[47] Ryan Janzen (2019), "Extended Intelligence and Mediated Reality Veillametrics in the Space, Time, Frequency, and Amplitude Domains" (Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Toronto)

[46] Ryan Janzen, Sen Yang and Steve Mann (2018), "'Painting with the eyes': Sensory perception flux time-integrated on the physical world", Proc. IEEE GEM 2018, 8 pages. [PDF]

[45] Ryan Janzen and Steve Mann (2017), "Extreme-Dynamic-Range Sensing: Real-Time Adaptation to Extreme Signals", IEEE MultiMedia, 24(2), pp.30-42. [PDF] [link] - based on award-winning research from IEEE ISM 2016.

[44] Ryan Janzen (2017), "TransPod Ultra-High-Speed Tube Transportation: Dynamics of Vehicles and Infrastructure", Procedia Engineering, 199, pp.8-17. [PDF] [ScienceDirect link]

[43] Audrey Ziwei Hu, Ryan Janzen, Max Hao Lu, Steve Mann (2017), "Liquid Jets as Logic-Computing Fluid-User-Interfaces", Proc. ACM Multimedia 2017, pp.469-476. [PDF]

[42] Ryan Janzen and Steve Mann (2016), "Feedback Control System for Exposure Optimization in High-Dynamic-Range Multimedia Sensing", Proc. IEEE ISM 2016, pp.119-125. [PDF]

[41] Ryan Janzen and Steve Mann (2016), "The Physical-Fourier-Amplitude Domain, and Application to Sensing Sensors", Proc. IEEE ISM 2016, pp.317-320. [PDF]

[40] Sarang Nerkar, Ryan Janzen, Pete Scourboutakos, and Steve Mann (2016), "Extrapolative Lightspace Method for HDR Video Exposure Selection" Proc. IEEE ISM 2016, pp.397-398. [PDF]

[39] Ryan Janzen and Steve Mann (2015), "Sensory Flux from the Eye: Biological Sensing-of-Sensing (Veillametrics) for 3D Augmented-Reality Environments", Proc. IEEE GEM 2015, pp. 205-213. DOI: 10.1109/GEM.2015.7377217
[PDF] [more info]

[38] Ryan Janzen and Steve Mann (2015), "Swarm Modulation: An algorithm for real-time spectral transformation", Proc. IEEE GEM 2015, pp. 237-244. DOI: 10.1109/GEM.2015.7377214
[PDF] [more info]

[37] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Hang Wu, Max Hao Lu and Nitin Guleria (2015), "Bright Ideas: A wearable interactive 'Inventometer' (brainwave-based idea display)" Proc. IEEE GEM 2015, pp. 19-26. DOI: 10.1109/GEM.2015.7377239
[PDF]

[36] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Mir Adnan Ali, Ken Nickerson*, "Declaration of Veillance (Surveillance is Half-Truth)" Proc. IEEE GEM 2015, 2 pages. DOI: 10.1109/GEM.2015.7377257
[PDF] *Ken Nickerson is CEO of iBinary LLC, and co-inventor of Kobo E-Reader.

[35] Steve Mann and Ryan Janzen (2015), "Fluid input devices and fluid dynamics-based human-machine interaction", Proc. IEEE GEM 2015, pp. 150-153. DOI: 10.1109/GEM.2015.7377216
[PDF]

[34] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Valmiki Rampersad, Jason Huang, Lei Jimmy Ba (2015), "'SqueaKEYS': a friction idiophone, for physical interaction with mobile devices" Proc. IEEE GEM 2015, pp. 229-232. DOI: 10.1109/GEM.2015.7377235
[PDF]

[33] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Steve Feiner, Jayes Hansen, Soren Harner, Stefano Baldassi, M.A. Ali (2015), "Wearable Computing, 3D Aug* Reality, Photographic/Videographic Gesture Sensing, and Veillance", Proc. TEI 2015, ACM, pp. 497-500. (Workshop publication, presented 2015.01.16 Friday, Stanford University. Note: author order is incorrect in ACM's computer-generated metadata.)
[PDF-paper] [website]

[32] Ryan Janzen and Steve Mann (2014), "Veillance Dosimeter, inspired by body-worn radiation dosimeters, to measure exposure to inverse light", Proc. IEEE GEM 2014, pp.267-9. DOI: 10.1109/GEM.2014.7048117
[PDF as published] [Hi-Res. PDF]

[31] R. Janzen, S.N. Yasrebi, A.J. Bose, A. Subramanian, S. Mann (2014), "Walking through Sight: Seeing the Ability to See, in a 3-D Augmediated Reality Environment" Proc. IEEE GEM 2014, pp.323-4. DOI: 10.1109/GEM.2014.7048124
[PDF as published] [Hi-Res. PDF]

[30] Ryan Janzen and Steve Mann (2014), "Actergy as a Reflex Performance Metric: Integral-Kinematics Applications", Proc. IEEE GEM 2014, pp.311-2. DOI: 10.1109/GEM.2014.7048123
[PDF]

