Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Professor
Ian
Goldberg
of
the
School's
Cryptography,
Security
and
Privacy
research
group,
has
been
named
a
University
Research
Chair
for seven
years
from
2012
to
2019. Waterloo
recognizes
exceptional
achievement
and
pre-eminence
in
a
particular
field
of
knowledge
with
this
designation.
Prof.
Goldberg,
who
joined
the
School
in
2006,
is
a
renowned
researcher
in
this
area,
whose
research
allows
people
in
real-world
scenarios
to
protect
their
privacy
as
they
engage
in
their
online
lives. He
received
the
Outstanding
Young
Computer
Science
Researcher
Award
from
the
Canadian
Association
for
Computer
Science
in
2012,
and
an
Early
Researcher
Award
from
the
Province
of
Ontario
in
2010.
Prof.
Goldberg
joins
a
long
list
of
Cheriton
School
professors
to
receive
the
University
Research
Chair
designation:
Bin
Ma
has
been
a
University
Research
Chair
since
2008. Prof.
Tamer
Özsu
held
the
designation
from
2004
to
2011,
and
both
Prof.
Timothy
Chan
and
Prof.
Doug
Stinson
held
the
designation
from
2005
to
2012.