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We sat down with dean Jochen Koenemann to discuss everything from his priorities for his term to what his favourite hobbies are outside of work!
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/dpjUY7KpD4s
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/dpjUY7KpD4s
Coffee with Dean Jochen Koenemann
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November 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We sat down with dean Jochen Koenemann to discuss everything from his priorities for his term to what his favourite hobbies are outside of work!
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/dpjUY7KpD4s
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/dpjUY7KpD4s
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🦅 What if your gym routine consisted of gliding across a forest, skewing fruits like a ninja, or racing on a Formula 1 track? 🏁
🎮 That’s the vision behind Hiro. They're supporting children with disabilities by gamifying physiotherapy exercises.
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🎮 That’s the vision behind Hiro. They're supporting children with disabilities by gamifying physiotherapy exercises.
🔗 Read more: uwaterloo.ca/news/clinic-...
#UWaterloo
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🦅 What if your gym routine consisted of gliding across a forest, skewing fruits like a ninja, or racing on a Formula 1 track? 🏁
🎮 That’s the vision behind Hiro. They're supporting children with disabilities by gamifying physiotherapy exercises.
🔗 Read more: uwaterloo.ca/news/clinic-...
#UWaterloo
🎮 That’s the vision behind Hiro. They're supporting children with disabilities by gamifying physiotherapy exercises.
🔗 Read more: uwaterloo.ca/news/clinic-...
#UWaterloo
Join the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing for their final Canadian Senior Math Contest (CSMC) prep workshops taking place on November 6, 2025.
These sessions are aimed at students in Grades 11-12.
Register here: uwaterloo.ca/math/undergr...
These sessions are aimed at students in Grades 11-12.
Register here: uwaterloo.ca/math/undergr...
November 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Join the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing for their final Canadian Senior Math Contest (CSMC) prep workshops taking place on November 6, 2025.
These sessions are aimed at students in Grades 11-12.
Register here: uwaterloo.ca/math/undergr...
These sessions are aimed at students in Grades 11-12.
Register here: uwaterloo.ca/math/undergr...
Happy Halloween! 👻
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Happy Halloween! 👻
On Nov. 5th, drop in to preview and share feedback on the draft Campus Plan!
Just like cities have urban plans, @uwaterloo.ca has a Campus Plan, a roadmap for how our spaces evolve to support learning, research, community, and sustainability.
Session info here: uwaterloo.ca/campus-plan/...
Just like cities have urban plans, @uwaterloo.ca has a Campus Plan, a roadmap for how our spaces evolve to support learning, research, community, and sustainability.
Session info here: uwaterloo.ca/campus-plan/...
Events | Campus Plan
Listing the events on the Campus Plan site.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
On Nov. 5th, drop in to preview and share feedback on the draft Campus Plan!
Just like cities have urban plans, @uwaterloo.ca has a Campus Plan, a roadmap for how our spaces evolve to support learning, research, community, and sustainability.
Session info here: uwaterloo.ca/campus-plan/...
Just like cities have urban plans, @uwaterloo.ca has a Campus Plan, a roadmap for how our spaces evolve to support learning, research, community, and sustainability.
Session info here: uwaterloo.ca/campus-plan/...
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Congrats to Prof Chengnian Sun and his collaborators Vu Le and Zhendong Su on winning the OOPSLA 2025 Most Influential Paper Award for their work on automated compiler testing. Their research introduced a new way to expose previously undetected bugs in compilers.
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cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/chengni...
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Congrats to Prof Chengnian Sun and his collaborators Vu Le and Zhendong Su on winning the OOPSLA 2025 Most Influential Paper Award for their work on automated compiler testing. Their research introduced a new way to expose previously undetected bugs in compilers.
cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/chengni...
cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/chengni...
Join CEMC Professors in a series of online workshops to help you prepare for the Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest!
These sessions are aimed at Gr. 11 + 12s interested in participating in the Canadian Senior Math Contest in November
Register here: uwaterloo.ca/math/undergr...
These sessions are aimed at Gr. 11 + 12s interested in participating in the Canadian Senior Math Contest in November
Register here: uwaterloo.ca/math/undergr...
October 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Join CEMC Professors in a series of online workshops to help you prepare for the Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest!
These sessions are aimed at Gr. 11 + 12s interested in participating in the Canadian Senior Math Contest in November
Register here: uwaterloo.ca/math/undergr...
