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).
“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.”
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.
ECE is hiring for Canada Research Chair, Tier I, in Robotics (Tenured), Assistant Professor in Control and Learning Systems (Tenure-Track), and Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in Security (Tenure-Track).
“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 (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.
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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. ”
From powering electric vehicles to experimenting with quantum computing, learn about how five ECE researchers will be using NSERC grants to explore new ideas in electrical and computer engineering.
We in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department would like to express our heartbreak and solidarity with Indigenous students, staff, faculty and community members.
“Stepping into a new field has been a challenge… But every single step has been joyful. “
Golara Javadi discusses her experience navigating a transition between engineering fields and finding success at ECE.
Do you have an interesting project, job, or initiative? Want to discuss your experience at ECE or your outlook on engineering? Has your ECE degree taken you somewhere unexpected?Create an article with us!
“Electrical and computer engineering is one of the most rapidly evolving fields of science, shaping people’s day-to-day lives.”
Melika talks to us about her research and reflects on her time in the ECE program and her future plans.
This year, UBC Applied Science hosted their fifth annual Design + Innovation Day! At this event, students in their final year of undergraduate studies showcase their year-long Capstone projects.
We offer programs in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering leading to a Bachelor of Applied Science in either of these fields. Students may also choose to specialize in Biomedical Engineering, an option in the Electrical Engineering program.
Four research projects led by UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering researchers have collectively been awarded over $1.85 million in Alliance grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
A Cold War-era nuclear bunker buried 500 metres below the countryside in southern France hums with new life today as an epicentre of vital research in science and technology.
After completing her MSc (Engineering) Sara spent several years working in the non-profit sector across the globe before changing course. Read more about how Sara made a significant career move and how she navigates change.
ECE Alumnus Farid Molazem (former ECE PhD Student) and Professor Dr. Karthik Pattabiraman have received the ACM TECS Best Paper Award 2020 for their paper titled “Design-Level and Code-Level Security Analysis of IoT Devices”.
A University of British Columbia-led study has identified a computer technique that health facilities can use to screen, diagnose and monitor COVID-19 pneumonia more efficiently.
With the transition to online classes and working remotely we caught up with UBC Solar, a student run design team at UBC, to ask them how they shifted their operations to work remotely and their plans for the upcoming year.
UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering researchers have been awarded nearly $2.6 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) through its Discovery Grants Program.
Sara Hosseinirad, a second-year doctoral candidate currently researching an automated closed-loop system of anesthesia, is the recipient of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering master’s student, Pramit Saha, is working at the forefront of developing speech-related brain-computer interfaces.
Through his graduate work, Jorge Lozano has been looking into developing a new tool for the long-term measurement of heart and brain signals that is more affordable, easier to use, and comfortable to wear.
Farah Deeba, a fourth-year PhD candidate currently researching innovative techniques for monitoring placenta health in mothers, is now the recipient of the prestigious Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant, worth up to $25,000.
A new program aimed at developing leaders in quantum computing—solidifying British Columbia’s (BC’s) reputation as an international quantum technology hub—was awarded $1.65 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
Congratulations to Philippe Kruchten, an ECE professor that has been selected as the recipient of the Linda M. Northrop Software Architecture Award! […]
Bo Fang, an ECE Ph.D. student has been awarded the William C. Carter PhD Dissertation Award in Dependability for his Ph.D. thesis, titled Approaches for Building Error Resilient Applications. […]
UBC researchers are collaborating with local partners to establish a network of portable, handheld ultrasound scanners that can soon accelerate COVID-19 diagnosis in B.C. and potentially beyond.
Following guidelines from UBC and our provincial health leaders, we have decided that classes for the fall 2020 term will be delivered 100% online for the first term, with a full suite of course offerings.
“I consider the world around me on a daily basis and find that there are so many aspects that I believe can be improved upon or solved with new technology developments.”
Following guidelines from UBC and our provincial health leaders, we have decided that classes for the fall 2020 term will be delivered 100% remote for the first term.
UBC researchers are collaborating with local partners to establish a network of portable, handheld ultrasound scanners that can soon accelerate COVID-19 diagnosis in B.C. and potentially beyond.
Bo Fang, an ECE Ph.D. student has been awarded the William C. Carter PhD Dissertation Award in Dependability for his Ph.D. thesis, titled Approaches for Building Error Resilient Applications.
In February, Hossam Shoman won first place in ECE Heat’s 3MT Competition and has also secured a spot in the UBC 3MT Semi-Finals for his presentation, “A Stable Laser, without an Isolator”.
