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A fully funded studentship awarded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP) commencing in 2019/20 Academic Year is available. Non-UK applicants can be considered for this studentship. The application deadline is 24th January…
Millions of Canadians rely on surgically implanted medical devices in order to function — to do everything from walk without pain to pump blood through their veins. Yet many of those devices are approved for use in Canada with scant…
Nicole Sultanum says one of the fastest ways to understand information is by sight. “We’re much faster at recognizing patterns,” says Sultanum, a University of Toronto PhD student in the department of computer science and its Dynamic Graphics Project lab.…
Recipients of the DSP are within the first four years of their appointment. They are awarded an annual grant of $75,000 per year for three years. Merve Bodur (MIE) — Conducting theoretical and applied operations research on discrete and stochastic…
As hospital emergency wait times continue to increase in Canada, Professor Goldie Nejat (MIE) believes machine intelligence and robotics can play a key role in easing the strain by streamlining the delivery of health care. In July, two identical semi-humanoid…
The global incidence of chronic wounds — holes in the skin that can persist for weeks, months or years — is rising rapidly: in the United States alone, more than 6.5 million patients live with non-healing wounds. Carlo Perez (CompE…
Video games and a robotic glove that help stroke survivors regain dexterity in their hands and arms. A robot named Casper that assists older adults with everything from fixing a tuna sandwich to communicating with loved ones. These are just…
Professor Goldie Nejat (MIE) is among many researchers at U of T Engineering who are demonstrating how advances in artificial intelligence can accelerate gains in health, education, communication and quality of life, as well as the importance of educating students…
On 25-26 October 2018, the world will come together in Astana, Kazakhstan, at the Global Conference on Primary Health Care to renew a commitment to primary health care to achieve universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals. The Conference…
If you could learn when you’re likely to die, would you find out? Or would you rather it come as a complete surprise? You might someday be faced with this question. A group of Ottawa-based researchers is developing a simple,…
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