NRC-Waterloo Collaboration on Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, and Cybersecurity

The NRC-Waterloo Collaboration on Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, and Cybersecurity is an innovative research hub that is home to scientists from the University of Waterloo and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). This collaboration centre advances research and applications in artificial intelligence, internet of things and cybersecurity for intelligent logistics and other applications, and develops the skills of students and early career researchers.

Collaborators

• University of Waterloo - Faculty of Engineering
• University of Waterloo - Faculty of Mathematics' David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
• National Research Council – Digital Technologies Research Centre

Areas of focus

• Battery-free touch sensors for internet of things (IoT)
• Neuromorphics for vision-based movement planning and control
• Reliable gesture recognition in virtual reality environments
• Secure, scalable quantum-safe blockchain for critical infrastructure
• Automated material discovery using deep reinforcement learning

Research expertise

• Artificial intelligence
• Internet of things
• Cybersecurity
• Machine vision
• Human-computer interaction