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COVID-19 has shaken the world, challenging societies and altering life as we know it. But from this crisis, opportunities have emerged calling us to action as we prepare to reboot from the COVID-19 lockdown. How we work and behave, how society and the economy will function, and how we innovate and educate will change. Plotting the future—for Canada, your enterprise, and yourself—is complicated and challenging.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have partnered with an artificial intelligence (AI) startup on a project that aims to use AI to improve COVID-19 screening.

The Waterloo research team publicly released AI software that can better detect infections from chest x-rays and is looking to enlist expertise from around the world to aid in the project.

A new system combining artificial intelligence (AI) with human knowledge promises faster and more accurate cancer diagnosis.

Five University of Waterloo students have teamed up with Google to develop software to accelerate machine learning using quantum science.

Researchers have utilized 3D printing and nanotechnology to create a durable, flexible sensor for wearable devices to monitor every

Researchers from the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo report the first occurrence of directly splitting one photon into three.

Researchers have developed a new, inexpensive technology that could save lives and money by routinely screening women for breast cancer without exposure to radiation.

Two University of Waterloo startups have been named among 10 winners of a national energy solutions competition.

Evercloak Inc. will receive funding to support a $1.2 million project to develop a dehumidification technology for air conditioners that will cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the energy use of cooling systems by over 50 per cent. Michael Pope, assistant professor, chemical engineering, and Evelyn Allen, corporate researcher partnerships manager, in the Office of Research co-founded the company in 2018.

More than 50 people turned out for the official opening of a new $4-million automotive research facility at the University of Waterloo.

Dignitaries kickstarted the event at the Autonomous Vehicle Research and Intelligence Laboratory (AVRIL) by arriving in automated electric car that is being developed by student design team WATonomous.