Detecting Epiletic Seizures using Artificial Intelligence

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

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.

HATCH Foundation Week
Theory, Applications, and Startups
UBC Engineering Physics Grads Hit Above Their Weight in Tech Innovation

UBC Engineering Physics Grads Hit Above Their Weight in Tech Innovation

Graduates of UBC’s Engineering Physics program have a disproportionate influence on the tech innovation scene in Vancouver and beyond. Here’s why.

SWAVE Ultrasound Elastography Eliminates Need for Biopsies

SWAVE Ultrasound Elastography Eliminates Need for Biopsies

June 15, 2019

ICICS researchers have invented a new technique to measure the health of tissue without a needle.

New Blockchain Graduate Program
Blockchain@UBC Summer Institute at ICICS
Blockchain Summer Institute 2019

Blockchain Summer Institute 2019

The ICICS research cluster Blockchain@UBC held its annual Summer Institute from May 27-June 10. Two weeks of training sessions culminated in a two-day “Blockathon” on June 8-9, followed by the Blockchain@UBC Annual Conference on June 10. At the close of the conference, UBC Faculty of Applied Science Associate Dean Walter Merida announced that Canada’s first […]

“Calmer” Robot Soothes Preterm Babies