Edward Chan, University of Waterloo

Research

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Latest funding

Moving object data management
NSERC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$143,500
Spatial data management
NSERC · 2002 · Principal investigator
$116,000
Equipment for database systems research
NSERC · 2001 · Co-investigator
$56,970

All 9 grants and awards

No publications available.

Moving object data management

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Chan, Edward

$143,500

Spatial data management

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Chan, Edward

$116,000

Equipment for database systems research

Co-investigatorNSERC2001Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Salem, Kenneth

$56,970

Spatial data management

Principal investigatorNSERC1998Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Chan, Edward

$118,690

Laboratory for database systems research

Co-investigatorNSERC1997Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Salem, Kenneth

$60,444

Infrastructure support for the Insitute for Computer Research

Co-investigatorNSERC1995Infrastructure Grants (H)

Principal investigators: Forsyth, Peter

$528,000

Geographic data management

Principal investigatorNSERC1994Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Chan, Edward

$128,000

Foundations of knowledge-base management

Principal investigatorNSERC1991Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Chan, Edward

$85,200

Efficient, flexible text-dominated databases

Co-investigatorNSERC1989Strategic Projects - Group

Principal investigators: Tompa, Frank

$135,320

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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