Dr. William Smith, Faculty of Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Dr. William Smith is the founding dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) and currently serves as the associate provost, Research. He holds a Master of Applied Science and PhD degrees from the University of Waterloo, both of which are in Applied Mathematics. In addition, he obtained a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Science and Master of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering degrees from the University of Toronto.
With more than 28 years experience as a professor of mathematics and statistics, physics, biophysics and engineering at Canadian universities, Dr. Smith has been honoured with a teaching award for his contributions to the incorporation of computer technology in education. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 journal articles, book chapters and conference presentations and co-authored and edited two textbooks.
His research interests are in high-performance computing, molecular physics and educational applications of computer technology. He has received more than $1.5 million in research funding, and has held visiting appointments at universities in Germany, the Czech Republic, England, New Zealand and at the IBM Research Laboratory in San Jose, California. He has also served as a consultant to a number of science and technology-oriented companies worldwide.
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