[29] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Mir Adnan Ali, Pete Scourboutakos, Nitin Guleria (2014), "Integral Kinematics (Time-Integrals of Distance, Energy, etc.) and Integral Kinesiology", Proc. IEEE GEM 2014, pp.270-2.
[PDF] [more info]

[28] Ryan Janzen and Steve Mann (May 2014), "Veillance Flux, Vixels, Veillons: An Information-Bearing Extramissive Formulation of Sensing, to Measure Surveillance and Sousveillance" Proc. IEEE CCECE 2014, pp.1-10. DOI: 10.1109/CCECE.2014.6901060
[ PDF with optimized formatting ] [ PDF as published ] [ More Info ]

[27] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Tao Ai, Nima Yasrebi, Jad Kawwa, Mir Adnan Ali (2014), "Toposculpting: Computational Lightpainting and Wearable Computational Photography for Abakographic User Interfaces" In Proc. IEEE CCECE 2014. (10 pages, to appear)

[26] Ryan Janzen (2013), "Art and Science as co-conspirators in the service and disservice of humanity" (abstract in proceedings, of talk [link]). Proc. IEEE ISTAS 2013.

[25] Steve Mann, Raymond Lo, Jason Huang, Valmiki Rampersad, and Ryan Janzen (2012), "HDRchitecture: Real-Time 3D HDR Imaging for Extreme Dynamic Range", Proc. SIGGRAPH 2012, Los Angeles. [Demo/Information]   [Citation]   [PDF summary published]   This work was presented as part of Siggraph 2012 Emerging Technology.

[24] Ryan Janzen and Steve Mann (2012), "High Dynamic Range Simultaneous Signal Compositing, Applied to Audio", IEEE CCECE 2012, Montreal, 2012 April 29 to May 2, 6 pages, to be indexed in IEEE Xplore. [Paper]

[23] Steve Mann and Ryan Janzen (2012), "The Xyolin: A 10-octave continuous-pitch xylophone, and other existemological instruments", Proc. International Computer Music Conference (ICMC2012): "Non-Cochlear Sound", Ljubljana, Slovenia, Sept. 9-14, 2012, pp.451-8. [Paper] [Website]

[22] Janzen, R E and Bolt, L M (2012), "Improved measurement algorithms for primate vocal communication research, with application to Lemur catta [abstract]" Bioacoustics Journal, 21(1): pp. 38-39 [Link] [Link to issue]

[21] Steve Mann and Ryan Janzen (2012), "Hydraulikos: Ice, Water, and Steam as User-Interfaces" (Opening Keynote, Sunday February 19th, 19:00 to 20:00), Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI2012), February 19-22, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, pp. 27-28 [PDF] [program].

[20] Steve Mann, Jason Huang, Ryan Janzen, Raymond Lo, Valmiki Rampersad, Alexander Chen, Taqveer Doha (2011), "Blind navigation with a wearable range camera and vibrotactile helmet", Proc. ACM MM 2011, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, pp.1325-1328. [Paper, PDF] [Poster, PDF] [Poster, JPEG finite-resolution] .

[19] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Jason Huang (2011), '"WaterTouch": An Aquatic Interactive Multimedia Sensory Table based on Total Internal Reflection in Water', Proc. ACM MM 2011, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, pp.925-8. [Paper] .

[18] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Tom Hobson (2011). "Multisensor Broadband High Dynamic Range Sensing for a Highly Expressive Step-based Musical Instrument", Proc. Tangible and Embedded Interaction, TEI 2011, Funchal, pp.21-24. [Paper]

[17] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Jason Huang, Matthew Kelly, Jimmy Lei Ba, Alexander Chen (2011). "User-Interfaces Based on the Water-Hammer Effect" Proc. Tangible and Embedded Interaction, TEI 2011, Funchal, pp.1-8. [Paper]

[16] Ryan Janzen and Steve Mann (2010). '"Stray": A New Multimedia Music Composition using the Andantephone', Proc. ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM 2010), October 25-29, 2010, Firenze/Florence, Italy, pp.683-686. [Paper]

[15] Ryan Janzen and Laura Bolt (2009). "Improved measurement algorithm for vocal communication research, with application to Lemur Catta", Proceedings of IBAC 2009, Lisbon. (abstract; also to appear in Bioacoustics Journal) Presented at IBAC 2009 conference, 2009.09.14

[14] Steve Mann and Ryan Janzen (2009). "Polyphonic embouchure on an intricately expressive musical keyboard formed by an array of water jets." Proc. ICMC 2009, Montreal, pp.545-548. [Paper] [Poster]

[13] Ryan E. Janzen (2008). Winged Messengers: The possibility of sending signals along power wiring inside aircraft. (Intra-Aircraft Power Line Communcation). VDM-Verlag. More info

On Amazon.com

[12] Ryan E. Janzen (2008). "Hydraulophones: Acoustic musical instruments and expressive user interfaces." (MASc dissertation, University of Toronto, 103 pages)

[11] Janzen, R. E. and Kar, N. C. "An Induction Motor Drive for Electric Vehicles, with Efficiency- and Overload-Augmented PI Control", Journal of Electric Power Components and Systems. (17 pages, accepted by journal)

