Gordon Agnew
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Cryptography and data security
- High speed communication networks
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); A to D profiles
Joanne Atlee
Professor, Computer Science
Research Expertise
- Analysis of software requirements and specifications with computer-aided tools and techniques
- Configurable model-driven development (MDD)
- Practitioner-friendly specification and design notations that have precise semantics suitable for automated analysis
- Software modeling, model checking, documentation, and analysis
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Vehicle Control; Software and Data→Embedded Software, Hazard and Safety Analysis; A to D profiles
Lisa Aultman-Hall
Professor, Systems Design Engineering
Research Expertise
- Transportation systems data collection and modeling
- Energy demand for electric vehicle charging
- Intercity travel and accessibility
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS); Powertrain and Emissions→Batteries; Software and Data→Data - Analytics, Mining and Management, Modelling and Design; A to D profiles
Michael Barnett-Cowan
Associate Professor, Kinesiology
Research Expertise
- Vestibular (balance) system
- Object recognition
- Head movement and orientation
- Coordinated movement
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Human Machine Interface (HMI); A to D profiles
Otman Basir
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Biologically inspired intelligent systems
- Human Computer Interaction (HCI)/Human Machine Interface (HMI) systems
- Hybrid systems
- Intelligent embedded systems
- Sensory systems design
Centre for Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (CPAMI)
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Telematics, Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); Powertrain and Emissions→Sensors; A to D profiles
Slim Boumaiza
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Advanced signal processing algorithms for wireless communication
- Cognitive and software defined radios (CR and SDR)
- Design of high power and spectrum efficient linear radio frequency amplifiers
- Hybrid Radio Frequency and Digital Signal Processing (RF/DSP) design of wireless communication transmitters
- Microwave and millimeter-wave circuits and systems design
- Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transceiver schemes
- Nonlinear and linear radio frequency (RF) circuits and systems characterization and behavioural modeling
- Power amplifier and transmitter linearization techniques (Baseband and RF Digital Predistortion, Feed-forward)
- RF integrated circuits (CMOS)
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Connected and Autonomous→Mobile Security, Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); A to D profiles
Catherine Burns
Professor, Systems Design Engineering
Research Expertise
- Cognitive work analysis
- Ecological interface design
- Graphical interface design and visualization
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Human Machine Interface (HMI); A to D profiles
Jack Callaghan
Professor, Kinesiology
Research Expertise
- Lower back pain and injury
Centre of Research Expertise for the Preventative of Musculoskeletal Disorders (CRE-MSD)
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS); Structure and Safety→Occupant Protection, Structural Crashworthiness; A to D profiles
Jeff Casello
Professor, School of Planning
Research Expertise
- Application of geographic information systems (GIS) to urban area analysis
- Design and operation of public transportation systems, highway systems, and facilities for non-motorized modes of transport
- Development and implementation of utility-based multi-modal travel forecasting models
- Transportation and land use impacts
- Urban transportation systems
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); A to D profiles
David Clausi
Professor, Systems Design Engineering
Research Expertise
- Computer vision
- Design and development of automated interpretation algorithms
- Digital image processing
- Pattern recognition
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Telematics; A to D profiles
Mark Crowley
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Probabilistic Graphical Models
- Decision Making Under Uncertainty
- Big Data Analytics
- Optimization
- Reinforcement Learning
- Game Theory
- Autonomous and connected car
- Automotive
- Operational Artificial Intelligence
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Automated Driving; Software and Data→Data - Analytics, Mining and Management; A to D profiles
Krzysztof Czarnecki
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Embedded systems and software
- Generative programming and model-based software development
- Software design
- Software system families and product lines
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Automated Driving, Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); Software and Data→Embedded Software, Multi-disciplinary Optimization; A to D profiles
Oussama Damen
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Coding Theory
- Cross-layer optimization
- Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and space-time communications
- Multiuser detection
- Wireless communications
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Mobile Security, Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); A to D profiles
Baris Fidan
Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- Collaborative driving technologies
- Nonlinear/switching control of multivariable/time varying/multi-agent systems
- Robust adaptive control
- Specific designs for mechatronic systems
- Supervisory control
- Triangular systems and backstepping control
- Vehicle stability and control technologies
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Collaborative Driving, Vehicle Control; E to H profiles
