Your December Edition of the CEPS Newsletter

College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Features

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Engineer Applies AI Smarts to Improve Food Price Report

Dr. Graham Taylor and team within the Centre for Advancing Responsible and Ethical AI and School of Engineering are using machine learning to make predictions about next year’s food prices. The team's approach has helped improve the report's accuracy.

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Infinite Possibilities with Machine Learning

Dr. Mihai Nica and colleagues presented cutting-edge research on a type of neural network called Residual Neural Networks—ResNets—at the 35th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems.

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Climate Models Help Build Sustainable Cities

Dr. Amir Aliabadi, Associate Professor in the School of Engineering; Dr. Moshen Moradi, former PhD candidate in the School of Engineering; and Dr. Scott Krayenhoff, Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences, have developed an urban micro-climate model to represent the environmental impact of urban development.

News and Updates

Grace Ly wearing mask while standing in the Adams Atrium and holding basket of white ribbons

Engineering Student Empowering Women in STEM

Fourth-year engineering student and president of the Guelph Engineering Society, Grace Ly, was part of the organizing committee for this year’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and is a student leader in the School of Engineering.

Collage of CEPS HQP scholars. From left: Domenique Mastronardi, Leonardo Melo, Micheal Pupulin, Peter Zytner, and Sarah Rixon

Five CEPS Graduate Students Accepted to U of G's Highly Qualified Personnel Program

Five graduate students in the School of Engineering and Department of Mathematics and Statistics have been named HQP Scholars, funded jointly through Food from Thought and the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance.

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2021 CEPS Undergraduate Student Awards

The CEPS Dean's Office, the School of Computer Science, and the School of Engineering presented 67 awards virtually to outstanding undergraduate students in Fall 2021 in celebration of their academic achievements, community contributions, and leadership.

Q&A With Victoria Leaker

Victoria Leaker is a fifth-year Physics student with a strong interest in community: She’s currently Vice-President (Internal) of the Physics and Astronomy Club and working as a Research Assistant with Dr. Eric Poisson. Next year, she’ll begin her master’s degree. We chatted with her about her U of G experiences.

Other News

December 2021 Star Gazing Guide with Orbax (Virtual)

Jay Florica, Department of Physics Student, Wins Canadian Association of Physicists Award

Dr. Ali Dehghantanha, School of Computer Science, Receives Outstanding Leadership Award

Computer Science Students Qi Li and Giuliano Sovernigo Win Conference's Best Paper Award

U of G Hosted Memorial for National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

Dr. Wael Ahmed, School of Engineering, and Team's Airlift Pump Named One of Two U of G Innovations of the Year

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