University of Waterloo, famous alumni and faculty
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Below is a list of famous alumni and faculty of the University of Waterloo.
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[edit] Architecture
- Siamak Hariri - Architect of major Baha'i Temple [1] in Santiago, Chile
- Ken Lum - Architect: Flight 93 National Memorial finalist
- Brigette Shim - Architect: Professor - University of Toronto, Governor General's Award for Architecture
- Stephen Teeple - Architect: Governor General's Award for Architecture
- Dereck Revington - Architect: The Luminous Veil, Bloor Street Viaduct; Prix de Rome in Architecture (Canada)
- John McMinn - Architect and Writer, Prix de Rome in Architecture (Canada)
- John Shnier - Architect, Prix de Rome in Architecture (Canada)
- Timea Jakab - Architect, Driscoll Centre of Excellence in Awesome (Canada)
[edit] Arts
- Ziva Kunda - Psychologist
- Brian Orend - Philosopher
- Jan Narveson - Philosopher
- Paul Thagard
[edit] Business
- Calvin Ayre - Founder of Bodog.com, #746 on Forbes 2006 Billionaires List, holds a General Science degree
- David Cheriton - Computer Scientist: Professor - Stanford University, Co-Founder of Granite Systems, #7 on 2005 Forbes Midas List
- Mike Lazaridis - Founder and co-CEO of Research In Motion
- Frank Tompa - Co-founder of Open Text Corporation
[edit] Computer science
- Gordon Bell - Co-creator (with Dan Dodge) of the QNX Realtime Operating System. [2]
- Erik Demaine - Computational Geometry: youngest professor at MIT
- Dan Dodge - Co-creator (with Gordon Bell) of the QNX Realtime Operating System. [3]
- Tom Duff - computer scientist
- Gus German, Jim Mitchell, Richard Shirley, Robert Zarnke - WATFOR Fortran Compiler
- Lain Iwakura - Computer Scientist, Philosopher and inventor of the copland NAVI system.
- Gaston Gonnet - Computer Scientist and Entrepreneur
- Rasmus Lerdorf - Creator of PHP, a popular programming language
[edit] Cryptography
- Ian Goldberg - Cryptographer: Chief Scientist - Radialpoint, broke Netscape's SSL implementation [4]
- Alfred Menezes - Cryptographer: Research Associate - Certicom, co-authored Handbook of Applied Cryptography, co-invented MQV
- Rei Safavi-Naini - Cryptographer: Professor in School of Computer Science, University of Wollongong
- Scott Vanstone - Cryptographer: Founder of Certicom, co-authored Handbook of Applied Cryptography, co-invented. A road is named after him in Waterloo. MQV
[edit] Entertainment
- George Elliott Clarke - Poet and Playwright: Governor General's Award for poetry
- Heather Dale - Celtic Singer [5]
- Rick Green - comedian, member of The Frantics
- William Reeves - Toy Story Academy Award winner for the Best Animated Short Winner at the 61st Annual Academy Awards
- Steve Smith - Comedian, actor and star of The Red Green Show
[edit] Mathematics
- Hiroshi Haruki - Mathematician
- W. T. Tutte - Mathematician: codebreaking (during WWII), combinatorics and graph theory
[edit] Physics
- Robert Myers - Theoretical Physicist, Royal Society of Canada Fellow
[edit] Planning
- Mark Seasons - Past President of the Canadian Institute of Planners
[edit] Politics
- Don Boudria, Canadian Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister
- Gary Goodyear, Canadian Member of Parliament
- Karen Redman, Canadian Member of Parliament since 1997
- Andrew Telegdi, Canadian Member of Parliament
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Ann Hansen - Urban Guerilla
- Parker Mitchell - Co-Founder of Engineers Without Borders (Canada)
- Mark Tilden - Robotics Researcher
- Scott Manning - Stunt Pilot, former professional football player
- Walt Neubrand - Keeper of the Stanley Cup
- Ingrid Mattson - President of the Islamic Society of North America
