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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

A composite photo of U of T Engineering professors Alberto Leon-Garcia (left) and Tom Chau (right).

Professors Alberto Leon-Garcia and Tom Chau named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

The two professors were elected based on exceptional contributions to scholarship in their fields

A headshot of Professor Nicolas Papernot

Professor Nicolas Papernot elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Papernot is cross-appointed to The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and the Department of Computer Science

Professor Enid Montague stands in front of a mosaic artwork.

New human-centred automation tools could ease stress on overburdened health-care systems

Professor Enid Montague’s project is one of seven from U of T Engineering to receive funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund

An ouroboros (snake eating its own tail) carving in stone.

Training AI on machine-generated text could lead to ‘model collapse,’ ECE professor and collaborators warn

Professor Nicolas Papernot says the proliferation of AI-generated content could “pollute” the internet, so the data pool no longer reflects reality

Bryant Bak-Yin Lim (BME MEng candidate, left) and Ali Yassine (ECE MEng candidate, right) simulate reviewing a breast cancer tissue scan. As interns at Perimeter Medical Imaging, Lim and Yassine developed new AI algorithms for breast cancer imaging. (Photo: Neil Ta)

MEng students use AI to improve imaging tool used during breast cancer surgery

New techniques to help surgeons prioritize images of suspected cancerous material in real-time in the operating room

Dr. So Min Park (ECE) holds up a sample of the perovskite solar cell that she and her collaborators designed. When the new cell was measured continuously under solar illumination, it maintained 85% of its original performance even following 1,560 hours at 85 C and 50% relative humidity. (Photo: Tyler Irving)

Improved stability could help perovskite solar cells compete with silicon

U of T Engineering researchers increase the stability of this emerging solar technology under high temperatures, helping to overcome a key barrier to commercial application

Professor Xilin Liu (ECE) and his collaborators are developing electronic devices that could help patients suffering from sleep disorders. (Photo courtesy Xilin Liu)

How AI and neuromodulation could help with sleep disorders

Professor Xilin Liu (ECE) is part of a new international research collaboration to develop electronic technologies to investigate sleep modulation