Projets novateurs réalisés

Community-based monitoring framework development for the Foxe Basin Kivalliq North Sapujiyiit/Guardians of the Sea Society

The proposed research project will be to provide an understanding and overview of Inuit women’s concerns, feelings, and thoughts regarding how their day to day lives are changing due to climate change and increased development in Nunavut. The partner organization (Sapujiyiit Society) will have the role of guiding the HQP through formulation of the research question, project design and implementation, assistance with research objectives and incorporation of perspectives of Inuit women. This work is aligned with government initiatives outlined in the throne speech and will help us understand the impacts of climate change on women. Outputs will be publicly available to be adopted and modified by other guardians programs.

An automatic syringe filling system that uses robotic arms controlled by deep learning algorithms to help pharmacy technicians with their tasks

In certain scenarios, in the hospitals, oral medications need to be administrated in a liquid form using syringes in order to avoid complications such as asphyxiation due to the blocking of airways, which is common in children. Consequently, a pharmacy technician may need to fill up hundreds of syringes per day for different units at the hospital such as pediatrics, geriatrics, and psychiatry.
These sets of repetitive tasks expose pharmacy technicians to high risks of work-related musculoskeletal disorders. For instance, tendinitis may occur during syringe filling due to poor wrist posture. In addition, the shortage of personnel is hitting our hospital pharmacy departments hard and is forcing the hospitals to make painful choices in the services they can offer. To address this problem, we will be using robots capable of integrating Deep Learning (DLs) algorithms. This robot can help pharmacy technicians with their tasks. As a result, pharmacy technicians can be assigned to other duties where their presence is needed.

Développement d’une méthode non-supervisée d’apprentissage profond pour la détection de défaillance à partir de signaux acoustiques et vibratoires

L’objectif du projet est d’automatiser la reconnaissance des signaux acoustiques et vibratoires a l’aide d’un modele d’apprentissage profond. Cette reconnaissance est la premiere etape du developpement d’un modele de pronostic et de suivi de !’evolution de la degradation des alternateurs. Ces signaux sont issus de mesures effectuees periodiquement sur les alternateurs durant leur fonctionnement. Les mesures acoustiques etant considerees comme non-intrusives par rapport a !’exploitation des alternateurs, leurs etudes et analyse a l’interieur d’un algorithme de detection automatique de defaut aura un impact majeur relativement aux strategies de priorisation de la maintenance. Entin, les signaux vibratoires et acoustiques permettent de quantifier l’etat de sante des alternateurs, comme les signaux electrocardiogrammes « ECG » pour l’etat de sante d’un humain.

Data Drift Detection and Monitoring

When a previously trained machine learning model is put into production, the production phase begins where said model makes predictions on the inputs provided to it. When the distribution of production data changes over time, we talk about data drift. Then the model is likely to become less efficient, or even obsolete. The project consists of building an intelligent system capable of alerting in the event of a data drift that would have a significant impact on the system.

Evaluating New Methods for Monitoring Cognitive Health Year Two

Copeman Healthcare Centre is engaged in a multi-year research and development program in the area of cognitive health. Cognitive health is a surrogate marker for brain health. All other technologies, such as biomarkers, electrophysiology, structural brain imaging, and functional brain imaging attempt to measure damage to the brain. Moreover, these technologies do not measure or quantify the healthy brain or its functioning; they are used to detect what appears to be wrong based on anatomical or physiological indicators. Our goal is to develop and evaluate anew, evidence-based, time- and cost-efficient, computerized cognitive screening program. This program will meet high standards of reliability, validity, and accuracy. It will have a user-friendly interface, be well tolerated and engaging, and yield high user satisfaction ratings. The program will, ultimately, be available and accessible to Canadians who have general medical, psychiatric, or neurological problems that affect their brain health.

Machine learning enhancements for lunar exploration

The industrial partner, Mission Control Space Services (MCSS), is a participant in an upcoming mission to launch a rover to the moon. In this project, Western students will assist MCSS by developing algorithms using techniques from deep learning to support the lunar mission. The interns will have two primary responsibilities. One intern will develop a vision algorithm capable of determining the depth of objects in view using only a single camera. The other will develop a technique for analyzing the composition of lunar regolith (dirt) in images taken by a downward-facing micro-imaging instrument on the rover. The capabilities developed will enhance rover operations during the lunar mission.

