2019 Recognizing Excellence Summit
DC 1302
Thursday, Jun 13, 2019 at 8:00 AM EDT
Event Details
Join us on Thursday, June 13th for a day of captivating discussions presented by faculty and alumni.
Wes Graham Symposium
8:00 am - 10:00 am in DC 1302
Time | Discussion Title | Speakers |
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8:15 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks | Mark Giesbrecht, Professor and Director of the Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo |
8:30 am | Improving Perceived Humanness of Virtual Agents Through Emotions |
Jesse Hoey, Inaugural Graham Research Fellow, 2017–2019, University of Waterloo |
9:00 am | Emotional Identity in Assistive Technology for Aging | Moojan Ghafurian, Inaugural Graham Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo |
9:30 am | Early Detection of Cancer (Multiple Myeloma) Relapse from Blood with Mass Spectrometry and Computation |
Bin Ma, Inaugural Graham Research Fellow, 2017–2020, University of Waterloo |
Turing Symposium & Celebrating Women in Computer Science
10:00 am - 12:30 pm in DC 1302
Time | Discussion Title | Speakers |
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10:10 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
Stephen M. Watt, Dean, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo |
10:15 am | Multicore Programming | Barbara Liskov - A.M. Turing Award Laureate |
11:00 am | Cryptography for Safe Machine Learning | Shafi Goldwasser - A.M. Turing Award Laureate |
11:45 am | Celebrating Women in Computer Science |
Moderator: Maura Grossman, Director of Women in Computer Science Panelists: Barbara Liskov - A.M. Turing Award Laureate and |
Recognizing Excellence Series
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm in DC 1302
Time | Discussion Title | Speakers |
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2:00 pm | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
Stephen M. Watt, Dean, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo |
2:10 pm | The Accidental Entrepreneurd: A Pocket MBA in 30 Minutes or Less |
Eldon Sprickerhoff, 2019 J. Wes Graham Medalist Recipient, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer, eSentire |
2:45 pm | How to Sell your Company to Bill Gates for $150M |
Sam Pasupalak, 2018 Young Alumni Achievement Award Recipient, Co-Founder & former CEO, Maluuba |
3:15 pm | Working with Bright High School Students |
Eddie Cheng, 2018 Alumni Achievement Award Recipient, Distinguished Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Oakland University |
3:45 pm | Where are our Future Global Leaders Going to Come from? | Keith Farlinger, 2018 Alumni Achievement Award Recipient, CEO, BDO International Limited |
Limited seating. Visitor parking is available on campus.
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Location
DC 1302
200 University Avenue West Waterloo, ON N2C 3G1 CA
Tickets
Type |
Price |
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Recognizing Excellence Summit |
Free |
Organizer Details

Faculty of Mathematics
Kristine McGlynn
kmcglynn@uwaterloo.ca