- 0December 2021A Mitacs Globalink Research Award researcher from U of T wins Mitacs Award for original research on the Bohemian court and monarchy, illuminating the important role of medieval queens and their often overlooked yet significant contributions to politics and culture.
- 0September 2020As cryptographic systems gain popularity, University of Calgary student embarks on international collaboration to discover if widely accepted algorithms fail with particular classes of numbers.
- 0June 2020Working towards a COVID-19 vaccine, Selvaraj and Kaliamurthi use artificial intelligence and reverse vaccinology.
- 0January 2017I worked with a group of students to develop a smart nanocomposite that can simultaneously detect and scavenge the heavy metal ions in water.
- 0December 2016We are trying to put together a comprehensive assessment that will lead to regular water quality monitoring, which is a crucial aspect of long-term water security.
- 0November 2016The research revealed that both external and internal factors played important roles in the implementation of data analytics in soccer clubs.
- 0May 2016My initial estimate of this “water footprint” showed that 1,900 litres of water were required every year to grow one kilogram of soybean in Southern Amazonia. However, this estimate was based on a crop modeling exercise with assumptions that don’t reflect the realities of producing in the tropics.
- 0March 2016I benefited greatly from this arrangement, as it allowed me to connect with other scholars and archivists at various French institutions.
- 1January 2016George Conidis, a PhD student in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at York University is the recipient of the Mitacs PhD Award for Outstanding Innovation.
- 0December 2015Astronomy targets are not visible all year long, so I needed to apply for telescope time every couple of months to get observations of my targets. I was able to stay longer and collaborate in person at the Institute of Astronomy because of the Mitacs Globalink Award.
- 0November 2015Yet people from the village of Valnur in Kodagu (Coorg district) took the sight in stride, affectionately dubbing us the “fish women” and inviting us into their homes for lunch and their temples for festivals.
- 0October 2015In discussions with my supervisor, I learned about the deep cultural histories of the Himalayan region, and aimed to bring together my interest in visual anthropology with a field-based ethnographic study of a social phenomenon.