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Data analytics and artificial intelligence programs and research at U of T Engineering is reshaping processes to improve lives and generate value for people around the world.

Laschowski sits in front of a whiteboard, a robot arm is in the foreground of the photo

Brains, minds and machines: A new algorithm for decoding intelligence

Algorithms developed by Professor Brokoslaw Laschowski (MIE) and his lab are being used to decode the brain and interface with machines

Murray smiles at the camera. her background looks like a garden courtyard.

U of T Engineering researcher, Alberta enterprise test AI tool to support nurses in First Nations communities

LaShawn Murray (MIE PhD student) is working with four pilot sites near Calgary and Edmonton to evaluate how AI scribes are integrated into clinical workflows

Rhinehart smiles at the camera. He is outside in a garden.

‘Read widely, build things, break them and figure out why they broke’: Meet Professor Nick Rhinehart

Rhinehart (UTIAS) is advancing machine learning methods for robot decision-making to develop safe and reliable robotic technology

Alec Krawciw and Tim Barfoot stand beside the Lunar Exploration Light Rover, a white vehicle with a tank on wheels

University of Toronto researchers developing advanced autonomy algorithms for cargo transportation on the moon

UTIAS professor Tim Barfoot and PhD student Alec Krawciw are partnering with MDA Space to create and test algorithms for Canada’s proposed Lunar Utility Vehicle

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

AI system helps researchers unlock hidden potential in newly discovered materials

Developed by U of T Engineering researchers, the tool uses early-stage data to predict the potential real-world use for a new material

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U of T Engineering researchers and startup boutIQ solutions partner to advance heart repair therapies

Company aims to transform the way cell culture media is developed, using artificial intelligence to make cell-based therapies more effective and clinically viable

Saxe and Olson stand on the sidewalk of a street lined with houses

Eyes on the street: Harnessing Street View images to ‘peer into’ structures 

A team of U of T Engineering researchers has an innovative way to use existing Street View images to reveal what’s inside structures

Amita Gnanapandithan

Hidden side channels in quantum sources could compromise secure communication

Researchers from U of T Engineering have discovered hidden multi-dimensional modulation side channels in existing quantum protocols

a naloxone kit

Where should we place naloxone kits to save the most lives?

Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) and his team conducted an analysis of the city of Vancouver, which suggests leveraging transit stops to improve the availability of naloxone