Announcements

Congratulations to Andrew Lane and Nick Sima for winning the UVic Undergraduate Math Competition. Andrew was the overall winner while Nick was the winner among first and second year students.

There are approximately 60 positions ranging from 98 to 150 hours each for the period between January and April 2024. Most positions are for about 98 hours in total, and are distributed as 8 to 12 weekly hours for 12 to 14 weeks. Teaching Assistants mark assignments and midterms, instruct tutorials, or work in the Assistance Centre, which provides one-to-one tutoring with University of Victoria students who are enrolled in our first and second year Mathematics and Statistics courses.

The UVic Math competition is scheduled for Tuesday, September 26, from 4:30pm to 6:30pm in DSB C130. If interested, just show up. The 2023 Putnam is occurring at UVic on Saturday, December 2 in DTB A102. If interested, please ask dukes@uvic.ca for an invitation link.

Congratulations to our PhD student Shannon Ogden, who has been named a 2023 Vanier Scholar.

Leiden ranks UVic first in Canada for impact in math and computer science

For many people, math is a popular subject to hate. For graduating science student Elena Moss, it’s the subject she loves and has spent the five years of her degree studying—and the subject she intends to keep studying for the next five, as she heads to the Berlin Mathematical School in Germany this fall to begin graduate studies.

Danielle Tsao has won the 2023 Jubliee Medal in Science. This award is given to the undergraduate student(s) who achieved the highest academic standing in their graduating class in the Faculty of Science. Congratulations Danielle!

Two of our statistics students won awards for their poster presentation at the Eleventh Statistics Student Conference.

Applications for admission into the Data Science Program are being accepted from April 1 to April 30.

From predicting the spread of COVID-19 to protecting polar bears in the wake of climate change, mathematical biology is quickly becoming a vital tool for addressing world problems. During his 30 years in the field, Mark Lewis has been part of its explosive growth. Joining the University of Victoria in 2022 as the inaugural Gilbert and Betty Kennedy Chair in Mathematical Biology, Lewis is well-positioned to strengthen the discipline at UVic, while his numerous research projects continue to have extensive impacts around the world.

This unique Quantum Computing training program is co-delivered by faculty at three BC universities (UBC, SFU, and UVic) in collaboration with Quantum Computing industry partners. It will equip graduates with highly specialized technical expertise and commercial skills in both quantum computing hardware and software.

Three mathematicians, including UVic's Jonathan Noel, show, for the first time, how to form a square with the same area as a circle by cutting them into interchangeable pieces that can be visualized.