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Dr. Alexander Ferworn

Dr. Alex Ferworn
Professor, Associate Chair, Graduate Program Director, Senator

Research Interests

Computational Public Safety

Cybersecurity

Response Robotics

Course Code Course Name
CP 8101 Research Methods for Doctoral Students 
CP 8215 Research Methods in Computer Science 
CP 9101 Method of Instruction 
CPS 40A/B Thesis
CPS 412 Social Issues, Ethics and Professionalism
  • 2014, Partner In Research (PIR) national “Technology Ambassador”
  • 2013, EURAXESS “Science Slam” Canadian champion
  • 2011, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) award--Contributions to Response Robot Evaluation Exercises
  • 2009, Nominated as “best lecturer” for TVO’s program “Big Ideas, Named “Information Technology Hero” by the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC)
  • 2007, Ontario Government Showcase of Excellence awards (Gold and Diamond awards) for “project achievement--Canine Augmentation Technology”.
  • 1992, Canadian Forces Decoration (CD) awarded
  • ACM
  • ASTM
  • IEEE
Degree Year University
PhD (System Design Engineering)
1997 University of Waterloo
MSc (Computer Science) 1992 Guelph University
BTech 1988 Ryerson Polytechnical Institute