“Calmer” Robot for Soothing Preterm Babies in Intensive Care Units
ICICS’ Designing for People (DFP) research cluster lead Karon MacLean is a co-inventor of a therapeutic robot known as “Calmer,” which mimics a parent’s heartbeat sounds, breathing motion and the feel of human skin, to reduce pain for premature babies in neonatal intensive care units. In a recent study at BC Women’s Hospital + Health […]
Marine Systems Research Cluster Workshop
This full-day event on March 15, 2019 organized by the ICICS Marine Systems research cluster brought together academia, government and industry to consider some of the engineering challenges facing Canada’s shipbuilding and industrial marine sector. Featured speakers included: Rear-Admiral C. P. Donovan, Royal Canadian Navy Robert Louie, Vard Electro Mark Oakes, Alion Science and Technology […]
ICICS/ECE/Industry Dependable Computing Day
On February 27, industry, academic and government researchers converged at UBC to address the challenges and opportunities in dependable computing. Presenters were from industry and government labs such as AMD, AT&T, IBM, Los Alamos, Microsoft, Nvidia and SAP. The event was organized by Professor Karthik Pattabiraman (ECE), and co-sponsored by ICICS and the department of Electrical […]
ICICS and the Next Generation of Bionics Devices
The ICICS Bionics Network is focusing on the future of bionics and the next generation of bio-integrated devices. Led by ICICS member and electrical and computer engineering professor John Madden, the Bionics Network connects over two dozen principal investigators at UBC, Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria, working in areas such as advanced […]