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- Multi-class and Multicriteria Classification ModelsX<Read More
This project will develop classification models in a multi-class and multicriteria context. These models will be based in part on multicriteria decision-making support techniques and statistical learning techniques. The first stage of the project will develop and validate performance measures of the multiclass classifiers. The second stage will develop classification...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Pascal Lang
Student: Loubna Benabbou
Partner: LTI Inc.
Discipline: Operations research
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Program: Accelerate
> - A New Decision-Support Tool for the Treatment of Patients Suffering from a Torn Anterior Cruciate LigamentX<Read More
After a ligament injury to the knee, clinicians must decide on an optimal treatment for their patient. In most cases, they prescribe either conservative therapies (physiotherapy with or without orthotics) or surgery (which allows doctors to use two different grafts). The Centre du genou Emovi proposes a biomechanical assessment to...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Jacques de Guise
Student: Alexandre Fuentes
Partner: Emovi Inc.
Discipline: Medicine
Sector: Life sciences
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Program: Accelerate
> - Video-On Demand Equipment AllocationX<Read More
The content delivery network market is undergoing rapid growth as a broadband penetration develops and the demand for Internet delivery of high-quality media increases. To facilitate the planning phase of Video-on-Demand (VoD) networks, in collaboration with Nortel Networks, we developed the VoD Equipment Alocation Tool. We define, and propose a...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Mark Coates
Student: Frederic Thouin
Partner: Verivue Inc.
Discipline: Engineering
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Program: Accelerate
> - Vancity Climate Change StrategyX<Read More
Vancity Credit Union has been a leader on the climate change issue for many years and has been actively attempting to reduce its carbon footprint since the mid-1990s. Climate change activities at Vancity were undertaken to invest in Canadian solutions to climate change, to build local knowledge about reducing emissions...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Gunilla Oberg
Student: Brian Gouge and Jeremy Osborn
Partner: Vancity Credit Union
Discipline: Resources and environmental management
Sector: Environmental industry
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Program: Accelerate
> - The Potential for Drainage to Improve Productivity of Regenerating Forests on Northern Vancouver IslandX<Read More
Extensive portions of the productive forests in coastal British Columbia display below-average timber productivity possibly due to excess soil water. In particular, conifers regenerating on some western red cedar/western hemlock sites on northern Vancouver Island show very slow growth and nutrient deficiencies after harvest. The research team hypothesizes that the...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Cindy E. Prescott
Student: Toktam Sajedi
Partner: Western Forest Products Inc.
Discipline: Forestry
Sector: Forestry
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Program: Accelerate
> - The Gem Cutter Educational ToolX<Read More
This project will explore the pedagogical usefulness of a visual programming tool developed by Business Objects, called Gem Cutter. It will be used to illustrate and teach computer programming concepts to new students. This is different from the traditional text-based model in which students are required to engage in text-based...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Yvonne Coady
Student: Adam Parkin
Partner: Business Objects
Discipline: Computer science
Sector: Mining and quarrying
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Program: Accelerate
> - Roof Plane Generation Algorithm for Slope RoofsX<Read More
Automated Systems Research (ASR) has been supplying software to the roofing estimation market for close to 20 years. While the lack of competition in this niche market has provided for a steady ongoing business opportunity, it has created a vacuum of research in this area. One of the recurring research...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Richard Zhang
Student: Joe Kahlert
Partner: Automated Systems Research
Discipline: Computer science
Sector: Construction and infrastructure
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Program: Accelerate
> - New Polymers for Use in Flame Retardant Paper and Flame Retardant/Decay Resistant WoodX<Read More
The intern will apply the phosphorus polymer previously developed at UBC, as well as the H2O-soluble phosphorus polymers which will be prepared during the first two months of this internship, to the surface of paper and wood samples to study the fire retardancy of the paper samples and the fire...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Derek Gates
Student: Paul Siu
Partner: FPInnovations - Paprican
Discipline: Chemistry
Sector: Construction and infrastructure
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Program: Accelerate
> - Modelling the Wave Climate of Vancouver Island Using Multi-Directional Wave Buoy DataX<Read More
SyncWave Energy Inc (SEI) is a domestic developer of wave energy conversion technology. In 2008, SyncWave aims to deliver small commercial SyncWave Power Resonators (SPR) for generating electricity in isolated communities and off-shore installations. SEI is collaborating with University of Victoria researchers to deploy a TRIAXYS™ Directional Wave Buoy to...
