Stephen M. Watt: Selected Awards

Individual

• 2012 Fellow
  Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences

• 2012 J.W. Graham Medal in Computing and Innovation
  University of Waterloo

• 2011 Doctor Honoris Causa Scientiae
  University of the West, Timisoara, Romania

• 2011 Distinguished University Professor
  University of Western Ontario

• 2004 Student Nomination, Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
  Western Alumni Association, University Student's Council and Bank of Nova Scotia

• 2002 Distinguished Research Professorship
  Faculty of Science, U Western Ontario.

• 2002 IWAY Award for New Technology
  CANARIE
  for work in mathematical data communication.

  The IWAY awards are presented to individuals or groups who have made significant contributions to Canada's information society. Previous recipients include John Manley, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (2001), John Roth, Vice Chairman and CEO of Nortel (2000), Murray Goldberg, President WebCT Canada (2000), John Mavity, Vice President R&D Callisto Media Systems (1999), Lionel Hurtubise, Chairman Ericsson Communications (1998), Michael Lazaridis, President and founder Research in Motion (1997), Frank McKenna, Premier of New Brunswick (1996).

• 1999 Premier's Research Excellence Award
  Province of Ontario,
  for work in programming languages.

• 1994 Research Division Award
  IBM Research
  for work in automatic differentiation.

• 1992 Outstanding Innovation Award
  IBM
  for work in compilers and computer algebra.

• 1979 NSERC 1967 Science Scholarship
  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  Top Canadian scholarship for postgradaute studies in science and engineering.

Group

• 2011 Richard Dimick Jenks Memorial Prize for Excellence in Software Engineering applied to Computer Algebra
  ACM SIGSAM (personal role: original group member 1980-1984)
  to the Maple Group at the University of Waterloo

• 2009 Omond Solandt Award
  Canadian Operational Research Society
  to Maplesoft (personal role: Board member)
  (for developing innovative operational research and mathematical software systems)

• 2007 Omond Solandt Award
  Canadian Operational Research Society
  to Descartes Systems Group (personal role: Chairman of the Board)
  (for developing innovative transportation and logistics solutions ... and for the resulting economic contributions)

• 2006 Best Business Turnaround Award
  International Business Awards (Stevie)
  to Descartes Systems Group (personal role: Chairman of the Board)

• 2004 Synergy Award for Innovation
  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  to team from Maplesoft, U. Waterloo, U. Western Ontario, Simon Fraser U.
  (for outstanding achievements of university-industry collaboration)