[10] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen and Raymond Lo (2008), "Hyperacoustic instruments: Computer-controlled instruments that are not electrophones", Proc. International IEEE conference (ICME 2008), Hannover, Germany, June 23-26, 2008. [PDF] [citation]

[09] Ryan Janzen and Steve Mann (2007), "Arrays of water jets as user interfaces: Detection and estimation of flow by listening to turbulence signatures using hydrophones", Proceedings of the 2007 Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Multimedia (ACM MM 2007) Conference, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, Sept. 24-29, 2007. pp. 505-8. [PDF] [PDF] --> [citation]

[08] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Raymond Lo, James Fung (2007), "Non-electrophonic cyborg instruments: Playing on everyday things as if the whole world were one giant musical instrument", ACM Multimedia (MM 2007), Augsburg, Germany, Sept. 24-29, 2007. pp. 932-941. [PDF] [citation]

[07] Steve Mann and Ryan Janzen (2007), "Fluid Samplers: Sampling music keyboards having fluidly continuous action and sound, without being electrophones", ACM Multimedia (MM 2007), Augsburg, Germany, Sept. 24-29, 2007. pp. 912-921. [PDF] [citation]

[06] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, James Meier (2007), "The electric hydraulophone: A hyperacoustic instrument with acoustic feedback", International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2007), Aug. 27-31, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark.

[05] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Raymond Lo, Chris Aimone (2007), "Inventing new instruments based on a computational "hack" to make an out-of-tune or unpitched instrument play in perfect harmony", International Computer Music Conference (ICMC 2007), Aug. 27-31, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark.

[04] Steve Mann, Michael Georgas, Ryan Janzen (2006), "Water jets as pixels: water fountains as both sensors and displays", Eighth IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (IEEE ISM 2006), pp. 766-772, Dec. 11-13, 2006, San Diego, CA. [citation]

[03] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Mark Post (2006), "Hydraulophone Design Considerations: Absement, Displacement, and Velocity-Sensitive Music Keyboard in which Each Key is a Water Jet." ACM Multimedia (ACM MM 2006), pp. 519-528, Santa Barbara, CA, Oct. 23-27, 2006. [PDF] [citation] [all-info]

[02] Janzen, R. E. and Kar, N.C. (2006). "Efficiency Improvements from an Electric Vehicle Induction Motor Drive, with Augmentations to a PI Control". IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical & Computer Engineering (IEEE CCECE 2006), Ottawa, June 2006. pp.832-5 (national/international conference) (resulting from visiting research work at University of Windsor)

[01] Janzen, R. E. (2005) "Intra-Aircraft Power Line Communication: Synthesis of Avionics and PLC". (undergraduate honours thesis, 52 pages.)

Invited contributions (non-refereed)

[N3] S. Mann,..., R. Janzen, et al. (2016), "Code of Ethics on Human Augmentation: the three 'Laws'" KurzweilAI: Accelerating Intelligence, 2016.07.05, publishing a compendium from the VRTO Virtual & Augmented Reality World Conference + Expo, June 25-27, 2016. [PDF] [html] [info]

[N2] Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Steven Feiner (2015), A Graphical History of Augmented Reality: "Some History and Fundamentals of Mobile, Wearable, Wireless AR and PHENOMENAugmented Reality." AWE 2015 conference distribution package for Monday registrants. 2015.06.08 [PDF]

[N1] Ryan Janzen (2015), "Nova Vortex" (program notes in Digifest 2015 proceedings) [Link]

Uncredited Research

[U1] S. Mann (2014 June), "The Sightfield: Visualizing Computer Vision, and Seeing Its Capacity to 'See' " (Mann's keynote at IEEE EVW 2014). This companion document references [28], renames the veillance field [28], and discloses further work done in collaboration.

Acknowledgements in Research

[K01] Xiao, Hang (2008), “Development and Application of a Flow-Through Sampler for Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds in Air”, Ph.D. dissertation. [Link] *

[K02] Chan, Pak Kei (2010), "The Role of FKBP5 in Influenza Virus Infection", Master's thesis. [Link]

[K03] Bolt, Laura M. (2010), "Applying Human Interactive and Communicative Theories to Ringtailed Lemur (Lemur catta) Communication. vis-à-vis: Explorations in Anthropology 10(1): 3-20. [Link] *

[K04] Ernest Chun Yue Ho (2011), "If you want to be slow you have to be fast: Control of Slow Population Activities by Fast-spiking Interneurons via Network Multistability", Ph.D. dissertation. [Link]

[K05] Steve Mann (2012), "Hydraulikos: nature and technology and the centre for cyborg-environment interaction (CEI)", Proceedings of the Sixth Annual Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI2012), February 19-22, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, pp. 29-32 [PDF].

