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The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) news

Professor Amr Helmy directing students in a laboratory environment.

U of T Engineering-led research group secures funding to develop quantum sensors as an alternative to GPS

ECE professors Amr Helmy and Ravi Adve are part of a research collaboration funded by the Department of National Defence that will use quantum properties to develop more precise inertial navigation systems

Professor Xilin Liu (standing, centre) guides students Mona Murphy (left; Year 4 ElecE) and Nishant Kumar (Year 4 EngSci) as they analyze Nishant’s EEG.

New ECE course on brain-machine interfaces introduces undergraduates to next-gen health care

Professors Xilin Liu and Ervin Sejdić have launched a fourth-year undergraduate course on the neural interfacing technology used in treatment of Parkinson’s, epilepsy and other diseases

Professor Eldan Cohen.

Developer-in-the-loop: Building human-compatible approaches to source code summarization

Professor Eldan Cohen (MIE) is one of four U of T Engineering professors receiving support from the Connaught New Researcher Award

ECE professor J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves has been awarded a Canada Excellence Research Chair in Intelligent Digital Infrastructures. He plans to go back to first principles to reimagine a smarter, more equitable Internet. (Photo: Matthew Tierney)

ECE professor awarded Canada Excellence Research Chair to reimagine the Internet

The appointment of Professor J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves will advance his work to overhaul the computer networks that comprise the Internet

From top left to right: Manroop Kalsi, Lucas Hilden, Adam Omarali, Serewaya Latif and Samantha Sedran.

The next generation of STEM leaders: Meet U of T Engineering’s 2023 Schulich Leaders

The scholarships cover the total cost of an undergraduate education — allowing Schulich Leaders to focus entirely on pursuing their goals

U of T Engineering recognized 10 alumni and students at the 2023 Engineering Alumni Network Awards, held at Hart House on November 2. Left to right: Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou (CivMin), Atul Patidar (ECE MEng 1T5), Lauri Hiivala (ElecE 6T5), Professor Emerita Jane Phillips (ChemE 5T3), Professor Mark Kortschot (EngSci 8T4, ChemE MASc 8T5), Nick Stark (MechE 7T8), Michael Kropp (ElecE 8T6), Dean Chris Yip, Professor Alison McGuigan (ChemE PhD 0T5), Safdar Mahmood (ElecE 0T3), Wing Yan Chan (IndE 2T2 + PEY), Eva Lau (IndE 9T2) and Liane Catalfo (ChemE 0T8 + PEY, MEng 1T0). (Photo: Paul Terefenko

Alumni and students honoured with 2023 Engineering Alumni Network Awards

Awardees were celebrated for their career accomplishments and their contributions to the Skule™ community

IEEE has awarded two professors from ECE career-spanning awards for research in their respective fields: Professors Hoi-Kwong Lo (left) and J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves. IEEE is a professional association with hundreds of thousands of members around the globe. (Photos: submitted)

Two ECE professors win esteemed IEEE awards for pioneering contributions to their field

Professor Hoi-Kwong Lo honoured for his work in quantum information and quantum cryptography, and Professor J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves celebrated for his work in computer networks

ECE PhD candidate Yan Li (pictured), along with his supervisor Professor Willy Wong, built an online simulator showing the progression of glaucoma. The simulator is based on a data-driven model they developed that takes into consideration the physiological mechanism of the eye. (Photo: Matthew Tierney)

Online simulator could help glaucoma patients and doctors better understand disease progression

Professor Willy Wong and grad student Yan Li (both ECE) used a data-driven model that takes into account how the eye functions to simulate the progression of glaucoma

New ECE faculty member Professor J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves comes to The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering after 30 years at the University of California Santa Cruz. (Photo: Submitted)

‘We are at an inflection point’: ECE welcomes new faculty member Professor J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves

Professor J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves joins U of T Engineering after 30 years at the University of California Santa Cruz