Awards & News
Dr. Sharareh Taghipour,Canada Research Chair in Physical Asset Management, is the recipient of the prestigious All NSERC Alliance Quantum Grant - Strengthening Capacity for the multi-year project “Quantum Computing for Optimal Mobility.” She is also the recipient of the 2025 Bridging Divides Emerging Research Grant and received a grant of $252,000 from Public Safety Canada’s Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund for her project, “End-to-end solution for dynamic tasks allocation in search and rescue missions.”
Dr. Seth Dworkin is interviewed by CBC on why Canadian cities still struggle with snow: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63-the-current/clip/16129356-why-canadian-cities-still-struggle-snow (external link)
Dr. Liping Fang - along with Keith W. Hipel of the University of Waterloo and D. Marc Kilgour of Wilfrid Laurier University - is the recipient of the IEEE SMC Lotfi A. Zadeh Pioneer Award (external link) (external link) from the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Society for developing the innovative Graph Model for Conflict Resolution (GMCR) methodology to understand and resolve complex real-world Systems-of-Systems strategic problems. The Lotfi A. Zadeh Pioneer Award is "To honor a person or persons with outstanding and pioneering contributions to academic and/or industrial research in systems science and engineering, human-machine systems, and/or cybernetics."
Dr. Ravi Ravindran is the recipient of the 2024 ASM International Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award. He is the first Canadian to receive this award.
