Research & Innovation

Projects

Our team works closely with industrial partners, applying its expertise to companies’ specific technical problems — backed by NSERC, MITACS, FedDev Ontario, and industry collaborators.

Ongoing

8

NSERC Alliance Quantum

Ongoing

Investigating the requirements of implementing NIST-approved Post-Quantum Cryptography and helping Canadian academics access and improve these designs — the Centre’s flagship program.

Ansys · CMC Microsystems

Real-Time Adaptive Vehicular Network Communication

Ongoing

Adversary-aware methods for safety, security, and privacy in V2X networks, jointly evaluating threat indicators and situational context to support adaptive security decisions.

NSERC Discovery (2026–2031)

Adversary-Aware V2X Trust & Misbehaviour Detection

Ongoing

Assessing the semantic, physical, and contextual trustworthiness of vehicular information — detecting false safety messages even when they are cryptographically authenticated.

NSERC · 1st place, 2026 OmniAir V2X Hackathon

Post-Quantum Hardware: CRYSTALS-Kyber ASIC

Ongoing

Hardware design and ASIC implementation of side-channel-resistant CRYSTALS-Kyber for post-quantum cryptography, evaluated on an industry-grade side-channel measurement platform.

NSERC · Keysight · Riscure

Privacy-Preserving AI for Connected Vehicles

Ongoing

Integrating homomorphic encryption and oblivious AI into regulatory guidance for smart mobility, supporting privacy, compliance, and secure AI adoption.

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

TARA for Heavy-Duty Vehicles & SMEs

Ongoing

Customizing Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment for heavy-duty vehicles and supporting Ontario SMEs with tailored automotive-cybersecurity assessments.

OVIN · Invest WindsorEssex

Secure EV Charging & V2G Session Management

Ongoing

Secure charging-session management using rotating and hashed credentials, distributed auditability, and secure session-resumption to counter impersonation and fraudulent access.

MITACS · CUTRIC

Firmware Fuzzing & Blockchain OTA Security

Ongoing

Security-aware firmware fuzzing and blockchain-supported over-the-air update security for improved integrity, traceability, and accountability in connected vehicles.

MITACS · industry partners

Completed

10

FedDev Mobility Project

Completed

Advancing hardware security for automotive applications and the impact of quantum computation — the program that helped establish the SHIELD Centre of Excellence.

FedDev Ontario · Invest WindsorEssex

Hardware Trojan Detection with ML

Completed

A machine-learning method using the side-channel signature of integrated circuits to detect malicious, undesired modifications (“Hardware Trojans”) in outsourced ICs.

MITACS · CUTRIC

Hardware Security for EV Fleets

Completed

Investigating the hardware-security issues of electric-vehicle fleets relying on battery-exchange infrastructure — an area under-served by prior research.

MITACS · CUTRIC

Secure Car-to-Car Communication

Completed

Custom-designed hardware secure against side-channel device attacks, protecting the vehicular communications behind collision warning, emergency signaling, and other active-safety applications.

FedDev Ontario · Cross Border Institute

WE Diversify — Advanced Automobility

Completed

Integrating physical and hardware security into automotive specifications, including dedicated hardware security modules for cryptographic operations.

FedDev Ontario · WindsorEssex EDC

Lab-on-a-Chip for COVID-19 Detection

Completed

A cost-effective, accurate point-of-care testing method using thin-film-transistor electrical sensing to detect COVID-19 from minimally processed patient samples.

NSERC Alliance · APAG Elektronik Corp.

Small Form-Factor Welding Camera

Completed

An imaging system for welding that withstands harsh arc-light conditions, with ~140 dB high dynamic range and accessible digital registers for DSP-based algorithms.

NSERC · Liburdi Automation Inc.

Inspection of Highly Reflective Surfaces

Completed

An automated machine-learning inspection system to detect faulty automotive parts, replacing inconsistent manual inspection of thin, irregular surface defects.

NSERC · OCE · Windsor Mold Group

Online Airbag Fabric Quality Control

Completed

A vision-based algorithm that reliably and non-destructively flags non-ideal conditions on airbag fabric in real time, while still on the loom.

NSERC · Autoliv Inc.

Integrated Smart Active Safety System

Completed

Integrating sensors, microelectronic signal processing, FPGA, vehicle networking, fault-tolerant chassis control, and data fusion into a dedicated micro-controller-based safety system.

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