[K06] Tsao, Eugenia Kin-Kwun (2013), "Upping the Anti: Psychiatrization, Survival, and the Politics of Alterity." Ph.D. dissertation. [link]

[K07] Bolt, Laura M. (2013), "The function of howling in the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)". International Journal of Primatology 34(1): 157-169. DOI: 10.1007/s10764-012-9654-8 [link] *

[K08] Bolt, Laura M. (2013), "Squealing rate indicates dominance rank in the male ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)". American Journal of Primatology 75(12): 1174-1184. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22179 [link] *

[K09] Bolt, Laura M (2013). "The relationship between dominance and vocal communication in the male ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)," Ph.D. dissertation. [Link]

[K10] Bolt, Laura M. (2014), "Male-specific use of the purr in the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)". Folia Primatologica 85(4): 201-214. DOI: 10.1159/000363057 [link] *

[K11] Walker-Bolton, Amber (2017), "Male Mating Success in Lemur catta", Ph.D. dissertation. [Link]

[K12] Bolt, Laura M., and Tennenhouse, Erica. (2017), "Contact calling behaviour in the male ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)." Ethology 123: 614-626. [link] *

[K13] Bolt, Laura M., Schreier, Amy L., Voss, Kristofor A., Sheehan, Elizabeth A., Barrickman, Nancy L., Pryor, Nathaniel P., and Barton, Matthew C. (2018), "Influence of anthropogenic edge effects on primate populations and their habitat in a fragmented rainforest in Costa Rica." Primates 59: 301-311. [link] *

[K14] Yang, Sen (2018), "Veillametrics: An extramissive approach to analyze and visualize audio and visual sensory flux" (Master's thesis, University of Toronto) The new field of veillametrics became the central focus of this thesis.

* acknowledgement for experimental measurement equipment design/consulting

Ryan Janzen is a scientist, engineer and artist. Janzen proposed the physics of veillance flux, and a veillance field emitted by surveillance cameras, leading Janzen and S. Mann to establish the new research fields of veillametrics (exact quantification of surveillance) and metasensing ^[1]. This work advances the physics and mathematics of sensor design for the security, broadcasting, and augmented reality industries ^[1].

Janzen's work embodies a fusion between art and science that comes naturally: Janzen's scientific research has led to advances in acoustics, aerospace engineering, and electric vehicle propulsion, and was awarded a federal grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. This research is published in more than 30 international publications ^[2].

Ryan Janzen's artistic work has been featured internationally in New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Copenhagen and Shanghai ^[3].

Bio  (TP, short)

Bio  (scientific, scholarly)

Ryan Janzen applies principles of electrical engineering and physics to diverse fields, from biological research, to fluid dynamics and aerospace, to music and acoustics. Janzen's scientific research has led to advances in signal processing, acoustics, aerospace engineering, and electric vehicle propulsion, and has been awarded a federal grant by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada. Janzen developed CDR audio -- the world's first composite-dynamic-range audio algorithm -- and invented the veillance flux formulation of extramissive optics. With 25 international peer-reviewed publications, he does research and teaching as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Toronto. Janzen has served on editorial review committees for five scholarly publications, and was the Organizing Chair of the IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, hosting distinguished researchers worldwide including Ray Kurzweil (Chief Engineer at Google) and MIT's Marvin Minsky (known as the father of Artificial Intelligence, AI). Janzen is also a composer of orchestral music, and his work has been performed internationally in New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Copenhagen and Shanghai.

Bio  (business/tech, 2016)

Ryan Janzen is a scientist, engineering researcher, and artist. Featured on the Discovery Channel, Wired magazine, and Through the Wormhole, Janzen has produced more than 40 scientific publications and 70+ international lectures and media interviews. Janzen's innovations in avionics, optics, mathematics, vehicle propulsion and kinematics, have led to entirely new fields of research: veillametrics, swarm modulation, and intra-aircraft power line communication. His work was featured at the World Expo in Shanghai, and at the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Janzen's work embodies a fusion between art and science that comes naturally: Janzen's scientific research has led to advances in acoustics, aerospace engineering, and augmented-reality, and was awarded a federal grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. Ryan Janzen's artistic work has been featured internationally in New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Copenhagen and Shanghai.

Janzen is co-founder and CTO of TransPod, working to create the future of transportation. Ultra-high-speed aerospace vehicles are being designed by TransPod to move passengers and cargo between cities faster with reduced dependency on fossil fuels.

Ryan Janzen is a member of distinguished professional organizations including the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society. His collaborators and mentors have included wearable computing pioneer Dr. Steve Mann; Meta-Vision CTO Raymond Lo; InteraXon co-founder Chris Aimone; Princeton researcher Allen Bahn; and Intelex founder Ted Grunau.

Bio  (popular science, 2016)

Bio  (for music publication)

Ryan Janzen's compositions have been performed internationally in New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Copenhagen and Shanghai. Featured on CBC, Danish radio, and at the World Expo, Ryan Janzen's compositions have been sought after for art music, film, and esoteric concerts. As experience-designer and music director of 24 live concerts and producer of 3 albums, he has collaborated extensively with musicians, orchestras, and interdisciplinary researchers.

Janzen's work embodies a fusion between art and science that comes naturally: Janzen's scientific research has led to advances in acoustics, aerospace engineering, and electric vehicle propulsion, and was awarded a federal grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. His music research is published in eight international music publications. After founding a technology consulting company in elementary school, Janzen worked on the award-winning film Commedia Fantasia (winner of the 2002 Houston International Film Festival Gold Medal Award in performing arts), and has since produced an array of art music, film music, orchestral and choral compositions, performance art, and high-tech performances that push the limits of art and science.

