IAM alumnus Doug L. James has been awarded ACM SIGGRAPH’s 2021 Achievement Award, for his pioneering work in the simulation of deformable models and in sound rendering. Doug’s early work focused on fast animation of dynamic deformable objects. He Read More
Welcome to Professor Jesse Perla
We welcome Professor Jesse Perla as a new IAM faculty affiliate. An assistant professor in UBC’s Vancouver School of Economics, Jesse is a macroeconomist with particular interests in economic growth, financial economics, and machine learning. His work leverages state-of-the-art Read More
Welcome to Professor Vadim Marmer
We welcome Professor Vadim Marmer as a new IAM faculty affiliate. Vadim is a professor in UBC’s Vancouver School of Economics. He came to UBC in 2005 after completing his Ph.D. at Yale University. His main area of research Read More
Welcome to Professor Christos Thrampoulidis
We welcome Professor Christos Thrampoulidis as a new IAM faculty affiliate. Christos joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) as an assistant professor in January 2021. His research program investigates topics at the intersection of statistical signal Read More
Sarafa Iyaniwura Receives 2020 Kaura Award
The Institute of Applied Mathematics is pleased to announce that the 2020 Dr. Deepak Kaura Award in the Mathematics of Medicine has been awarded to Sarafa Iyaniwura, a PhD student in the UBC Department of Mathematics, in recognition of Read More