The Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science is a top-tier academic unit among statistical and actuarial science globally. Our community is engaged in topics such as actuarial science, biostatistics, data science, quantitative finance, statistics, & statistics-computing. Our department is home to more than 60 full-time faculty researching diverse and exciting areas, over 1000 undergraduate students from around the world, and more than 175 graduate students in master, doctoral, and professional programs.
News
Cecilia Cotton and Jordan Hamilton win Distinguished Teacher Awards
Congratulations to Cecilia Cotton and Jordan Hamilton, recipients of the 2024 Distinguished Teacher Awards from Waterloo’s Centre for Teaching Excellence. Since 1975, the award has been given annually to four exemplary instructors from across the university who have a “record of excellent teaching over an extended period at Waterloo, usually at least five years.”
Read the full article on the Faculty of Mathematics website.
Ruodu Wang and Aukosh Jagannath named Canada Research Chairs
Two professors from the Faculty of Mathematics have been named NSERC Canada Research Chairs. Ruodu Wang, professor of actuarial science and quantitative finance, has been named a Tier 1 NSERC CRC in Quantitative Risk Management, and Aukosh Jagannath, assistant professor of statistics and actuarial science, has been named a Tier 2 NSERC CRC in Mathematical Foundations of Data Science.
Second-annual Scotiabank Data Science Discovery Days prepares students to work with AI
More than 150 students participated last week in the second annual Scotiabank Data Science Discovery Days.
The event, which took place both online and on campus from January 26 to February 2, invited Waterloo students to analyze large volumes of data in projects that would emulate the real work data scientists di every day. This year, the event focused on “Using AI to derive business insights from customer feedback.”
Read the full article on the Faculty of Math site.
Events
Seminar by Christopher Chambers
Actuarial Science and Financial Mathematics seminar series
Christopher Chambers
Georgetown University
Room: M3 3127
DataFest 2024
An undergraduate student data competition.
All members of your team need to register.
Registration is now closed. Email Greg Preston if you have questions.
Learn more on the event page.
Seminar by Brendan Pass
Actuarial Science and Financial Mathematics seminar seriesBrendan Pass Room: M3 3127 |