Ahmed Elhamy Mostafa joined the ECE department in September 2015 and officially started his research about “Medium Access Control and Resource Allocation for Massive IoT” in January 2016.
ECE is pleased to announce a brand-new course in Deep Learning in Digital Media (EECE 571P) offered exclusively to graduate students starting in May 2020.
Biomedical Engineering and ECE Professor Karen Cheung has recently been nominated for the 2020 YWCA Women of Distinction Award, in the Research, the Sciences & Technology Category.
This is the second lecture of BC Hydro/Powertech’s series of presentations for 2020. This presentation will describe the plans of BC Hydro to modernize its grid in the next years.
Rabab Ward has been elected a Foreign Member of the United States’ National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for her “innovative applications of signal processing to industrial and bioengineering problems.”
ECE Professor Dr. Ali Mesbah received the 2019 UBC Killam Research Prize in the Junior Category, which recognizes outstanding research and scholarly contributions.
Surveys show that consumers are worried that smart speakers are eavesdropping on their conversations and day-to-day lives. Now University of British Columbia researchers have found that people are also concerned about something else.
James McEwen, a UBC alumnus and adjunct professor in UBC’s Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Medicine, has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) for his invention of the automatic surgical tourniquet.
On January 16, 2020 the Digital Technology Supercluster announced 14 new projects with a total investment of $25 million; eight focused on talent development for the digital economy, six in technology.
Last month, the 30th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2019), held in Berlin, Germany announced that ECE Professor Karthik Pattabiraman’s paper was chosen as one of the most influential papers in the conference’s 30-year history.
The VocalTube project, led by graduate student Debasish Ray Mohapatra, talks about how speech is an essential mechanism for communication and expressing emotions.
UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Lukas Chrostowski has been named a Member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
In this Q&A, cybersecurity researcher Karthik Pattabiraman, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UBC, talks about his recent breakthrough aimed at improving the security of these devices and boosting security in the smart grid.
Inspired by the iconic scene of Luke Skywalker receiving an artificial hand in 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back, UBC is focusing on the future of bionics and the next generation of bio-integrated devices.
AbCellera, a local biotechnology company founded at the University of British Columbia (UBC), has developed a new method that can search immune responses more deeply than any other technology.
Congratulations to the Robotics and Control Laboratory, whose team has received both the first place and the second place student paper awards in image guided procedures, robotics Interventions and modeling at SPIE Medical Imaging 2019.
Researchers at the University of British Columbia and University of Saskatchewan think they may have found a way to encourage a more sociable virtual reality.
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) professor Matei Ripeanu is the recipient of the 2018 Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring in the mid-career category.
University of British Columbia researchers today unveiled a national test bed for connected-vehicle research as part of an initiative to promote safe, smart transportation in BC and beyond.
ECE professor Karthik Pattabiraman has been awarded a Distinguished Alumni Educator Award for Early Career Educator from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
“I believe there are still large amounts of unsolved problems in machine learning, which makes for a fascinating research area!”
Happy first day of term 2, ECE students! We hope everyone is feeling rested from winter break and ready for their coursework.
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).
Qiuqiu is a 3-year-old Bichon Frise belonging to CPEN second-year student Alan Shen.
“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.”
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.
ECE is hiring for Canada Research Chair, Tier I, in Robotics (Tenured), Assistant Professor in Control and Learning Systems (Tenure-Track), and Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in Security (Tenure-Track).
“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 (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.
“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.”
“Bringing a robot to life and getting it to interact with its environment is always exciting and satisfying.”
Harry is a one-year-old Border Collie, belonging to ECE postdoctoral research fellow Chang Ge.
Luna is a 3-year-old cat belonging to ECE PhD candidate Elena Dobre.
Mushu is a mischievous 10-month-old Pomeranian, belonging to ECE graduate student Winnie Gong.
Potato is a two-year-old ragdoll cat belonging to MEng graduate student Megan Ma.
“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.”
“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.”
I am delighted to welcome you all to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
“This might all sound obvious, but the simple truth is that forming good habits and time management takes effort and practice.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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. ”
Jasper is a mutt belonging to ECE Student Services and Engagement manager Ross Sheppard.
Khaled Ahmed, Dr. Mieszko Lis, and Dr. Julia Rubin received the Distinguished Paper Award at IEEE ICST 2021.
“Striking the right balance between the social and technological is what has given our app a competitive edge time and time again…”
Nacho is an energetic and friendly 14-year-old chihuahua, belonging to ECE Communications Assistant Maggie Grilo.
From powering electric vehicles to experimenting with quantum computing, learn about how five ECE researchers will be using NSERC grants to explore new ideas in electrical and computer engineering.
