Waqar Haque, University of Northern British Columbia

Research

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Business Computer Science

Latest papers

Using business intelligence to analyze and share health system infrastructure data in a rural health authority.
JMIR medical informatics · 2014 · first author
An efficient algorithm for local sequence alignment.
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference · 2008 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

From barriers to belonging: Making the accessibility of outdoor nature spaces a pillar in planning for a barrier-free society
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$436,879
Nature for all: A barrier free Canada through standards-based practice
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$171,838
Distributed Real-Time Transaction Processing
NSERC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$85,000

All 7 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Using business intelligence to analyze and share health system infrastructure data in a rural health authority.

Haque W, Urquhart B, Berg E, Dhanoa R

JMIR medical informatics2014First author

DOI: 10.2196/medinform.3590 PMID: 25599727

02

An efficient algorithm for local sequence alignment.

Haque W, Aravind A, Reddy B

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference2008First author

DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649419 PMID: 19162922

From barriers to belonging: Making the accessibility of outdoor nature spaces a pillar in planning for a barrier-free society

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Groulx, Mark W.

$436,879

Nature for all: A barrier free Canada through standards-based practice

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Groulx, Mark W.

Keywords: accessibility standards; outdoor spaces; universal design; tourism and recreation; inclusivity

$171,838

Distributed Real-Time Transaction Processing

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Haque, WaqarU

$85,000

Real-time distributed transaction processing

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Haque, Waqar

$85,000

Enhanced High Performance Computing Center

Co-investigatorCFI2004Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund (1999-2005)

Principal investigators: Jackson, Peter

Keywords: high performance computing, real-time transaction processing, parallel computing, numerical simulation, visualization, computational fluid dynamics, computational physics and chemistry, electron holography, GIS, remote sensing, data mining

$807,725

Real-time distributed transaction processing

Principal investigatorNSERC2003Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Haque, Waqar

$30,000

Real-time distributed transaction processing

Principal investigatorNSERC1998Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Haque, Waqar

$68,475

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Business Dear Professor Haque, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Using business intelligence to analyze and share health system infrastructure data in a rural health authority." (2014), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]