Professor Hans De Sterck began his appointment as Chair of the Department of Applied Mathematics on 1 July 2023.
Ìý(Left to right) Brian Mao, Kevin Siu, Kevin Lamb, Funmi Adeku, Iyi Oluyemi, Francis Poulin.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Josef PaldusÌýpassed away peacefully on Sunday January 15, 2023.
´³´Ç¾±²ÔÌý, Damon Wells Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Yale University, for a presentation about how the Arctic Ocean's Beaufort Gyre is a dominant feature of the Arctic system, a prominent indicator of climate change, and possibly a control factor for high-latitude climate.
Professor Chi-Wang Shu from Brown University will be the speaker in this year’s firstÌýApplied and Computational Mathematics Distinguished Lecture. Prof. Shu will give the Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday September 21, 11:30-12:30, in MC 5501, followed by a reception. Everyone is cordially invited!
Nathaniel Stevens from the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science and Mohammad Kohandel from the Department of Applied Mathematics have been named winners of this year’s Awards for Distinction in Teaching from the Faculty of Mathematics.
Applied Mathematics professor Sivabal Sivaloganathan has been elected Fellow of the Society for Mathematical Biology (SMB) and will be honoured in the 2023 Annual Meeting. The Society’s Fellows Program was launched in 2017 and aims to name up to two fellows every two years in recognition of their contributions to mathematical biology.
Anita Layton, a professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics, has been recognized as one of six members of the Canadian Mathematical Society ÌýThe Fellowship honours mathematicians who have made outstanding contributions to the profession through research or teaching as well as service to Canada’s mathematical community.
Jun Liu, an associate professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics, was named among this year’s Canada Research Chairs from the Government of Canada.
Liu’s research focuses on control and dynamical systems, with a specific interest in the control of robotics and machinery.
Climate change is making wild weather increasingly common—and raising the stakes for weather forecasters.