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Inspired by nature, temperature-responsive building facades could help reduce energy use from heating and cooling

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

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Professor Milica Radisic (BME, ChemE) and U of T alumna Marianne Wauchop (ChemE) developed a heart-on-a-chip device to study the effects of a genetic mutation that causes dilated cardiomyopathy. (Photos: supplied)

With heart-on-a-chip, researchers study genetic mutation underlying cardiac muscle disease

January 11, 2024

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U of T Engineering alumnus Victor Peter Hetmanczuk appointed to the Order of Canada

January 10, 2024

Professor Baochun Li

Professor Baochun Li elected Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada

January 10, 2024

Professor Hamed Ibrahim (CivMin) poses for a photo by the main University of Toronto gates. (Photo: Phill Snel)

‘Take advantage of the brief opportunity to learn as much as possible while you are a student’: Meet Professor Hamed Ibrahim

January 5, 2024

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