Maker Festival is a celebration of Toronto’s tech, DIY and maker communities. The Festival spans an entire month of over 100 events run by maker spaces, creative organizations and studios across Toronto, including the Maker…
On June 12-14th, NCART and the National Institute of Standards and Technology organized and participated in a Standards Committee Meeting and Response Robot Exercise in Hamilton which is the first of its kind in Canada. In…
CPS813 students were tasked to navigate robots through a simulated crime scene for their final exam on April 18, 2017, Tuesday afternoon while trying to disable mock improvised explosive devices, draw maps and describe the…
A special series article was published in the official Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) magazine which showcases Dr. Ferworn and NCART’s ongoing research in providing computational science to aid urban search and rescue. “Technology being…
On September 14th, 2016, Dr. Alexander Ferworn, Donna Dupont and NCART presented our collective work on disaster and urban search and rescue computational public safety technologies to a full delegation from Utah-Ontario which includes about 2 participants…
On July 9 + 10, NCART participated in The Maker Extravaganza @ the Toronto Reference library as part of the city’s effort to bring together the most creative people and show off what innovative projects they…
On April 26th, 2016, students in Dr. Alexander Ferworn’s robotics course took their final exam in the lobby of the Student Learning Center. Their final exam was not a written exam, but rather a showcase…
ITAC Talent created the CareerMash initiative in 2007. CareerMash spreads the word about the endless possibilities of today’s tech careers. We want everyone to get excited about how cool technologies are bringing innovation to everything…
On February 25th, the NCART team participated in a provincial public safety exercise named “Operation Border Cities 2015” in Windsor, Ontario. The exercise encompasses a number of different scenarios which broadly focuses on urban disaster…
The NCART Lab represented Ryerson’s innovative learning with a showcase and talk of USAR research to various organizations, educators and publishers across Canada. This professional development and networking event examines digital learning and addresses the…
On Decemeber 4th, 2014, Dr. Alex Ferworn spoke at this NATO round table discussion about emergency preparedness. Dr. Ferworn spoke about his research in public safety alongside Dan Hefky, the Commissioner of Public Safety for…
Dr. Alex Ferworn introduced Ryerson University’s new Professional Master’s Diploma in Aerospace Design Management – the first graduate-level university program of its kind which will be offered in September 2014. It is developed for engineering…
The EMF is a monthly meeting that involves Ministry Emergency Management Coordinators and Continuity of Operations Coordinators from across the Ontario Public Service. Dr. Alex Ferworn was invited to this meeting to present his research…
Partners in Reseach Technology Ambassador Award On May 23, 2014 Dr. Alex Ferworn was presented with the Technology Ambassador Award for the 2014 Partners In Research Nation Awards. Partners in Research (PIR) is a registered…
Emergency Preparedness Week Emergency Management Ontario (EMO) presentation involves USAR and CBRNe related research topics in Computational Public Safety being pursued by researchers in the N-CART lab. Speaker: Dr. Alex Ferworn, Assisting: Doctoral Candidate Jimmy…
With the recent ice storm and the polar vortex that took over much of Canada and the U.S., extreme weather has been affecting a lot of city services, travel and road conditions. Alex Ferworn, coordinator…
In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, Dr. Alex Ferworn speaks to 570 News about whether a more robust disaster management plan could help to reduce casualties in the future. The link to the news article…
In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, Dr. Alex Ferworn speaks to 570 News about whether a more robust disaster management plan could help to reduce casualties in the future. The link to the news article…
Our work on automatically detecting access holes in collapsed structures has been featured in the media recently. Follow the link and read about this potentially life saving research. Gizmodo: These Robots Will Save Your Life…
On the April 2, various Computer Science undergraduate and graduate students along with several Electrical Engineering (EE) graduate students accompanied Professor Alex Ferworn to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and…
Dr. Alexander Ferworn was interviewed by CBC regarding his expert opinions on the urban search and rescue effort at Elliot Lake. Full video of the interview can be found here.
On Friday, March 30th Ohio Task Force 1 hosted the N-CART Lab to test the robotic “Canine Assisted Robot Deployment (CARD)” system. In this experiment, CARD carried a tethered robotic snake, developed at Carnegie Mellon…
On the 4th of March 2012, members of the N-CART lab of the Department of Computer Science at Ryerson University were asked to participate in an Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) exercise conducted by the…
The work on combining robotics snake and rescue dog for search and rescue continues to receive attention from media. This project have been featured in the following. MSNBC: This snake robot can ride a dog…
The collaborative work between Ryerson University’s N-CART Lab and Carnegie Mellon University’s Biorobotics Lab on deploying robotics snake using search and rescue dog was featured on IEEE Spectrum website. The link to the article can…
The November 14, 2011 issue of Maclean’s Magazine discusses the Microsoft Kinect gaming device and the revolutionary role it plays in research labs such as Ryerson’s N-CART and other universities all over the world. The…
As part of Toronto Star’s coverage of Science Rendezvous , two of our projects, Canine Augmentation Technology (CAT) and sumo robots, were prominently featured under the subtitles DARE THE DOG and WRESTLING ROBOTS respectively. Text…
After the Canada AM segment, CTV was interested in doing a more in depth story on our project Canine Augmentation Technology (CAT).
Version 3 of the Canine Augmentation Technology (CAT) and Canine Remote Deployment System (CRDS) demoed on Canada AM, a national news national morning show.
Version II of Canine Augmentation Technology (CAT) system developed by NCART.
The first iteration of CAT with wireless infrared camera mounted on doggles (goggles for dogs).
“Canine Augmentation Technology (CAT) project, lead by Alex Ferworn, professor in charge of the Network-Centric Applied Research Team (N-CART), involves mounting a small camera to the head of a canine trained in search and rescue.”…
Dr. Ferworn gave an interview describing NEPWAK with David Onley. View Video Segment
Research mission sponsored by the Department of External Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in January 2000. [Link contains resources used during mission]
Dr.Ferworn and Ankit Arora demonstrate NEPWAK techology. View Video Segment
Discussing impetus for the elderly to get “on line”. Broadcast December 4, 2000 View Video Segment
Describing continued growth of the Internet. Broadcast December 4, 2000. View Video Segment