Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering

This group comprises research and experimental development in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering.

Parent Category

Engineering and technology

Sub-Categories

Computer engineering

Communications and networks technologies

Data analytics and signal processing

Electrical energy systems

Electromagnetics, photonics and optics

Electronics

Systems control and automation

Research Centres, Institutes & Clusters

CAIDA: UBC ICICS Centre for Artificial Intelligence Decision-making and Action

Graduate Degree Programs

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)

The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Electrical and Computer Engineering Program is for students interested in pursuing advanced studies and research in Biomedical Technologies, Communications Systems, Computer and Software Systems, Energy Systems, or Micro and Nano Technologies. Applicants to the…

Master of Applied Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (MASc)

The Master of Applied Science (MASc) in Electrical and Computer Engineering Program is for students interested in pursuing advanced studies and research in Biomedical Technologies, Communications Systems, Computer and Software Systems, Energy Systems, or Micro and Nano Technologies. Electrical and…

Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering (MEng)

ECE’s Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) program is designed for students who want to pursue their electrical and computer engineering education beyond the undergraduate level but are looking for an alternative to a thesis-based research program. The Master of Engineering program requires…

Master of Engineering Leadership in Clean Energy Engineering (MEL)

TRANSFORM THE FUTURE IN A RAPIDLY EVOLVING INDUSTRY Elevate your technical career with the Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) in Clean Energy Engineering – a specialized degree designed for engineers and technical professionals aspiring to lead in the clean energy sector. This unique master’s…

Master of Engineering Leadership in Dependable Software Systems (MEL)

The Master of Engineering Leadership (MEL) in Dependable Software Systems is entering an exciting phase of transformation. Beginning January 2024, we will temporarily pause the program to embark on a comprehensive curriculum review and assessment. This strategic pause is the first step towards…

UBC Researchers

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Aamodt, Tor

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Computer architecture; Machine learning; Computer Architecture; graphics processor units (GPUs); Machine Learning

Abolmaesumi, Purang

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Medical and biomedical engineering; Artificial Intelligence; Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Technologies; Cancer Imaging; Computer Assisted Interventions; Image Guided Surgery; Machine Learning; Medical Imaging; Surgical Robotics; Ultrasound Imaging

Achermann, Reto

Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Computing systems; Computer systems engineering; Systems software; resilient and efficient systems; intersection of operating systems, applied formal methods and hardware models.

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Beznosov, Konstantin

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; computer security and privacy; mobile security and privacy; online social networks security and privacy; usable security and privacy

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Cheung, Karen

School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Medical and biomedical engineering; additive manufacturing; BioMEMS; Biomedical Technologies; biosensors; microfluidics; neural interfaces; organ-on-chip; Tissue Engineering

Chrostowski, Lukas

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Optics and Photonics; Micro and Nanoelectronics; Nanotechnologies; Manufacturing Processes; biophotonics; biosensors; optics; optoelectronics; photonics; quantum computing; semiconductor lasers; silicon photonics

Cretu, Edmond

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Nano-technology; Electronics; Medical and biomedical engineering; microsystems and nanotechnology; sensor clusters and networks; Signal processing and control; Ultrasound Imaging; Microinstrumentation; Inertial measurement units; wearable systems

Currie, Leanne

School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Nursing; Computer engineering, n.e.c.; Health Care Technologies; Health information systems; Biomedical and Health Informatics

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EL MEKKI, Abdellah

Faculty of Arts

Postdoctoral Fellow

Computational languages (including domain-specific languages); neural networks; LLMs; Domain Adaptation

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Fels, S Sidney

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Medical and biomedical engineering; Human Computer Interaction; biomechanical modeling of human anatomy; Machine Learning; new interfaces for musical expression; speech synthesis

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Garbi, Rafeef

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Medical and biomedical engineering; Artificial Intelligence; Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Technologies; Computer Vision; Deep Learning; image analysis; Imaging; Machine Learning; Medical Image Computing

Goerges, Matthias

Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electronic health (e-Health); Health information systems (including surveillance); Expert systems technologies in artificial intelligence; Anesthesiology; Medical devices; Human-computer systems and interface; Bio-signal processing and analysis; Digital health; predictive analytics; decision support systems; Critical Care Medicine; Biomedical Technologies; Health Care Technologies; Human Computer Interaction and Design; Medical informatics; Software Development; patient-oriented research; Data sharing / open data

