Category Archives: New Media & Technology

Two U of T projects receive $1 million each for bioinformatics research

Posted on April 25, 2013

TORONTO, ON – Two U of T research projects have won $1 million each in funding from the Government of Canada through Genome Canada and the Ontario Genomics Institute. The Genome Canada 2012 Bioinformatics and Computational Biology competition, a partnership with … Continue reading →

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Rotman School of Management awarded “Site of the Year” in the education sector

Posted on April 24, 2013

TORONTO, ON – The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management has been awarded a Sitecore Site of the Year award for its newly revamped web presence. “Our new website reflects the design-focused thinking and commitment to innovation that has … Continue reading →

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Delvinia and Munk School of Global Affairs partner to study eDemocracy

Posted on April 18, 2013

TORONTO, ON – Delvinia, a leading digital strategy and customer experience design firm, and the Innovation Policy Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs in the University of Toronto are pleased to announce a partnership to study eDemocracy and … Continue reading →

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Minuum to end battle between mobile screen space and keyboards

Posted on March 18, 2013

TORONTO, ON - Whirlscape Inc., a Canadian tech start-up, has developed Minuum, “the little keyboard for big fingers.” Minuum is a tiny, one-dimensional keyboard that frees up mobile screen space while allowing fast, accurate typing. Its specialized, patent-protected auto-correction algorithm corrects highly imprecise typing. … Continue reading →

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Playing action videogames improves visual search

Posted on March 15, 2013

TORONTO, ON — Researchers at the University of Toronto have shown that playing shooting or driving videogames, even for a relatively short time, improves the ability to search for a target hidden among irrelevant distractions in complex scenes. “Recent studies in … Continue reading →

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U of T neural networks start-up acquired by Google

Posted on March 12, 2013

TORONTO, ON – Google has picked up a ground-breaking start-up out of the Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. University Professor Geoffrey Hinton and two of his graduate students, Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever, incorporated DNNresearch Inc. in 2012, … Continue reading →

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University of Toronto joins Harvard/MIT platform to deliver online courses

Posted on February 20, 2013

TORONTO, ON – The University of Toronto is joining edX, a US-based platform for massive open online courses that is accessible to students of all ages and means around the world. Founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of … Continue reading →

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Happy face tattoo does serious work

Posted on November 30, 2012

TORONTO, ON — A medical sensor that attaches to the skin like a temporary tattoo could make it easier for doctors to detect metabolic problems in patients and for coaches to fine-tune athletes’ training routines. And the entire sensor comes in … Continue reading →

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From Student to Entrepreneur: U of T’s Cynthia Goh and Ajay Agrawal address Board of Trade on economic value of training entrepreneurs

Posted on November 20, 2012

TORONTO, ON – Toronto is internationally recognized as a world-leading hub of entrepreneurship and start-up businesses. With an extraordinary talent pool, globally significant industry clusters, and excellent post-secondary institutions located in the Toronto metropolitan region, Toronto offers a rich environment … Continue reading →

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