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“To promote a deeper understanding of our world”, Canada may need a Jim Simons
The news may come as a shock to the Dean of U. Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, Roger Martin, and all those who have been preaching to the Canadian government that “what makes a country prosperous is not investment in science and technology,” … Continue reading
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Tagged BIRS, David Eisenbud, Lazaridis, Roger Martin, rotman school of management, Simons Foundation, Theory of Computing
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The Business Development Bank gets into the “NSERC Act”
“First, I want to reassure you that we did not take this decision lightly. This is a decision that is made by NSERC staff, independent of the peer review process. Every year we reject applications based on mandate ineligibility. This … Continue reading