Who is Michael?

​Michael is currently an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream for the Department of Mathematical and Computational Science at the 
University of Toronto Mississauga.
Biography​
​Michael Liut is completing his  Ph.D. in Computer Science under the supervision of Dr. Antoine Deza and Dr. Frantisek Franek at the Advanced Optimization Research Laboratory (AdvOL) at McMaster University. 

Michael currently holds an M.Eng. in Software Engineering and B.A.Sc. in Honours Computer Science, further he is one of the youngest candidates pursuing their Computer Science Ph.D. in the Department of Computing and Software at McMaster University.

In 2016, Michael Co-Founded, Life in Computing & Software, the first graduate club in his department. Soon after, he was elected as the departmental Council Representative to the McMaster Engineering Graduate Society (EGS).

​In 2017, Michael was unanimously appointed as the Vice President of the EGS, and in May of 2018, Michael was appointed and later elected as the President of the EGS until the end of his term in June 2019. 
Research​ Areas & Interests
  • Stringology and Combinatorics
  • Programming Languages and Compilers
  • Data Science and Optimization
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Technology Quotes


"We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain."
     - Stephen Hawking


"The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential ingredient of mathematics: if it is clumsy, it is not mathematics."
     - Edsger Dijkstra


"Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming."
     - John Carmack


"Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."
     - Edsger Dijkstra