Electrical and computer engineers shape the future through innovation. They develop and improve systems that serve everyday needs of society spanning from high-voltage engineering and sustainable energy, to breakthroughs in wireless technology. Our faculty and students do everything from creating low-cost digital x-ray imagers to combat tuberculosis in developing countries, to building real-time embedded systems to advance the design and reliability of commercial products. ECE - the future is what we do.
Research
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is a dynamic and innovative hub of cutting-edge advancements in technology and engineering. Faculty members lead pioneering research in areas such as robotics, artificial intelligence, communications, embedded systems, and renewable energy, addressing real-world challenges and driving technological breakthroughs.
Resources
Events
PhD Defence Notice: Load Variation Resilient and Average Efficiency Enhanced Power Amplifiers for 5G/6G MIMO System
Candidate: Hang Yu
Date: April 17, 2026
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: EIT 3142
Supervisors: Boumaiza, Slim
MASc Seminar: Explainability in Language Models for Security Testing
Candidate: Cameron Hadfield
Date: April 20, 2026
Time: 10:30 AM
Location: Hybrid (E5-4047 and Microsoft Teams)
Supervisor: Sebastian Fischmeister
All are welcome!
MASc Seminar Notice: CMOS High resolution Single Photon Counting X-Ray Imager
Candidate: Refik Yalcin
Date: April 22, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Hybrid (EIT 3142 and Microsoft Teams)
Supervisor: Prof. Peter Levine
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Ahmet Camlica
All are welcome!
News
Smart antennas could “make the world a better place”
Low-cost antennas may one day bring Internet connectivity to billions of people in developing countries
University of Waterloo awarded funding to expand access to the Internet
Research at the University of Waterloo that has the potential to affordably connect billions of new users to the Internet via intelligent antennas will receive $6.1 million in joint funding from C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (C-COM) and the federal government.
Cybersecurity researcher takes aim at the ‘impossible’
Defending against memory buffer overflow attacks is a daunting proposition for computer software developers.
Failing to carefully specify appropriate inputs opens the door for hackers to insert malicious code by overwhelming a system’s memory space with unanticipated inputs.
But how do you plan for every possible type of input a hacker could use? You turn to Vijay Ganesh.
Read the full story.