We in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department would like to express our heartbreak and solidarity with Indigenous students, staff, faculty and community members.
“Stepping into a new field has been a challenge… But every single step has been joyful. “ Golara Javadi discusses her experience navigating a transition between engineering fields and finding success at ECE.
Coco is a 10 year old Scottish terrier, belonging to ECE Finance Assistant Clarice Yeung.
Stormy is a 13 year old Maine Coone cat, belonging to ECE Communications Assistant Olivia Brocklehurst.
Do you have an interesting project, job, or initiative? Want to discuss your experience at ECE or your outlook on engineering? Has your ECE degree taken you somewhere unexpected?Create an article with us!
“Electrical and computer engineering is one of the most rapidly evolving fields of science, shaping people’s day-to-day lives.” Melika talks to us about her research and reflects on her time in the ECE program and her future plans.
“We are living in an ever-changing world and the chances of your random bits of information positively impacting your life is not small…”
This year, UBC Applied Science hosted their fifth annual Design + Innovation Day! At this event, students in their final year of undergraduate studies showcase their year-long Capstone projects.
We offer programs in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering leading to a Bachelor of Applied Science in either of these fields. Students may also choose to specialize in Biomedical Engineering, an option in the Electrical Engineering program.
Four research projects led by UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering researchers have collectively been awarded over $1.85 million in Alliance grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
We are excited to announce that Dr. Ali Mesbah is one of the six recipients of the inaugural Killam Accelerator Research Fellowships this year!
A Cold War-era nuclear bunker buried 500 metres below the countryside in southern France hums with new life today as an epicentre of vital research in science and technology.
Congratulations ECE Class of 2020! We’re so proud of all you have accomplished and how much you have overcome to reach graduation day.
ECE professor Dr. Karthik Pattabiraman is the recipient of the 2020 Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring in the mid-career category.
Megha Kalia’s research aims to make Augmented Reality (AR) feasible for robot-assisted surgery.
After completing her MSc (Engineering) Sara spent several years working in the non-profit sector across the globe before changing course. Read more about how Sara made a significant career move and how she navigates change.
ECE Alumnus Farid Molazem (former ECE PhD Student) and Professor Dr. Karthik Pattabiraman have received the ACM TECS Best Paper Award 2020 for their paper titled “Design-Level and Code-Level Security Analysis of IoT Devices”.
Using a pin number to unlock your phone rather than a fingerprint or facial recognition means you’re of an older generation.
A University of British Columbia-led study has identified a computer technique that health facilities can use to screen, diagnose and monitor COVID-19 pneumonia more efficiently.
Congratulations to Dr. Roberto Rosales, ECE Engineering Services Team Lead, for receiving the 2020 UBC President’s Staff Award for Leadership.
With the transition to online classes and working remotely we caught up with UBC Solar, a student run design team at UBC, to ask them how they shifted their operations to work remotely and their plans for the upcoming year.
UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering researchers have been awarded nearly $2.6 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) through its Discovery Grants Program.
Congratulations ECE Professor Dr. Purang Abolmaesumi for being elected into the Canadian Academy of Engineering!
Sara Hosseinirad, a second-year doctoral candidate currently researching an automated closed-loop system of anesthesia, is the recipient of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering master’s student, Pramit Saha, is working at the forefront of developing speech-related brain-computer interfaces.
Through his graduate work, Jorge Lozano has been looking into developing a new tool for the long-term measurement of heart and brain signals that is more affordable, easier to use, and comfortable to wear.
“I am a strong believer that you can make a difference in the world at the local level. Opportunities for positive change exist all around us.”
Farah Deeba, a fourth-year PhD candidate currently researching innovative techniques for monitoring placenta health in mothers, is now the recipient of the prestigious Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant, worth up to $25,000.
A new program aimed at developing leaders in quantum computing—solidifying British Columbia’s (BC’s) reputation as an international quantum technology hub—was awarded $1.65 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
ECE MASc student, Aarti Kashyap has been has been recently invited to participate in the 2020 Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) in Germany.
Congratulations to Philippe Kruchten, an ECE professor that has been selected as the recipient of the Linda M. Northrop Software Architecture Award! […]
Bo Fang, an ECE Ph.D. student has been awarded the William C. Carter PhD Dissertation Award in Dependability for his Ph.D. thesis, titled Approaches for Building Error Resilient Applications. […]
UBC researchers are collaborating with local partners to establish a network of portable, handheld ultrasound scanners that can soon accelerate COVID-19 diagnosis in B.C. and potentially beyond.
Congratulations ECE students!
