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Endless possibilities on the open road make it extremely challenging to build and train an artificial brain that is nimble and sophisticated enough to safely deal with everything it encounters.

The new executive director of the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology has been elected as a foreign fellow of a prestigious engineering body in India.

Sushanta Mitra, a mechanical and mechatronics engineering professor at Waterloo, formally begins his fellowship in the Indian National Academy of Engineering in November.

A medical startup founded by three Waterloo Engineering researchers has been named one of the 20 most innovative technology companies for 2017 by the Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX).

Elucid Labs, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology in a small imaging device for the early detection of skin cancer, grew out of research by Farnoud Kazemzadeh for his PhD at Waterloo.

Researchers at Waterloo Engineering have developed computer software to detect when drivers are dangerously distracted by texting or other physical activities while they are behind the wheel.

Combining cameras and artificial intelligence, the system could be used to improve safety by alerting drivers to pay attention or trigger even more decisive action as advanced self-driving features are added to vehicles.