From helping combat Covid-19 misinformation to climate change research, we look back at twelve big research stories from the Faculty of Mathematics in 2022.
Anil Arora, Chief Statistician of Canada for Statistics Canada, was the keynote speaker at the Fall Industry Day on Monday, hosted by the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Artificial Intelligence Institute (À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.AI) and Communitech.
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On November 16, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $15 million in funding for the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s Faculties of Mathematics and Environment to work with Indonesian partners on climate-change adaptation and mitigation strategies in the country.
For David Kennedy (BMath ’02), vice-president and co-founder of the digital avatar company Bitmoji, the ways people represent themselves and identify online should be about empowerment and breaking free of constraints. Â
Penelope Schankula (BCS in progress) is a builder.  
She may not have been aware of that when she took a co-op job at the cybersecurity company Arctic Wolf  in À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, but she is part of a new generation helping build the region’s cybersecurity cluster today. Â
Six hundred and three students graduated from the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s Faculty of Mathematics on Friday, including 378 of undergraduates and 225 of graduate students.
For Ehrin Turkovich, the valedictorian for the fall 2022 cohort in the Faculty of Mathematics, a degree in math represents expanded horizons.Â
On Saturday, October 1, distinguished professor emeritus Don Cowan (MSc ’61, PhD ’65) received an honorary J.W. Graham Medal in Innovation and Computing at the Wes Graham Symposium.
Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor Stacey Watson, and their colleagues Manisha Kamarushi, Garreth Tigwell, and Roshan Peiris at Rochester Institute of Technology, have received best paper award at MobileHCI 2022.