U of T Technology & Startup Explorer

Ultralight Aerogels for Extreme Heat Management

Materials and methods for ultra-high heat management in electronics and other critical components

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Keywords:

Electrical & Computer Engineering, Nanomaterials & Nanoparticles, Computer Hardware

A Low-Voltage Ride-Through (LVRT) Method for Grid-Connected Power Electronic Inverters

This invention enables inverter interfaces of renewable energy sources to generate significantly larger active and reactive currents during LVRT conditions. The increase in the active and reactive powers reaches up to 100% and 15% of the maximum power generated by existing methods, respectively. This would make power systems substantially more resilient during disturbances, reducing the risk of grid instability and blackouts.

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Keywords:

Energy, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Smart Cities

Fully Homomorphic Encryption

This technology is an optimized version of the Ring-Learning-With-Errors (RLWE) Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) system. This proprietary system maintains encrypted data privacy of communications while still allowing cloud operations to be carried out on the encrypted data, such as Secure Search and Spam-Filter Applications.

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Keywords:

Companies, Cybersecurity, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Software

Deep Learning Performance and Energy Optimization Techniques

This opportunity is a portfolio of hardware and software techniques that seamlessly accelerate AI/ML applications, while saving on-chip and off-chip memory, bandwidth, and processing power. These compute and compression methods have been shown to deliver a 3x boost in processing speed with 2x-4x increase in storage capabilities (up to 10x for natural language processing).

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Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Chips, Companies, Computer Hardware, Deep Learning, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Smart Cities, Software

Quantum-Safe Encryption and Communication

Quantum-proof cybersecurity products and enabling technologies for the Quantum Internet. These technologies offer quantum-safe communication products ready for today's infrastructure, while building key components of the Quantum Internet, including Quantum Repeaters, Quantum Communication Protocols, and Quantum Network Simulators.

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Keywords:

Communications, Companies, Computer Hardware, Cybersecurity, Electrical & Computer Engineering

VPRI Contact

Staff

Jennifer Fraser

Director, Innovations
Innovations & Partnerships Office (IPO)
(416) 946-5515