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Three members of the U of T Engineering community appointed to the Order of Canada

PhD student Sartaaj Takrim Khan and Professor Seyed Mohamad Moosavi (ChemE)

AI system helps researchers unlock hidden potential in newly discovered materials

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Modelling study provides support for the ‘housing first’ approach to addressing addiction and homelessness

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Professor Vivek Goel (left), vice-president, research & innovation for the University of Toronto, and Jun Zha, president of Huawei’s Central Research Institute, celebrate the signing of a bilateral strategic partnership agreement between the two groups. (Credit: Roberta Baker).

Huawei and U of T sign strategic partnership agreement

Professor Parham Aarabi (ECE) has developed new machine learning training method developed at U of T Engineering enables neural networks to learn directly from human-defined rules, opening new possibilities for artificial intelligence in fields from medical diagnostics to self-driving cars. (Credit: Johnny Guatto)

New AI algorithm taught by humans learns beyond its training

Steve Carlisle, head of General Motors Canada, learns about autonomous robotics research in the Barfoot Lab at U of T's Institute for Aerospace Studies. (Credit: Roberta Baker)

GM Canada president: “The tree of artificial intelligence was planted in Toronto”

From left: Professors Tim Chan (MIE), Angela Schoellig (UTIAS) and PhD candidate Justin Boutillier (IndE) found that drone delivery of automatic external defibrillators could shave crucial minutes off ambulance response times in both rural and urban regions. (Credit: Liz Do).

Drone-delivered AEDs offer novel approach to saving lives at home