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  • ECE PhD Graduate Pritam Dash Wins Prestigious William C. Carter Award in Dependable Computing

    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 Detection Is Not Enough: Securing Robotic Autonomous Vehicles from Physical Attacks. The award was presented at the 56th IEEE/IFIP International Conference…

  • ECE PhD Student Awarded Prestigious IBM PhD Fellowship

    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

    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…

  • UBC ECE Faculty Win Two Prestigious Awards at DSN 2025

    UBC ECE Faculty Win Two Prestigious Awards at DSN 2025

    UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering is proud to announce that two faculty members, Dr. Prashant Nair and Dr. Karthik Pattabiraman, received major international honours at the IEEE/IFIP Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN 2025) conference held this summer in Naples, Italy. DSN is the flagship global venue for research in dependable computing. This year marked a…

  • Exploring Software Innovation: Faridah’s Journey in ECE

    Exploring Software Innovation: Faridah’s Journey in ECE

    Faridah Akinotcho graduated from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in May 2024 under supervisor Professor Julia Rubin. Since graduation, Faridah has been actively engaged in her research while exploring opportunities in software and mobile engineering. Discover more about Faridah’s time in ECE, her journey in this field, and advice for current and future…

  • ECE 3MT Competition: Graduate Students Advanced to Semi-Finals

    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…