Deputy Premier of Ontario and Minister of Health, the Hon. Christine Elliot (@celliottability) takes the Waterloo Innovation Summit stage in conversation with Lili Liu (@lililiu_ca), Dean of @ahswaterloo. #UWaterlooBeyond
Great to host @michaelchongmp and @alankeeso @uwaterloo learning about @msam_uwaterloo and our advanced manufacturing capabilities, industry research, and training the future workforce.
Big crowd @NGen_Canada supercluster project pitch day in Kitchener. Great mix of manufacturers, technology providers, and others like @UWaterloo @WatCARWaterloo and @Ontario_AMC
Congratulations to Dr. Donna Strickland, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at #UWaterloo, is one of three scientists to win this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. She is the first woman to receive this award in 55 years. #NobelPrize#UWaterlooProud
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the #NobelPrize in Physics 2018 “for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics” with one half to Arthur Ashkin and the other half jointly to Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland.
Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland – this year’s #NobelPrize recipients – paved the way towards the shortest and most intense laser pulses created by humankind. The technique they developed opened up new areas of research and led to broad industrial and medical applications.
#WaterlooMath Dean @Stephen_Watt reminds us that @UWaterloo has been involved in cybersecurity and privacy research since its inception - one of our early profs was WW2 cryptographer William Tutte! #UWcyber
Keynote Christine Binne, Director of Policy and Issues Managament at @Safety_Canada explains the need to shift the conversation around #cybersecurity from threat prevention to economic opportunity. #UWcyber
"There's a really good chance that in the next 10-15 years, #cybersecurity as we know it will crumble." -Michele Mosca, #WaterlooMath prof, @QuantumIQC researcher, and co-founder of @evolutionQinc kicks off our panel on post-quantum security. #UWcyber
"Thank you @UWVelocity for creating a pipeline of companies, jobs, and opportunities in our community for 10 years." - Mayor Dave Jaworsky, @citywaterloo#Velocity10
"Velocity has been influential in fostering entreprenuership, building something that people NEED - a vibrant community and a vibrant Canada." - Raj Saini, MP @CityKitchener