ANNOUNCEMENT OF UTEA, NSERC, and MCSRA Awardees for Summer 2023
June 2023
Congratulations to the undergraduate students who were awarded a Summer 2023 research award! The students below were awarded one of three summer research awards to work on an exciting project under the supervision of an MCS Faculty member. Students either won a U of T Excellence Award in Natural Sciences and Engineering (UTEA-NSE), a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Award (NSERC USRA) or a Mathematical and Computational Sciences Research Award (MCSRA).
More information about these awards can be found here.
UTEA-NSE
Student Name: Andrew Jonathan William Magnuson
Division and/or programs: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering; Division of Engineering Science
Year of Study: 2
Supervisor: Prof. Florian Skhurti (CSC)
Title of Project: Imitation Learning, Task and Motion Planning
Student Name: Ivy Tan
Division and/or programs: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering; Division of Engineering Science
Year of Study: 2
Supervisor: Prof. Lueder Kahrs (CSC)
Title of Project: Sim2Real Reinforcement Learning with a 7 Degree Freedom Robot
Student Name: Victoria Valeeva
Division and/or programs: UTM; Mathematical Sciences Specialist
Year of Study: 3
Supervisor: Prof. Duncan Dauvergne (MAT)
Title of Project: Epidemic models built on random walks
NSERC-USRA
Student Name: Nathanael Dov Chwojko-Srawley
Division and/or programs: UTM; Mathematical Sciences Specialist, Computer Science Minor
Year of Study: 4+; Convocated June 2023 with high distinction
Supervisor: Prof. Yevgeny Liokumovich (MAT)
Title of Project: Parametric Dehn's Lemma
Student Name: Taqieldin Hamoda
Division and/or programs: UTM; Computer Science Specialist, Business, Science and Entrepreneurship Minor
Year of Study: 4
Supervisor: Prof. Jessica Burgner-Kahrs (CSC)
Title of Project: Optimizing Cosserat Rod models to reduce computational load for real-time application
Student Name: Anna Ly
Division and/or programs: UTM; Applied Statistics Specialist, Mathematical Sciences major
Year of Study: 4
Supervisor: Prof. Luai Al Labadi (STA)
Title of Project: Assessing multinomial distributions with a Bayesian approach
MCSRA
Student Name: Mohammed Hamlili
Division and/or programs: UTM; Computer Science Specialist, Applied Statistics Major, Mathematical Sciences Minor
Year of Study: 4
Supervisor: Prof. Luai Al Labadi (STA)
Title of Project: Testing Uniformity with Varentropy and Varextropy Bayesian Estimators
Student Name: Anthony Jia-Hao Lem
Division and/or programs: Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering; Division of Engineering Science; Minor in Robotics and Mechatronics completed
Year of Study: 4
Supervisor: Prof. Florian Skhurti (CSC)
Title of Project: Pedestrian Trajectory Forecasting for Socially-Aware Sidewalk Robot Navigation
Student Name: Travis Shao
Division and/or programs: UTM; Computer Science Specialist
Year of Study: 4
Supervisor: Prof. Florian Skhurti (CSC)
Title of Project: ICP: Mapping a point cloud of UTM
Student Name: Raghav Sharma
Division and/or programs: UTM; Computer Science Specialist, Mathematical Sciences Major
Year of Study: 4+; Convocated in June 2023 with High Distinction
Supervisor: Prof. Ahmed Ashraf (CSC)
Title of Project: Investigating the Efficiency of Deep Learning Models
Congratulations to Linghao Feng, who received the 2021-22 Olga Fraser Award
Awarded to an outstanding UTM Statistics student who completed STA220H5.
Award Recipient:
- Linghao Feng
Congratulations to James Ferguson, who received the 2021-22 Peter Fantham Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to an outstanding UTM Mathematics student who is returning to UTM. Preference will be given to a student completing their third year of study.
Award Recipient:
- James Ferguson
Congratulations to Jesse Bing Han, who received the 2021-22 June Scott Award
This award was originally established in 1990 by UofT faculty, staff and students to honour June Scott's retirement in 1989. She taught at the University of Toronto Mississauga (formerly Erindale College) for 19 years. It is awarded annually to the University of Toronto Mississauga student with the highest mark in STA256H5. This is awarded to a UTM student with the highest mark in STA256H5. The student must otherwise be in good standing.
Award Recipient:
- Jesse Bing Han
Congratulations to our two students, Estelle Oceane Foo-Fat and Ivan Olegovych Shevchenko, who are the recipients of the 2021-22 Elizabeth and William Star Award
This scholarship is awarded annually to a student registered full-time in a Mathematical and Computational Sciences program who has completed their second year of study and has an average of at least 75%.
Award Recipients:
- Estelle Oceane Foo-Fat
- Ivan Olegovych Shevchenko
Congratulations to Alexander Ryabchenko, who received the 2021-22 Doris Geddes Scholarship
This award was originally established by colleagues, family and friends of Doris Geddes, a Mathematics Instructor at the University of Toronto, when she retired in 1996. It’s awarded annually, upon Departmental recommendation, to the student with the highest achievement in a first-year mathematics course. This scholarship is awarded to a UTM student with the highest achievement in a first-year MAT course based on the recommendation of the Chair, UTM Mathematics & Computer Science, in consultation with the Mathematics Faculty, UTM Campus Council, and the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM).
Award Recipient:
- Alexander Ryabchenko
Two MCS students receive the 2021-22 Anne Holden Memorial Scholarship
The family and friends of Anne Holden endowed this scholarship. Anne, a graduate of the University of Toronto Mississauga and a long-time lecturer and instructor, was deeply interested in and supportive of her student's academic progress, particularly those who struggled with Calculus but had a strong desire to master its intricacies.
This scholarship is awarded to a male and female UTM student who meets the following conditions. The student was awarded the most improved student in MAT135H5 or MAT136H5. The student must have a minimum final grade which exceeds 70% and minimum tutorial participation of 80%. The student must be registered at UTM in the fall term following course completion.
Award Recipients:
- Zhuotong Sharmey Peng
- Hajun Ju
Congratulations to our two students who received the 2020-21 Top UTM Undergraduate Student Awards
July 2021
- David Zhiyang Cui (Math Major) wins the E.A. Robinson Medal.
- Syeda Zehra (CS Specialist and Math Minor) is recognized for Top Outstanding Program Performance in 2020-21 by the UTM Office of Vice-Principal Academic and Dean.
Two MCS students receive the 2020 University of Toronto Student Leadership Awards
March 2020
Congratulations to Dariya Darvin (Math Major) and Nikki Sigurdson (Math Specialist and CS Minor) for being among the 18 UTM students receiving this distinguished award that recognizes outstanding student leadership. Please read more here.
Mahika Phutane, 4th year CS & CCIT major, wins a prestigious Dennis Washington Graduate Leadership Scholarship
February 2020
Congratulations to Mahika Phutane for winning this prestigious scholarship and being the first Canadian to win this award provided by the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. Please read more here.