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Asha Basu and Antoine Labelle were ranked in the top 100 receiving the accolade of Honorable Mention in the , a preeminent mathematics competition for undergraduate students in the United States and Canada.
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It is a great pleasure to announce that our colleague Courtney Paquette has been named a
Machine learning relies heavily on probabilistic optimization algorithms.
While machine learning papers are written at a staggering rate, there is much less foundational mathematical work that addresses the success of machine learning.
Since her PhD, Courtney has been at the forefront of this foundational work.
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A major electrical shutdown scheduled to take place on the morning of Sunday, March 3, 2024* will affect multiple buildings on the downtown campus. The intervention will consist of a set of electrical shutdowns, starting at 6 a.m. and concluding by 12 p.m. (noon).听听
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As many as one in five Canadian households can be considered to be in energy poverty, according to researchers from 平特五不中. Energy poverty occurs when households cannot afford or access the levels of energy necessary to meet their daily needs, live decent lives, and maintain healthy indoor temperatures all year round. More Canadians potentially suffer from energy poverty than from food insecurity.
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Uncertainty in measuring biodiversity change could hinder progress towards global targets for nature
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Professor David Ifeoluwa Adelani (School of Computer Science) is 平特五不中鈥檚 newest Chair, as Professors Joelle Pineau and Reihaneh Rabbany have their appointments renewed
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Global polls typically show that people in industrialized countries where incomes are relatively high report greater levels of satisfaction with life than those in low-income countries.
But now the first large-scale survey to look at happiness in small, non-industrialized communities living close to nature paints quite a different picture.
Looking at happiness in non-industrialized settings
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New funding program launching for undergraduate students
Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives (HBHL) is pleased to announce the launch of the 2024 HBHL Undergraduate Summer Research Internship. Created in collaboration between HBHL and the HBHL Trainee Committee, this opportunity aims to include students at all levels in brain health research, providing 平特五不中 undergraduate students with a hands-on research experience.
Title: Symmetric Tensor Products: An Operator Theory Approach
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Dear Students and Fellow Colleagues,
It gives me great pleasure to announce the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award winners for the Fall 2023 term.
Congratulations to Gabriel Crudele (MATH 356), Shereen Elaidi (MATH 133), Christopher Karpinski (MATH 235), and Aaron Shalev (MATH 242).
This prestigious award recognizes exceptional performance from TAs in our Department each Fall and Winter term. Winners are selected based on course evaluations received by the Department.
Thank you all very much for your excellent work!
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The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, including Professor Daryl Haggard at 平特五不中, , the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87, using data from observations taken in April 2018.
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MSSI has announced the results of its latest Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Ideas Fund competition. The SSH Ideas Fund awards seed funding to explore bold projects and novel ideas drawn specifically from humanities, arts, and social sciences research with the potential to illuminate or solve sustainability-related challenges.