Vincent Wong and Team Secure DND IDEaS Funding for 5G Research
July 19, 2022
A team led by ICICS member and Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) professor Vincent Wong has won a 3 year, $1.5M award for a project titled “Toward Situational-aware and Adaptive 5G Networks for Defence and Security: A Machine Learning Approach”. Industry collaborators include Rogers Communications, Google Cloud, and General Dynamics Land Systems Canada.
UBC-Rogers Collaborative Research Project on Tele-Ultrasound Wins Prestigious Best Paper Award
July 5, 2022
Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD candidate David Black and his supervisor Professor Tim Salcudean have won the Best Paper Award at the 14th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics held June 26-29, 2022 at the Royal Geographical Society. Their paper, “A Mixed Reality System for Human Teleoperation in Tele-Ultrasound,” emerged from collaborative researchs enabled by the UBC-Rogers partnership on 5G research and development.
Graduate Student Supported by UBC-Rogers Earthquake Early Warning Project Wins Thesis Competition
June 15, 2022
Ivelina Daiss feels privileged to work with Professor Jose Marti on the Earthquake Early Warning for the Smart City project supported by the UBC-Rogers partnership.
Best Paper Award for UBC-Rogers Partnership Project on Cellular Traffic Prediction
June 7, 2022
The UBC-Rogers partnership on 5G wireless technologies research and development has generated an award-winning paper at a highly competitive international communications conference.
How the Rogers-UBC Partnership is Building Smarter Transportation and Healthier Cities
June 8, 2022
Rogers and its research partners are working on several projects related to intelligent transportation, leveraging UBC’s AURORA connected vehicle testbed.
ICICS Director on Advisory Board of Proposed Rogers THINKLab
April 28, 2022
As Relationship Manager of the UBC-Rogers partnership on 5G research, ICICS Director Robert Rohling will contribute his knowledge of matching academic and industry needs in his role on the Advisory Council.
Media Coverage: UBC-Rogers Partnership Projects Highlighted in Business in Vancouver
April 7, 2022
An article in Business in Vancouver includes a report on president and CEO of Rogers Communications, Tony Staffieri’s, recent visit to UBC’s Vancouver campus.
Raymond Chau Appointed Program Manager of UBC-Rogers Partnership
Jan 11, 2022
Raymond Chau has taken on the newly created position of Program Manager, UBC-Rogers 5G Partnership.
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.