Event details
Learn how uOttawa’s Computer Engineering program can support your recruitment and collaboration goals, while contributing industry perspectives to its ongoing development.
Event schedule
- 11:45 a.m. - Doors open. Lunch served.
- 12 p.m. - Presentation 1: What’s new in uOttawa’s Computer Engineering program?
- 12:20 p.m. - Presentation 2: Explore research collaborations with uOttawa Computer Engineering Master’s and PhD students.
- 12:30 p.m. - Open discussion: Share your needs and perspectives to help shape the next generation of Computer Engineering talent.
- 1 p.m. - Networking and capstone projects showcase: Connect with uOttawa students and Faculty to explore collaboration opportunities in Computer Engineering. Discover real-world computer engineering challenges, solved by our students.
Why attend?
- Connect with emerging talent.
- Discover our updated curriculum.
- Explore research collaborations.
- Discover student-led solutions to real-world challenges.
- Help shape the next generation of Computer Engineering talent.
Speakers
Miodrag Bolic
Speaker
Miodrag Bolic is a professor at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Ottawa, with more than 20 years of experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership. As Director of the Computer Engineering program, he leads initiatives in accreditation and curriculum modernization, ensuring that the program evolves alongside emerging technologies and industry practices.
He teaches advanced computer architecture and leads the Computational Analysis and Acceleration Research Group, supervising a team of 20 researchers and graduate students. His research spans signal processing, machine learning, and uncertainty quantification, with applications in biomedical technologies and autonomous systems.
His contributions include approximately 90 journal publications, five patents, and a 2023 book on the model-based design of cardiovascular and respiratory monitoring devices.
Jaipreet Bindra
Speaker
Jaipreet Bindra oversees the digital innovation and engineering sciences portfolio at the University of Ottawa. He brings extensive experience in technology commercialization, intellectual property strategy and early-stage technology assessment across a broad range of sectors.
Previously, he served as Senior Commercialization Manager at WORLDiscoveries, one of Canada’s largest technology transfer consortia, where he helped advance the commercialization of emerging technologies. At Ernst & Young Canada, he developed a business model for a new service line focused on startup funding.
Jaipreet holds a master’s degree in Engineering Management, specializing in AI and cybersecurity, an MBA, a Bachelor of Engineering Science (BESc) in Computer Engineering, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics. He has also shared his expertise with policymakers, presenting before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology.