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Professors Hans-Arno Jacobsen (ECE), left, and Natalie Enright Jerger (ECE, EngSci) are part of a team that is training future computer system designers to integrate sustainability practices into the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems. (photo by Jenny Lee)

NSERC CREATE project to train engineering students on environmentally aware development of AI

U of T Engineering professors Hans-Arno Jacobsen (ECE) and Natalie Enright Jerger (ECE, EngSci) are part of the team behind the new initiative

A close up of a chess game depicting a move from the “Game of the Century,” where Bobby Fischer (black) sacrifices his queen in a celebrated brilliant move.

U of T Engineering researchers use chess AI to understand human creativity

Professor Michael Guerzhoy (MIE, EngSci) leads research introducing the first system that enables chess engines to identify moves as ‘brilliant’

Professor Davie Lie (ECE).

Professor David Lie appointed director of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society

Lie has worked on a number of interdisciplinary research projects at the intersection of computing, policy, law, and the use, stewardship, and governance of data

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

Honour recognizes outstanding engineering achievements and leadership in the Canadian engineering community

Timothy Chan stands in front of a blurred indoor background.

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

Honour recognizes faculty members who demonstrate a substantial commitment to teaching innovation and excellence

Professor Papernot stands in the hallway inside a building leaning on a railing that looks to the lower level. In the background is a stairwell to the right and an elevator door on the left.

ECE professor’s research on AI regulation garners early career award from Schmidt Sciences

Professor Nicolas Papernot (ECE) aims to use a technique from cryptography to establish transparency in AI models, a necessary step for future AI regulation

Four people face each other in a circle. Dean Yip seems to be speaking, while Professor Deepa Kundur listens. The other two people have their backs to the camera.

Staying ‘ahead of the game’: ECE professor readies power utilities against future quantum cyberattacks

Professor Deepa Kundur, ECE Chair, is part of a research group that received an NSERC Alliance-Mitacs Grant of $1.45 million to develop quantum cybersecurity solutions for critical infrastructure

Professor Elaine Biddiss (BME) uses non-pitched percussion instruments with researchers at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. (photo by Neil Ta)

New U of T Engineering research aims to improve early childhood music education

Research led by Professor Elaine Biddiss (BME) presents a musical instrument classifier for non-pitched percussion instruments

Parham Aarabi stands in front of a frosted glass background looking away from the camera to his left.

U of T Engineering professor’s AI model can tell us how colour-blind web users respond to images

AI-generated virtual users developed by Professor Parham Aarabi (ECE) suggest that colour-blindness results in a 30% higher click rate on monochrome images