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Professor Ethan Ritz (CivMin) at the University of Toronto main gates. (photo by Phill Snel)

‘You’re going to learn your whole life’: Meet Ethan Ritz, CivMin’s newest faculty member

A person wearing glasses stares ahead

How BMO National Scholar Maeesha Biswas turned a U of T capstone project into an AI startup with global ambitions

“Engineering offered the bridge between theoretical discovery and practical impact,” says Professor Oliver Boodram (UTIAS). “In graduate school, this helped me focus on aerospace engineering and the application of the theory of orbits to real-world spacecraft.” (photo by Jennifer Li)

‘I hope students will come away with both curiosity and confidence’: Meet Professor Oliver Boodram

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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

November 16, 2016

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”

November 16, 2016

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

November 14, 2016

“The convergence of a healthy biking culture and few cars in the heart of the city is truly a breath of fresh air," says Kerolyn Shairsingh (ChemE PhD candidate) about Utrecht, where she has been on research exchange since October 2016. (Courtesy: Kerolyn Shairsingh).

ChemE PhD student finds breath of fresh air in the Netherlands

November 11, 2016

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