UBC ECE Research Wins Best Paper and Distinguished Paper Awards at DSN 2026
A research collaboration involving the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of British Columbia has won both the Best Paper Award and the Distinguished Paper Award at the IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), one of the leading international conferences in dependable and trustworthy computing. A single paper […]
ECE PhD Graduate Pritam Dash Wins Prestigious William C. Carter Award in Dependable Computing
Pritam Dash, a recent ECE Ph.D. graduate supervised by Prof. Karthik Pattabiraman in the Dependable Systems Lab, has been awarded the William C. Carter PhD Dissertation Award in Dependability for his doctoral thesis, titled Software Solutions for Mitigating Physical Attacks against Robotic Autonomous Vehicles. The award was presented at the 56th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on […]
ECE PhD Student Awarded Prestigious IBM PhD Fellowship
We are thrilled to celebrate Rui Xi, a PhD student in UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering, who has been awarded the prestigious 2025 IBM PhD Fellowship, one of the most competitive doctoral fellowships in the world. This invitation-only program selects just around 25 PhD students globally each year, and Rui’s selection is a remarkable testament […]
UBC ECE PhD Student Andrew Gunter Shares His Experience at the Prestigious Heidelberg Laureate Forum
This past September, Andrew Gunter, one of our current PhD students in ECE was selected to attend the 12th Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) in Germany, a prestigious and highly competitive event that brings together outstanding early-career researchers from around the world with laureates of the Turing Award, Fields Medal, and other major international honors! We […]
ECE 3MT Competition: Graduate Students Advanced to Semi-Finals
ECE graduate students Jonas Welsch and Mohammed Elnawawy made a significant impact at the ECE 3MT competition on March 4th, 2025. Jonas’s first place win and Mohammed’s second place triumph not only showcased their hard-work in ECE but also advanced them to the semi-finals competition hosted by UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. ECE spoke with […]
Capstone Design Team Showcase: Tire Pressure Monitoring and Computer-Assisted Surgery Projects
September 13, 2024 Capstone design projects are a major component of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering curriculum. Students design a product or service of significance and solve an open-ended problem in their field of study. ECE hosted a project showcase for the summer term on August 8th, 2024. Wirelessly-Powered Tire Pressure Monitoring System […]
ECE/SCARP Students Create Sustainable-transport Startup Project
Originally published by the School of Community and Regional Planning July 16, 2024 Many city infrastructures worldwide were long ago transformed to require single-occupancy vehicles if people wanted to get around. People made due and it became a way of life, though this wasn’t accessible for some. For years, planners have theorised that a new […]
ECE PhD Candidate Pritam Dash Named 2024 CPS Rising Star
Pritam Dash, 4th year PhD Candidate in UBC’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, supervised by Professor Karthik Pattabiraman, was named a 2024 Rising Star in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) research. On May 29th, 2024, Pritam was invited to participate in the CPS Rising Stars workshop at the University of Virginia (UVA), funded by the National […]
ECE Students Recipients of the Faculty of Applied Science Dean’s Graduate Awards
Congratulations to Jennie Chen and Hooman Vaseli for receiving the Faculty of Applied Science Dean’s Graduate Extra-Curricular Contributions Awards and the Dean’s Graduate Leadership Award!
Design and Innovation Day 2024: Winners, Projects, and Photos
Thank you to everyone who attended Design and Innovation Day! Congratulations to all of the groups on your hardwork and effort for this year’s capstone projects! The capstone design project is a major component of the ECE engineering curriculum where students work in teams of four to six students to design a product/service of significance […]