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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 Amr Helmy (ECE) recently received funding from the Government of Canada to upgrade today’s fiber-optic gyroscopes using quantum sensing technology. (Photo courtesy of Amr Helmy)

U of T Engineering harnesses quantum technology to counteract GPS hacking

November 23, 2018

Professor Amr Helmy (ECE) is using quantum sensors to improve navigation accuracy and alleviate current reliance on GPS technology

Mehran Hydary (ElecE + PEY), blockchain delivery lead at Deloitte Canada, is one of many alumni sharing career insights at the Faculty’s first Graduate Engineering Networking Series on data analytics and artificial intelligence.

Blockchain 101 with U of T Engineering alumnus Mehran Hydary

November 16, 2018

Hydary (ElecE 1T4 + PEY), blockchain consulting lead at Deloitte, explains the ubiquity of blockchain and how students can prepare to be experts in the field

Students test-drive Zeus, the aUToronto team’s self-driving car. Alice Gong (EngSci 1T7 + PEY), one of many U of T Engineering alumni attending a networking event on AI, helped the team develop the vehicle’s perception and calibration algorithm. (Credit: Laura Pedersen)

From blockchain to autonomous driving, alumni share insights on exploding field of AI and data analytics

November 16, 2018

Nine experts come back to Skule™ to meet current U of T Engineering graduate students at inaugural Graduate Engineering Networking Series event

The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, takes a closer look at Professor Angela Schoellig’s “robotic swarming” drones, which are designed to be self-contained units that can communicate and observe its closest-neighbour robots and make decisions based on its own observations. (Credit: Tristan McGuirk)

Two U of T Engineering faculty named Canada Research Chairs

November 13, 2018

Professors Angela Schoellig (UTIAS) and Piero Triverio (ECE) among 21 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at U of T

Aaron Babier (MIE PhD candidate) is using AI technology to automate radiation therapy planning. (Credit: Brian Tran)

U of T Engineering launches artificial intelligence minor and certificate

October 31, 2018

Launching in January 2019, students completing the minor or certificate will be poised to apply AI in diverse fields

Swift Skin and Wound, a wound care management software created by Swift Medical, helps health care providers quickly and accurately track the progression of chronic wounds and the effectiveness of their treatment. (Courtesy: Swift Medical)

This alumni startup uses AI to visualize wound healing

October 31, 2018

U of T Engineering alumnus Carlo Perez is the founder and CEO of Swift Medical, a company that turns any smartphone into a medical tool for wound care management

“Human movement and behaviour are unpredictable, so we are seeing if robots can adapt and react to that,” says Professor Goldie Nejat (MIE).

Professor Goldie Nejat on AI’s impact on health care

October 25, 2018

“Human movement and behaviour are unpredictable, so we are seeing if robots can adapt and react to that,” says Professor Goldie Nejat (MIE)

Kristen Facciol (EngSci0T9) in the Mission Control Centre of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Facciol has become the 14th Canadian to earn a CSA/NASA Robotics Flight Controller Certficiation. (Courtesy: Kristen Facciol/NASA)

‘Completely surreal’: Kristen Facciol earns CSA/NASA Robotics Flight Controller Certification

October 25, 2018

Alumna becomes 14th Canadian — and fifth U of T Engineering graduate — to earn elite designation to control space robotics missions

Professor Jason Anderson is among eight U of T Engineering researchers named to the 2018 cohort at the Vector Institute. (Credit: Jessica MacInnis)

Eight U of T Engineering researchers named Vector Institute Faculty Affiliates

September 28, 2018

The Vector Institute brings together leading researchers in deep learning, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) generally, from across Ontario

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