Cellular wireless communication has reached a level of coverage and reliability that it is considered a commodity. However, the dramatic increase in Internet traffic to and from wireless devices poses significant challenges for network operators. While the current growth of traffic is mostly due to consumers communicating more frequently and larger amounts of data over […]

Object tracking using stereo video is a field of research applicable to a large number of applications. However, most proposed methods are complex, and require significant computing resources to be implemented. As a result, the number of applications and environments where object tracking systems can be realistically deployed is limited. The proposed research project aims […]

Fitness tracking is the process of tracking the fitness-related activity and metrics of a person such as heart rate, distance walked, and consumption of calories. Emerging and specialized wireless sensors and devices also enable the tracking of movements performed during workouts in gyms. This project will help improve the motion tracking experience by reporting workout […]

The NSERC Strategic Network for Smart Applications on Virtual Infrastructures is a five-year partnership between Canadian industry, universities, researchers, research and education (R&E) networks, and high performance computing centres to investigate the design of future application platforms that will deliver software applications of greater capability and intelligence. These application platforms will be supported by an […]

Optimizing a program for Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) is critical for performance, yet remains a challenge due to the non-intuitive interactions among the optimizations and the GPU architecture. Automatic optimization tuning for a GPU is demanding particularly given the exploding number of mobile GPU variants in the market. We explore the use of machine learning […]

Brain computer interfaces (BCI) allow for persons with severe motor impairment to communicate with the outside world. These systems work by either providing some stimulus (in the form of sound, touch or visual cues) or asking the user to imagine a certain motion. By analyzing the resulting brain activity using superficial electrodes on the scalp, […]

The project consists in the design, development and testing of algorithms that can solve the routing and wavelength assignment problem in optical networks, for data instances with up to 100 wavelengths and few hundred nodes. Indeed, for each demand between a source and destination, it consists in determining a route, and assigning it a wavelength […]

From cell phones to laptops, from electric vehicles to medical portable devices, from renewable energy storage to emergency backup units, batteries have become an integral part of modern day electronic devices and systems. As batteries get aged, due to repeated charge and discharge cycles, the health of the battery deteriorates. The poor health of a […]

Microneedles are hollow needle structures made out of metal, polymer, or silicon which can be manufactured at any height up to one millimetre, with arrays from one to hundred microneedles, depending on the required playload for delivery. Microneedles platform technology can be applied in medical, cosmetic, biotechnology, and industrial applications. The partner organization has developed […]

The main objective of this project is to investigate, design, fabricate and characterize an integrated front end module for next generation of automotive radar sensors, which have the ability of pedestrian detection and detecting short-range and long-range objects around the car. To meet such requirements and to reduce the size of the radar sensor, next […]

Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease affecting humans with more than 214 million cases worldwide. The most dangerous (and most common) form of malaria is caused by Plasmodium falciparum. Understanding the fundamental biological mechanisms of this parasite is crucial for developing therapies to combat the humanitarian crisis caused by the spread of this disease. In […]

This project targets the design of a highly accurate proximity sensing system that is capable of operating in a wide distance range under wide variations in temperature and for different sensor characteristics. The system is based on passive inductive proximity sensors that can withstand harsh environments, and, therefore, are widely used in avionic applications. Our […]