Announcements

Mathematics and Statistics student Joseph Horan has won a President's Fellowship in Research-Enriched Teaching.

Our Master's student in Statistics, Matthew Parker won two awards at the VADA Summer School. His team won second place in the VADA Summer School Data Challenge and he received a poster award for Effective Visualization and Communication. Congratulations Matthew!

Congratulations to Alexandra Deane (Computer Science/Math) and Natella Jafarova (Statistics), who were among 10 students to receive the 2018 Women in Technology scholarships from the Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society.

Dr. Pauline van den Driessche, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Victoria, is an internationally renowned mathematician whose research continues to play a significant role in global health. This includes her work in mathematical epidemiology, the application of mathematical modelling in the study and management of infectious diseases. Dr. van den Driessche is recognized for her devotion to teaching and mentoring countless young academics throughout her career at UVic. She is the author of approximately 240 peer-reviewed publications, and named a Thompson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher in 2014, as one of 99 of the world’s most influential mathematicians.

Congratulations to Mathematics & Statistics student Tyra Cockney-Goose who has won the prestigious national STEAM Horizon award.

It is a great honour for the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematical Society to present the 2019 Research Prize to Prof. Pauline van den Driessche from the University of Victoria. The award is given in recognition of their contributions to Mathematical Epidemiology and Matrix Analysis, and the high impact of this work in many areas of Applied Mathematics more generally.