Sebastian Fischmeister
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Distributed Embedded Real-Time Systems
- Real-Time Safety Critical Software
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Automated Driving, Mobile Security, Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); Software and Data→Embedded Software; E to H profiles
Roydon Fraser
Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- Alternative fuels
- Energy analysis of energy conversion systems
- In-cylinder combustion diagnostics and engineering
- Life cycle analysis
- Thermodynamics of ecosystems
- Vehicle fleet/power plant/industry emissions impacts (local and regional)
- Window thermal performance modelling
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Vehicle Control; Powertrain and Emissions→Fuel cells; E to H profiles
Liping Fu
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Expertise
- Artificial Intelligence, Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
- Intelligent Paratransit: scheduling, dispatching and simulation
- Intelligent transportation systems
- Public transportation, safety and winter road maintenance
- Shortest path algorithms for in-vehicle route guidance systems
- Travel time modeling and estimation for advanced traveler information systems
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS); E to H profiles
Vincent Gaudet
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Advanced Hardware Architectures
- Baseband communication circuits and algorithms
- Energy-efficient circuits and systems
- Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) signal processing
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Telematics, Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); E to H profiles
Catherine Gebotys
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
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Embedded Hardware Security
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Countermeasures for Hardware Hacking, including techniques for resistance to side channel analysis, reverse engineering, fault injection attacks
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Protection of Keys, Secure Boot
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Mobile Security; Software and Data→Embedded Software; E to H profiles
Guang Gong
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Cryptographic primitives
- Multimedia communication security
- Network and ad hoc network security
- Sequence design for wireless Code Division Mutilpe Access (CDMA) communications
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Mobile Security, Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); E to H profiles
Randy Harris
Professor, English Language and Literature
Research Expertise
- Speech recognition applications for advanced smartphone devices
- Voice interface design
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Telematics; E to H profiles
Bruce Hellinga
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Expertise
- Design and evaluation of intelligent transportation system components
- Development and application of simulation tools
- Environmental impacts of transportation policies
- Safety
- Traffic demand management
Waterloo Transportation Research for Improving Proformance & Safety (WATTRIPS)
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS); E to H profiles
Pin-Han Ho
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Broadband wired and wireless communication networks
- Coded video multicasting, Medium Access Control (MAC) layer scheduling and performance analysis
- Cross-layer design in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.16 networks
- Integration of fiber and wireless communication systems (FiWi)
- Relay placement on cooperative communications and survivable routing for high availability design
- Secure and privacy-preserving vehicular communications
- Wireless network security
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Mobile Security, Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); E to H profiles
Jan Huissoon
Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- Arc Acoustics in Gas Metal Arc (GMA) welding
- Automatic end-of-arm and tool-centre-point calibration
- Autonomous Navigation Using Artificial Neural Networks
- Dynamic Seam Tracking for Robotic Welding
- Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Modelling of Human Locomotion
- Walking Wobot Welder
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Automated Driving, Collaborative Driving; Lightweighting and Fabrication→Joining; E to H profiles
Soo Jeon
Associate Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- Design and control of mechatronic systems
- Instrumented robotics
- Non-smooth dynamic systems
- Sensory information processing of motion control
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Automated Driving, Vehicle Control; Powertrain and Emissions→Sensors; I to M profiles
Peter Johnson
Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental
Research Expertise
- Geospatial technology
- Location-based technology
- Communications and information sharing
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Telematics; I to M profiles
Fakhri Karray
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Autonomous and intelligent systems
- Computational intelligence and applications
- Cognitive robotics and advanced mechatronics
- Distributed real time systems
- Concept extraction and natural speech understanding
- Multi modal information retrieval
Centre for Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (CPAMI)
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Automated Driving, Collaborative Driving, Human Machine Interface (HMI); Powertrain and Emissions→Sensors; Software and Data→Data - Analytics, Mining and Management; I to M profiles
Amir Khajepour
Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- Active vehicle stability
