Welcome to Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Waterloo
Electrical and computer engineers shape the future through innovation. They develop and improve systems that serve everyday needs of society spanning from high-voltage engineering and sustainable energy, to breakthroughs in wireless technology. Our faculty and students do everything from creating low-cost digital x-ray imagers to combat tuberculosis in developing countries, to building real-time embedded systems to advance the design and reliability of commercial products. ECE - the future is what we do.
Research
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is a dynamic and innovative hub of cutting-edge advancements in technology and engineering. Faculty members lead pioneering research in areas such as robotics, artificial intelligence, communications, embedded systems, and renewable energy, addressing real-world challenges and driving technological breakthroughs.
Resources
Events
PhD Comprehensive Proposal Examination Notice: Modelling Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Devices for Next-Generation Low-Power Logic and Memory Applications
Candidate: Mayuri Karunya Sritharan
Date: March 22, 2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: EIT 3142
Supervisor(s): Yoon, Youngki
News
Electrical and computer engineering students exhibit innovative design projects today in E7
Today, in E7 from 10am to 3pm, the next big breakthrough in Canadian technology could be among the Waterloo Electrical and Computer Engineering student projects on display at the annual Capstone Design symposia at the University of Waterloo. Our students will showcase the projects they have spent months designing and building.
Electrical and computer engineering professor, En-Hui Yang, designated "University Professor"
Electrical and computer engineering professor, En-Hui Yang, has been designated "University Professor" by the University of Waterloo's Tenure & Promotion Committee.
The University of Waterloo owes much of its international reputation and stature to the quality of its eminent professors. The designation "University Professor" is the way Waterloo recognizes exceptional scholarly achievement and international pre-eminence. Once appointed, a faculty member retains the designation until retirement. Not counting retirees, it is anticipated there will be one University Professor for approximately every 60 full-time regular faculty members, with at most two appointments each year.
Alum’s AI startup secures $80M investment
Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Ideogram has raised $80 million in Series A funding to accelerate the company’s growth in generative AI.
Waterloo Engineering alum William Chan (BASc ’11, computer engineering) co-founded Ideogram in 2022 “to help people become more creative”. The company officially launched just six months ago with $22.3 million in seed funding.
Ideogram is an AI text-to-image generator — much like DALL-E. Users type a prompt, click “generate” and within 30 seconds can choose between four image interpretations of the prompt. Users can generate more images using refined prompts until they get the one they like. All generated images are downloadable and users can use them freely.