Janzen in 2006 was the world's first composer to create music for hydraulophone, an exotic instrument which is played by touching jets of water. Janzen developed a new expressive performance style and (along with inventor Steve Mann) a new musical notation which gives the performer access to a never-before-seen ability: polyphonic embouchure, brought into existence by hydraulophones.

His film scores include "Ritual", an eerie film+concert performance in which audience and performers are left in pitch dark. Janzen's compositions have been commissioned recently for a grand-opening of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind in Alberta, and for the Marshall Fels Elliott short film "After Hours". His compositions have also been performed at the Music Gallery in Toronto, NIME in New York City, and the Vandkulturhuset in Denmark.

Janzen's multimedia work "Stray" was featured in a Florence, Italy presentation. This piece of music was written in the C programming language, for pipe organ and andantephone (a musical instrument designed with Steve Mann which transforms seismic waves from footsteps).

Fusion between music and science is also Janzen's specialty as an invited lecturer internationally at courses and conventions alike. He spoke at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, for the American Musical Instrument Society, discussing his recent work. He is featured in 22 newspaper, magazine and TV news programs on art, science and technology.

Samples of his work can be heard/seen at:
   ryanjanzen.ca

Interesting Activities

• Engineering and systems design consultant, for primate research on St. Catherines Island, USA
• 1997 expedition to Antarctica, aboard Russian scientific research vessel, Пpoфeccop Xpomob (Professor Khromov).
• Serenaded the president of VIA Rail Canada by accompanying his corporate speech to music.
• Public Speaking -- invited guest speaker for symposia/university/nonprofit lectures, with a diverse mix of physics, music, engineering and art.
• Presented at the Ontario Innovation Awards, Ontario Centres of Excellence convention 2010. (Personally discussed current research with Ontario's Minister of the Environment, the Hon. John Gerretsen)
• Composer of orchestral music and other genres.
  • Compositions have been performed internationally in Canada, the United States, Denmark and China.
• Production of music performances, with an emphasis on novel music creation:
  • Music Director and experience designer, for 19 live concerts
  • Produced 3 albums, for orchestra and music ensembles.
  • Live stage production (sound+lighting) at concert halls. (worked on major concerts by Canadian icons John McDermott, Frank Mills, Stompin' Tom Connors, and Rita MacNeil)
  • Conductor (for various orchestra and ensemble performances)
• Gave Ralph Klein a music lesson (former Premier of Alberta)
• Music Education: Master's degree covered composition, ethnomusicology, acoustics, psychological and neural perception of music -- the Dean of Music was on his dissertation committee.
• Started a technology consulting company in elementary school, Janzen Electronics. Expanding from clients in the local community, this company designed special effects equipment for a motion picture, and consulted for an Environment Canada laboratory.
• Has taken 2 graduate-level courses in neuroscience, and 3 courses in aerospace.
• Odyssey of the Mind -- team placed 8th internationally at the world championships in 1993
• Invited to reception at the mansion of billionaire Peter Thiele (founder of PayPal), San Francisco (there's a long story to this.)
• Curator, History of Augmented Reality Glass Exhibit, at AWE 2013 in Santa Clara CA. (with Pete Wassell)

• Curriculum designer, C.A.P. (Community Access Program, Gov't of Canada, 1999-2001)
• Instructor for School of Continuing Studies / Academy for Life-long Learning, University of Toronto (2010-2)
• Teaching for university courses:
  • C programming (APS105 teaching assistant),
  • Electromagnetic fields; circuit theory (ECE110 and ECE159 teaching assistant),
  • Digital hardware and FPGA design (ECE241 teaching assistant),
  • Microprocessor Systems (ECE385 teaching assistant),
  • Sensory Cybernetics/Communication (ECE446 teaching assistant)
  • Intelligent image processing and personal cybernetic systems (ECE516 teaching assistant).
• Research Project Supervisor:
  • co-supervision of 9 undergraduate research theses [example video]
  • supervision of 41 lab research students
  • co-supervision of M.Eng. (Master's of Engineering) student projects (two students)
  • research advisor for an international research competition project, with Dr. Brad Bass, Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient, featuring student Maya Burhanpurkar, who received the "Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal of Honour" from the Governor General of Canada. We worked with Maya on developing her scientific research in high school.
• Consultant, School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto, for the Academy for Lifelong Learning program.