These sessions are aimed at Gr. 11 + 12s interested in participating in the Canadian Senior Math Contest in November
Register here: uwaterloo.ca/math/undergr...
Join us on Oct. 23 for a Mathematics meets Economics workshop featuring Professor Elliot Lipnowski from Yale University!
📅October 23, 2025
⏰5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
📍HH 373
Register here: bit.ly/3Jicp1R
📅October 23, 2025
⏰5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
📍HH 373
Register here: bit.ly/3Jicp1R
October 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Join us on Oct. 23 for a Mathematics meets Economics workshop featuring Professor Elliot Lipnowski from Yale University!
📅October 23, 2025
⏰5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
📍HH 373
Register here: bit.ly/3Jicp1R
📅October 23, 2025
⏰5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
📍HH 373
Register here: bit.ly/3Jicp1R
On November 4th, 2025 you are invited to attend Dr. Edward Doolittle’s lecture, Indigenous Mathematics: Foundations.
The lecture is open to everyone and free to attend!
More info here: uwaterloo.ca/hagey-lectur...
The lecture is open to everyone and free to attend!
More info here: uwaterloo.ca/hagey-lectur...
October 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
On November 4th, 2025 you are invited to attend Dr. Edward Doolittle’s lecture, Indigenous Mathematics: Foundations.
The lecture is open to everyone and free to attend!
More info here: uwaterloo.ca/hagey-lectur...
The lecture is open to everyone and free to attend!
More info here: uwaterloo.ca/hagey-lectur...
Join CEMC Professors in a series of online workshops to help you prepare for the Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest!
These sessions are aimed at Gr. 11 + 12s interested in participating in the Canadian Senior Math Contest in November
Register here: uwaterloo.ca/.../csmc-pre...
These sessions are aimed at Gr. 11 + 12s interested in participating in the Canadian Senior Math Contest in November
Register here: uwaterloo.ca/.../csmc-pre...
October 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Join CEMC Professors in a series of online workshops to help you prepare for the Canadian Senior Mathematics Contest!
These sessions are aimed at Gr. 11 + 12s interested in participating in the Canadian Senior Math Contest in November
Register here: uwaterloo.ca/.../csmc-pre...
These sessions are aimed at Gr. 11 + 12s interested in participating in the Canadian Senior Math Contest in November
Register here: uwaterloo.ca/.../csmc-pre...
🎉Last week, we proudly celebrated our 2025 Alumni Achievement Award recipients! Congrats again to:
Manisha Dias (BMath ’13)
Ian MacKinnon (BMath ’06, MMath ’08)
Farhan Thawar (BMath ’98)
Kim Tremblay (BMath CS ’84)
Manisha Dias (BMath ’13)
Ian MacKinnon (BMath ’06, MMath ’08)
Farhan Thawar (BMath ’98)
Kim Tremblay (BMath CS ’84)
October 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🎉Last week, we proudly celebrated our 2025 Alumni Achievement Award recipients! Congrats again to:
Manisha Dias (BMath ’13)
Ian MacKinnon (BMath ’06, MMath ’08)
Farhan Thawar (BMath ’98)
Kim Tremblay (BMath CS ’84)
Manisha Dias (BMath ’13)
Ian MacKinnon (BMath ’06, MMath ’08)
Farhan Thawar (BMath ’98)
Kim Tremblay (BMath CS ’84)
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Congrats to Postdoctoral Research Besat Kassaie, Dr. Andrew Kane and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Frank Tompa, winners of the Best Paper Award at DocEng’25. Their work combines LLMs for query reformulation with reciprocal rank fusion to improve mathematical IR.
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cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/besat-k...
October 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Congrats to Postdoctoral Research Besat Kassaie, Dr. Andrew Kane and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Frank Tompa, winners of the Best Paper Award at DocEng’25. Their work combines LLMs for query reformulation with reciprocal rank fusion to improve mathematical IR.
cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/besat-k...
cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/besat-k...
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Congrats to CS Prof Edith Law, who has been named the Google Chair in the Future of Work and Learning. This Chair is situated within a broader initiative, the Future of Work Institute, in which she’ll lead research on how AI is transforming education & career readiness.
uwaterloo.ca/news/media/g...
uwaterloo.ca/news/media/g...
