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UoG Launches Master of Data Science Program
Training the next generation of in-demand data scientists for numerous fields is the goal of a new course-based master’s degree to be launched at the University of Guelph this fall pending formal program approval.
The new data science program will focus on spatial-temporal data – data collected over time and space — used in agriculture, supply chain and transportation technologies and in industries such as environment, meteorology, biology and health, among other fields.
Regular COVID-19 Tests Could Help Keep Schools Open
Department of Mathematics and Statistics professor Monica Cojocaru and team found that randomly testing students for COVID-19 could control outbreaks.
https://news.uoguelph.ca/2021/01/regular-covid-19-tests-for-students-cou...
See also link below for podcast interview with Dr. Cojocaru.
Prof. Monica Cojocaru awarded a France Canada grant to study Nash Games using AI
French and Canadian teams and HQP propose to study the links between generalized Nash games, nonsmooth dynamics and AI techniques useful for identifying/analyzing general Nash equilibria.
https://sites.google.com/site/mgcojocarumath/france-canada-research-fund...
CEPS Interim Dean Announced
Prof. Gerarda Darlington, Department of Math and Stats and former associate dean (academic), has been named interim dean of CEPS:
https://news.uoguelph.ca/2020/06/interim-dean-named-for-ceps/
Canadian Journal of Statistics Award 2020
The 2020 Canadian Journal of Statistics Award goes to PhD student Matthew Stephenson, and fac