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In a world where cars can drive themselves, traffic lights communicate with central servers and road conditions are monitored in real time, what happens when a cyberattack, hardware failure or sensor malfunction threatens the system? Professor Mohammad Pirani of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa is working to answer that question.

When Ethan Peng and James Kluge were accepted into this year’s Fields Undergraduate Summer Research Program, they knew that they’d be spending their summer learning from Canada’s most distinguished mathematicians. What they didn’t know yet was where.

A growing crisis demands urgent attention. From 2018 to 2022, homelessness in Canada increased by 20%, with 1 in 10 people who reported being unhoused also reporting that they were part of a family group. These numbers tell only part of the story — behind them are pregnant and parenting people struggling to survive without stable housing, placing themselves and their children at significant risk.

Answering Prime Minister Carney’s call for a “made-in-Canada” approach to AI, a new policy whitepaper co-led by Dr. Kelly Bronson and Dr. Anne Pasek charts a path forward for an approach centered around sovereignty, reconciliation, environmental action and affordability.

Artificial intelligence has the power to drive transformative innovation, but realizing its potential demands that intellectual property laws support rather than constrain progress.

Dawn Stacey, distinguished professor in nursing and Vice-dean of research in the Faculty of Health Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 2025 Grimes Career Achievement Award in recognition of her outstanding research career.

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We are happy to announce that six members of the uobmri have been recognized with Faculty Member Awards of Excellence by the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine.

Already in the top four universities in Canada for research intensity, the University of Ottawa is seeing its international reputation for producing powerful research rise as well, according to a prestigious new ranking.