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One master’s and two doctoral degrees in Applied Mathematics were awarded at the 2024 Spring Convocation. Congratulations to the graduates!

A recent study co-authored by Ghazal Geshnizjani (Perimeter Institute), Eric Ling (University of Copenhagen), and Jerome Quintin (Applied Math, À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ) has been in Quanta Magazine.

José Polo Gomez, a graduate student at the Department of Applied Mathematics and the Institute for Quantum Computing, was named one of two winners of the . The award, given by the journal Universe, supports travel to present at an international conference. Ìý

Congratulations, José!

Marek StastnaÌý²¹²Ô»å co-principal investigator Francis Poulin, both professors at the Department of Applied Mathematics, received $1.65 million in research grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for their Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program “Training for Novel Directions in Quantitative Climate Science.â€

Read moreÌýin the Math Faculty news story.

Hans De Sterck,Ìýa professor and the chair of the Department of Applied Mathematics, has been named as one of the Class of 2024 Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) in recognition of his “contributions to scientific computing methods including multilevel and nonlinear solvers, and for exemplary scientific leadership and service to SIAM.â€

Read moreÌýin the Math Faculty news story.

On November 23, the family of the late Applied Mathematics Distinguished Professor Emeritus Josef Paldus unveiled a memorial tree and bench outside the Mathematics 3 building to commemorate the life and contributions of Professor Paldus, who passed away on January 15, 2023. Professor Paldus joined the then-new Department of Applied Mathematics in 1968, became a full professor in both the Applied Mathematics and Chemistry departments in 1975, and retired in 2001 but remained active as a distinguished professor emeritus until his death.

Graeme Smith, a professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics and the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC), has been named as one of the Fellows of the American Physical Society for 2023 in recognition of his “fundamental contributions on quantum channel capacities including proving continuity, elucidating the phenomenon of superactivation, and for providing a classification of all the additive entropic formulas.â€