- Advanced vehicle systems
- Air-gas hybrid engine
- Complex hydraulic and vehicle dynamic systems modelling for articulated vehicles
- Configuration and power management control strategies for electric and electric-gas hybrid
- Embedded suspension systems
- Engine and body mounting systems (Passive and Active)
- Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH)
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Automated Driving, Vehicle Control; Powertrain and Emissions→Powertrain Systems, Power Electronics; Software and Data→Multi-disciplinary Optimization; Structure and Safety→Noise, Vibration, Harshness (NVH); I to M profiles
Amir Khandani
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Channel coding and transmission for fading environments
- Channel coding with an emphasis on Turbo-codes
- Coding and interference cancellation for Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) systems
- Constellation design and implementation for multi-level modulation over band-limited channels
- Cooperative networking
- Digital/Wireless Communications
- Information Theory with an emphasis on networks
- Multiple-access, multiple antenna systems
- Receiver structure for fading channels
- Soft decision/soft output decoding of binary codes
- Structure of lattices with applications in digital communications
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); I to M profiles
Stephan Lambert
Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- Automotive Design
- Drive-by-wire
- Electronic stability and control
- Fatigue and fracture
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Vehicle Control; Software and Data→Modelling and Design; I to M profiles
Bosco Leung
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Design of mixed analog/digital circuits for wireless communication
- Phase noise of oscillators, mixer noise and mixer distortion analysis
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); I to M profiles
Jonathan Li
Professor, Geography and Environmental
Research Expertise
- Mobile mapping solutions for outdoor and indoor mapping
- 3D object detection GeoAI for multi-scale geospatial mapping and change detection
- LiDAR point cloud processing for 3D urban modeling
- Machine learning for intelligent processing of earth observation data
- Remote sensing applications in transportation
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Telematics; I to M profiles
Carolyn MacGregor
Professor, Systems Design Engineering
Research Expertise
- Cognitive ergonomics
- Driver performance and safety
- Individual differences and information manipulation
- Navigation and manipulation in virtual environments and 3D simulations
- Usability testing and human-computer interaction
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Human Machine Interface (HMI); I to M profiles
John McPhee
Professor, Systems Design Engineering
Research Expertise
- Automotive system modelling
- Biomechanics
- Multibody dynamics and vehicle design optimization
- Real-time simulation
- Vehicle dynamics
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Automated Driving, Vehicle Control; Powertrain and Emissions→Powertrain Systems; Software and Data→Multi-disciplinary Optimization; I to M profiles
William Melek
Professor, Director Mechatronics Engineering
Research Expertise
- Autonomous navigation and mobile manipulation
- Computational intelligence
- Design, modelling, and control of advanced mechatronics systems
- Modular and reconfigurable robotics and automation
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Automated Driving, Collaborative Driving, Vehicle Control; I to M profiles
Patrick Mitran
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Coding theory
- Cooperative and cognitive networks
- Information theory
- Statistical signal processing
- Wireless communications
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); I to M profiles
Kirsten Morris
Professor, Applied Mathematics
Research Expertise
- Estimation of charge in batteries
- Control of smart materials
- Optimization of sensor and hardware placement
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Vehicle Control; Powertrain and Emissions→Batteries, Sensors; I to M profiles
Krshirasagar Naik
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Energy-cost modelling of wireless applications
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Low power software and communication protocols
- Mobile and ad hoc networks
- Mobile communication and computing
- Optical networks
- Testing communication protocols
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); N to S profiles
Sriram Narasimhan
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Expertise
- Modal Analysis
- Structural Dynamics
- Structural Identification and Control
- Vibration based Signal Processing
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS); Structure and Safety→Noise, Vibration, Harshness (NVH), Structural Crashworthiness; N to S profiles
Omar Ramahi
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Biomedical Applications of electromagnetics
- Electromagnetic compatibility and interference
- Electromagnetic propagation mechanisms
- Electronic packaging
- Material measurements
- Photonics
- Radiating systems, theoretical and computational electromagnetics
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); N to S profiles
Neil Randall
Associate Professor, English Language and Literature
Research Expertise
- Rhetoric and semiotics of Human-Computer Interaction
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Collaborative Driving; N to S profiles
Derek Rayside
Associate Professor, ECE
Research Expertise
- Software Engineering
- Autonomous vehicles
- Cybersecurity
- Infrastructure Integrity
- Software Engineerin
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Automated Driving, Mobile Security; Software and Data→Embedded Software, Multi-disciplinary Optimization; N to S profiles
