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Large Language Models (LLMs) have high electricity and water consumption due to the resource requirements of serving them to millions of users. This footprint can be reduced using methods developed by Professor Samin Aref (MIE) and his team, which produce smaller LLMs through quantizing their parameters. (image generated by ChatGPT)

How ‘slimmed-down’ large language models can reduce AI’s environmental and energy footprint

Farah Ghizzawi

How a passion for sustainable transportation brought this graduate student from Beirut to Toronto

Professor Craig Simmons (MIE, BME) has developed innovative curriculum, established inclusive research programs and promoted experiential learning opportunities across various departments and faculties. (photo courtesy of Craig Simmons)

Professor Craig Simmons receives the Engineers Canada Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education

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Professor Jennifer Farmer holds up her award.

Professor Jennifer Farmer receives the 2024 Wighton Fellowship

A close portrait of Jonathan Rose wearing a dark blazer over a blue dress shirt. He is standing in front a building and next to blossoms.

Professor Jonathan Rose receives the Engineers Canada Gold Medal Award

Timothy Chan stands in front of a blurred indoor background.

Professor Timothy Chan receives 2024 U of T President’s Teaching Award

A visualization of a nuScenes dataset used by the researchers. The image is a mosaic of the six different camera views around the car with the object bounding boxes rendered overtop of the images.

U of T Engineering researchers are making self-driving cars safer by enhancing tracking abilities