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Professor Mark Chignell (MIE) and his team of researchers want to make cognitive and physical tests for older adults fun. The current tests for dementia and other cognitive impairments are not very engaging, says Chignell. “Nobody wants to do a…
Arthur Slutsky chose to study engineering over medicine for a very practical reason. “I have a terrible memory,” he says. “When I saw those anatomy figures, and all the terms you’d have to memorize, I said, ‘Forget it. I’m good…
Professor Michael Carter (MIE) and graduate student Surath Gomis (ECE PhD Candidate) are among this year’s recipients of the University of Toronto Alumni Association (UTAA) Awards of Excellence. These prestigious awards honour people at the apex of U of T’s…
A two-day event organized by the AGE-WELL Network of National Centres of Excellence and the University of Regina’s Centre on Aging and Health saw researchers from across the country gather in Regina to show off innovative technologies meant to aid…
Greg’s unexpected and sudden death resulted in the Continuity of Patient Care Study Report published by the Health Quality Council of Alberta. The report outlines Greg’s case and found four breaks in continuity of care. Professor W. Ward Flemons was the Study…
The trouble is, AEDs (automated external defibrillators) are rarely used. There are lots of reasons, but one is that the devices aren’t always located where they can be reached quickly in an emergency. That’s the problem tackled by University of…
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…
“Es relativamente fácil validar programas de detección: si el ordenador predice que una persona tiene cáncer de piel y compruebas que lo tiene, el modelo funciona”, explica Aaron Babier, un investigador de la Universidad de Toronto que ha creado un…
High atop the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship, a group of 100 engineering graduate students, faculty members, research scientists, and alumni gathered on October 1 to mark a decade of progress toward the goal of smarter health-care delivery.…
Professor Scott Sanner, Faculty Affiliate of CHE, is among eight U of T Engineering researchers named Vector Institute Faculty Affiliates. The Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence brings together leading researchers in deep learning, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) generally, from across…
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