Catherine Rosenberg
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Broadband networks: Internet protocol (IP), Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), and Multiprotocol label switching (MPLS)
- Cellular networks: cross-layer integration, resource management, mobility and power management, opportunistic scheduling
- Multimedia applications: Content delivery network (CDN), peer-to-peer, and location-based services
- Network security: Distributed denial of services (DDOS), traffic monitoring
- Traffic engineering: quality of service, game theory and pricing, dynamic provisioning, network design, routing, congestion control, scheduling
- Wireless networks: sensors and Wireless local area networks (WLANs)
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Mobile Security, Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); Powertrain and Emissions→Sensors; Software and Data→Hazard and Safety Analysis; N to S profiles
Safieddin Safavi-Naeini
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Complex propogation and scattering phenomena
- Computational electromagnetics and photonics
- Devices and novel electromagnetic materials
- Guided-wave and free space optical systems and components
- Intelligent Navigation Systems
- Microwave and millimeter wave planar circuits and antenna systems
- Microwave high temperature superconductor (HTSC) thin film technology
- Radio frequency (RF)/microwave packaging and Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)/Electromagnetic interface (EMI) analyses
- RF/microwave/millimeter wave/Terahertz (THz) systems
- Vehicle wireless communications and safety systems
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Mobile Security, Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); N to S profiles
Siby Samuel
Assistant Professor, Systems Design Engineering
Research Expertise
- Simulation & Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality
- Novice and Older Driver Training
- Predictive & Conceptual Modeling of Behaviour
- Eye tracking
- Attention & Cognition
- Perception
- Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence
- Decision Making
- Aging
- Automotive Human factors
- Autonomous and Connected Vehicles & Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Caregiver Behaviours & Errors
- Assistive & Automotive Interfaces
- Vulnerable Road User Safety (Pedestrians & Bicyclists)
- Motorcyclist Safety
- Special Populations (ADHD & Dementia)
- Traffic Control Devices & Roadway Infrastructure Design
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Human Machine Interface (HMI), Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS); N to S profiles
George Shaker
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- RF/microwave/millimeter wave/Terahertz (THz) circuits and antenna systems
- Radio frequency (RF)/microwave packaging and Electromagnetic compatibility
- (EMC)/Electromagnetic interface (EMI) analyses
- Vehicle and UAV wireless communications, navigation systems, and telematics systems
- Bio-wearable electronics and systems
- Energy harvesting systems
- Complex propagation and scattering phenomena
- Devices and novel electromagnetic materials and wireless sensors
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Telematics, Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); Powertrain and Emissions→Sensors; N to S profiles
Xuemin (Sherman) Shen
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Radio resource and mobility management
- Voice over mobile Internet protocol (IP)
- Wireless ad hoc and sensor networks
- Wireless network security
- Wireless/Internet interworking
- Wireless local area network (WLAN)/Worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX), Wireless application protocol (WAP), Ultra-wide band (UWB) wireless communications
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Connected and Autonomous→Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); N to S profiles
Stephen Smith
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Autonomous systems
- Distributed and coordinated contrl
- Optimization and control theory
- Robotics and multi-robotic systems
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Automated Driving, Collaborative Driving; N to S profiles
Mahesh Tripunitara
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Authorization systems
- Information security
- Network security technologies, in particular wireless technology
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); T to Z profiles
David Wang
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Automated mechatronics design
- Flexible link manipulators
- Haptics
- Nonlinear control
- Robot manipulators
- Telehaptics
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); Powertrain and Emissions→Power Electronics; T to Z profiles
Alexander Wong
Associate, Systems Design Engineering
Research Expertise
- Artificial Intelligence
- Image processing and data analytics
- Medical imaging
- Scanning
- Sensors and devices
- Drinking water
- Autonomous and connected car
- Automotive
- Operational Artificial Intelligence
- Robotics
- Smart Infrastructure
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Telematics; T to Z profiles
John Zelek
Associate Professor Systems Design Engineering
Research Expertise
- Haptics
- Human and biomedical engineering
- Intelligent mechatronic control systems
- Mobile robot navigation
- Modelling, simulation, and systems theory
- Signal imaging processing
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Human Machine Interface (HMI), Telematics; T to Z profiles
Weihua Zhuang
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Expertise
- Radio Positioning
- Wireless communications
- Wireless Networking
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Group(s):
Connected and Autonomous→Mobile Security, Vehicle to Everything Communications (V2X); T to Z profiles
