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Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor Christopher Batty has developed a way to animate viscous behaviour with stunning accuracy, something that has confounded computer-animation researchers. Anyone who’s poured honey onto a stack of pancakes likely has been intrigued by the golden liquid’s motion as it oozes, buckles and coils like a rope.

Governments may soon be able to use artificial intelligence (AI) to easily and cheaply detect problems with roads, bridges and buildings. A new AI software system developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo automatically analyzes photographs taken by vehicle-mounted cameras to flag potholes, cracks and other defects.

Researchers at Waterloo have found a better way to identify atomic structures, an essential step in improving materials selection in the aviation, construction and automotive industries. The findings of the study could result in greater confidence when determining the integrity of metals.

Professor Colin MacLeod, Chair of Psychology, received 2018 Gold Medal Award for Lifetime Contributions to Canadian Psychology at a ceremony in June. The award celebrates outstanding Canadian psychologists who have dedicated their careers to the advancement of the field in this country and around the world.

Professor Robin Cohen has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association. She is the first female recipient of the Association’s highest honour, an award that is conferred to individuals who have distinguished themselves through outstanding research excellence in artificial intelligence during the course of their academic career.

A newly published study from the University of Waterloo shows that when activity in a specific part of the brain is suppressed, our desire for high-calorie foods increases. The investigators found that when they temporarily decreased activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex participants evaluated high-calorie snacks more positively. Several lifestyle factors affect the function of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex including stress and lack of sleep

A new study from the University of Waterloo has found that in some ways, the older you get the worse your decision making becomes. The study established that younger children seem to make slightly better decisions than older children. The older children get, the more they tend to ignore some of the information available to them when making judgements, which though efficient can also lead to mistakes.

The University of Waterloo's Laboratory for Knowledge Inference in Medical Image Analysis (KimiaLab) announced in May 2018 that its AI project for digital pathology has been awarded a grant by the Ontario Research Fund – Research Excellence program (ORF-RE).

University of Waterloo researcher's are developing new artificial intelligence (AI) technology that could make monitoring at water treatment plants cheaper and easier, and help safeguard public health

Catherine Burns, professor of systems design engineering and executive director of the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, has received a $1.65M Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program (CREATE) grant. Awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the grant will help fund a new graduate program, the only one of its kind in Canada, in global biomedical technology research and innovation starting in the fall of 2018.