Dr. Peter Zandstra Appointed to Order of Canada
Peter Zandstra, Director of the University of British Columbia’s School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME), was appointed to the Order of Canada on December 29 for his significant contributions to stem cell bioengineering and regenerative medicine. Dr. Zandstra also co-leads the ICICS research cluster Biomedical Imaging and AI (BMIAI) with Tim Salcudean. This appointment is both a recognition […]
Professor Rob Rohling Reappointed as ICICS Director
Professor Rob Rohling’s appointment as Director of the Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems (ICICS) has been extended for five years effective January 1, 2022. Professor Rohling commenced a 5-year term as ICICS Director in January 2017. Since that time, he has built on ICICS’ 30+ year history of cross-faculty and industry collaboration to […]
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Health Cluster Alliance
The Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Health Cluster Alliance comprises 8 UBC Research Excellence Clusters who contribute to health research. The goal of this alliance is to learn about inequity and oppression in a post-secondary context, to investigate the strategies that the University of British Columbia and other institutions are using to combat various types of oppression, and to create change, starting within our Clusters. Three […]
Leveraging 5G and Student Brain Power: the UBC-Rogers 5G Smart Transportation Virtual Case Competition
Dec 10, 2021
UBC-Rogers virtual competition challenged student teams to find solutions to Vancouver traffic congestion using 5G technology.
Rogers and UBC Renew 5G Research Partnership through 2025
Nov 18, 2021
Four-year $4.8 million partnership will focus on new 5G research projects in areas like wildfire management that will help the province respond to new environmental challenges.
Blockchain Industry Night September 23, 2021
The industry night held by the ICICS research cluster Blockchain@UBC on September 23 was a great success, even if it had to be held online. To recap, we openly acknowledged the contribution of industry partners to the Blockchain Graduate Pathway and the continuous support of Mitcas, NSERC and ICCIS (The Institute for Computing, Information and Cognitive Systems). […]
Thriving…Not Just Surviving
While the world has been on pause during the pandemic, innovation on campus has continued to flourish. Startups generally have been hit particularly hard by the pandemic. As challenging as launching a startup is in the best of times, doing so during a pandemic presents smaller ventures with even greater challenges in accessing funding, research […]
$23M Investment to Fuel AI Research and Teaching
A new UBC Science interdisciplinary cluster will help fuel artificial intelligence innovation and research excellence over the next two years. The Artificial Intelligence Methods for Scientific Impact (AIM-SI) cluster will hire five new assistant professors across the Departments of Computer Science (two faculty members), Statistics (two faculty members), and Mathematics (one faculty member). The $23M […]
Blockchain Industry Night 2021: September 23
The Industry Night has been a flagship event at Blockchain@UBC and we can’t wait to welcome you. This year, we host the Industry Night both on the UBC campus and online: register here. Guests will enjoy discussing trending topics such as cryptocurrency, blockchain, and decentralization. This is a great opportunity to network with fellow blockchain startups, technology companies, graduate students, faculty researchers, […]
Three New Ventures Joining HATCH
This July, we are delighted to be welcoming three new teams into HATCH. To accelerate venture growth is no easy feat and represents a tenacity and dedication to the entrepreneurial process. These teams have overcome obstacles and persevered through the CORE and Lab2Launch venture building programs, demonstrating their commitment and passion for solving the critical […]