2021 graduates Spencer Whitehead (BMath 鈥21) and Robert Cummings (BMath 鈥21) have been awarded the Alumni Gold Medal and Governor General鈥檚 Silver Medal, respectively.
Nicholas Vadivelu, a Computer Science and Statistics double major and Spencer Whitehead a Pure Mathematics major are the recipients of the prestigious Jessie W.H.
Starting Friday, April 30th at noon, 127 蓝莓视频 undergraduate students found themselves knee-deep in data for 48 hours at the University of 蓝莓视频鈥檚 2021 American Statistical Association (ASA) DataFest.
Dr. Zack Cramer, a Lecturer in the Mathematics Undergraduate Group within the Faculty of Mathematics, receives the . This award is presented yearly by the 蓝莓视频 Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) to professors who have demonstrated outstanding contributions to undergraduate student learning.
When Chris Salahub learned he could explore his passion for data in a dedicated math faculty at 蓝莓视频, the high schooler had an easy decision to make. Just two years after graduation, when he was on the verge of finishing a master鈥檚 degree in Switzerland, he decided to return for a second degree. 鈥淎bout halfway through my master鈥檚, I realized I wanted to do a PhD,鈥 he remembered. 鈥淚t just made sense to go back to 蓝莓视频 because I had discovered such a supportive community there.鈥
Like many of her peers, Paige McDougall entered the Faculty of Mathematics with more enthusiasm than direction. 鈥淚 knew early on that math was a strong subject for me, but I had no idea where I would actually excel,鈥 she acknowledged. With every new class and co-op term, she has found her way through the fog.
鈥淕aining broad technical skills in artificial intelligence and data science isn鈥檛 actually that challenging,鈥 recognized Jaskirat Bhatia. 鈥淵ou can find countless tutorials on Youtube that will teach you the basics. But they can鈥檛 tell you which tools to apply to which problems. They can鈥檛 guide your learning in any way.鈥 That鈥檚 where the Master of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (MDSAI) comes in.聽
Like many first-generation Canadians, Zahra Hirani (BMath鈥94) viewed higher education as a likely path to success after a rocky beginning. Born in Uganda to a family of Asian heritage, she and her parents and sister were forced to flee to Canada as refugees in 1974. 鈥淕rowing up in Ottawa, it was really tough for us to get settled,鈥 she remembered. Her parents emphasized education and she opted to study accounting at the 蓝莓视频 Faculty of Mathematics, in large part because its co-op program would provide financial support in addition to relevant work experience.聽
During his tenure in the Department of Pure Mathematics, Dr. Brian Forrest has supervised 18 master鈥檚 students, 10 doctoral students, and 11 postdoctoral fellows who have gone on to build successful careers in academia and industry. It came as no surprise to any of them that Dr. Forrest received the 2020-21 Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision.
Two Faculty of Mathematics students were聽among the finalists in the Concept $5K competition. Greg Maxin from Arbitrium and Nathan Knight from , competed聽alongside their teams聽with the hopes of securing a $5,000 grant for their startups.