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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.

From left to right: PhD candidate Oreoluwa Kolade and Professors Julie Audet and Sowmya Viswanathan.

Researchers are creating algorithms to accelerate the development of new cellular therapies to repair damaged tissues

Professor Julie Audet (BME) is collaborating with researchers across U of T Engineering to create tools to enhance the therapeutic properties of cells grown in laboratories

Professor Brokoslaw Laschowski wears a prototype of his lab’s AI-powered smart glasses (Photo: Polina Teif)

‘Bionic professor’ aims to transform the field of wearable robotics

Professor Brokoslaw Laschowski (MIE) is developing AI-powered technologies that interface with humans

Dr. Mjaye Mazwi (left) and Professor Sebastian Goodfellow (CivMin) are training AI to recognize the warning signs of impending arrhythmia based on clinicians’ expertise and more than 10,000 electrocardiogram readings. (Photo: SickKids)

Tremors of the heart: How AI could help doctors predict cardiac problems in critically ill children

U of T researchers test artificial intelligence similar to earthquake detection AI to diagnose heart rhythm abnormalities at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children

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‘Self-driving labs’: $200-million federal grant powers AI-driven materials discovery for clean energy, advanced manufacturing and more

Funding will enhance the work of the Acceleration Consortium, a multidisciplinary collaboration that includes several U of T Engineering researchers

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ECE professor joins international effort to establish quantum communications link between the EU and Canada

HyperSpace is one of the largest collaborations yet for the Canadian quantum community

Shahrokh Valaee and Mohammad Javad-Kalbasi

Quantum-inspired solution more than doubles the efficiency of telecommunications network modernization

Using a U of T–Fujitsu quantum-inspired tool, Professor Shahrokh Valaee and grad student Mohammad Javad-Kalbasi optimize the process of circuit migration in legacy telecommunications networks

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U of T students win NFL’s 2023 Big Data Bowl championship with improved model of ‘pocket pressure’

Statistical model created by undergraduates enables players and coaches to analyze the pressure on — and longevity of — the pocket of space around the quarterback

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How U of T Engineering researchers are helping to design the future of nuclear waste management

Professor Kamran Behdinan (MIE) and his team of researchers are using multidisciplinary design optimization, an approach traditionally used in the aerospace and aviation industry

Daniel Hocevar, Aaron White, Hassaan Inayatali

U of T students land in finals of the NFL’s Big Data Bowl with improved model of ‘pocket pressure’

Statistical model created by undergraduates enables players and coaches to analyze the pressure on — and longevity of — the pocket of space around the quarterback