and the Associate Dean for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on data intensive tasks and efficiency, including search, ranking, question answering, and other problems involving human language data. He has supervised to completion over 30 graduate students and published over 200 refereed contributions on a wide range of topics, including search, metrics, user interfaces, filesystem search, natural language processing, machine learning, and databases.

David Del Rey Fernández is an Assistant Professor at the University of Waterloo, Department of Applied Mathematics. Before joining the University of Waterloo, he was first a postdoctoral researcher and then a research scientist at NASA Langley Research Center and the National Institute of Aerospace. His research interest is in developing efficient and robust numerical algorithms for the solution of partial differential equations based on novel numerical methods with provable properties, applicable to high-performance computing systems. David’s research is focused on developing the mathematics and algorithms for the efficient solution of a broad class of time-dependent partial differential equations in the context of mathematically rigorous numerical frameworks. In particular, the emphasis is on:1) robust numerical methods, 2) mesh adaptation, 3) approaches for dealing with geometric complexity and moving meshes, and 4) machine-learning algorithms for automation and increased efficiency. 

Dr. Jian Zhao is an Assistant Professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, where he directs the WatVis (Waterloo Visualization) research group. His research lies in the intersection of information visualization, human-computer interaction, and data science. He is dedicated to developing interactive visualizations that optimize the analytical workflow of solving complex real-world data problems. Dr. Zhao received his Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. He is the recipient of many best paper or honorable mention paper awards at top-tier venues (e.g., IEEE VIS, ACM CHI, and MobileHCI). More information can be found on his website: www.jeffjianzhao.com.

Dr. Jochen Konemann is a professor and chair in the department of combinatorics and optimization. Earning his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University, Konemann went on to teach at the University of Waterloo. His research interests include approximation algorithms, algorithmic game theory and combinatorial optimization. Konemann recently organized a Hausdorff Summer School and Workshop on combinatorial optimization and organized a Hausdorff Trimester on combinatorial optimization as well. He was also involved in the writing of the undergraduate textbook on optimization. 

I received my PhD from the University of Waterloo in 2001 (Applied Mathematics).  I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto from 2001-2004, and returned to UW in 2004.  My research focus is on environmental fluid mechanics, especially from a computational point of view.  Along with my group I both develop and apply high order numerical methods to problems in boundary layer dynamics, hydrodynamic instability theory, and internal wave dynamics.

Dr. Michael Waite is an Associate Professor in Applied Mathematics in the Faculty of Mathematics. He received his PhD from McGill University in 2005. His research interests are in geophysical fluid dynamics, with a particular focus on numerical modelling of turbulence in the atmosphere.  

Raouf Boutaba received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from Sorbonne University in 1990 and 1994, respectively. He is currently a University Chair Professor and the Director of the David R. Cheriton School of Computer science at the University of Waterloo (Canada). His research interests fall in the areas of computer networking and distributed systems.

Dr Guglielmi is an applied mathematician focused on control and optimization of dynamical systems, with a focus on designing controllers for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), optimizing power energy networks, agent-based and compartmental models in agriculture and life sciences.

Sander Rhebergen is an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo, Department of Applied Mathematics. Before joining the University of Waterloo, he was a postdoctoral researcher, first at the University of Minnesota and then at the University of Oxford. His research interests are in scientific computing and numerical analysis, hybridisable and embedded discontinuous Galerkin methods and finite element methods for partial differential equations on time-dependent domains.