Related Expertise at the University of Calgary

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Related Expertise at the University of Calgary
Collated by M. Smith, Electrical and Computer
EngineeringR. Safavi-Naini, Computer Science

• University of Calgary, and NSERCAdvanced
  Communications Management of Information
  WorkshopUniversity of Calgary, January 25 / 26,
  2008,

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Strategic Research Plan

• Two U. of C. Priority Areas for Research
• Creating Technologies and Managing Information
  for the Knowledge Society
• Advancing Health and Wellness
• Creating Technologies and Managing Information
  for the Knowledge Society
• Quantum Information and Cryptography
• Wireless Communication
• Location and Microelectronic
• Social Contexts for Technology

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Current research strengths

• Diversity of research groups interested in
  Fundamental Knowledge, in Developing and in
  Using the technology
• Biomedical Engg. (Schulich School of Engg.,
  Kinesiology, Foothills Medical Health Centre)
• Faculty of Science (Computer Science, Physics and
  Astronomy, Mathematics)
• Schulich School of Engg. (Electrical, Computer,
  Geomatics and Software)
• Haskayne School of Business
• Teacher Education, Drama

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(A) Network-Intensive Applications

• Cognitive-Ergonomic Human Computer Interaction
• Hu (Software Eng.), Sutherland, Gelfand,
  (Oncology, Surgery), Ceri (Biological Sciences),
  Martininuzzi (Mechanical Engg.)
• Bio-informatics and Computational Intelligence
• Alhajj, Rockne, Jacobs (Computer Science)
• Yanushkevich (Electrical and Computer
  Engineering)
• AI and Natural Interactions in Multiplayer Games
• Parker (Drama), Badawy (Electrical and Computer
  Engg.)

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(B) Ubiquitous Networks

• Automating sensor data management
• Simmonds (Computer Science), Krishnamurphy
  (Electrical and Computer Engg.), Unger, groups at
  U of Alberta.
• Intelligent Signal Processing
• Bruton (Electrical and Computer Engg.)
• Integrated wireless hardware design, wireless
  channel propogation
• Messier, Magierowski (Electrical and Computer
  Engg.)

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(C) Management of Information in a Networked
Environment

• Data Mining for Financial, web and grid logs
• Alhajj, Rockne, Barker (Computer Science)
• Data Mining for Bioinformatics and Computational
  Intelligence
• Alhajj, Barker (Computer Science)
• Data Mining for Multiple widely distributed
  small data-bases for specific diseases
• Rangayyan, Smith (Elect. and Computer Engg.),
  Desautals (Radiology), Borg, Ellis (Alberta)
  Childrens Hopistal)

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(C) Management of Information in a Networked
Environment

• Ward of the 21st Century
• Many groups in Biomedical Engineering and
  Foothills Medical Centre
• Economics of Information Systems and Supply
  Chains
• Nault, Mitchell (Haskayne) collaborating with
  UBC, McGill
• Information Security and Privacy
• Safavi-Naeini, Williamson, Barker, Denziger,
  Gavrilova, Aycock, Shiedler, Jacobson (Computer
  Science), Williams (Maths)
• Quantum Cryptography
• Tittel, Sanders, (Physics)

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(D) Adaptive / Cognitive Networks

• Wireless mobile location
• Neilsen, Fattouche (Electrical and Computer
  Engg.)

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(F) Software and Computing Systems

• Agile Software Engineering of Hardware and
  Software for networked medical, home, oil and gas
  applications
• Maurer (Computer Science)
• Smith (Elect. And Computer Engg.) Miller
  (Alberta)
• Cognitive Informatics and Intelligent Information
  Processing Systems
• Wang (Electrical and Computer Engg.)
• Requirements and Release Engineering
• Eberlein (Software Engg.)
• Ruhr (Computer Science, Software Engg.)

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(F) Software and Computing Systems

• Cyber Infrastructure and Grid Computing, Utility
  / cloud computing
• Simmonds (Computer Science), Krishnamurphy
  (Electrical and Computer Engg.), Unger, groups at
  U of Alberta.
• Distributed knowledge management and Autonomous
  Agents
• Far (Electrical and Computer Engg.), Elhajj
  (Computer Science) Paranjape, Mehrandezh,
  Benedicenti (Regina), Deters (Saschatewan),
  Baltes (Manitoba).

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Unique Equipment and Facilities

• Computer Science
• Data mining 10 Teradata-servers and associated
  large data storage
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Special bought and custom software from many
  different groups
• High resolution scanners, displays and printers
• Desktop VR environments, Graphics computers,
  haptic devices

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Unique Equipment and Facilities

• CCIT Building (Schulich School)
• Navigational Laboratory, FPGA development tools,
  microwave instrumentation
• Splutterer deposition in clear room ATIPS
  facility
• FPGA-based software radio platforms
• Wideband 4 x 4 MIMO channel measurement system

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Industrial Collaboration

• Data Mining
• Royal Bank of Canada, Seimens, GE Medical
  Systems, R2, iCAD
• Cognitive Ergonomic human-computer interaction
• Computer Modelling Group
• Cyber Infrastructure and Grid Computing
• Cybera, WestGrid, ACEnet, Compute Canada

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Industrial Collaboration

• Wireless Location
• Cel-loc, Acceleware, NovAtel, Nortel, RIM
• Distributed knowledge management and Autonomous
  Agents
• IBM, Microsoft, Google, Sun Microsystems
• Security
• RIM, Bell Labs

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Direction brainstorming

• KEY ISSUE Security and Privacy. Only listed in
  NSERC program guide under C Management of
  Information but this is key across all 6 themes.
• Computer aided early detection, medical
  diagnosis and follow up for retinopathy,
  neoroblastoma and breast cancer.
• Treating energy as an industry of interest.
• RF directional filtering, astronomy telescope
  signal processing, image and video processing
• Characterization of images in data-bases
• Chair in distributed knowledge management