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Building a culture of teaching innovation at SFU
Across SFU’s three campuses, see how a culture of innovation is expanding the bounds of learning and teaching from inside and outside the classroom.
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SFU leads race for once-in-a-generation quantum breakthrough
Meet our team of world-class researchers, working at every level of the quantum stack to build the quantum network of the future.
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Beyond the buzzwords: SFU researchers using AI for real impact
For more than 100 researchers across SFU, AI is more than a buzzword—it’s powering real-world solutions in medicine, robotics, agriculture and more.
Democratizing Data Preparation for AI
This Data Scientist’s Open-Source Tools Are Accelerating and Democratizing Data Preparation
Process of realistic image editing
SFU Film Studio Employs AI to Advance Film Production
Ghassan Hamarneh computing science biologist
Computing scientist collaborates with biologist in cancer study
Computer programming
This researcher lowers the barriers to learning new technologies
SFU computing science professor Richard Zhang
This researcher uses AI to add “human elements” to 3D content generation
Robotics
AI Researcher Works to Integrate Useful and Safe Robots into Society
Computer graphics
Computer Graphics Researcher Creates Simulated Environments to Train AI
Simon Fraser University computing science professor Maxwell Libbrecht
SFU researcher fights drug-resistant tuberculosis with artificial intelligence
Computing science professor Angelica Lim
SFU Invent the Future program reaches more students than ever before
Simon Fraser University computing scientist Sheelagh Carpendale
Visualizing data to empower individuals
Visualizing data to empower individuals
Simon Fraser University computing science professor Jian Pei
Big data to change our world
Child cancer patient
Data science to predict and prevent adverse drug reactions in children with cancer