Mark Giesbrecht is a Canadian computer scientist who is the 12th dean of the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Mathematics, starting from July 1, 2020.[1][2] He was the Director of the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, Canada from July 2014 until June 2020.[3]
Mark Giesbrecht | |
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 Mark Giesbrecht in the Davis Centre, University of Waterloo | |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | University of Toronto (1993, PhD, computer science)
University of Toronto (1988, MSc, computer science) University of British Columbia (1986, BSc, computer science) |
| Occupation(s) | Dean, University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics |
Biography
editGiesbrecht earned a PhD in computer science at the University of Toronto in 1993, under the supervision of Joachim von zur Gathen. He has been a professor at the University of Waterloo since 2001, following positions at the University of Manitoba (1994–98) and University of Western Ontario (1998–2001), as well as IBM Canada Ltd. (1991–93). He was the Director of the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at Waterloo[4] from July 2014 until June 2020. On July 1, 2020, he became the Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics[5] at the University of Waterloo.
Research
editGiesbrecht’s research is in computer algebra, where he has proved a number of fundamental results, including on the complexity of computing matrix normal forms,[6] solving sparse diophantine linear systems,[7] and non-commutative polynomial algebra.[8] More recently he has been on the forefront of an optimization approach to symbolic-numeric algorithms for matrix polynomials.[9]
Awards
editAs a member of the Cheriton School of Computer Science's Symbolic Computation Group, Giesbrecht shared the 2004 NSERC Synergy prize for innovation under the prize's small- and medium-sized companies category. In 2012 he was named an ACM Distinguished Scientist.[10][11]
Notes
edit- ^ "New dean appointed for Waterloo's Faculty of Mathematics; Mark Giesbrecht will become the 12th dean of the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Mathematics | University of Waterloo". University of Waterloo. May 11, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ "New dean appointed for Waterloo's Faculty of Mathematics". Faculty of Mathematics | University of Waterloo. May 11, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ "Mark Giesbrecht reappointed as Director of School of Computer Science". David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science | University of Waterloo. January 31, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ^ "Cheriton School of Computer Science: People Profiles: Mark Giesbrecht". University of Waterloo. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ "New dean appointed for Waterloo's Faculty of Mathematics". University of Waterloo.
- ^ Giesbrecht, Mark (October 1998). "Factoring in Skew-polynomial Rings over Finite Fields". Journal of Symbolic Computation. 26 (4): 463–486. doi:10.1006/jsco.1998.0224.
- ^ Eberly, Wayne; Giesbrecht, Mark; Giorgi, Pascal; Storjohann, Arne; Villard, Gilles (January 29, 2007). "Faster Inversion and Other Black Box Matrix Computations Using Efficient Block Projections". arXiv:cs/0701188.
- ^ Giesbrecht, Mark (October 1998). "Factoring in Skew-polynomial Rings over Finite Fields". Journal of Symbolic Computation. 26 (4): 463–486. doi:10.1006/jsco.1998.0224.
- ^ Giesbrecht, Mark; Haraldson, Joseph; Kaltofen, Erich (April 26, 2019). "Computing Approximate Greatest Common Right Divisors of Differential Polynomials". arXiv:1701.01994 [cs.SC].
- ^ "Mark Giesbrecht named ACM Distinguished Scientist". Cheriton School of Computer Science | University of Waterloo. November 12, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ^ "Association for Computing Machinery | ACM Distinguished Member | Dr. Mark Giesbrecht". Association for Computing Machinery. 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2020.