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Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Conference

2024 Mathematics and Statistics Award Winners

The 2024 Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Conference (MSCS) was held October 4 and 5, at Acadia University.

Review the conference program and abstracts.

Mathematics & Statistics Awards Descriptions

2024 Computer Science Award Winners

Science Atlantic Undergraduate Research Award

First Place
Oral Presentation

Erin Hughes

Erin Hughes

Acadia University

Cooling p-catepillars

Second Place
Oral Presentation

Melanie Gauthier

Melanie Gauthier

Mount Saint Vincent University

Snort on Triangular Grid Graphs

Third Place
Oral Presentation

Hudson Forance

Hudson Forance

St. Francis Xavier University

Teleparallel Geometry with Spherical Symmetry

Science Atlantic Science Communication Award

First Place (Tie)
Oral Presentation

Eleanor Friddell

Eleanor Friddell

Dalhousie University

Visualizing Isomorphisms between Alternating/Symmetric and Polyhedral Rotation Groups via 3D Modelling and Printing

First Place (Tie)
Oral Presentation

Joyce Jiao

Joyce Jiao

Dalhousie University

Low T-count approximations of single-qubit unitaries

Science Atlantic Graduate Research Award

First Place
Oral Presentation

Joseph Barss

Joseph Barss

Dalhousie University

Spatiotemporal modelling of lobster abundance

Second Place
Oral Presentation

Scott Wesley

Scott Wesley

Dalhousie University

Verifying and Simplifying Tietze Transformations

Third Place
Oral Presentation

Aadesh Nunkoo

Aadesh Nunkoo

University of Prince Edward Island

A Split Questionnaire Design Approach for the HBSC Study

Science Atlantic Mathematics Problem Solving Competition

Team Award

First Place

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Eric Goulding

Memorial University of Newfoundland

First Place

Gavin Hull

Gavin Hull

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Second Place

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Hayden Lees

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton

Second Place

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James Petersen

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton

Third Place

Rachel Reid

Rachel Reid

Saint Mary's University

Third Place

Zachary Saunders

Zachary Saunders

Saint Mary's University

CANSSI Atlantic Undergraduate Research Award

First Place
Oral Presentation

Pierre Aucoin

Pierre Aucoin

University of Prince Edward Island

Estimating Heaps' law for large document collections: A preliminary study

Previous Award Winners

Mathematics and Statistics 2022 Award Winners

The 2022 Science Atlantic Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Conference was held 
October 14 to 15, at Mount Allison University

Abstract Booklet

Thank you to our generous conference sponsors!

Science Atlantic
Science Communication Award

 
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Lauren Farrell

Mount Allison University

A Pair Formation Model with Recovery of Monkeypox

Science Atlantic
Undergraduate Research Award

First Place

 
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Logan Pipes

Mount Allison University

Bounding Real Tensor Optimizations via the Numerical Range

Second Place

 
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Dylan Pearson

Mount Allison University

Slow Localization

Science Atlantic
Mathematics Problem Solving Competition

First Place

 

Dalhousie University


Xiaoyu Jia

Second Place

 
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Memorial University of Newfoundland


Eric Goulding
Daniel Gosse

Third Place

 
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University of New Brunswick


James Petersen
Hayden Lees

Past Award Winners

View award winners from previous years.