Steve Drew

Dr. Steve Drew

PhD, PEng
Pronouns: he/him

Positions

Assistant Professor

Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Software Engineering

Contact information

Web presence

Phone number

Office: 403.220.7208

Location

Office: ICT253

For media enquiries, contact

Joe McFarland
Media Relations and Communications Specialist

Cell: +1.403.671.2710
Email: Joe.Mcfarland@ucalgary.ca

Preferred method of communication

Please contact me by email.

Background

Credentials

Associate Editor , IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2024

Associate Editor , Neurocomputing, 2024

Educational Background

Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, 2018,

MSc Computer Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2011,

Biography

Dr. Steve Drew is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, University of Calgary. His research areas include distributed systems, machine learning, cloud/edge computing, blockchain, and biomedical informatics. He has over ten years of experience in the industry. He worked for Cisco Systems on cloud and edge service orchestration from 2014 to 2018. He was one of the final winners of the NSF/NIST Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Challenges, where his privacy-preserving machine learning innovation was showcased at the Summit of Democracy as a testament to reinforcing democratic values. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Internet of Things Journal and Associate Editor of Neurocomputing by Elsevier.

Research

Areas of Research

Distributed Systems, Federated Learning, Edge Computing, Blockchain Applications, Engineering for Health, Biomedical Informatics

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
SENG 533
ENSF 400