Understanding blockchain, cryptocurrency and NFTs with Zehua Wang
Crypto assets and the mechanisms that support them can seem, well, cryptic. Dr. Zehua Wang explains the basics to UBC Beyond.
ECE Perspectives: Kumseok Jung, ACM/IEEE Symposium Best Demo Award Winner
“Active exchange with the industry is exciting; that our work could be immediately applied in the real world.”
ECE Professor Julia Rubin appointed Canada Research Chair
ECE Professor Julia Rubin has been appointed as Canada Research Chair, one of four UBC Applied Science faculty members to be appointed to this prestigious position this year.
Interview with Siavash Alamouti: ECE Alumnus, Communications Changemaker, and Marconi Prize Winner
“We must provide people with equal access to information and knowledge, [and] I’ve made it a mission for myself to use technology to achieve this goal.”
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ECE Student Perspectives: Abraham Chan, QRS’21 Best Paper winner
“I believe there are still large amounts of unsolved problems in machine learning, which makes for a fascinating research area!”
Welcome Back!
Happy first day of term 2, ECE students! We hope everyone is feeling rested from winter break and ready for their coursework.
Karthik Pattabiraman named 2021 Distinguished Scientist by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Karthik Pattabiraman has been named as one of 2021’s 63 ACM Distinguished Scientists by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
ECE Perspectives: Sakshi Mishra, Forbes 30 Under 30
“My desire to be part of the solution for climate change problems, a keen interest in conducting research in the all-things-electrified domain, and fascination with the field of artificial intelligence – these are the key drivers that led me to the path I’m on.”
Stretchy, washable battery brings wearable devices closer to reality
Dr. Ngoc Tan Nguyen and his colleagues have created a battery that is both flexible and washable. It works even when twisted or stretched to twice its normal length, or after being washed multiple times.