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Directory Ece Research Research Ece 3 SECTION SECTION SECTION 24 ELECTRIC CHARGE 30 UNDERGRADUATE 38 RESEARCH 45 ALUMNI 2017 A YEAR An industry partnership PROJECT WHERE PROGRAMMER JUST LIKE IN REVIEW is leading the charge towards PROJECTION MEETS MACHINE COMING HOME Undergraduates Machine learning Alumna receives developing the vehicles of create an augmented hardware acceleration a Doctor of Laws, the future reality system honoris causa 10 KING’S COLLEGE ROAD, TORONTO ON M5S 3G4 / PUBLICATION MAIL AGREEMENT NUMBER: 42887022 NUMBER: AGREEMENT MAIL PUBLICATION / 3G4 M5S ON TORONTO ROAD, COLLEGE KING’S 10 ENGINEERING COMPUTER & ELECTRICAL OF DEPARTMENT SR. ROGERS S. EDWARD THE THE EDWARD S. ROGERS SR. DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING DIRECTORY ECE RESEARCH RESEARCH ECE 3 CONNECT NETWORK Electrical and computer engineers LEARN are changing the world (as we know it) MENTOR Some of engineering’s greatest achievements have been accomplished by creating new and better ways to move people and goods — as well as data and information — and here in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE), we are doing just that. The driving force, so to speak, of the next revolution of transportation is electrification — moving people and goods by electric motor instead of by in-vehicle combustion. Just a decade ago, the widespread adoption of electric cars seemed a long way away — there were only hundreds of them on roads and highways around the globe. Today, there are more than two million electric vehicles worldwide, and growth continues to accelerate. Electric vehicles are not just poised to change our commute; they have the potential to significantly impact both our environment and our economy. The cover story of this issue, Electric Charge on page 24, highlights the early stages of a fast-moving and forward-looking industry collaboration, led by researchers in ECE that aims to bring electric vehicles to the mainstream, and to your driveway. PHOTO BY RAINA+WILSON On the topic of acceleration, the place of machine learning in business and society is progressing at breakneck speed, as researchers and businesses are finding new and better ways to enable artificial intelligence in ways that CONNECT are changing our daily lives. One ECE alumna has made it her mission to nurture — and keep — great minds in machine learning here in Canada. Dr. Foteini Agrafioti’s journey has taken her from academia to entrepreneur- Whether you are an alumnus, current undergraduate student ship; read about how she’s leveraging these experiences to help preserve and promote the machine learning ecosystem in Canada on page 12. or graduate student, ECE CONNECT is a gateway to enriching This magazine is a snapshot of the students, faculty, alumni and community your professional and personal network. By joining this who have helped us maintain our position as the top ranked ECE program in Canada and among the best in the world. Our collaborations with our industry new online community, you will have the opportunity to: partners help us keep our teaching relevant and our research impactful. This, in turn, helps us attract stellar undergraduate and graduate students » Access a comprehensive directory of industry contacts SIGN UP TODAY who become members of our strong alumni community and make remarkable » Discuss or share relevant news, events and Skule™ memories contributions to industry and society. Whether you are a prospective student, an industry partner or an alumnus, I welcome your feedback and the » Learn from or mentor fellow graduates UOFTECECONNECT.CA opportunity to connect — or reconnect — you may reach me directly at [email protected]. » Search the platform for new employees » Post and search job opportunities » Stay up to date on your department FARID N. NAJM, PROFESSOR & CHAIR 5 FEATURES SECTIONS 2017 16 Thought Processor 38 To err is human, but Professor Natalie Enright EDITOR Jerger is improving processor performance by RESEARCH Jessica MacInnis deliberately introducing errors ART DIRECTOR Where Programmer Katina Constantinou, 8 Sugar Design Meets Machine PHOTOGRAPHY & In the Hands Andreas Moshovos is named ILLUSTRATION 20 director of the newly formed Natural Raina+Wilson of Patients Sciences and Engineering Research Alvaro Dominguez As a graduate student, Narges The Sky’s the Limit Council of Canada (NSERC) strate- COPY EDITORS Norouzi published papers, devel- Despite a challenging race against time and stormy gic partnership network on machine weather, the future is bright for the Blue Sky Solar Laura Brown oped a mobile app, and helped to learning hardware acceleration Avivah Wargon create an online course, but she’s Racing team, led by ECE student Frank Gu 30 not finished teaching — or learning EDITORIAL INQUIRIES — just yet ECE Communications Office 41 UNDERGRADUATE