Download Current Lab Members

University of Ottawa Research on
Machine Learning for Defense and Security
(Under Construction)
Lab Director:
Dr. Nathalie Japkowicz
Current Lab Members:
Current Research Associates:
Colin Bellinger
Dr. Rodney Berg (Health Canada)
Dr. Guichong Li
Dr. Alex Bourque (DRDC)
Hang Shao
Dr. Bao Nguyen (DRDC)
Shiven Sharma
Dr. Kurt Ungar (Health Canada)
Xiaoguang Wang
Past Projects
Current Projects
Monitoring threats to public safety
during major public events or around
nuclear facilities: Detecting GammaEmitting hazardous materials
Hunting for underwater mines or
improvised explosive devices (IED) with
multiple autonomous unmanned vehicle
(AUV) operations: coordinating multiple
AUVs in a dynamic and uncertain
environment and under limited and
unreliable communications
Verifying conformation to the
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
by Noble gas monitoring: Discriminating
between nuclear tests and routine
industrial emissions through the
monitoring of Radioxenon releases to the
atmosphere
Detecting serious threats to computer
networks: discovering relationships
between different intrusion detection
systems (IDS)’ alerts to identify specific
attack attempts