Electrical and Computer Engineering at Queen's University

New Faculty: Sean Kauffman brings an innovative approach to teaching and research Kauffman’s research involves assurance of the safety functions of embedded computer software, in everything from water pumps to anti-lock brakes to spacecraft.

Ryan Grant is working with Rockport Networks, using multipath networks to optimize large-scale open infrastructure for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing, thanks to a $2M grant from NSERC and Mitacs.

“We're on track to be one of the largest system software laboratories in the world, the largest in this region in Canada for sure,” he says. “There’s a lot of industry support, and we’re working on cutting-edge stuff. We’re attracting interest from industry, academics, and from graduate students who want to join us to get training in an area with tremendous academic and career potential.”

https://engineering.queensu.ca/news/2023/09/ryan-grant-awarded-2m-from-nserc-and-mitacs-to-make-data-centre-infrastructure-more-efficient-ecological-and-economical.html

Ali Etemad is among researchers that span three faculties at Queen’s (and eight faculties at York University) who will share $105.7 million in funding announced today from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

https://engineering.queensu.ca/news/2023/04/Ali-Etemad-joins-Connected-Minds-extended-team-with-1057-million-funding-announcement.html

Top Canadian honours for two field-leading researchers Claire Davies and Praveen Jain win the Killam Fellowship and Killam Prize, two of Canada’s most competitive research honours.

Mesh AI’s steady growth moving towards success as leader in “intelligent and collaborative” healthcare staff scheduling - Queen's Partnerships and Innovation (QPI)
https://www.queensu.ca/partnershipsandinnovation/news/meshai-moving-towards-success-healthcare-staff-scheduling

Mesh AI’s steady growth moving towards success as leader in “intelligent and collaborative” healthcare staff scheduling | Queen's Partnerships and Innovation The Queen's Partnerships and Innovation (QPI) team develops and facilitates partnerships with industry, governments, not-for-profit organizations, and other academic institutions to advance the research enterprise at Queen’s and the commercialization and protection of inventions, and to strengthen...

Funding to enable innovative research Queen’s researchers will receive close to $700,000 in funding as part of a $64 million announcement to support research infrastructure.

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An Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Alexander Tait researches cryogenic photonics, exploring what happens when photonic processors are cooled to temperatures near absolute zero. His collaborations with Canadian institutions began during his PhD study and deepened during post-doctorate work.

It convinced him to move his research to Canada because he appreciated the research environment here. “There’s a strong sense of teamwork and collaboration in Canadian photonics, whereas in the U.S. things are a bit more competitive.”

https://engineering.queensu.ca/news/2022/08/Alexander-Tait-found-an-environment-of-collaboration-in-Canada.html

Computers are traditionally built as electronic devices, but using light instead of electricity to power them might offer some great advantages, for example, in communicating more information per second.

Inspired by the human brain, Bhavin Shastri and Alex Tait investigate how to use photonics to develop new computing models with the potential to advance artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Learn more: https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/stories/inspired-human-brain

The article is also shared in NSERC Impact Story. https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Media-Media/ImpactStory-ArticlesPercutant_eng.asp?ID=1655

Advancing research from lab to market How a Queen's research team has generated a real-world solution to efficiently capture solar power.

In a paper published in Nature Photonics co-authored by Majid Pahlevani, a new technique that can enhance state-of-the-art microscopes allows an increase in image resolution while also making 3-D microscopic imaging possible.

“Unlike conventional imaging techniques,” he says, “the light which illuminates the target and the light collected from the target are distributed along the depth using the nanostructures, making it possible to preserve high resolution imaging along a large depth into the tissue.” Link in comments.

Congratulations to Dr. Yan-Fei Liu for receiving funding through the Technology Development Pilot Program!

Congratulations to Dr. Praveen Jain (ePower) and his team on their Queen’s spin-off SPARQ Corp being listed on TSXV!

