Waterloo Engineering research in the news
Alum founders earn backing for AI platform for retail chains
Two retail and technology veterans with roots at Waterloo Engineering are using the lessons they learned to help retailers ensure corporate plans are efficiently executed at the store level.
Jeremy Pee (BASc ’99, mechanical engineering) and Herman Paek (BASc ’99, electrical engineering) launched Thri5 in 2024 after experiencing frustration in their careers with the costly disconnect between head office and individual stores.
Social media pressures may boost costs of fighting wildfires
A study of wildfires by researchers at Waterloo Engineering reveals a risk of costly over-reaction by emergency responders who monitor social media posts.
While posts by the public have been shown to help firefighters spring into action faster, a detailed analysis of wildfires in California suggests social media signals can be a double-edged sword.
Explore Communications research lab and centres
- Advanced Micro/Nano Devices Lab
- Broadband Communications Research Lab (BBCR)
- Centre for Integrated Radio Frequency Engineering (CIRFE)
- Centre for Intelligent Antenna and Radio Systems (CIARS)
- Centre for Wireless Communication (CWC)
- Coding and Signal Transmission (CST) Lab
- Communications Security (ComSec) Lab
- Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute (CPI)
- Emerging Radio Systems Group (EmRG)
- GIGA-to-Nanoelectronics (G2N) Centre
- Information Systems and Science for Energy (ISS4E)
- Multimedia Communications (Multicom) Lab
- Nano and Micro Systems Lab (NMSL)
- Nanophotonics and Integrated Optoelectronics Group
- Real-time Embedded Software Group
- Silicon Thin-Film Applied Research (STAR)
- Vision and Image Processing (VIP) Lab
- Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN)
Meet our researchers and discover their areas of expertise
Analog-Mixed Signal Design
Analog-mixed signal (AMS) design combines analog and digital circuit techniques to process real-world signals efficiently, enabling communication, sensing, and signal conversion in devices like ADCs, DACs, and transceivers.
- Carolyn Ren
- Catherine Rosenberg
- David Nairn
- Eihab Abdel-Rahman
- Guo-Xing Miao
- James Barby
- John Long
- Karim S Karim
- Patrick Mitran
- Raafat Mansour
- Sebastian Schulz
- Shiyu Su
- Simarjeet Saini
- Slim Boumaiza
- Vincent Gaudet
Communication Systems and Network
Communication systems and networks involve transmitting, receiving, and processing data over wired or wireless channels, enabling reliable information exchange through modulation, coding, networking protocols, and signal processing across interconnected devices.
- Gordon Agnew
- James Tung
- John Thristle
- Kshirasagar (Sagar) Naik
- Liang-Liang Xie
- Mahesh Tripunitara
- Mark Smucker
- Oussama Damen
- Paul Ward
- Pin-Han Ho
- Sayed Majid Zahedi
- Sebastian Schulz
- Werner Dietl
- Xuemin Shen
Digital Logic Design, Validation, and Architecture
Digital logic design, validation, and architecture focus on creating, structuring, and verifying digital systems using logic gates, finite state machines, and hardware description languages to ensure functional correctness and performance efficiency.
Digital and Multimedia Communications
Digital and multimedia communications involve encoding, transmitting, and decoding audio, video, and data signals over networks, integrating compression, modulation, and networking techniques for efficient, high-quality, and synchronized information exchange.
Digital Signal Processing
Digital Signal Processing (DSP) analyzes and manipulates digital signals using algorithms for filtering, compression, and feature extraction, enabling applications in communications, audio, imaging, control systems, and real-time processing.
Display Technologies
Display technologies focus on designing and optimizing devices that visually present information using methods like LCD, OLED, LED, and microdisplay systems for applications in consumer electronics, computing, and imaging.
Human Machine Interaction
Information Theory
Information theory studies the quantification, transmission, and compression of information, defining limits on data communication and storage efficiency using concepts like entropy, channel capacity, coding, and mutual information.
Information Security
Information security protects digital data and systems from unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction through encryption, authentication, access control, and risk management to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Modelling and Simulation
Modelling and simulation involve creating mathematical or computational representations of real-world systems to analyze behaviour, predict outcomes, and optimize performance in engineering, science, and complex decision-making processes.
Network Design and Processing
Network design and processing focus on creating, configuring, and optimizing communication infrastructures and data flow mechanisms to ensure efficient connectivity, scalability, reliability, and performance across wired and wireless systems.
Network Security
Network security is the practice of protecting computer networks from unauthorized access, attacks, and data breaches by implementing hardware, software, and policies to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information.
Optical Communications
Optical communications is the transmission of information using light, typically through fiber optics, enabling high-speed, long-distance data transfer with minimal signal loss and interference.
Packaging
Packaging refers to enclosing and connecting a semiconductor die to a protective casing, providing electrical connections, heat dissipation, and mechanical support for integration into electronic systems.
Semiconductor Process Technology
Semiconductor process technology involves the fabrication steps that transform raw silicon into integrated circuits, including photolithography, doping, etching, and deposition, defining device performance, size, power efficiency, and reliability.
Wireless Transmission and Communication
Wireless transmission and communication is the transfer of data or signals through electromagnetic waves without physical connections, enabling mobile, flexible, and long-distance connectivity for voice, video, and digital information.
