Archives by date

You are browsing the site archives by date.

Improving Cancer Detection

Improving Cancer Detection

Left: likelihood map of cancer distribution in prostate ultrasound based on ultrasound time series analysis. Right: histology cross-section of the prostate with cancerous area marked by a pathologist. Professor Abolmaesumi was awarded the UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowship today. The Fellowship will allow him to continue his efforts to detect prostate cancer earlier and to […]

Samantha Grist | Better tools to study cancer | Microfluidic devices

Samantha Grist, one of ECE’s Ph.D. candidates, will be speaking at this year’s Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening Conference in February. Her research with Professor Karen Cheung in the Bio Medical Micro Devices Lab has reproduced conditions of hypoxia in a microfuildic device. Using this device, researchers can mimic conditions near tumors to better […]

Bringing Ad-hoc Cloudlets to Cloud Gaming Wins ECE Researchers 2 Best Paper Awards

Bringing Ad-hoc Cloudlets to Cloud Gaming Wins ECE Researchers 2 Best Paper Awards

There are some distinct advantages to cloud gaming. In this game design, service is delivered through wifi and computationally intensive tasks are assigned to resources in the cloud. Wifi and reduced hardware demands for the individual gamer makes gaming mobile. By moving from a product to a “gaming as service” model, game development is more […]