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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.

Professor Nicolas Papernot (ECE) and his collaborators showed that publicly accessible AI models can be used to power a worm that adapts its strategy as it spreads. (photo by Nick Iwanyshyn)

U of T researchers demonstrate AI worm could target any online device

June 3, 2026

The research was conducted in a secure digital lab with the goal of helping the cybersecurity community prepare for an imminent threat

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

May 22, 2026

U of T Engineering researchers examine ways to make the use of language models more resource efficient by replacing their high-precision parameters with low-precision ones

A group of people stand in front of a wall-to-wall screen displaying data.

New cybersecurity certificate prepares graduates to tackle digital vulnerabilities and threats

March 12, 2026

U of T Engineering certificate includes a new course, ECE381: Foundations and Frontiers in Cybersecurity

U of T Engineering professor Nicolas Papernot (ECE) also holds a Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute, and is a faculty affiliate at the Schwartz Reisman Institute. (photo by Matthew Tierney)

Professor Nicolas Papernot wins the 2025 Steacie Prize

January 6, 2026

The Steacie Prize is awarded to a person 40-years-old or younger, who has made notable contributions to research in Canada

CREATE grant puts sensing, data and analytics in the service of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

December 16, 2025

Professor Amy Bilton (MIE) leads a new research project dedicated to leveraging big data to advance global development

New tool harnesses AI to navigate expanding world of metal–organic frameworks

November 14, 2025

MOF-ChemUnity offers a structured map of scientific knowledge about the structure, properties and potential uses of this highly versatile class of materials

Milos Stojadinovic explains how banks safeguard themselves and their customers from cyber threats at the inaugural Tech@RBC Insider session. (photo by Neil Ta)

Generous RBC gift creates transformative scholarships, sets students up for careers in tech

November 4, 2025

The visionary gift will enable students to delve deeper into topics the tech industry is confronting today

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

October 9, 2025

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

September 23, 2025

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

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