Seyed Zahedi, University of Waterloo

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Design of Intelligent Controllers to Maximize Efficiency and Guarantee Security, Privacy, and Fairness in Heterogeneous Computing and Sensing Systems
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$168,000

Design of Intelligent Controllers to Maximize Efficiency and Guarantee Security, Privacy, and Fairness in Heterogeneous Computing and Sensing Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Zahedi, Seyed Majid

Keywords: distributed computing and sensing systems; resource management; intelligent controller design; energy efficient computing; shared, heterogeneous systems

$168,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Zahedi, 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]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Design of Intelligent Controllers to Maximize Efficiency and Guarantee Security, Privacy, and Fairness in Heterogeneous Computing and Sensing Systems" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]