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CAIMS 2026 Award Recipients

The annual CAIMS meeting was held in Regina from June 15 to 19, 2026. At this time we had the chance to recognize our outstanding award winners and hear excellent plenary talks from the recipients. Congratulations to all of our award winners!

Photo awarding Melissa Stadt the 2026 CAIMS Dissertation prize
Melissa Stadt (University of Waterloo) receives the 2026 Cecil Graham Doctoral Dissertation Prize. She delivered a lecture on “Mathematical modelling of electrolyte homeostasis”
Photo awarding Ray Spiteri the 2026 CAIMS Research Prize
Raymond Spiteri receives the 2026 CAIMS/SCMAI Research Prize delivering a lecture on “More Data + Heterogeneous Compute = Fractured Workflows: Why mathematical and computational structure matter more than ever “
Photo of Wilten Nicola receiving the 2026 CAIMS Early Career Award Recipient
Wilten Nicola receives the 2026 CAIMS/SCMAI-PIMS Early Career Award. He delivered a lecture on “Computing with Neural Dynamics in Artificial and Biological Neural Networks”


Thank you to the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Regina, particularly Shaun Fallat and Allen Herman for an outstanding meeting.

Photo of CAIMS 2026 Annual Meeting hosts receiving thank you plaque
Shaun Fallat (right) and Allen Herman (left) receive a plaque from Ronald Haynes (CAIMS president) as a thank you for hosting the 2026 CAIMS meeting in Regina

We also had the opportunity to thank our outgoing Secretary Christina Christara for many years of dedication to the society.

Photo awarding outgoing secretary Christina Christara a plaque for her years of service
Christina Christara is recognized for her years of dedication to CAIMS as its outgoing secretary.

Thank you to all who attended the meeting. We look forward to seeing you in Victoria in 2027.

Photo of the CAIMS 2026 Annual Meeting attendees
Attendees to the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society in Regina Saskatchewan.
photo of CAIMS 2026 Board of Directors and Executive
2025-2026 CAIMS Executive and Board of Directors. Left to Right: Huaiping Zhu (President Elect), Christina Christara (Secretary), Iain Moyles (Communications Officer), Eric Foxall (Board of Directors), Sue Ann Campbell (Past President), Ronald Haynes (President), Giusy Mazzone (EDIM Officer). Not Pictured: Elsa Cardoso-Bihlo (Treasurer), Kazem Cheshmi (Board of Directors), Alexey Shevyakov (Board of Directors), Javad Mashreghi (Board of Directors), Weiran Sun (Board of Directors), Ion Bica (Board of Directors)
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The Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society, which dates from 1979, has a growing presence in industrial, mathematical, scientific and technological circles within and outside of Canada.

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