Three engineering graduate candidates won top honours in the inaugural Waterloo.AI GRADflix Competition hosted by Waterloo's Artificial Intelligence Institute.
Zaid Al-Sabbag took first place with Ramashish Gaurav and Ali Nasr capturing second and third places, respectively.
Participants in the contest open to University of Waterloo master's and doctoral students researching artificial intelligence (AI) had one minute to display the goals and outcomes of their work through animation, videography or a slideshow.
By summarizing their research, students learned how to effectively pitch their work in 60 seconds to future employers or industry partners.
Al-Sabbag, a civil and environmental engineering doctoral student, won top prize with the explanation of his work on augmented reality and its uses in infrastructure maintenance.
Gaurav, a systems design engineering master’s student, presented his research on low-energy consumption in AI models. He explains how the use of neuromorphic chips that imitate the brain’s power conservation can combat excessive power use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Nasr, a systems design engineering doctoral student, describes his work on Electromyography (EMG) and AI and their use in exoskeletons for people undergoing physical rehabilitation. He explains how machine learning trained on empirical data can alleviate challenges in traditional ways of mathematically modeling muscles.
Learn more about the student's research in their award-winning presentations.