I typically recruit one or two new PHD students each year. The UBC ECE department now permits direct admission to PHD for students with only an undergraduate degree. The best way to learn about the research done in my group is by checking my publications page and reading some of the papers listed there.

I invest significant time and effort into training my graduate students to prepare them for careers either in industry or academia. You can see what some of my current and past graduate students have done and/or where they are now here. Given this I also carefully select prospective students before making admissions offers. As the type of work my students do studies complex systems it is important that applicants have some experience with building things (software or hardware) and thus have picked up the practical skills required to get things to work. This should be combined with strong abstract reasoning skills, creativity and the courage to take risks trying out ideas that may or may not work. It is also important to have strong language skills as we write up the results of our research in academic papersand present the results at conferences. Applicants without a prior masters degree must have obtained first-class standing in their undergraduate degree program and demonstrate some evidence of research ability. The best way to demonstrate research ability is having worked in an academic research lab and obtaining a reference letter from someone who supervised your work in that setting and/or to have publications.

All admission offers for my group come with research assistantship funding sufficient to cover tuition and cost of living in Vancouver. UBC has guaranteed minimum funding for four years for PHD students. Stipiends for graduate students in my group are higher than this minimum and based upon the UBC graduate studies cost of living calculator here.

If you are interested in joining my group check the UBC ECE PHD program webpage for details on how to apply to our department. Make sure to list me as a prospective supervisor in your application. Due to the volume of requests I am unable to respond to individual inquiries about admissions.