Announcements

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is seeking an Administrative Officer.

Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Hari M. Srivastava for being named once again a Web of Science Group (Clarivate Analytics) Highly Cited Researcher for 2021. Very few researchers earn this distinction and Srivastava has been named six times, having done so previously in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. A Highly Cited Researcher has published multiple highly cited papers, defined as papers ranking in the top 1% by citation, considering both year and field of publication, during the last decade.

Laura Cowen of the University of Victoria discusses a new study finding that the number of COVID cases in northern B.C. and the province more generally are likely 2 to 6 times higher than what's being reported.

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Victoria is seeking candidates for nomination for a Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) Postdoctoral Fellowship, starting July 1, 2022. The field of research is open, but priority will be given to candidates whose research area aligns with current faculty expertise. The Fellowship is for one year and is renewable, contingent on satisfactory progress, for an additional year. The position is open to recent PhDs, or to graduate students who expect to receive a PhD by December 31, 2022.

Lisa Sauermann from MIT has received the UVic Distinguished Women Scholars Award and will give a series of lectures on November 16, 17 and 19 on "The slice rank polynomial method and applications".

ILAS (International Linear Algebra Society) has announced that Pauline van den Driessche (UVic) and Nick Higham (University of Manchester, UK) are to receive the 2022 Hans Schneider Prize. The Hans Schneider Prize in Linear Algebra is awarded by ILAS for research, contributions, and achievements at the highest level of Linear Algebra. This prize may be awarded for an outstanding scientific achievement or for lifetime contribution.

PIMS is pleased to announce an upcoming in person Distinguished Lecture. The talk will take place on the UVic Campus on Thursday, October 14 A video recording of the lecture is now available at https://mathtube.org/lecture/video/connection-between-rdes-and-pdes. SPEAKER: Dr. Louigi Addario-Berry DATE: Thursday, October 14, 2021 TIME: 3 pm coffee, and 3:30 pm talk LOCATION: David Strong Building, room C128 TITLE: The Connection Between RDEs and PDEs

Congratulations to Cedric Beaulac, who has been awarded a CANSSI Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship and will be working on Genetic Correlates of Alzheimer’s Disease Subtypes at the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University under the supervision of Farouk Nathoo, Jiguo Cao and Mirza Faisal Beg

Congratulations to all our spring 2021 graduating students, including Etienne Leclerc, winner of the Governor General's Silver Medal for top undergraduate student, and Yakov Shklarov, winner of the Jubilee Medal - Science.

Pauline van den Driessche was among one of seven extraordinary individuals to receive an honorary degree from UVic. van den Driessche is an internationally renowned scientist who has made significant contributions in different areas of mathematics, revolutionizing the understanding of disease dynamics. Her work applies to topics such as multicity disease dynamics, HIV/AIDS control and West Nile virus outbreak predictions. Congratulations!

UVic Statistics professor Xuekui Zhang has received funding from GenomeBC to study how chronic obstructive pulmonary disease changes immune cell populations.

UVic Math & Stats students Alexandra Deane, Shannon Ogden and Danielle Tsao have been awarded Canadian Mathematical Society Excellence Scholarships. There are 12 awards available nationally for 2021 and the three students we nominated all won. Congratulations!

The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) honours the memory of Dr. Alfonso Gracia-Saz, who was to receive the CMS Award for Teaching Excellence later this summer. Dr. Gracia-Saz was a teaching professor in our department and the Learning and Teaching Centre before moving on to the University of Toronto. He left quite an impact while he was here and he will be missed by his former colleagues.

Chris Bruce PhD Victoria 2020 was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF) starting next year. It is for two years, and will be taken up at the University of Glasgow (after the completion of his Banting Fellowship with Queen Mary University of London).