Editorial work for scholarly publications

• Member of the Technical Program Committee, International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems (IEEE)
• Reviewer for five scholarly publications (technical review committee for the International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems, the IEEE International Conference on Energy Conversion (IEEE CENCON 2015), IEEE International Power and Energy Conference (IEEE PECON 2012); IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics and Applications (IEEE ISIEA 2013); reviewer for IEEE CCECE 2012 ; reviewer for 2013 IEEE 5th International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED2013) ); Workshop on Moving Cameras Meet Video Surveillance: from Body-borne Cameras to Drones

Education

• B.A.Sc, Engineering Science, University of Toronto (2005)
  • "among the world's top undergraduate engineering programs" -- Prof. Will Cluett, chair   [http://www.engsci.utoronto.ca]  
  • Undergraduate program geared toward graduate research. The emphasis was on turning scientific discoveries into practical reality. This intensive program taught in-depth electrical engineering, on top of a rich foundation in mathematics, physics, and scientific experimentation.
• M.A.Sc., Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Toronto (2008).
  • Thesis title: "Hydraulophones: Acoustic musical instruments and expressive user interfaces"
  • Supervised by Professor W. Steve Mann.
  • Master's defence committee included Dean of Engineering Cristina Amon, VP Research of Ryerson University Anastasios Venetsanopoulos, and Dean of Music Gage Averill.
• Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Toronto. (2019)
  • Thesis title: "Extended Intelligence and Mediated Reality Veillametrics in the Space, Time, Frequency, and Amplitude Domains"
  • Supervised by Professor W. Steve Mann.

IEEE ISTAS 2013, Toronto, Canada.
June 27-29, 2013

Research Grants

• European Union & Italian Government Research Grant - "Contratto di Programma", awarded for R. Janzen's research; joint project to be executed by TransPod Italy, SITAEL Spacecraft, as well as research partners.
• NSERC Discovery Grant 2013 (successful; applied with Steve Mann)
• NSERC Engage (application 2014, with Waterfront Toronto)
• Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) grant—Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP I), $60,000. Janzen = Application Lead; successful application submitted spring 2015, awarded summer 2015, funds available 2015.~12. Collaboration with Crystal Fountains Inc.
• OCE: Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP I) - for University of Toronto with industrial partner Meta North. Assisted with application; applied 2015.10.31, project proposed from 2016.01.01 to 2016.12.31.
• Aquasonic grant to University of Toronto, "Fluid User-Interfaces based on Kármán Vortex Shedding". $17,000. Research executed by Janzen. (2014)
• Plastic Mobile Inc. grant to University of Toronto, Shepherded a successful competitive grant bid awarded by Plastic Mobile (CEO Sep Seyedi) (grant presentation with Steve Mann), awarded 2014.03.26
• NSERC Discovery grant, "Personal Safety Devices and Systems", executed under sole P.I. Steve Mann, $125,000 (2009-2014)
• Meta-View, "Spatial Imaging Digital Eye Glass ('Spaceglasses')". Janzen was one of the collaborators with Meta-View Inc., with CTO Raymond Lo. $30,000 (granted 2013).
• NSERC Engage grant, $25,000, "Fluid User-Interfaces for laminar water jets", executed by C. Aimone, S. Mann and R. Janzen. Collaboration with Crystal Fountains Inc.
• Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) grant, "Wearable EEG (Electroencephalogram) and Intelligent Signal Processing", executed under P.I. Steve Mann. $33,620 (2010-2011)

Scholarships and Fellowships

Awards

• "Innovation of the Year" Award — Startup Canada National Award at Parliament Hill (2018)
• "Innovation of the Year" Award — Startup Canada Provincial Award (2018)
• Innovation Award — France Canada Chamber of Commerce Ontario (2018)
• Lauréat de L'Innovation — Paris Air Forum (2017)
• Best Student Paper Award — IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (2016)