Tel: 416 978 7997 Fax: 416 978 1145 INDUSTRY [email protected] Project Projection: Augmented Reality ANNUM sat down with the winners of the 2017 Gordon R. Slemon Design Award, Visit us online: 12 which honours the year’s most imaginative design project that exhibits both good Fujitsu Laborato- www.ece.utoronto.ca design and execution ries to Open R&D On the Pulse Join the conversation: Centre at U of T First electrocardiograms, then in entrepreneurship — alumna An independent centre for research Foteini Agrafioti’s next big collaboration will be established, challenge is cultivating Canada’s led by Ali Sheikholeslami ANNUM is published annually by the communications office of machine learning talent The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. 45 All material is copyright © 2017, and may not be reprinted without the express written permission of the author. ALUMNI All correspondence and undeliverable copies: I really saw how Catherine ANNUM Magazine The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department Lacavera of Electrical & Computer Engineering it was not just Sandford Fleming Building, Receives Doctor 10 King’s College Road, Room SFB540 24 the components Toronto, ON M5S 3G4 33 of Laws, Electric Charge Update or correct your of the car that Honoris Causa contact information: GRADUATE 416 978 1999 or email Researchers in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Depart- [email protected] ment of Electrical & Computer Engineering are Triple alumna returns to U of T had to work leading a university-industry partnership to develop Reza Rafie Receives to cross the stage at Convocation Publication Agreement No: Hall once again 42887022 technologies for future electric vehicles Vanier Scholarship together, but ISSN 2368-7037 Printed in Canada by Faster, cheaper, better: Reza Rafie’s doctoral the components Flash Reproductions. research is looking at how we can increase data rates to improve communication speed of the team. on fibre networks p. 22 6 ANNUM 2017 7 OUR STORY Founded in 1909, The Edward S. inent careers in engineering, 155 97 14 89 Rogers Sr. Department of Elec- finance, medicine, law and trical & Computer Engineering more — their options are truly (ECE) maintains a proud his- unlimited. Inventions Patent Startups Percentage tory of world-leading research Among our faculty are 30 Fel- out of applications out of of ECE and innovative education. We lows of the IEEE, 10 Fellows of are the top-ranked ECE depart- ECE since out of ECE ECE since invention the Royal Society of Canada, 14 ment in Canada and home to 2012 since 2012 2012 disclosures Fellows of the Canadian Acad- 100 professors, 612 graduate emy of Engineering, and four that include students and 1,487 undergradu- E.W.R. Steacie Fellows, a prize a student ates. Our classrooms, halls and awarded to the brightest and inventor laboratories hum with energy 1,487 most promising scientists and and creativity. engineers across the country. Undergraduate ECE students and professors ECE is a hotbed of research TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION work together to solve some commercialization, with more students WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2017–2018 of the most pressing issues of than 155 inventions disclosed Engineering & Technology our time — we are recognized and 97 patents filed over the 612 Universities leaders in the fields of smart grid past five years — by far the most technology, mobile application productive department for new Graduate 23 development, next-generation inventions at the University # # # networks, and emerging areas of Toronto. Read on to find out students Chair titles held such as biomedical engineering, what makes us the top-ranked 1 15 29 IN CANADA IN NORTH IN THE WORLD by ECE faculty in robotics and machine learning. ECE department in Canada. AMERICA Our graduates go on to prom- 100 2016–2017, includ- Professors, ing Canada Research QS World University including Chairs, Endowed Rankings 2017 ACADEMIC RANKING OF Research Chairs, Emeritus WORLD UNIVERSITIES 2017 Electrical & Electronic Industrial Research # # # 73 1 13 30 Engineering Chairs and U of T Post-docs Distinguished in in North in the 53 # # # Professor Chairs Canada America World 1 24 46 Admin & IN CANADA IN NORTH IN THE WORLD Electrical & Electrical & Electrical & AMERICA Electronic Electronic Electronic Engineering Engineering Engineering tech staff $ 17 Computer Sciences & 53,143 Engineering #1 #7 #10 Research Average salary earned by ECE associates # # # in in North in the 1 9 13 students on PEY Canada America World 9 IN CANADA IN NORTH IN THE WORLD placements AMERICA Computer Computer Computer in 2017-2018 Science & Science & Science & Visiting Information Information Information Systems Systems Systems professors 8 ANNUM 2017 9 BY JESSICA
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