Monday, November 26, 2012
The School has been selected to nominate a Canada Excellence Research
Chair in the area of Security and Privacy for the New Digital Economy.
This chair program brings world-renowned researchers to campuses across
the country, funded by $10 million in federal money for each chair.
Waterloo will invest an additional $17 million, which will fund hiring
new faculty, renovations, and student support.
"In today's highly connected world, personal information is increasingly
used and shared over wireless devices and the cloud," said Ian Goulden,
Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics. "This CERC will create innovative
approaches to ensure security and personal privacy as Canada advances in
the digital economy.²
This chairholder will be the third CERC at Waterloo, joining the Canada
Excellence Research Chair in Ecohydrology, Philippe Van Cappellen, and
the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Information Processing,
David Cory.