• Panelist: "Future of Transportation", hosted by Autodesk, 2019.02.28; panelists from Uber, Pantonium (bus routing), Ryerson Helium (personal VTOL)
• Moderator of Panel: "A vision for the future of Public Transportation in the GTA", hosted by TFBN+AAGEF, 2019.02.27, at George Brown College; panelists = Arthur Nicolet (CEO Transdev Canada), Mathieu Goetzke (VP Planning at Metrolinx), Julien Rivollier (Director Transportation at Plan Group / Buig Construction)
• Diplomatic speech in Paris at the Canadian Embassy, with Ambassador Hudon. 2019.01
• Innovators' Ball at the Ontario Science Centre. 3D speech with projection, 2018.11
• "Innovation of the Year" Award acceptance speech, at Parliament Hill, Ottawa, 2018.10
• CityAge (#2): panel discussion and possible talk, 2018.09.24
• Speech in Tokyo: APO Sustainable Productivity Summit, Tokyo, 2018.07.10 Award acceptance speech, Startup Canada - Sault Ste. Marie Keynote at ASIS Summit, 2018 Digifest 2018.04.26 New York - cities conference (also add FoxBN interview to media)
• Keynote at the International Conference on Structural Dynamics, Rome, 2017.09.
• Keynote at Novae Forum, Montreal, 2017.10.25
• US-Korea Conference (UKC), 2017.08.10
• C2 conference, Montreal, 2017.05.24
• Internationl Rail Signalling Engineering (IRSE) Conference, 2016.12.02, at Royal York Hotel.
• TEDx Talk: "The Future of Transportation". 2016.10.27
• CityAge summit, MaRS centre, Toronto. 2016.0_
• National Research Council, Ottawa: Presentation to Members of Parliament, the chair of CUTRIC, and transportation agency and industrial partners from throughout Canada; on TransPod. CUTRIC Research & Innovation Forum, 2016.06.29.
• OCE Discovery 2016. Splashtones exhibit, at booth, and at evening reception area. 2016.05.09-10
• Demonstration of veillametrics, at IEEE Toronto - Consumer Electronics branch, 2015.12.02
• GEM 2015 presentations: 2x long presentations by RJ (Swarm Modulation and Bio-Veillametrics); 2x short presentations by RJ, Ken Yang, Steve Mann (first and last day); 1x extended abstract with "poster" (declaration of veillance); assisted a bit with Steve Mann keynote
• Presented at MaRS Discovery District, TUX (Toronto User Experience) symposium, hosted by the Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, 2015.10.27, at 12:30pm
• "We are Wearables" symposium at MaRS Discovery District, Toronto Symposium topic: "Future of Cameras". Demonstration on veillametrics by RJ. (second in a series at this event). 2015.09.09
• Toronto Police - Board of Directors - Public expert deputation, delivered to the Toronto Police Services Board, on body-worn cameras. (with Steve Mann) Thu Oct 9, 2014 1:15pm onward
• "We are Wearables" symposium at MaRS Discovery District, Toronto. Presentation on veillametrics, with Steve Mann 2015.04.09, evening. (note: Steve Mann post-show video)
• Steve Mann (with contribution from Ryan Janzen), Keynote Address: "Phenomenal Augmented Reality". AWE2015, Augmented World Expo. 2015.06.10, 9:30am-10:00am. [video]
• Jayse Hansen, Ryan Janzen, Steve Mann, Steve Feiner. "Featured 3D UI Workshop: Phenomenal Augmented Reality - Physical phenomena form the fundamental basis for gesture-based 3D AR." 2015.06.08, 1:30pm-3:00pm AWE2015, Augmented World Expo.
• TEI 2014 Workshop on Wearable Computing with 3D Augmediated Reality, Digital Eye Glass, Egography (Egocentric/First-Person Photographic/Videographic Gesture Sensing), and Veillance. 2015.01.16 (9am-5:30pm). With Steve Mann, Steve Feiner, Stefano Baldassi, Soren Harner, Jayes Hansen, and Ryan Janzen. (aaaa Add to publications.)
• Keynote at FITC Wearable conference (with S.Mann,R.Janzen,MA.Ali), at Glenn Gould Studio, CBC broadcast centre, Toronto. 2014.11.13, 10:50am. [highlights video
• GEM 2014 presentations: (4x posters 2014.10.23-24, and gave part of keynote address with Steve Mann)
• Keynote at IEEE GEM2014: "Augmediated Reality Gaming", 2014.10.22 Wed., 4:30pm-5:30pm (Steve Mann with contributions from Ryan Janzen)
• Steve, Stephanie, and Christina Mann; Ryan Janzen; Arkin Ai; Rifdhan Nazeer; Mir Adnan Ali; Pete Scourboutakos; Govind Peringod; and Kyle Simmons, "Surveillicopter Drone Swarms and Surveilluminescent Smart Dust Motes for Surveillight-based Surveillometry". At IEEE Embedded Vision Workshop 2014, Columbus Ohio, 2014.06.28.
• "Engineering and Music Composition for the Human Sensory Experience" in Denmark for an audience including the University of Aarhus, 2014. Aarhus, Denmark, 2014.06.04 - talk at Godsbanen, Aarhus, Denmark.
• "An Information-Bearing Extramissive Formulation of Sensing, to Measure Surveillance and Sousveillance" IEEE CCECE 2014, Toronto. 2014.05.04-07
• "Sur/Sous/Veillance flux, vixels, veillons: A new information-bearing extramissive formulation of optics", Invited guest lecture, University of Toronto ECE516 course, 2014
• "Integrated Kinematics: Absement and its spectral content, delta measures, and Fourier transform properties of the Motion of Matter", Invited guest lecture, University of Toronto ECE516 course, 2014
• Welcome Address, Closing Address, International Symposium on Technology and Society (see ISTAS section)
• "Art and Science as co-conspirators in the service and disservice of humanity" (2013 at IEEE ISTAS). [abstract]
• Curator of the "History of Augmented Reality" exhibit at Augmented World Expo, Santa Clara, California, 2013.06.~04-05. (with Pete Wassell, Augmate)
• Custom-designed closing speech/performance for the Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara, California, 2013.06.05. (invited by AWE founder Ori Inbar)
• Lecture on physiphonic sound production at ICMC 2012, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Lecture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, hosted by AMIS 2012.
• "High Dynamic Range Simultaneous Signal Compositing, Applied to Audio", IEEE CCECE 2012, Montreal, 2012.04.30
• "Sound, Acoustics and Signal Processing in Biology Research", Anthropology Department, University of Toronto, guest lecture, 2012
• Musical Keynote Address, International TEI conference at Queen's University, Kingston, Agnes Etherington Gallery, 2012.02.19
• Composers' panel on new music technology - with composers Anders Hillborg, Christos Hatzis, etc. onstage at New Music Festival, University of Toronto, 2012.01.25, Music Panel Discussion: Anders Hillborg, Christos Hatzis, Bruno Degazio, Takako Fujioka, Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Karan Singh, Lee Bartel.
• Short talk at Convocation Hall, University of Toronto, on the future of human-machine interfaces, and to introduce a composition. At DOT conference 2011, alongside speakers Karim Rashid, Edward Burtynsky, Eric Chivian.
• 2 lectures at TEI 2011, Funchal, Madeira (along with 2 research demos)
• "Engineering for the human senses", Invited guest lecture, University of Toronto ECE516 course, 2011
• "Humanistic Intelligence Technology", part of "The Future of Human Evolution" at the 2010 Singularity Summit, San Francisco, 2010.08.14 (paid presentation along with Steve Mann)
• Inventrepreneurship at TransPod, Invited guest lecture, UofT ECE1041 course (Inventrepreneurship). 2019.04.03
• "High dynamic range sensing", Invited guest lecture, University of Toronto ECE516 course, 2010, 2012
• "Improved measurement algorithms for primate vocal communication research, with application to Lemur catta", talk at IBAC 2009, Portugal
• "Physics and Creation", Toronto United Mennonite Church, 2009.07.05 .
• "Microcontroller programming", University of Toronto, 2008, 2012
• "The How and Why of Computing", University of Toronto, 2008
• 2 lectures at ACMMM 2007, Augsburg
• "Efficiency Improvements from an Electric Vehicle Induction Motor Drive, with Augmentations to a PI Control". IEEE CCECE 2006, Ottawa
• Public Speaking -- invited guest speaker for symposia/university/nonprofit lectures, with a diverse mix of physics, music, engineering and art.
• Media interviews (see below)

