±«ÓăÖ±˛Ą News - Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics /channels/news_feeds/all/term/math_and_stats/rss en PhD Oral Defence of Mr. Renaud Alie /channels/channels/news/phd-oral-defence-mr-renaud-alie-359680 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <p><a name="_Hlk146115370" id="_Hlk146115370"><b>±«ÓăÖ±˛ĄÂ </b></a><b>DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS</b> </p> <p><b>PhD Oral Defence of Mr. Renaud Alie</b></p> <p><b>DATE:</b> Friday, October 18, 2024</p> <p><b>TIME / PLACE:</b> Defence 10:00 a.m. (BURN 1025)</p> <p><b>TITLE:</b><b> </b>Tractability and Scalability in Multitype Gaussian</p> <p>Cox Process Models</p> <p><b>CHAIR</b><b>: </b>Prof. Rustum Choksi</p> <p><b>SUPERVISOR</b><b>:</b> Prof. David A. Stephens</p> <p><b>INTERNAL MEMBER</b><b>: </b>Prof. Christian Genest</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">16 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 16 Sep 2024 20:30:20 +0000 webfull 202670 at /channels Professor David Stephens elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) /channels/channels/news/professor-david-stephens-elected-fellow-royal-society-canada-frsc-359317 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Professor<b> David Stephens</b> has been elected a <a href="https://rsc-src.ca/sites/default/files/24_New%20Members_EN_0.pdf"><b>Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada</b>.</a></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">5 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:14:19 +0000 webfull 202270 at /channels Celebrating International Pi Day with the Office of Indigenous Initiatives /channels/channels/news/celebrating-international-pi-day-office-indigenous-initiatives-358312 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Earlier this year, ±«ÓăÖ±˛Ąâ€™s <a href="/indigenous/">Office of Indigenous Initiatives</a> celebrated International Pi Day with a talk from mathematician Dr. Edward Doolittle followed by a student panel on Indigenous experiences in STEM and, of course, some delicious pie.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/piday.png?itok=yWrcV68s" width="160" height="213" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">12 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:07:35 +0000 webfull 201180 at /channels Professor Eyal Goren awarded prestigious Frontiers of Science Award (2024) /channels/channels/news/professor-eyal-goren-awarded-prestigious-frontiers-science-award-2024-357945 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Professor <b>Eyal Goren</b> has received a prestigious <b>Frontiers of Science Award</b> for his co-authorship in his landmark publication <a href="https://annals.math.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/annals-v187-n2-p03-p.pdf"><b>Faltings heights of abelian varieties with complex multiplication</b> by <b>Andreatta Fabrizio, Goren Eyal, Howard Benjamin, Keerthi Sampath Madapusi. Annals of Mathematics (2018).</b></a></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:22:37 +0000 webfull 200780 at /channels Axel Hundemer awarded Leo Yaffe Award for Excellence in Teaching /channels/channels/news/axel-hundemer-awarded-leo-yaffe-award-excellence-teaching-357764 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to Professor Axel Hundemer, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, for being awarded the 2024 <a href="/science/staff/teaching-prizes" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Leo Yaffe Award for Excellence in Teaching</a>!  This award is given each year to recognize a faculty member for superior teaching at the undergraduate level in the Faculty of Science.  </p> <p>Read below the citation for the announcement of the award. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">19 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 19 Jun 2024 14:38:01 +0000 webfull 200563 at /channels Professor Christian Genest - recipient of the 2024 Lise Manchester Award from The Statistical Society of Canada (SSC) /channels/channels/news/professor-christian-genest-recipient-2024-lise-manchester-award-statistical-society-canada-ssc-357578 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <p>Professor Christian Genest is one of the three recipients of the 2024 <a href="https://ssc.ca/en/awards/2024/jonathan-jalbert-christian-genest-and-luc-perreault-lise-manchester-award-2024"><strong>Lise Manchester Award from The Statistical Society of Canada (SSC).</strong></a></p> <p>The award recognizes excellence in state-of-the-art statistical work which considers problems of public interest and which is potentially useful for formation of Canadian public policy. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">4 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:08:45 +0000 webfull 200353 at /channels Professor Henri Darmon named Guggenheim Fellow (2024) /channels/channels/news/professor-henri-darmon-named-guggenheim-fellow-2024-356783 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced their 2024 fellows, which includes one faculty member from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, <b><a href="https://www.math.mcgill.ca/darmon/">Professor Henri Darmon</a></b>.</p> <p>Professor Darmon is among 188 scholars to receive fellowships, from a pool of almost 3,000 applicants — “a distinguished and diverse group of culture-creators working across 52 disciplines,” according to the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation press statement.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 15 Apr 2024 17:35:36 +0000 webfull 199434 at /channels Real Data and Real Solutions in MATH 527 /channels/channels/news/real-data-and-real-solutions-math-527-356571 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>On a cloudy afternoon this past December, a group of ±«ÓăÖ±˛Ą students gathered in a downtown MontrĂ©al boardroom to give a data science presentation to Citera, a sustainability analytics company. This presentation wasn’t for an internship or any other extracurricular activity – it was part of one of ±«ÓăÖ±˛Ąâ€™s newest and most innovative courses: <a href="/study/2023-2024/courses/math-527d1">MATH 527</a>, Statistical Data Science Practicum.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/math527-1.jpg?itok=00uPVlHm" width="160" height="111" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">3 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 03 Apr 2024 13:39:01 +0000 webfull 199179 at /channels Ed Doolittle and Panel on March 14th /channels/channels/news/ed-doolittle-and-panel-march-14th-355911 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/dr._doolittle_-_poster.jpg?itok=fk5r0cV3" width="160" height="227" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">5 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:10:54 +0000 webfull 198355 at /channels Asha Basu and Antoine Labelle – Winners of the 2023 William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition /channels/channels/news/asha-basu-and-antoine-labelle-winners-2023-william-lowell-putnam-mathematical-competition-355859 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <p><b>Asha Basu </b>and<b> Antoine Labelle </b>were ranked in the top 100 receiving the accolade of Honorable Mention in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathematical_Competition">William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition</a>, a preeminent mathematics competition for undergraduate students in the United States and Canada.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 29 Feb 2024 23:29:45 +0000 webfull 198294 at /channels