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- Exploring Quantitative Methods for Evaluating Sports GamesX<Read More
Developing efficient and effective evaluation strategies for measuring video game quality is an important open problem in today’s game industry. Standard methods within the industry rely on surveys and interviews to evaluate engagement of their games and to uncover design flaws. In this proposal, we investigate different types of methods...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Magy Seif El-Nasr
Student: Veronica Lorena Zammitto
Partner: Electronic Arts
Discipline: Interactive arts and technology
Sector: Digital media
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Program: Accelerate
> - An Evaluation of the Coordination of Transformative Energy Efficiency and Conservation by BC Hydro and MEMPRX<Read More
The purpose of this project is to a) understand how the objectives set out by the province of British Columbia to plan for and pursue long-term energy efficiency and conservation (EEC) are being coordinated between the BC Hydro, the BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (MEMPR) and the...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. John Robinson
Student: Thomas Berkhout
Partner: BC Hydro
Discipline: Resources and environmental management
Sector: Energy
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Program: Accelerate
> - Application of Habitat Suitability Models in Boreal Forest ReclamationX<Read More
Mining operations in the Oil Sands area can affect extensive areas of boreal forest. Those forested areas affected by mining are expected to be reclaimed by mining companies to reestablish their natural conditions after the exploitation ends. The long-term success of reclamation plans can be assessed with ecological models that...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. James P. Kimmins
Student: Juan A. Blanco
Partner: FORRx Consulting Inc.
Discipline: Forestry
Sector: Forestry
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Program: Accelerate
> - Cleantech in Canada: Prospects and ChallengesX<Read More
The purpose of the project is to identify the barriers to cleantech adoption, the role and effect of the government on the cleantech industry, and, in essence, understand whether or not the recent surge in venture capitalist investment and economic activity is potentially only a temporary aberration. Through iterative research...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Kernaghan Webb
Student: Randy Cruz
Partner: GCI Canada
Discipline: Journalism / Media studies and communication
Sector: Alternative energy
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Program: Accelerate
> - Compact Broadband Antenna DesignX<Read More
In broadband communication systems, one of the key issues is the design of a compact antenna while providing wideband characteristic over the whole operating band. This project focuses on novel antenna designs with appealing features of very wide bandwidth or multi-band performance, simple structure, omnidirectional radiation pattern and ease of...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Natalia K. Nikolova
Student: Li Liu
Partner: Sinclair Technologies Inc.
Discipline: Engineering
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Program: Accelerate
> - Effective Policies for Healthy Food Solutions: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships for Public HealthX<Read More
This project is in partnership with the Canadian Obesity Network. Human diet and nutrition have changed toward a diet dominated by increased food portions; low consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, cereals, and legumes; and the increase in high consumption of foods rich in saturated fat, sugars and salt. As...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Cameron Norman
Student: Katia de Pinho Campos
Partner: Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
Discipline: Epidemiology / Public health and policy
Sector: Life sciences
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Program: Accelerate
> - '>Tools and Strategies for Multi-Stakeholder Sustainability Planning: Toronto Hydro IT Infrastructure Offices Case StudyX<Read More
The Sustainability Office (SO) proposes to work with Toronto Hydro's IT Infrastructure department to develop a comprehensive and integrated sustainability and energy management program. This divisional pilot will serve as a model for progress towards Toronto Hydro's sustainability goal of achieving a reduced environmental footprint operation. Specifically targeting environmental performance...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Beth Savan
Student: David Photiadis
Partner: Toronto Hydro Electric Systems Ltd.
Discipline: Geography / Geology / Earth science
Sector: Energy
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Program: Accelerate
> - Exploring regionalism as a means to positively Impact Economic Growth and Diversification on the Burin PeninsulaX<Read More
This research will investigate how theories associated with the new regionalism and collaborative regional economic development (RED) have been applied in circumstances comparable to the Burin Peninsula, a rural region in Newfoundland and Labrador, and to explore the potential for transferring lessons and approaches from these models to the region....
