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Thursday, November 16, 2006

Electrical and computer engineering professor, Ladan Tahvildari, receives an Ontario Early Researcher Award

Fourteen young faculty members at UW have received Ontario's "early researcher awards", aimed at helping them build their research teams. They will be investigating such diverse areas as better ways to rehabilitate stroke victims, design crash-free software and develop efficient drinking water treatment.

The awards will help recruit graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and research associates. The recipients will get up to $100,000 from the Ontario government and $50,000 from their university.

"The awards make it easier for the university to recruit promising young researchers for our research teams," said Alan George, UW's vice-president (university research). "Their discoveries will ensure that Ontario can compete in the marketplace of ideas." Electrical and computer engineering professor, Ladan Tahvildari, is one of those fourteen recipients.

Ladan Tahvildari, IEEE Computer Society student chapter vice-chair, left, consults notes while Tien, right, takes minutes during the organizational meeting. Jason Wong, fourth-year computer engineering student, centre, attended to find out more about the society.
Friday, June 22, 2001

Computer society revived on campus

A "computer society" -- not to be confused with the Computer Science Club -- is being revived on campus, reports engineering student Ian Tien, who says an organizational meeting was held Monday by half a dozen students.

Says Tien: "After a long period of dormancy, the University of Waterloo IEEE Computer Society student chapter is recommencing on-campus activities. Currently active IEEE Computer Society student members were invited to an organizational chapter meeting. An executive committee was selected and plans were laid out for chapter activities for the 2001-2002 year.