UBC-Rogers Partnership Climate Project at Microsoft Research Summit
October 26, 2022
Dr Naomi Zimmerman of Mechanical Engineering is the lead on the “Intelligent Transportation Data Platform and Environmental Sensing for Sustainable Cities” research project supported by the UBC-Rogers Partnership. She recently discussed her work at the Microsoft Research Summit, “Towards Climate-Smart Cities: IoT Networks for Air Pollution Sensing.”
UBC Participating in $50M International Research Program to Reduce Stillbirth Incidence
October 21, 2022
UBC is part of a 3-year, integrated research program funded by Wellcome Leap to reduce the incidence of stillbirths by one-half.
Venture Showcase 2022
The 2022 Venture Showcase took place November 23 this year, in person at UBC Robson Square and online via live stream. The Venture Showcase featured teams from across the UBC innovation pipeline, ranging from up and coming ‘Ones-to-Watch’ teams at the outset of their journeys in incubation, ‘Sneak-a-Peek’ ventures who are in the middle of commercialization and […]
Rocketing HATCH Ventures Win Major International Awards
Several HATCH ventures are garnering international attention and awards, a testament to the training they receive in HATCH. One of this year’s graduates, Neupeak, has developed compact autonomous intelligent fruit-picking robots with a seven-degrees-of-freedom robotic arm for harvesting strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and other fruit, night and day. The robot’s AI system can also analyze the […]
UBC Team Led by ICICS Member Robert Xiao Wins World’s Top Cybersecurity Competition
October 7, 2022
A student team from Computer Science led by Professor and ICICS member Robert Xiao joined forces with crews from Carnegie Mellon University and the startup Theori.io to win DEF CON 2022, the world’s top cybersecurity competition.