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Welcome to Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is Waterloo’s largest academic department, with over 2,500 students, 95 full-time faculty members and 50 support staff. In addition to offering undergraduate and graduate programs in electrical engineering and computer engineering, ECE provides academic expertise and support to Waterloo’s multidisciplinary mechatronics, nanotechnology, and software engineering programs.
Our research activities cover a wide range of fields, from high-voltage engineering and sustainable energy to breakthroughs in wireless technology that will enhance communications across our global society. Our faculty members and students are creating low-cost digital x-ray imagers to combat tuberculosis in developing countries, and building real-time embedded systems that will advance the design and reliability of consumer and industrial products.
News
- July 5, 2019How Waterloo researchers are keeping hackers out of your devices
In the Internet-of-Things future, hackers can be almost anywhere.
They could be probing your smart-TV set, home-security camera, connected car, a wearable device like a Fitbit, or even a child’s toy.
- June 17, 2019Professor Zhou Wang awarded a Canada Research Chair
ECE Professor Zhou Wang has been awarded a prestigious Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Multimedia Quality-of-Experience.
- June 11, 2019ECE PhD student Tejinder Singh wins best paper award at prestigious IEEE MTT-S IMS 2019 Conference
ECE’s Tejinder Singh, PhD student under the supervision of Professor Raafat Mansour, was awarded the 1st place Best Paper award in the Student Paper Competition (SPC) at the prestigious 2019 IEEE MTT-S Internatio
Events
- July 17, 2019PhD Comprehensive Proposal Examination - Zhengfang Duanmu
Candidate: Zhengfang Duanmu
Topic: Adaptive Streaming: From Bitrate Maximization to Rate-Distortion Optimization
Date: July 17, 2019
Time: 9:30 AM
Place: EIT 3142
Supervisor(s): Wang, Zhou
All are welcome to attend.
- July 17, 2019PhD Seminar: Demand Response and Battery Energy Storage Systems in Electricity Markets: Frameworks & Models
Candidate: Nitin Padmanabhan
Title: Demand Response and Battery Energy Storage Systems in Electricity Markets: Frameworks & Models
Date: July 17, 2019
Time: 2:30 PM
Place: EIT 3141
Supervisor(s): Bhattacharya, Kankar - Ahmed, Mohamed H. (Adjunct)
- July 17, 2019PhD Seminar: Miniaturized Phase Change Material Based Switches and Switch Matrices for Millimeter Wave Applications
Candidate: Tejinder Singh
Title: Miniaturized Phase Change Material Based Switches and Switch Matrices for Millimeter Wave Applications
Date: July 17, 2019
Time: 4:30 PM
Place: EIT 3145
Supervisor(s): Mansour, Raafat R.