William Cowan, University of Waterloo

Research

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Latest funding

Using applied perception to improve the quality of computer generated images
NSERC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$81,000
User-centred computer graphics
NSERC · 2005 · Principal investigator
$114,000
Light, force and understanding: borrowing to enhance computer graphics
NSERC · 2001 · Principal investigator
$180,000

All 16 grants and awards

No publications available.

Using applied perception to improve the quality of computer generated images

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cowan, William

$81,000

User-centred computer graphics

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cowan, William

$114,000

Light, force and understanding: borrowing to enhance computer graphics

Principal investigatorNSERC2001Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cowan, William

$180,000

Hardware graphics algorithm prototyping environment

Co-investigatorNSERC2000Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: McCool, Michael

$23,573

Modelling the evolution of consumption and demand

Co-investigatorSSHRC1998Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cowan, Robin

Keywords: Consumer choice; interacting agents; dynamics; complementarities in consumption

$35,000

Images and users: understanding visual interaction in complex systems

Principal investigatorNSERC1997Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Cowan, William

$154,350

Software architecture to support real-time multimedia interfaces

Principal investigatorNSERC1996Industrially Oriented Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cowan, William

$15,000

Infrastructure support for the Insitute for Computer Research

Co-investigatorNSERC1995Infrastructure Grants (H)

Principal investigators: Forsyth, Peter

$528,000

Assessing and improving the quality of digital colour imagery

Principal investigatorNSERC1993Industrially Oriented Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cowan, William

$23,200

Reproducing scanner-originated digital colour images

Principal investigatorNSERC1993Industrially Oriented Research Grants

Principal investigators: Cowan, William

$49,000

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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