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Modern dark data centre, focus on the foreground, 3D render.

U of T Engineering study finds bigger datasets might not always be better for AI models

New research on materials science datasets shows the amount of training data can be significantly reduced with minimal impact on the performance of the model

Professor Frank Gu.

Research to improve eye disease treatments wins 2023 NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize

Professor Frank Gu (ChemE), a member of the winning team, is engineering nanomedicines to delay or prevent irreversible blindness caused by glaucoma


The Self-Driving Lab for Human Organ Mimicry will use organoids and organs-on-chips – a well plate is pictured here – to allow researchers to move potential therapeutics to human clinical trials more rapidly. (Photo by Rick Lu)

U of T ‘self-driving lab’ to focus on next-gen human tissue models

The Self-Driving Laboratory for Human Organ Mimicry is one of six self-driving labs launched by the Acceleration Consortium to drive research across a range of fields

PhD candidate Xiao Shang sets up a part for printing using the directed energy deposition 3D printer.

This machine learning method aims to speed up the design of next-generation biomedical implants and aerospace materials

A team led by Professor Yu Zou (MSE) is using a deep learning and genetic algorithm framework to achieve application-specific mechanical properties by microstructure optimization

From left to right: Professor Jonathan Rocheleau (BME) and BME PhD candidate Cindy Bui.

U of T Engineering researchers unveil sensor for real-time cellular analysis in living zebrafish embryos

Researchers led by Professor Jonathan Rocheleau (BME) share their findings in a new paper published in Science Advances

IEEE has awarded two professors from ECE career-spanning awards for research in their respective fields: Professors Hoi-Kwong Lo (left) and J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves. IEEE is a professional association with hundreds of thousands of members around the globe. (Photos: submitted)

Two ECE professors win esteemed IEEE awards for pioneering contributions to their field

Professor Hoi-Kwong Lo honoured for his work in quantum information and quantum cryptography, and Professor J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves celebrated for his work in computer networks

Representatives from the Institute of Information and Communications Technology Planning and Evaluation, a South Korean government institution funding this program, visited U of T in July 2023 to discuss the applied AI program for South Korean graduate students. (Photo: Aaron Demeter)

U of T partnership will bring graduate students from South Korea to Toronto for six-month applied AI program

Initiative will be run through the Centre for Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Engineering (CARTE) and housed in the department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Left to right: Matthew Nguyen (BME PhD candidate) and Professor Warren Chan (BME found that about 45% of nanoparticles that accumulate in tumours end up exiting them. (Photos: submitted)

U of T researchers challenge long-standing theory guiding nanoparticle treatment of tumours

Study could explain why some cancer treatments are struggling in clinical trials

From left to right: George Saegh, Mehdi Salakhi, Professor Murray Thomson, Franciska Toth and Luke Di Liddo.

U of T Engineering professor leads new global collaboration to advance net-zero hydrogen economy

Professor Murray Thomson (MIE) is the national and methane pyrolysis lead for the Global Hydrogen Production Technologies Centre