October 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Congrats to CS Prof Edith Law, who has been named the Google Chair in the Future of Work and Learning. This Chair is situated within a broader initiative, the Future of Work Institute, in which she’ll lead research on how AI is transforming education & career readiness.
uwaterloo.ca/news/media/g...
uwaterloo.ca/news/media/g...
🎖️We are proud to announce the recipient of the 2025 J.W. Graham Medal in Computing and Innovation!
Congratulations to Farhan Thawar (BMath ’98)!
More on Farhan and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
Congratulations to Farhan Thawar (BMath ’98)!
More on Farhan and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
September 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🎖️We are proud to announce the recipient of the 2025 J.W. Graham Medal in Computing and Innovation!
Congratulations to Farhan Thawar (BMath ’98)!
More on Farhan and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
Congratulations to Farhan Thawar (BMath ’98)!
More on Farhan and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
🎖️We are proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Alumni Achievement Medals and the J.W. Graham Medal in Computing and Innovation!
Congratulations to Alumni Achievement Medal Recipient, Kim Tremblay (BMath CS ’84)!
Read all about Kim and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
Congratulations to Alumni Achievement Medal Recipient, Kim Tremblay (BMath CS ’84)!
Read all about Kim and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
September 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🎖️We are proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Alumni Achievement Medals and the J.W. Graham Medal in Computing and Innovation!
Congratulations to Alumni Achievement Medal Recipient, Kim Tremblay (BMath CS ’84)!
Read all about Kim and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
Congratulations to Alumni Achievement Medal Recipient, Kim Tremblay (BMath CS ’84)!
Read all about Kim and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
We are proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Alumni Achievement Medals and the J.W. Graham Medal in Computing and Innovation!
Congratulations to G.O.L.D Achievement Medal Recipient, Manisha Dias (BMath '13)!
Read all about Manisha and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
Congratulations to G.O.L.D Achievement Medal Recipient, Manisha Dias (BMath '13)!
Read all about Manisha and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
September 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
We are proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Alumni Achievement Medals and the J.W. Graham Medal in Computing and Innovation!
Congratulations to G.O.L.D Achievement Medal Recipient, Manisha Dias (BMath '13)!
Read all about Manisha and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
Congratulations to G.O.L.D Achievement Medal Recipient, Manisha Dias (BMath '13)!
Read all about Manisha and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
We are proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Alumni Achievement Medals and the J.W. Graham Medal in Computing and Innovation!
First up is Alumni Achievement Medal Recipient, Ian MacKinnon!
Read all about Ian and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
First up is Alumni Achievement Medal Recipient, Ian MacKinnon!
Read all about Ian and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
September 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We are proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Alumni Achievement Medals and the J.W. Graham Medal in Computing and Innovation!
First up is Alumni Achievement Medal Recipient, Ian MacKinnon!
Read all about Ian and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
First up is Alumni Achievement Medal Recipient, Ian MacKinnon!
Read all about Ian and the other recipients here: uwaterloo.ca/math/news/ce...
🎉 Congratulations to Applied Mathematics researchers, Jun Liu and Maxwell Fitzsimmons, for receiving the Oded Maler Award at the International Conference on Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems (FORMATS)!
Read more here: uwaterloo.ca/applied-math...
Read more here: uwaterloo.ca/applied-math...
Applied Math Researchers Win Best Paper Award | Applied Mathematics | University of Waterloo
Applied Math Researchers Win Best Paper Award
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September 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Applied Mathematics researchers, Jun Liu and Maxwell Fitzsimmons, for receiving the Oded Maler Award at the International Conference on Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems (FORMATS)!
Read more here: uwaterloo.ca/applied-math...
Read more here: uwaterloo.ca/applied-math...
The MUO is welcoming you back for Fall term with a FREE pancake brunch!
Join us on Wednesday, September 24th from 10:00am - 12:30pm in the DC Fishbowl (DC 1301), bring your appetite and your friends. We can’t wait to see you there! 🩷
Join us on Wednesday, September 24th from 10:00am - 12:30pm in the DC Fishbowl (DC 1301), bring your appetite and your friends. We can’t wait to see you there! 🩷
September 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The MUO is welcoming you back for Fall term with a FREE pancake brunch!