Faculty Supervisor: Drs. Bradley Buckham, Peter Wild and Andrew Rowe
Student: Justin Blanchfield
Partner: SyncWave Energy Inc.
Discipline: Engineering
Sector: Alternative energy
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Program: Accelerate
> - Development of a Space-time Finite Element Formulation for fast AC Loss Calculation in High Temperature SuperconductorsX<Read More
The intern will develop a new space-time finite element formulation to solve steady state problems involving high temperature superconductors in order to evaluate rapidly the losses in a given application. This space-time formulation will also be coupled to a mesh adaption program used to refine the solution only where it...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Frédéric Sirois
Student: Francesco Grilli
Partner: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Discipline: Engineering
Sector: Manufacturing
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Program: Accelerate
> - Computational/Experimental Protocol for Development of a Therapeutic Agent for Treatment of TuberculosisX<Read More
It is estimated that one third of the world’s population is infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. With the emergence of drug resistant tuberculosis, the World Health Organization has declared tuberculosis a global health emergency. UDP-galactopyranose mutase, an enzyme essential for tuberculosis bacterial growth and infection, will be studied by a protocol...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. B. Mario Pinto
Student: Yue Yuan and Dustin Bleile
Partner: Zymeworks Inc.
Discipline: Chemistry
Sector: Life sciences
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Program: Accelerate
> - Consumer Activity Segmentation in MarketingX<Read More
This project will require the intern to use statistical techniques such as a K-means to cluster customers into different groups based upon their relationship to Kraft and how those relationships drive business value for Kraft. The intern will also use logistical progression and decision trees to create models that will...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Mu Zhu
Student: Stefan Pintilie
Partner: Digital Cement
Discipline: Statistics / Actuarial sciences
Sector: Finance, insurance and business
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Program: Accelerate
> - Component-based Detection for 3D ObjectsX<Read More
This project in collaboration with Lockheed Martin Canada and University Laval is on aerial surveillance. The goal is to develop and implement algorithms for the automatic object detection using electro-optics data to be used in conjunction with standard operation with the aim of enhancing the speed and accuracy of the...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Yunlong Sheng
Student: Bora Ung
Partner: Lockheed Martin Canada
Discipline: Engineering
Sector: Aerospace and defense
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Program: Accelerate
> - Basic Design Considerations for Implanted and Embedded AntennasX<Read More
Nokia is interested in research of both in-body (implanted) antennas and antennas in close proximity to the human body. Nokia is particularly interested in making positive use of the electromagnetic coupling between the antenna and the human body, know as positive body effects. The internship research will focus on fundamental...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Rodney Vaughan
Student: Andrew Lea
Partner: Nokia Research Center
Discipline: Engineering
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Program: Accelerate
> - Antibody Modeling Using a Combined Computational/Experimental ProtocolX<Read More
The proposed project combines structural biochemistry with high-performance molecular simulations to generate valuable insight into the development of the next generation of ligands that can be used to develop vaccines. The collaboration between the academic and industry partner creates an ideal opportunity to combine theoretical and experimental approaches for better...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. B. Mario Pinto
Student: Monica Szczepina
Partner: Zymeworks Inc.
Discipline: Chemistry
Sector: Life sciences
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Program: Accelerate
> - Analysis of Katzie Archaeological Lithic CollectionsX<Read More
This project will involve the analysis of a collection of stone artifacts retrieved from a recent archaeological excavation conducted by the Katzie Development Corporation and Katzie First Nations members at a very signification archaeological site located in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. The artifacts will be classified according to...
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. David Pokotylo
Student: Emily Ann Wilkerson
Partner: Katzie Development Corporation
Discipline: Anthropology
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Program: Accelerate
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