$5.2 million for Canada Research Chairs at Concordia

Consalvo, a professor in the Department of Communications Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Science and the CRC in Games Studies and Design, will continue her work to provide the first extensive, in-depth understanding of how social class relates to video games.

She will also investigate the changing circumstances of the game industry in Canada and globally and explore live streaming of gameplay by marginalized streamers, as well as innovation in game mechanics related to moral choice in games. Renewed as a Tier 1 chairholder, Consalvo received $1.4 million over seven years.

Glatard, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering and the CRC in Big Data Infrastructures for Neuroinformatics, will focus his work on three axes: the reproducibility evaluations of data analysis processes — or pipelines — across infrastructures, automated deployment and configuration of high-performance pipelines, and the decentralized sharing of big data analyses across web platforms. As a Tier 2 chairholder, he received $500,000 in funding over five years.

Guéhéneuc is also a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering.

As the CRC in Empirical Software Engineering for the Internet of Things (IoT), he will research and contribute to current theories, methods and tools designed to ease the building, operation and testing of robust software for IoT devices while considering privacy and transparency of the software and data. As a Tier 1 chairholder, he received $1.4 million over seven years.

Kachroo, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology and the CRC in Systems and Synthetic Biology, will study the function of genes from complex organisms like humans in model organisms in order to enable the synthesis of these genetic systems in simplified cells. With Tier 2 funding of $500,000, he will perform the systematic humanization of all shared genes in yeast.

Kishk, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science and the CRC in Advanced Antenna Systems, will lead a research program that builds on current software and equipment essential to the future fifth-generation (5G) of wireless communication. He will develop new applications related to smart cities, wearable sensors for health-care monitoring, security systems and unmanned aerial vehicles. Renewed as a Tier 1 chairholder, he received a seven-year $1.4 million grant.

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