Canada's Largest Engineering School

A Waterloo Engineering professor was among a select group of experts recognized this year with one of the most prestigious honours in the electrical and computing fields, an award reserved for fewer than one-tenth of one per cent of eligible members worldwide.

Dr. David Clausi was elevated to the grade of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow for his contributions to computer vision and machine learning for automated interpretation of remote sensing imagery.

A systems design engineering professor at Waterloo was elected as a new fellow of an international society that recognizes leaders improving the quality and impact of software worldwide.

Dr. Alexander Wong was named a Fellow of the Institution of Analysts and Programmers (IAP), an honour that acknowledges individuals who advance software practices that benefit industry and communities. He joins a global network of professionals committed to strengthening how software serves society.

Researchers at Waterloo Engineering have developed a much faster, more efficient training method to help put powerful artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the hands of many more people.

Their approach to large language models (LLMs) – advanced AI systems designed to understand and generate human language by learning patterns in how words and ideas are connected – reduces both the cost and environmental impact of building them.