Turning Over A New Artificial Leaf
ICICS and the Clean Energy Research Centre co-hosted a talk by Professor Yimin Wu of the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Nanotechnology on December 9. Professor Wu described novel techniques pioneered in his lab that combine X-ray and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) to understand 2-dimensional materials such as graphene at the atomic level, then modify […]
HATCH Accelerator 2019-20 Venture Cohort
The newest cohort of ventures joined HATCH in 2019. Here the founders describe some of the problems they are trying to solve.
Rogers Lights Up First 5G Smart Campus in Canada at UBC
November 5, 2019
Rogers and UBC turn on country’s first 5G-powered smart campus as part of strategic partnership to advance 5G research in Canada.
Rogers 5G Edge Codeathon
Oct 29, 2019
UBC and Rogers Communications have partnered to set up the first 5G smart campus in Canada.
Detecting Epiletic Seizures using Artificial Intelligence
Investigators in the ICICS Biomedical Imaging and Artificial Intelligence (BMIAI) research cluster have developed a technique to account for the variability in EEG signals of people with epilepsy, for automatic detection of seizures that might not otherwise be apparent. The team, led by electrical and computer engineering professors Rabab Ward and Jane Wang, is based […]
HATCH Foundation Week
New HATCH ventures participated in a week-long series of workshops from September 9-13 in ICICS, designed to help them grow their business. Seasoned veterans presented on a range of topics from team leadership, culture, and recruitment, to messaging and pitching. Ventures emerged at the end of the week weary but wiser.