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PhD student Narges Norouzi (left) and Professor Parham Aarabi.

Real tremors, or drug-seeking patient? New app can tell

Left: Nymi, wearable technology from U of T startup Bionym, detects its wearer's unique heart rate signature to eliminate the need for passwords (Photo: Nymi). Right: Quanttus invites users to ask vital questions about his or her body and lifestyle in order to change the way we manage personal health (Photo: Quanttus).

Two wearable tech startups from ECE alumni making news

U of T has "a world-class learning environment where I met some of the best teachers and the brightest classmates that I know" said David He.

ECE alumnus makes MIT’s Innovators Under 35 list

Professor Adrian Nachman.

Nachman named Fields Institute Fellow

Professor Wei Yu.

Yu among world’s most influential researchers, makes Thomson Reuters list

From left: Christian Yan, Tom Rodinger and Gimmy Chu show off their Nanoleaf Bloom.

This new dimming bulb doesn’t need a special light switch—and it’s still the world’s most energy efficient

From left: SAVI testbed architect Hadi Bannazadeh speaks with ECE student Spandan Bemby; Professor Leon-Garcia chats with students; David Mann discusses Mahsa Derakhshani's poster with her.

‘Future internet’ testbed launched one year ahead of schedule

Professor Bruce Francis.

Francis wins IEEE Control Systems Award

Researchers, grad students and staff members from across University of Toronto came to Tools to Tackle Big Data, a one-day workshop hosted by ECE.

From pulsars to particles: What can we do with big data?

Professor Deepa Kundur (right); a technician reads a home electricity meter (Wikimedia Commons).

What state secrets is your house keeping?

Ted Sargent

Four ECE engineers inducted into Canadian Academy of Engineering

Deep Prasad talks through an idea with Joseph Orozco of the Entrepreneurship Hatchery.

Could this ECE first-year student be the (next) Einstein?