UBC ECE’s 2020 spring cohort’s perseverance and persistence has paid off, and they’ve seen their Capstone projects to completion.
Following guidelines from UBC and our provincial health leaders, we have decided that classes for the fall 2020 term will be delivered 100% online for the first term, with a full suite of course offerings.
“I consider the world around me on a daily basis and find that there are so many aspects that I believe can be improved upon or solved with new technology developments.”
Dr. Karthik Pattabiraman, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UBC won the Rising Star in Dependability Award.
UBC’s very first virtual graduation is fast approaching! Ceremonies are scheduled for UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan on Wednesday, June 17, 2020.
Following guidelines from UBC and our provincial health leaders, we have decided that classes for the fall 2020 term will be delivered 100% remote for the first term.
UBC ECE’s 2020 spring cohort’s perseverance and persistence has paid off, and they’ve seen their Capstone projects to completion.
UBC researchers are collaborating with local partners to establish a network of portable, handheld ultrasound scanners that can soon accelerate COVID-19 diagnosis in B.C. and potentially beyond.
Graduation for the Class of 2020 will be held on Wednesday, June 17, 2020.
Researchers from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UBC have joined the fight against COVID-19.
This page will be updated as more information and resources become available.
In February, Hossam Shoman won first place in ECE Heat’s 3MT Competition and has also secured a spot in the UBC 3MT Semi-Finals for his presentation, “A Stable Laser, without an Isolator”.
Ahmed Elhamy Mostafa joined the ECE department in September 2015 and officially started his research about “Medium Access Control and Resource Allocation for Massive IoT” in January 2016.
ECE is pleased to announce a brand-new course in Deep Learning in Digital Media (EECE 571P) offered exclusively to graduate students starting in May 2020.
Biomedical Engineering and ECE Professor Karen Cheung has recently been nominated for the 2020 YWCA Women of Distinction Award, in the Research, the Sciences & Technology Category.
This is the second lecture of BC Hydro/Powertech’s series of presentations for 2020. This presentation will describe the plans of BC Hydro to modernize its grid in the next years.
ECE is pleased to announce two talks by Prof. Wei Yu, the inaugural speaker for the Ian F. Blake Lectureship, on Friday February 21, 2020.
Rabab Ward has been elected a Foreign Member of the United States’ National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for her “innovative applications of signal processing to industrial and bioengineering problems.”
ECE Professor Dr. Ali Mesbah received the 2019 UBC Killam Research Prize in the Junior Category, which recognizes outstanding research and scholarly contributions.
Surveys show that consumers are worried that smart speakers are eavesdropping on their conversations and day-to-day lives. Now University of British Columbia researchers have found that people are also concerned about something else.
James McEwen, a UBC alumnus and adjunct professor in UBC’s Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Medicine, has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) for his invention of the automatic surgical tourniquet.
On January 16, 2020 the Digital Technology Supercluster announced 14 new projects with a total investment of $25 million; eight focused on talent development for the digital economy, six in technology.
Last month, the 30th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2019), held in Berlin, Germany announced that ECE Professor Karthik Pattabiraman’s paper was chosen as one of the most influential papers in the conference’s 30-year history.
The VocalTube project, led by graduate student Debasish Ray Mohapatra, talks about how speech is an essential mechanism for communication and expressing emotions.
In this Q&A, cybersecurity researcher Karthik Pattabiraman, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at UBC, talks about his recent breakthrough aimed at improving the security of these devices and boosting security in the smart grid.
Inspired by the iconic scene of Luke Skywalker receiving an artificial hand in 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back, UBC is focusing on the future of bionics and the next generation of bio-integrated devices.
AbCellera, a local biotechnology company founded at the University of British Columbia (UBC), has developed a new method that can search immune responses more deeply than any other technology.
Congratulations to the Robotics and Control Laboratory, whose team has received both the first place and the second place student paper awards in image guided procedures, robotics Interventions and modeling at SPIE Medical Imaging 2019.
Researchers at the University of British Columbia and University of Saskatchewan think they may have found a way to encourage a more sociable virtual reality.
ECE professors Karthik Pattabiraman and Matei Ripeanu are recipients of UBC’s 2018 Faculty Research Awards.
“Imagine a sensor on the back of your phone that could detect your blood sugar level.”
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) professor Matei Ripeanu is the recipient of the 2018 Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring in the mid-career category.
University of British Columbia researchers today unveiled a national test bed for connected-vehicle research as part of an initiative to promote safe, smart transportation in BC and beyond.
ECE professor Karthik Pattabiraman has been awarded a Distinguished Alumni Educator Award for Early Career Educator from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.