The University of Guelph has appointed of Dr. Stacey Scott dean of the College of Computational, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences (CCMPS).
A computer scientist with over 18 years of experience as a faculty member and academic leader, Scott will being a five-year term on April 1, 2026.
”I’m honoured and excited to build on the work I’ve started as interim dean and to continue shaping a college strategy grounded in our strengths and oriented towards practical solutions and meaningful innovation,” Scott says.
“The creation of CCMPS gives us an opportunity to define who we want to be and the impact we want to have, and to act with intention to achieve those goals. Together, we can build an engaged, connected community and a destination of choice for those excited to advance science and technology fields.”
Scott previously served as interim dean of CCMPS when the college formed in 2025 and is a professor in the School of Computer Science.
She has held several academic leadership roles since arriving at U of G from the University of Waterloo in 2016, including chair of strategic planning, assistant director, associate director of Graduate Studies and interim director of the Master of Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence program in the School of Computer Science.
Scott played a significant role in the creation of CCMPS, chairing the Ad Hoc Committee on College Restructuring, leading college-wide consultations with CCMPS units and bringing the proposal to Senate.
With a focus on human-computer interaction and collaboration technologies, Scott’s research has applications in defence, emergency response, data analytics, precision agriculture and social connection. Her work has been published in more than 120 peer-reviewed articles. Scott has trained over 100 undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral fellows, earning her the Lasting Impact Award from the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing in 2020.
Scott earned her PhD in Computer Science from the University of Calgary and completed postdoctoral training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before her graduate studies, she worked as a software engineer developing user interfaces for the Canadian Armed Forces’ communications systems.
CCMPS is home to over 2,200 undergraduate students and nearly 300 graduate students and supports more than 8,000 learners from across the University each year. With over 140 dedicated faculty and staff, CCMPS offers world-leading research and education in chemistry, computer science, mathematics and statistics and physics. The College builds on a strong culture of collaborations and partnerships to address some of the world’s most complex problems.