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Left to right: Benjamin Labrecque, McGill University; Jenny Guan, McGill University; Mohaimen Khan (CompE 1T9 + PEY) and Mandy Cheung, Simon Fraser University at the RBC Amp Expo in Summer 2019. This team was recently granted a patent for a smart algorithm that predicts the price range of winning rent bids, a tool that could help tenants in urban centres. (Photo courtesy Mohaimen)

ECE alumnus patents tool created during PEY Co-op that optimizes rent bidding for tenants

May 6, 2021

Professor Ervin Sejdić combines expertise in machine learning, signal processing and data science to improve health outcomes for patients. (Photo by: North York General Hospital)

ECE welcomes new faculty member Ervin Sejdić

May 3, 2021

Gamma Knife radiosurgery, performed mainly on the brain, uses medical imaging to create a treatment plan, which can be optimized by a quantum-inspired technology called the Digital Annealer. (Photo by Nikita Karchevskyi via Envato)

Quantum-inspired technology reduces radiation treatment planning time to around one minute

April 19, 2021

Max Planck Society President Martin Stratmann (left) and U of T President Meric Gertler participated in a virtual launch event for the Max Planck-University of Toronto Centre for Neural Science & Technology (photo by Axel Griesch für MPG and Johnny Guatto)

U of T and Max Planck Society establish centre to study neural science and technology

April 16, 2021

Campus building with banner that reads #1 Engineering School in Canada

U of T Engineering professors and staff members honoured for excellence by the Faculty

April 8, 2021

Heat-map images are used to evaluate the accuracy of a novel explainable artificial intelligence algorithm developed for LG’s display screens. (Image courtesy of Mahesh Sudhakar)

New ‘explainable’ artificial intelligence algorithm could lead to smarter manufacturing

March 29, 2021

From left: HOPE Pet Foods; Xesto; Themis; and, Reeddi.

U of T Entrepreneurship Week: Four engineering startups to watch

March 10, 2021

A U of T Engineering team, led by ECE graduate students, designed a UV lamp fitted with distance sensors to more efficiently disinfect contaminated surfaces. It has recently been prototyped. (Image: Jonathan Qu)

Smart UV lamp could fight COVID-19 and other diseases

March 2, 2021

Past and present NSBE U of T presidents reflect on the legacies they’ve left behind and the impact the chapter has had in improving Black inclusion at U of T Engineering. (From top left, clockwise: Iyiope Jibodu, Akira Neckles, Alana Bailey, Dimpho Radebe, Mikhail Burke and Kelly-Marie Melville.)

Black History Month: Presidents reflect on the impact of National Society of Black Engineers at U of T

February 19, 2021

The Bank of Canada is formulating a contingency plan for a Central Bank Digital Currency — a “digital loonie.” A team of researchers from U of T and York University was one of three selected to submit a proposal on its implementation. (Photo composition created via Envato and Creative Commons (S. Rae))

Multidisciplinary team lays groundwork for a Central Bank-backed “digital loonie”

February 11, 2021

Along with fellow U of T alumnus and co-founder Ivan Yuen, Allen Lau built Wattpad into a global digital publishing and entertainment company that was recently purchased by South Korean internet giant Naver. (Photo courtesy of Wattpad)

‘A match made in heaven’: Allen Lau on Naver’s US$600-million acquisition of Wattpad

February 8, 2021

A bifacial perovskite/silicon tandem prototype being field-tested at King Abdullah University of Science & Technology in Saudi Arabia. The new technology is the result of a collaboration that includes U of T Engineering researchers. (Photo: Michele De Bastiani)

Two-sided solar cells can collect scattered light to gather more energy

January 11, 2021