ECE Perspectives: Abdullah Al-Digs, Power System Studies Consultant
“My industry and graduate research experiences focus on developing real-time tools to operate future power systems reliably and economically… I firmly believe that my research is vital to enabling wide integration of renewable energy.”
Krishan Dayal Srivastava, 1931-2021
Krishan Dayal Srivastava (KD), former Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering, as well as Vice President of Student and Academic Services, passed away on October 20th. He will be dearly missed.
ECE Student Perspectives: Eric Cheng, SFU I2I Venture Pitch Winner
“Cell sequencing is changing the way we understand the most fundamental unit of life, but there are still many bottlenecks… This was the inspiration for Isolatrix.”
ECE Student Perspectives: David Black, BMIAI Fall Research Award winner
“Bringing a robot to life and getting it to interact with its environment is always exciting and satisfying.”
Staff Perspectives: Ross Sheppard, President’s Staff Award
“I think the role staff play in creating a safe, positive, and welcoming space where students can feel validated and heard is incredibly important… It can make all the difference when students feel supported.”
ECE Faculty Perspectives – Meet Xiaoxiao Li
“In biomedicine, the consequences of failed or biased AI decision-making can be fatal, and there are many privacy risks in existing Al algorithms… These challenges are what really keep me up at night.”
ECE Faculty Perspective- Meet Mohammad Shahrad
“One of the things I like about cloud computing research is how interdisciplinary it is. The complexity and scale of cloud systems, combined with a wide range of user demands, makes it an exciting research area.”
ECE Student Perspectives – Pritam Dash, ECE PhD: Making Autonomous Systems Secure
“The evolution of computer systems has transformed the way we live, and the security of computer systems has become a huge concern. Finding solutions for these new challenges keeps me motivated.”
ECE Student Perspectives- Rubinder Nagi, ECE MASc ’21: Learning by Teaching
“As a TA, you learn to look at problems from a different perspective, and come up with unique ways to explain the same problem to different audiences. ”
PhD student Khaled Ahmed, Dr. Mieszko Lis, and Dr. Julia Rubin win Distinguished Paper Award at ICST 2021
Khaled Ahmed, Dr. Mieszko Lis, and Dr. Julia Rubin received the Distinguished Paper Award at IEEE ICST 2021.