Here’s researcher and Canada Research Chair Dr. Praveen Jain and team closing the in celebration of Queen’s spin-off SPARQ Corp being listed👏

SPARQ designs and manufactures next-gen microinverters for solar power in support of the transition to a low-carbon economy ☀️💡🌍

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Learn more: https://fal.cn/3lG0K

Congratulations to Dr. Ying Zou on appointment as a Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Software Evolution!

https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/stories/five-canada-research-chairs-announced-queen-s

Six Canada Research Chairs announced for Queen’s The Canada Research Chairs program advances the country’s position as a leader in discovery and innovation.

QU Bioinformatics will host part 1 of their R Series covering the fundamentals of RStudio on 24 November 2021. The skills presented will be extremely useful for students interested in the fields of biology, life sciences, and computer sciences. No prior experience required!
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/r-workshop-series-1-fundamentals-tickets-212607714397
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Using state-of-the-art robotic technologies, Dr. Matthew Pan envisions a future where robots will collaborate seamlessly with humans to support people in diverse fields such as healthcare, workplaces and homes.

“Being able to work for Walt Disney Imagineering and Disney Research has really opened my eyes into the engineering and technology that goes into making ‘magic’ for guests in theme parks and resorts. Robotics can be a powerful tool, not for just entertainment or manufacturing but actually improving the lives of people in their day-to-day tasks. And I think it's that ability to create and build advanced things that drew me to engineering.”

Matthew Pan designed animatronics for guest-facing interactive experiences at Disney Parks and Resorts prior to joining the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering this term where he is at work developing “cobots” — collaborative robots. Link in comments.

Dr. Ali Etemad and PhD student Pritam Sarkar have developed a machine learning model that enables wearable devices equipped with a photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor to generate continuous and reliable electrocardiogram (ECG) readings for monitoring cardiac health.

https://engineering.queensu.ca/news/2021/08/queens-engineering-researchers-identify-an-accessible-affordable-means-to-continuously-monitor-cardiac-health.html?fbclid=IwAR1fcO11N7Tw0myDNMrQXiTk0GfaYKvNnatKNDUNVOHbfhk22Bc65TtDQKc

Dr. Ali Etemad, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and PhD student Pritam Sarkar (pictured at left in the photo) created a machine-learning model that could give cheap wearable tech the ability to measure a user’s cardiovascular health.

“We already know that the ECG that our model creates is very accurate and can even provide more accurate measurements of heart rate compared to the original PPG,” Sarkar said. “But now we want to analyze whether our synthetic ECG can be used to identify a number of heart conditions. For that, we need large amounts of PPG data that have been flagged with heart conditions.” Link in comments.

PhD Student Aditya Singh and Professor Carlos Saavedra awarded the Best Paper Award for IEEE CONECCT 2021!

PhD Student Aditya Singh and Professor Carlos Saavedra have received the Best Paper Award for their paper entitled: Millimeter-Wave Antenna Using Dipole and Loop Modes for Enhanced Bandwidth at the IEEE CONECCT 2021, the flagship conference of the IEEE Bangalore Section, India. Congratulations to Aditya and Dr. Saavedra on this outstanding achievement!

https://ieee-conecct.org/

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Undergraduate students: Free tickets for the online 2021 Canadian Undergraduate Tech Conference are still available!
CUTC is Canada's largest student-driven tech conference and a great way to network with peers from across Canada.

CUTC 2021 CUTC 2021 will bring together the most diverse, bright students from around the world to experience the hottest trends and developments in multiple technology industries.

Dr. Majid Pahlevani and his team at the ePower lab are developing technologies that will enable a greener, more sustainable future of power generation using materials and electrical engineering principles. Dr. Pahlevani also employs machine learning and AI techniques to boost self-sufficiency in power systems.

Dr. Majid Pahlevani, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and his team at the Queen’s ePower lab are developing the technologies that will revolutionize the way the societies of the future generate and store energy.

“With climate change, there’s just no future if we continue the way that we are going now, and the first step is to change electricity generation.”