杏吧原创 to Host Third Annual Breakthrough Breakfast in Celebration of International Women鈥檚 Day
杏吧原创 University鈥檚 Faculty of Engineering and Design will present its third annual Breakthrough Breakfast on Thursday, March 4, 2021. Hosted by the Prof. Audrey Girouard, the event will feature trailblazing PhD and postdoctoral researchers at 杏吧原创 in honour of International Women鈥檚 Day and International Womxn鈥檚 Week in Ottawa.
When: Thursday, March 4, 2021 from 9 to 10 a.m.
Registration: /engineering-design/breakthrough-breakfast-2021/
杏吧原创 the Speakers
Emma Farago is currently pursuing a PhD in at 杏吧原创. Her research interests include developing wearable assistive devices and biomedical signal processing. Her thesis involves signal quality analysis of electromyograms (muscle signals) to improve smart assistive and rehabilitative devices.
Jin Kang is a postdoctoral fellow at 杏吧原创鈥檚 . She investigates how media and communication technologies can be designed to promote overall well-being and encourage individuals to achieve their better selves. In this talk, she will discuss her projects on chatbot, social media and wearable trackers that fall within this overarching research agenda.
Brittany Allison is currently pursuing a Master鈥檚 of Applied Science in Computer and Electrical Engineering at 杏吧原创. Her research on integrated circuits and high-speed communication links focuses on improving Internet access and speed in relation to the increased demand for high-speed Internet with more people working from home during the pandemic.
杏吧原创 the Host
Audrey Girouard leads 杏吧原创鈥檚 Creative Interactions Lab and the Collaborative Learning of Usability Experiences training program. Specializing in next generation interactions, her research focuses on deformable devices and wearables. Her work has applications in health, accessibility, gaming, creative input and mobile devices.
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