Doctorate in Electrical Engineering - Université de Sherbrooke

Doctorate in Electrical Engineering

UNDER: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering

DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES:

Fran?ois Boone, 819-821-8000 extension 63796

DEGREE: Philosophi? Doctor, Ph.D.

Its numerous vigorous, innovative research groups set the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering at the Universit? de Sherbrooke apart from those at other universities. In research, this department in the Faculty of Engineering specializes in the fields of telecommunications, biomedical engineering, control and automation, robotics and micro/nanofabrication.

The ground-breaking discovery that resulted in the development of ACELP (Algebraic Code-Excited Linear Prediction) coders began in the Department's speechcompression laboratories. Today, the technology is used in nearly two billion portable phones around the world.

Students in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering have the opportunity to participate in various competitions in such varied fields as robotics and satellite research, and may even be asked to present their projects in contests abroad -- good experience that gives them exposure and the chance to build contact networks.

With its high-calibre facilities and its talented researchers in such cutting-edge fields as robotics, telecommunications, microelectronics, intelligent systems and biomedical engineering, the Department offers a world-renowned environment for testing and research. The cooperation, accessibility and expertise of its teaching staff ensure excellent supervision and an environment conducive to sustained, rewarding personal relationships.

The doctoral program in electrical engineering comprises 90 credits preparatory to the writing of a dissertation (delineation of research project, comprehensive examination and ancillary research activities).

REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM ORGANIZATION Regular full-time program; full-time partnership program (Canada only)

CREDITS REQUIRED: 90

CONTACT DETAILS info2cycle.genie@usherbrooke.ca 3e-cycle/doc/genie-electrique/

RESEARCH AREAS

Intelligent systems Microengineering and nanoengineering Information processing and transfer Software systems Distributed, real-time and embedded systems Bioengineering Electric vehicles

FUNDED PROJECTS

Minimum annual funding of $17,000 (doctorate -- three years) for the following projects (one guaranteed stipend only per research project):

Intelligent systems & computational neuroscience : Sensory substitution (audio/ vision): Intelligent systems & computational neuroscience : Neural coupling between audition/vision/production for better auditory scene analysis systems and applications to video and speech analysis, recognition and coding.

Machine learning and computational neuroscience for intelligent systems design

Image and video recognition and processing

 Advanced photodetector design (Single Photon Avalanche Diodes ? SPAD)

Submicron integrated circuit design for applications in medical imaging (positron emission tomography and computed tomography)

Radiation detection instrumentation 3D integrated circuit design Microfabrication processes for 3D vertical

integration of integrated circuits Digital signal processing applied to medical

imaging Design and fabrication of nanoelectronic circuits

and systems integrated onto a CMOS substrate ("above-CMOS") Intelligent vehicles: cooperative navigation systems and vehicular perception for active automobile safety and ADAS Intelligent vehicles: development of real-time information processing systems/simulators for multi-vehicular automated driving scenarios

Intelligent vehicles: machine learning for path

planning optimization and automated driving

Design and micro/nanofabrication of miniaturized

biophotonics devices such as biosensors and lab-

on-a-chip for medical and environmental

applications

Interactive robotics: mobility, navigation,

video/audio

processing,

manipulation,

exosqueleton, autonomy, cognition and

intelligence

Development and characterization of

interconnection and encapsulation processes for

microelectronics systems

Electric vehicles propulsion system, permanent

magnet synchronous motor, power electronic

converters, multi-source hybridization energy

management, batteries and supercapacitors.

April 2016

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