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Kelly Vodden
Student: Ryan Gibson
Partner: Rural Secretariat
Discipline: Geography / Geology / Earth science
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Program: Accelerate
> - Toward Automating Pattern-based Application IntegrationX<Read More
Integration is a core IT operation, and is aided by a number of available best]practice techniques for integration (integration patterns). However the application of these patterns has little to no automated support. They are applied by consultants on a per-customer basis, making it an expensive and time consuming task. A...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Marsha Chechik
Student: Faraz Torshizi
Partner: IBM Toronto Lab
Discipline: Computer science
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Program: Accelerate
> - The review of the numerical analytical methods used in contamination monitoringX<Read More
This project is mainly about the investigation of the reliability of the computer-aided calculations used in conjunctions with the electronic instruments employed to detect radioactive contamination that may be deposited on surfaces such as a human skin. The investigations will be carried out using scientific theories including mathematical and statistical...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Rachid Machrafi
Student: Ernest Mojalefa Murphy
Partner: CANBERRA
Discipline: Engineering
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Program: Accelerate
> - Software Diversity MeasurementX<Read More
Given a landscape of computer software that is made up of very few platforms and operating system types, attacks on software can often come in the form of comparing differences between instances or revisions of software. Diversifying software is an effective technique to mitigate these kinds of attacks. Software diversification...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Mohammad Zulkernine
Student: Istehad Chowdhury
Partner: Cloakware Corporation
Discipline: Engineering
University:
Program: Accelerate
> - Simulation of Network Attacks, Part IIX<Read More
The rapid propagation of Internet into nearly every aspect of our daily life together with the increase in volume and sophistication of network attacks puts a special emphasis on the security of the network systems. Currently, security modeling and simulation is one of the widely acknowledged methods for network security...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Ali. A. Ghorbani
Student: Mohammad Ali Shiravi Khozani
Partner: Q1 Labs
Discipline: Computer science
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Program: Accelerate
> - Optical Properties of Mercury Arc LampsX<Read More
Mercury arc lamps are used in commercial water treatment reactors to provide ultraviolet radiation to disinfect the water or to break down chemical contaminants. These reactors may contain 50 to 100 lamps in a single vessel. In a relatively clear medium like water, a significant fraction of the radiation from...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Qiyin Fang
Student: Mowly Krishnamoorthy
Discipline: Engineering
Sector: Energy
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Program: Accelerate
> - Multiple Hypothesis Tracker (MHT) for Multitarget TrackingX<Read More
In this work, a real-time feasible Multiple Hypothesis Tracker will be developed for multiple targets tracking. A computationally feasible approximated version of MHT will be compared against the robabilistic Data Association (PDA) based Tracker as well as multi-frame assignment based multitarget tracker. Intensive testing will also be performed in order...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. T. Kirubarajan
Student: Sutharsan Sivagnanam
Partner: ICx Radar Systems
Discipline: Engineering
Program: Accelerate
> - Mapping Engineering Development Process ImprovementX<Read More
Integrating human factors (HF) considerations into the design of production systems can improve productivity and quality results while reducing injury risks to system operators. The researchers are currently conducting an action research study with Canadian electronics manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) to improve their production system design process (PSDP) and...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Patrick Neumann
Student: Aileen Lim
Partner: Research in Motion
Discipline: Engineering
Sector: Manufacturing
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Program: Accelerate
> - Development of MEMS Quasi-static Micromirror for Laser Beam Steering ApplicationsX<Read More
In this proposed research, a MEMS quasi]static micromirror will be developed for laser beam steering for various applications such as projection displaying of CAD drawing for assembly of complex parts and biomedical microscopies for tissue and cardiovascular imaging and cancer and tumor detection. The micromirror to be developed is able...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Siyuan He
Student: Soonho Park
Partner: World Star Tech
Discipline: Engineering
Sector: Construction and infrastructure
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Program: Accelerate
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