Welcome to Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Waterloo

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.

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News

Members of the Broadband Communications Research (BBCR) Lab, here in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, have won the Best Paper Award at the IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC) 2024 for their work entitled "Transmission Protocol Customization for On-demand Tile-based 360° VR Video Streaming."  Congratulations are extended to the authors of this work: Yannan Wei (PhD student), Drs. Qiang Ye and Kaige Qu (former ECE PhD students), and electrical and computer engineering professors, Drs. Weihua Zhuang, and Xuemin (Sherman) Shen.