• University of Toronto Magazine, "More Than a Pipe Dream: Ryan Janzen is developing a new kind of transportation that could revolutionize intercity travel – and he wants to be the first to ride it", 2018.10 [article]
• CityNews: "TransPod Hyperloop faster, cheaper than high-speed rail, Toronto startup says." [Video]. 2017.07.26
• Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman, filmed 2016.04.11. [youtube]
• Toronto Star [article]
• Monacle Radio, The Monacle Daily international broadcast
• Space Channel, InnerSpace flagship show. Filmed 2016.03.24, 1:30pm
• CTV National News, 2016.05
• "The Haunting Sounds of Water-Based Musical Instruments", Azula.com [article] 2016.03.26
• Discovery Channel - Daily Planet, 2016.02.02. [YouTube]
• Discovery Channel - recorded 2011.08.18, to be aired 2011.09
• CBC, Richard Syrett program, Out of their minds, aired 2011.08.23, interviewed 2011.06.09 by Richard Syrett
• CBC, David Suzuki program, The Bottom Line, interview with Ryan Janzen (recorded 2010.05.20)
• Wired magazine - article by Priya Ganapati, August 16, 2010, 2010.08.16
• Singularity Weblog, "Ryan Janzen on Singularity 1 on 1", interviewed by Nikola Danaylov. 2012
• IEEE Spectrum Magazine - in article on Steve Mann's lab, 2013.01.26, photographer Ryan Enn Hughes, publ. 2013
• Rogers TV, 2011.08. video
• CBC Radio, Interview and performance on CBC Radio 1 "GO", hosted by Brent Bambury, 2010.05.22
• Ontario Centres of Excellence - "Discovery 2010" - featured on mycitylives.com, 2010.05.17
• Soundbuilders, motherboard.tv, vbs.tv interview by Liz Cowie, William Kiersky [Video]
• Ottawa interviews ... (to be posted aaaa)
• Organic Evolution in Toronto Star: article + Video
• TFO, interviewed by David Baeta, program airing 2009.12.03, 8:30pm, simulcast online at volt.tfo.org
• IAAPA interviews. e.g. Robb Alvey interview. 2009.11
• Global TV, interviewed by Minna Rhee, 16:9 program airing nationally 2009.10.26 .
• Gadgetoff interviews, 2009.09.25
• Nigel Tsang, reporter from Fairchild TV, 2009.09.09
• The Toronto Star, "Mann of the future", 2009.08.23
• The Toronto Star, 2009.08 second article
• Global TV + ShawTV, Calgary - at Canadian National Institute for the Blind opening (2x), 2008
• Matt Chin interview on BiteTV pop culture show, 2008.08.08
• City-TV Breakfast Television, 2008
• CBC Radio, Sook-Yin Lee interview, "DNTO", 2008.06.04
• Dame Evelyn Glennie interview
• Canadian Presbyterian Record
• Denmark interviews at icmc2007 (2x), including International ICMC Netradio
• New York interviews at nime2007 (2x)
• "Engineering Graduate Student Debuts Hydraulophone in Symphony," University of Toronto, 2007.03.29
• Nuit Blanche interviews (2x), 2006
• CityNews CP24 (news segment hosted by Richard Madan); World's Fair promotional video; later MBC Television (South Korea) (3x) at OSC opening attended by Minister of Culture.
• Independent broadcaster video - 2001 (forcegen)
• CBC Radio Windsor - 1998 or 2000 or 2001 (ah/pmais/forcegen)