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Hacihaliloglu, Ilker

Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bio-signal processing and analysis; Medical biotechnology; Biomedical signal processing; Image guided surgery systems; Medical and biomedical engineering, n.e.c.; Data analytics and signal processing, n.e.c.; Artificial intelligence (AI); Extraction of relevant information from 3D medical images; Image Guided Surgery; computer assisted diagnosis; Deep Learning; point of care ultrasound; ultrasound image processing; Brain Health; orthopedic surgery; liver disease; lung disease; traumatic Brian injury; neurosurgery; Biomedical Engineering

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Khanna, Tarun

School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Economics; Renewable energy systems (except smart systems engineering); Environmental policy; energy economics; Evidence synthesis; policy evaluation; electricity markets; energy in development; decarbonization of the energy sector

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Lampe, Lutz

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Wireless communication systems; Fibre-optic communications technologies; Coding and information theory applied to communications and networks technologies; Learning and adaptive systems; Radar and sonar signal processing; wireless communications, optical fiber communications, signal processing, machine learning

Leung, Cyril

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Wireless communication systems; digital communication networks; Wireless communications; network security; ageless aging technologies

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Madden, John

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Medical and biomedical engineering; artificial muscle; electrochemical devices; electronic skin; Functional and Intelligent Materials; medical devices; smart materials; supercapacitors; wearables

Mesbah, Ali

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Programming languages and software engineering

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Nagamune, Ryozo

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Systems control and automation; Manufacturing engineering; control engineering; data-driven modeling and control; robust and linear parameter-varying control; modeling and control of floating offshore wind turbines and wind farms; modeling and control of metal additive manufacturing processes; modeling and control of solar themal systems; modeling and control of automotive engines; optimization

Nair, Prashant

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Reliability, security, and performance-power efficient memory systems; System-level and architecture-level optimization to enable efficient and practical quantum computers

Nguan, Christopher

Department of Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Urology; Computer engineering; Civil engineering, n.e.c.; Biomedical instrumentation (including diagnostics); Medical devices; Artificial tissues engineering; Biomedical robotics; Image guided surgery systems; Applied immunology (including antibody engineering, xenotransplantation and t-cell therapies); Transplantation immunology; kidney transplantation; patient reported outcomes; medical apps for mobile health; machine learning analytics of medical imaging; machine learning analytics of complex medical data outcomes; Robotics; quality in healthcare; environmental impact of healthcare; Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare; planetary health intersection with healthcare

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Oya, Simon

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Privacy-enhancing technologies; Cybersecurity and privacy technologies; Signal processing for security and privacy; Encryption and cryptography; Mathematical optimization; Privacy; Computer Security; Anonymous communications; Machine learning security and privacy; Searchable encryption; Statistical analysis

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Ripeanu, Matei

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Computer Systems; Data Analytics; distributed systems; Graph Analytics; High performance computing; Social Networks; Storage Systems

Rohling, Robert

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

ultrasound; Robotics; Cardiology; ultrasound, robotics

Rubin, Julia

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Computer engineering; Programming languages and software engineering; Computer Systems; software engineering; Software quality, security, and robustness; program analysis; Adversarial robustness, explainability, and interpretability of ML-based systems; Mobile and cloud software

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Shahrad, Mohammad

Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Computer engineering; cloud computing; serverless computing; Resource Management; data center efficiency

Shahrad, Mohammad

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Computer engineering; Computing systems; cloud computing; serverless computing; Resource Management; Sustainable computing; data center efficiency

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Tang, Shuo

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Medical devices; Optical instrumentation (including sensing and metrology); biophotonics; Biomedical imaging

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Van Heusden, Klaske

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Data-driven estimation, optimization, and control

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Wang, Lele

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Mathematics of data science; Machine Learning; information theory; Coding theory; Combinatorics; Communication theory; Random graphs

Wilton, Steven

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Integrated Circuits; Computer Architecture; Computer Hardware; Computer-Aided Design Algorithms; Field-Programmable Gate Arrays; High-Level Synthesis

Wong, Vincent

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electrical engineering, computer engineering, and information engineering; Telecommunication networks; Computer Systems; Network Analysis (Information); communication systems; energy systems; Internet; Internet of Things (IoT); Machine Learning; mobile computing; protocol design; smart grid; wireless networks

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Xia, Guangrui

Department of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Elemental semiconductors; Semiconductor devices; SiGe materials, processing, modeling, and devices, Si photonics, Ge-based lasers, and Ge lasers

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Zhang, Justin

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electrical energy systems; energy systems; Power electronics; power systems; High-voltage DC (HVDC); Microgrids; Cyber-physical security

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