Samantha Grist has been awarded the esteemed Killam Doctoral Fellowship by the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Graduate Studies. The Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Doctoral...
ECE professor Dr. Karthik Pattabiraman is the recipient of the 2020 Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring in the mid-career category. The award recognizes outstanding mentorship of numerous...
ECE Alumnus Farid Molazem (former ECE PhD Student) and Professor Dr. Karthik Pattabiraman have received the ACM TECS Best Paper Award 2020 for their paper titled "Design-Level and Code-Level...
A University of British Columbia-led study has identified a computer technique that health facilities can use to screen, diagnose and monitor COVID-19 pneumonia more efficiently.
The researchers...
Congratulations to Dr. Roberto Rosales, ECE Engineering Services Team Lead, for receiving the 2020 UBC President’s Staff Award for Leadership. The President’s Staff Awards are presented...
UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering researchers have been awarded nearly $2.6 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) through its Discovery Grants...
A new program aimed at developing leaders in quantum computing—solidifying British Columbia’s (BC’s) reputation as an international quantum technology hub—was awarded $1.65...
Congratulations ECE Professor Dr. Purang Abolmaesumi for being elected into the Canadian Academy of Engineering!
Dr. Abolmaesumi has gained an international reputation for his outstanding...
Dr. Karthik Pattabiraman, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UBC won the Rising Star in Dependability Award. This is the first year this award is offered. It recognizes...
Scanner expected to speed up diagnoses in rural and remote areas
UBC researchers are collaborating with local partners to establish a network of portable, handheld ultrasound scanners that can soon...
Congratulations to Philippe Kruchten, an ECE professor that has been selected as the recipient of the Linda M. Northrop Software Architecture Award!
The award is given to an individual or team...
Researchers from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UBC have joined the fight against COVID-19. They’ve developed a systematic feedback strategy they say can help public...
Professor Karen Cheung. Photo by: Clare Kiernan
Biomedical Engineering and ECE Professor Karen Cheung has recently been nominated for the 2020 YWCA Women of Distinction Award, in the Research...
ECE is pleased to announce two talks by Prof. Wei Yu, the inaugural speaker for the Ian F. Blake Lectureship, on Friday February 21, 2020.
The Ian F. Blake Lectureship was established in July...
Rabab Ward, a professor emeritus in UBC’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been elected a Foreign Member of the United States’ National Academy of Engineering (NAE)...
ECE Professor Dr. Ali Mesbah received the 2019 UBC Killam Research Prize in the Junior Category, which recognizes outstanding research and scholarly contributions.
Dr. Mesbah was nominated for his...
James McEwen, a UBC alumnus and adjunct professor in UBC’s Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Medicine, has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) for...
Dr. Purang Abolmaesumi (ECE), Dr. Robert Rohling (ECE), Dr. Teresa Tsang (Faculty of Medicine), and Dr. Lukas Chrostowski (ECE).
On January 16, 2020 the Digital Technology Supercluster...
ECE Professor Lutz Lampe, along with his MASc Student Lazar Atanackovic have been working towards securing marine infrastructure through the reliability of underwater communications via acoustic...
ECE Professor Karthik Pattabiraman (second from the right) and his MASc student and co-author Xin Chen (far right)
Last month, the 30th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (...
Congratulations to Professor Purang Abolmaesumi for being selected as Peter Wall Institute Wall Scholars for the 2020-2021 academic year.
Prof. Abolmaesumi’s plan during his term as a Peter Wall...
UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Lukas Chrostowski has been named a Member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Canada...
For the original UBC News media release, please visit: https://news.ubc.ca/2019/06/06/ubc-researchers-find-ways-to-hackproof-smart-meters/
Smart electricity meters are useful because they...
Congratulations to Professor Sathish Gopalakrishnan for receiving the 2018/2019 Killam Teaching Prize! He will be receiving his prize at this spring’s graduation ceremony on May 29.
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EEG headsets are often worn 24 hours a day by patients with medication-resistant epilepsy.
Original article from UBC Applied Science
Technology to detect epileptic seizures may soon be more...
VardMarine designs icebreakers and ice-capable ships such as the Polar Icebreaker, currently proposed to be built by Seaspan. Credit: Vard
Original article on APSC News
DONATION AIMS TO PROMOTE...
THE NEXT GENERATION OF BIONIC DEVICES
Inspired by the iconic scene of Luke Skywalker receiving an artificial hand in 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back, UBC is focusing on the future of bionics and...
Virtual reality spherical display. Credit: Clare Kiernan
For more information, contact Lou Corpuz-Bosshart
Virtual reality can often make a user feel isolated from the world, with...
ECE professors Karthik Pattabiraman and Matei Ripeanu are recipients of UBC’s 2018 Faculty Research Awards. Professor Pattabiraman received the UBC Killam Research Prize, which recognizes...
Hossam Shoman holding the integrated element designed by his research group. (Photo: Erica Yeung)
Have you ever stood in a checkout line at a store with 10 other people, waiting for one cashier to...
