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Thursday, November 5, 2026

The ACE Lab Presents at Bruyère Health Research Day 2026

Members of the ACE Lab attended the annual Bruyère Health Research Day on Thursday, November 5, 2026. Research Day is an in-person conference showcasing research across the Bruyère Health Research Institute. The event brings together emerging and established researchers, trainees, and healthcare professionals from various disciplines to share... More

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

The ACE Lab Presents at the AGE-WELL 2026 Annual Conference

Members of the ACE Lab participated in the AGE-WELL Annual Conference, held in Ottawa on November 3rd and 4th, 2026. The conference brought together over 450 leaders across academia, healthcare, and industry under the theme "From Innovation to Impact: Powering Canada’s AgeTech Ecosystem" to showcase technology solutions designed to transform... More

Friday, September 18, 2026

Congratulations on Successful Master’s Defences!

The ACE Lab would like to congratulate Tal Friedman (Cognitive Science), Chloé Lachance-Soulard (Cognitive Science), Emily Larkin (Psychology), and Lexy St-Pierre (Human-Computer Interaction) on successfully defending their Master's theses! This is a wonderful achievement and reflects their hard work, dedication, and contributions to their... More

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

ACE Lab Students at the 2026 Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science, York University

Congratulations to Chloé Lachance-Soulard and Tal Friedman. Chloé presented a poster showcasing her research that investigated the effects of vehicle alert salience on takeover performance in autonomous vehicles. Tal presented a poster showing the results of machine learning approaches to determining the health status of mature drivers from... More

Friday, April 10, 2026

ACE Lab Students at the Cognitive Science 2026 Spring Conference, Carleton University

Congratulations to students Lexy St. Pierre, Tal Friedman, Chloé Lachance-Soulard, and Tamara Mendizabal represented the ACE Lab the 2026 Cognitive Science Spring Conference. ... More

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

The CANFLY Study for Pilots is Underway! Now offering a Remote Option for Participating

Participate in the CANFLY Study! See below for two ways to participate. The Advanced Cognitive Engineering (ACE) Lab at Carleton University specializes in research regarding aviation safety. The ACE Lab uses online, virtual reality, and full-scale flight simulation to investigate foundational principles of cognition and human-machine... More

Friday, August 21, 2020

ACE Lab Students Receive CLUE Internships

The ACE Lab is pleased to announce that students Alexia Ziccardi (left image) and Melanie Turabian (right image) were awarded Collaborative Learning of Usability Experiences (CLUE) internships for 2020-2021. Alexia Ziccardi is second year student at the Institute of Cognitive Science (ICS) working on her thesis in the ACE laboratory. She is... More

Monday, June 8, 2020

Aviation Research at the Advanced Cognitive Engineering Lab Goes Virtual!

The Advanced Cognitive Engineering (ACE) Lab at Carleton University specializes in research regarding transport safety. The ACE Lab uses virtual and full-scale flight simulation to investigate foundational principles of cognition and human-machine integration. Given the current physical distancing restrictions, the ACE Lab is seeking volunteers to... More

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

ACE Lab Honours Theses

Congratulations to Donna Monbourquette and Ryan Lacroix who have successfully completed their honours thesis research at the ACE Lab. Donna’s thesis examined reaching in VR (Title: Investigating Fine Motor Movements in Virtual Reality). Ryan’s project was focused on assessing cognitive health of pilots (Title: Developing a Virtual... More

Thursday, April 13, 2017

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