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John E. Dennis Jr. received an honorary Doctor of Mathematics (DMath). He is renowned for his fundamental contributions to continuous optimization. John Dennis is the Noah Harding professor emeritus and research professor in the Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics at Rice University. He also served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization from 1988 to 1993.

The following C&O students received their graduate degrees at the spring 2012 convocation. Congratulations to all and best of luck for the future!

Beth Ann Austin (MMath)

Supervisor: Bruce Richter

Professor Levent Tuncel was announced a winner of the 2012 Faculty of Mathematics Award for Distinction in Teaching.

Professor Tuncel was recognized for his outstanding teaching as well as his development of optimization courses at all levels.

At the spring 2012 convocation, Peter Nelson was awarded an Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies honour.

Congratulations to in the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, recipient of an Early Researcher Award.

The title of his funded project was "Increasing the applicability of mixed-integer programming".

Alfred Menezes was announced as a recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award. Alfred Menezes is an instructor in cryptography, coding theory and introductory combinatorics and algebra. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate students, Alfred is an active graduate supervisor with more than 25 successful supervisions at À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.

Michele Mosca was appointed a University Research Chair in recognition of his exceptional research and scholarly achievements. The appointment will be held from 2012 to 2019. Michele is a professor in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization. He also serves as deputy director of the Institute for Quantum Computing.