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R & D: Info. & Communications Technology (I.C.T.)

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Leading institutions include:

• TRLabs - TRLabs conducts research and technology development focused on future network needs in areas such as: data networking, digital media, health, home technologies, network systems, photonics, and wireless communications. The Winnipeg lab has a particular focus on data networking (improving the speed, reliability and efficiency of the communications network), and eHealth (ICT application to the health sector).

• Internet Innovation Centre (IIC) - is a focus for the array of interdisciplinary Internet-related research projects at the University of Manitoba. The IIC encourages collaborative interdisciplinary activities between researchers and offers researchers opportunities to work with external communities.

• University of Manitoba Nano Systems Research Group -- performs research in the fields of scanning probe microscopy (SPM), Nanoelectronics, and Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS).

• Canadian Advanced Networks for the Advancement of Research in Industry and Education (CANARIE) - through its Manitoba affiliate MRNet, offers members access to a Canada-wide high-speed optical network delivering unrivaled network capability for broadband research.

• NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics' Biomedical Informatics Group - is focused on the development of state-of-the-art methods for managing complex biomedical data and commercializing the software that is developed.