Join us on Wednesday, September 24th from 10:00am - 12:30pm in the DC Fishbowl (DC 1301), bring your appetite and your friends. We can’t wait to see you there! 🩷
Join us on Wednesday, September 24th from 10:00am - 12:30pm in the DC Fishbowl (DC 1301), bring your appetite and your friends. We can’t wait to see you there! 🩷
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Shai Ben-David has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the highest national recognition for researchers. His work spans an impressive breadth, from ML theory and computational complexity to logic in computer science, mathematical logic and set theory.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Shai Ben-David has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the highest national recognition for researchers. His work spans an impressive breadth, from ML theory and computational complexity to logic in computer science, mathematical logic and set theory.
cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/shai-be...
cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/shai-be...
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There’s even a road named after @waterloomath.bsky.social mathematician William Tutte (of Tutte polynomial fame) on the @uwaterloo.ca campus:
August 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
There’s even a road named after @waterloomath.bsky.social mathematician William Tutte (of Tutte polynomial fame) on the @uwaterloo.ca campus:
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🎮 PhD student Yuzhe You is using video games to make AI more accessible to non-technical users.
🏆 She has received $145K from various scholarships to support her game-changing plan.
🔗 Read more at: uwaterloo.ca/computer-sci...
#womeninstem #UWaterloo #XAI
🏆 She has received $145K from various scholarships to support her game-changing plan.
🔗 Read more at: uwaterloo.ca/computer-sci...
#womeninstem #UWaterloo #XAI
September 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
🎮 PhD student Yuzhe You is using video games to make AI more accessible to non-technical users.
🏆 She has received $145K from various scholarships to support her game-changing plan.
🔗 Read more at: uwaterloo.ca/computer-sci...
#womeninstem #UWaterloo #XAI
🏆 She has received $145K from various scholarships to support her game-changing plan.
🔗 Read more at: uwaterloo.ca/computer-sci...
#womeninstem #UWaterloo #XAI
Jimmy Lin is proving that academic research can launch startups and lead AI innovation on a global scale!
Dr. Lin, a CS prof and co-director of Waterloo.AI, is also the chief scientist at Yupp, an AI startup that recently launched with over $33M in seed funding.
Read more here: bit.ly/3IMdlv5
Dr. Lin, a CS prof and co-director of Waterloo.AI, is also the chief scientist at Yupp, an AI startup that recently launched with over $33M in seed funding.
Read more here: bit.ly/3IMdlv5
From the lab to the marketplace | Waterloo News
Is it possible for a University of Waterloo professor to successfully bridge academic research and industry innovation, especially in the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence (AI)? The an...
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July 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Jimmy Lin is proving that academic research can launch startups and lead AI innovation on a global scale!
Dr. Lin, a CS prof and co-director of Waterloo.AI, is also the chief scientist at Yupp, an AI startup that recently launched with over $33M in seed funding.
Read more here: bit.ly/3IMdlv5
Dr. Lin, a CS prof and co-director of Waterloo.AI, is also the chief scientist at Yupp, an AI startup that recently launched with over $33M in seed funding.
Read more here: bit.ly/3IMdlv5
At the University of Waterloo, co-op is more than a stepping stone, it’s a launchpad for future leaders 🚀
Two Faculty of Math Co-op Student of the Year alumni shed light on their careers after graduation: uwaterloo.ca/co-operative...
Two Faculty of Math Co-op Student of the Year alumni shed light on their careers after graduation: uwaterloo.ca/co-operative...
Math Co-op Students of the Year reflect on career-defining moments and paying it forward | Co-operative Education | University of Waterloo
Two Faculty of Math Co-op Student of the Year alumni shed light on their careers after graduation.
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July 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
At the University of Waterloo, co-op is more than a stepping stone, it’s a launchpad for future leaders 🚀
Two Faculty of Math Co-op Student of the Year alumni shed light on their careers after graduation: uwaterloo.ca/co-operative...
Two Faculty of Math Co-op Student of the Year alumni shed light on their careers after graduation: uwaterloo.ca/co-operative...
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Diogo Barradas has won the FOCI Rising Star Award for his contributions to censorship-resistant communications. Presented at the Free and Open Communications on the Internet conference, the award honours early-career researchers whose work advances Internet freedom.
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July 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Diogo Barradas has won the FOCI Rising Star Award for his contributions to censorship-resistant communications. Presented at the Free and Open Communications on the Internet conference, the award honours early-career researchers whose work advances Internet freedom.
cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/diogo-b...
cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/diogo-b...