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CITO Champions of Innovation Program
Overview
The communications and information technology sectors are built on a
foundation of innovation – breakthrough technologies that changed the way
things are done, disrupting existing industries and spawning a host of new
enterprises. From the telephone to the computer chip, disruptive
technologies have enhanced our standard of living and generated tremendous
economic growth.
The CITO Champions of Innovation Program is designed to promote innovation
by recognizing and investing in exceptional researchers at Ontario’s
universities. These researchers are visionary champions of innovation
whose research stands apart and has the potential to create the next
disruptive communications or information technology.
CITO - A Division of OCE Inc. recognizes that this type of research, which
may create entirely new markets, frequently cannot attract partnerships
with an existing industry partner. The CITO Champions of Innovation
Program creates a partnership between CITO and those innovators with a
proven track record, providing them with an investment designed to ensure
that they have the time and resources required to pursue their
cutting-edge research.
Through the program, CITO seeks to build partnerships with Ontario’s
leading researchers – those who have established a track record of
successful innovation, who have actively participated in the province’s
research and innovation community, and who are working on research that
has the potential to change the current state of the art.
The program initally has invested in 15 innovators, with projects starting
in October, 2004. Progress will be reviewed after the first year, and if
the research results are promising, a second year of investment will be
provided.
The current CITO
Champions of Innovation are:
- Rafik Goubran,
Carleton University - Robust Hands-Free Speech Recognition
- Max Wong,
McMaster University - Solitons for Multiplexing in Data Communications
- Nicholas
Georganas, University of Ottawa - VERGINA: Virtual Environment Research
in hapto-visual Gesture-recognition InterfAces
- Stan Matwin,
University of Ottawa - Software Tools for Privacy in Data Mining
- Pat Martin,
Queen’s University - Self-Managing Web Services
- Hossam
Hassanein, Queen’s University - Enabling Mobile Computing Over Wireless
Ad Hoc Networks
- John Cartledge,
Queen’s University - Optical Signal Processing Using Highly Nonlinear
Fibers
- Randy Ellis,
Queen’s University - MRI-Guided Surgical Systems
- George
Eleftheriades, University of Toronto - RF Devices for Wireless
Communications Using Negative-Refraction-Metamaterials
- Ted Sargent,
University of Toronto - QDID: Quantum Dot Ubiquitous Identification Tags
through Nanotechnology
- Harry Ruda,
University of Toronto - Development of a Tunable Fiber Laser
- Cathy Getbotys,
University of Waterloo - EM-Resistant and Intrusion-Aware Security for
Embedded Systems
- Ming Li,
University of Waterloo - New Generation Bioinformatics Software
- Arokia Nathan,
University of Waterloo - Detector Arrays for High Throughput Readout of
Fluorescence-Based Bio-Assays
- John Tsotsos,
York University - Attending to Motion
The Champions of
Innovation were selected by review committee, comprising senior
representatives from academia and industry. CITO will invest a total of $3
million in these fifteen Champions over a two-year period.
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