Two mathematics faculty members named Canada Research Chairs

Friday, November 17, 2017

Jun Liu and Karen Yeats recognized for research excellence

Faculty members Jun Liu and Karen Yeats have been named Canada Research Chairs, as part of the Government of Canada鈥檚 - Canada Research Chairs Program. Jun is chairholder for his work in Hybrid Systems and Control, and Karen is chairholder for her work in Combinatorics of Quantum Field Theory.

鈥淚 applaud and congratulate Jun and Karen for their accomplishments and recognition as Canada Research Chairs,鈥 said Stephen M. Watt, Dean, Faculty of Mathematics. 鈥溊遁悠 is a unique and vibrant centre for mathematics and computer science, precisely because so many of Canada鈥檚 premiere researchers, like Jun and Karen, have chosen to make our university their home.鈥

Jun Liu
A $500,000 investment over five years will support Jun鈥檚 research in cyber-physical systems and control. Jun鈥檚 research will develop fundamentally new theoretical and computational frameworks to facilitate the control design of trustworthy cyber-physical systems for a wide range of applications including automotive systems, robotics, medical devices and smart manufacturing.

Karen Yeats
A $500,000 investment over five years will support Karen鈥檚 research to understand quantum field theory and to develop new tools in combinatorial mathematics and physics that lead to new insights. This research has the potential to lead to significant advances in how we understand the building blocks which make up the universe.

The invests close to $265聽million per year to help postsecondary institutions attract and retain the world鈥檚 most accomplished and promising minds. There are 1,659聽active chairholders at 76聽institutions across Canada, including 61 chairholders from 蓝莓视频, comprising of 14 math faculty members.