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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

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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

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Helping engineers work smarter: Connaught New Researcher awards support innovation in computer-aided design tools and training

Professor Alison Olechowski (MIE, ISTEP) and her team of researchers are working on improving computer-aided design work, learning and collaboration

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Exploring ‘chemical space’ with Professor Anatole von Lilienfeld

Lilienfeld (Chemistry, MSE) is using artificial intelligence to discover the potential of undiscovered chemical combinations

Professor Xilin Liu tests signal integrity of a neural implant prototype. Neural implants in use today activate a neuromodulation therapy that helps manage symptoms of brain disorders. (Photo: Matthew Tierney)

How this U of T Engineering professor is advancing neural implants that fight brain disorders

Professor Xilin Liu (ECE) integrates microelectronics and artificial intelligence algorithms into neural implants to more effectively manage symptoms of Parkinson’s, epilepsy and other conditions

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New ‘Sputtertron’ could help develop advanced materials for greener economy

A new materials-acceleration platform is one of four U of T Engineering projects funded in the latest round of the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund

Working across the fields of medicine, engineering and data science, Professor Ervin Sejdić (ECE) uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to understand the markers of disease. (Photo: North York General Hospital)

Professor Ervin Sejdić elected to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Sejdić (ECE) is a leader in the application of machine learning to biomedical research

ECE Professor Parham Aarabi has developed an artificial computer memory that mimics several properties of human recall, which could enhance artificial intelligence applications and support tools to help people with memory loss. (Photo: Eugene Mymrin/Getty Images)

ECE professor uses ‘fuzzy’ computer algorithms to help people with memory loss

Professor Parham Aarabi has set up a tool using a simple email-based interface to remind participants of important information based on algorithmic priority and a relevant index of keywords