Frank Ferrie, McGill University

Latest funding

Embedding AI in Smart Sensors
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$24,992
Visual Models - Application to Situational Awareness
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$132,000
High-throughput multi-domain mapping
NSERC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$85,025

All 21 grants and awards

Embedding AI in Smart Sensors

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Ferrie, Frank

$24,992

Visual Models - Application to Situational Awareness

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ferrie, Frank

$132,000

High-throughput multi-domain mapping

Co-investigatorNSERC2015Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Dudek, Gregory

$85,025

Tracking pose in six degrees of freedom - application to welding simulation

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Ferrie, Frank

$24,314

Human gesture recognition using multimodal sensor for automated surveillance

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Ferrie, Frank

$22,361

Interpretation of visual models

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ferrie, Frank

$100,000

CHARM: Collaborative, Human-focused, Assistive Robotics for Manufacturing

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Croft, Elizabeth

$621,033

Geomatics for Informed Decisions/La géomatique pour des inerventions et des décisions éclairées

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Chrisman, Nicholas

$7,883,000

Visual models and applications

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ferrie, Frank

$210,000

Geomatics for Informed Decisions/La géomatique pour des inerventions et des décisions éclairées

Co-investigatorNSERC2005Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Chrisman, Nicholas

$11,391,000

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 Ferrie, 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 "Embedding AI in Smart Sensors" (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]