ECE Professor at UBC Blusson QMI Collaborating to Advance Quantum Photonic Chip Technology
March 14, 2025 Original publication A collaboration bringing together UBC Blusson QMI researchers with industry and government partners is set to accelerate research and commercialization of innovative photonic chips. With over $1 million in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the National Research Council Canada (NRC), the project aims […]
Transforming Hardware Faults in Machine Learning Systems
January 10th, 2025 ECE Professor Karthik Pattabiraman and research group members ECE PhD student Zitao Chen, who is graduating this year, and Assistant Professor Guanpeng Li from the University of Iowa and alumnus of ECE, focus on machine learning (ML) applications in high-stakes environments such as autonomous driving and their reliability to the effect of […]
ECE Professor Prashant Nair Recipient of TCCA Award
July 30, 2024 Assistant Professor Prashant Nair, from the University of British Columbia (UBC) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is the recipient of the 2024 IEEE Technical Committee on Computer Architecture (TCCA) Young Computer Architect Award. Professor Nair received this award “In recognition of outstanding contributions to mitigate scaling-related DRAM faults and security vulnerabilities.” […]
Facebook Marketplace is Home to Steals and Deals- and Serious Trust Issues
ECE Professor Konstantin Beznosov Co-authored Facebook Marketplace Privacy and Safety Study
ECE Professor Vincent Wong Inducted as 2024 Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada
Congratulations to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Vincent Wong, who has been inducted as a 2024 Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), which recognizes his contributions in engineering and for services to the profession and society. He attended the EIC Gala event in Ottawa on April 20, 2024, and received […]
‘Smart Glove’ Can Boost Hand Mobility of Stroke Patients
Originally published in UBC News New washable wireless smart textile technology developed at UBC in collaboration with Vancouver startup also has potential uses in virtual reality and American Sign Language translation This month, a group of stroke survivors in B.C. will test a new technology designed to aid their recovery, and ultimately restore use of […]
ECE Professor Vincent Wong and Former Postdoctoral Fellow Ming Tang Receive IEEE 2022 Best Paper Award
Congratulations to ECE Professor Vincent Wong and Dr. Ming Tang, who received the 2022 Best Paper Award from IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. The award is for their paper with title “Deep Reinforcement Learning for Task Offloading in Mobile Edge Computing Systems”, which was published in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing in June 2022. Dr. Tang […]
ECE Professor Juri Jatskevich Wins the 2023 Nagamori Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Juri Jatskevich, who received the 2023 Nagamori Award “For Modelling, Analysis and Control of Electric Motors and Generators.” The Award was presented during a beautiful ceremony held in Kyoto, Japan, on September 3, 2023. The Nagamori Awards were established to “bring vitality to technological research of motors and related fields, such as […]
ECE/UBC engineers develop breakthrough ‘robot skin’ in collaboration with Honda researchers
Originally published in UBC News Smart soft sensor can improve prosthetics and enhance human-robot interaction Smart, stretchable and highly sensitive, a new soft sensor developed by UBC and Honda researchers opens the door to a wide range of applications in robotics and prosthetics. When applied to the surface of a prosthetic arm or a robotic limb, the […]
ECE Professor and Research Team’s Paper Chosen for IEEE Top Picks in Test and Reliability 2023
Congratulations to Dr. Karthik Pattabiraman, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UBC, whose paper “Understanding Error Propagation in Deep-Learning Neural Networks (DNN) Accelerators and Applications” was chosen for IEEE Top Picks in Test and Reliability (TPTR) 2023! The paper was initially published in 2017 with former ECE PhD student Guanpeng Li, now a faculty […]