Safieddin
(Ali)
Safavi-Naeini,
professor
of
electrical
and
computer
engineering
and
director
of
the
Centre
for
Intelligent
Antenna
and
Radio
Systems
(CIARS),
is
receiving
$4
million
through
the
Ontario
Research
Fund:
Research
Excellence
program
to
help
develop
commercially
viable
millimeter-wave,
intelligent
radio
technology.
That work is considered key to the development of radio communication and satellite communication infrastructure required for the shift into a “truly digital society,” including disruptive technologies such as autonomous vehicles.
The funding program was created to support operational costs for “large-scale transformative research of strategic value to the province.”
Campus-wide at Waterloo, four researchers have been awarded more than $12 million in support.
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