Laboratory of Computational Intelligence and Automation

The laboratory of computational intelligence and automation (LCIA) at the University of Waterloo conducts advanced research in modular manufacturing and intelligent control. LCIA is headed by Dr. William Melek and currently has 6 full-time graduate students. LCIA has a cleanroom facility that houses an advanced micromanipulation workcell. LCIA facility also houses a one-of-a-kind MRR 2000-100 modular and reconfigurable robot. LCIA personnel and research staff specialize in design, modeling and control of modular manipulators for flexible automation. The research activities of LCIA are funded by several government agencies and private collaborators. Click on the menu items on your left for more information about LCIA.

News

October 2011: Dr. William Melek has been invited as a guest speaker at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, George Washington University.
August 2011: LCIA would like to congratulate former graduate Dr. Mohammad Biglarbegian who is appointed as a tenure-track faculty member at the School of Engineering, University of Guelph.
June 2011: Dr. William Melek will be serving as the technical chair for the 2011 Symposium on the Advances on Intelligent Systems.
October 2010: Dr. William Melek will be serving on the technical committee of the International Conference on Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (AIS'11).
July 2010: Congratulations to LCIA graduate Dr. Mohammad Biglarbegian who completed his PhD degree this month.
May 2010: Congratulations to LCIA graduate Dr. Peter Won who completed his PhD degree this month.
March 2010: Dr. William Melek will be serving on the technical committees of the International Conference on Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (AIS'10) and the IEEE International Workshop on Robotic and Sensors Environments (IEEE ROSE).
February 2010: Dr. William Melek will Chair the 2010 North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society Conference (NAFIPS 2010) to be held at Ryerson University, July 12 - 14, 2010.
January 2010: LCIA receives funding from OCE Interact program to develop interactive tools for teaching Robotics and Automation
December 2009: Congratulations to LCIA graduate Dr. Saleh Tabandeh who completed his PhD degree this month.
November 2009: Congratulations to LCIA graduate Mr. Yang Sui who completed his MASc thesis this month. Mr. Sui is joining Alpha Laboratories as a research engineer starting December 2009.
April 2009: Read interview with W. Melek in CTV.ca about a Robotic system capable of discovering new scientific knowledge on its own.