Stage en exploration minière 2022

Ce projet cherche à donner des expériences de stage appliqué dans le domaine de l’exploration minière à des étudiants au niveau maîtrise. Ces stages seront accueillis par des compagnies minières à la recherche d’augmenter leurs ressources minérales sur leurs projets matures ou qui veulent évaluer le potentiel de leurs propriétés sur des projets d’exploration naissants. Faisant partie d’une équipe pluridisciplinaire, les stagiaires participeront à des travaux de cartographie géologique, d’échantillonnage, de mesures de propriétés physiques et/ou de descriptions de forage dans le but de trouver de nouvelles minéralisations métallifères ou de définir les extensions des zones déjà connues. Ces stagiaires permettront aux organismes partenaires d’avoir accès à des étudiants en géologie dont le corps d’emploi est sous-représenté et en demande sur le marché du travail québécois présentement.

Taal Innovation Advisors Summer Internship

Taal Innovation Advisors Inc. (“Taal”) is an innovation firm focused on business, and technical consulting, and go-to-market execution for SME sized innovative businesses. Its clients primarily include small startups that have or are receiving their first few rounds of funding and looking to enter the market. Taal currently has experienced professionals that work and operate at the intersection of business and technology, and we are actively looking to bring on additional business-oriented experience to supplement their services offering.
The business intern will work alongside experienced business professionals to develop new business models and business operational processes as Taal’s customers enter specific markets or new markets. We will look to ensure our clients are able to capitalize on their technology and ensure they are well prepared to compete within their market and able to scale their business. To support this objective, Taal will look to the business intern to create a variety of reports and presentations on a variety of problems and aim to find solutions for through the internship program. Report topics and presentations will revolve around the aforementioned topics with a primary focus on market research, and operational/business strategy.

Synthetic Data Case Studies

Replica Analytics provides technology for generating synthetic data. This data is generated from real data. Although it shares statistical properties with real data, it is not real data. Replica Synthesis is Replica Analytics’ flagship product that generates synthetic data. The intern will carry out a case study by identifying real data to generate synthetic data, determining the usefulness of the generated synthetic data, and assessing whether no real data can be recovered from the synthetic data. The case study will aid Replica Analytics with showcasing Replica Synthesis.

Let it Flow Marketing Innovation

2051151 Alberta Ltd. [Let it Flow] was established in 2017 and requests an Intern(s) to support efforts to pursue and maintain client files that enhance activities undertaken by public administration [municipalities], or the private sector.

The partner organization will share exclusive business and political knowledge with the Intern(s) to best position projects for success. Access to this information coupled with appropriate insights to apply it to real world situations will complement academic studies and enhance the career of those involved with the proposed research project.

The Intern(s) will progress business efforts by increasing the partner organization’s capacity to nurture and build its client base, while maintaining its existing workload; providing the partner organization the ability to plan for sustainable growth and an opportunity to achieve long term success.

ViewerCentric Audience Strategy Wizard

Discoverability is the degree to which a piece of content or information can be found in a search of a file, database, or other information system. The term aptly identified the fundamental challenge of making original screen media content, e.g., a TV show, film, or web series, stand out in a content abundant world. As stated at the Canadian Discoverability Summit, “in a time of Internet overabundance, we are bombarded by content, and we need to revolutionize communications to build our audiences.”
The ViewerCentric Audience Strategy Wizard tool will guide creators through the steps of creating informed, actionable, and measurable audience development plans. Built to align directly with the framework required by Canadian funders, which are criteria crafted by Magnify Digital, the Wizard will instantly advance the ability for creators to complete their funding applications. It will also standardize the format for those submissions enabling more effective and fair evaluation by funders. It will increase producers’ opportunities for discoverability. Magnify Digital delivers audience development strategy, training, and technology for the creative industries, and is poised to solve audience development and impact challenges facing the screen media sector, its funders, and investors.

Summer Associate

Penrose Partners is a blockchain startup firm that provides transactional, educational, and corporate consulting/material production services to businesses, institutional investors, and disruptive tech companies in the blockchain space. We are the trusted advisor that bridges the gap between businesses with great ideas, and blockchain adoption. In June 2021, Penrose Partners launched the i3 Incubator program in Bermuda in partnership with Innofund. This program supports emerging and blockchain-based technology startups to establish business operations in Bermuda, develop international partnerships, meet local investors, and more. The inaugural cohort of businesses will finish the program in March 2022. The second cohort of incubator participants started in February 2022. The primary focus of the internship program will be assisting Penrose Partners in the development, programming, and execution of our I3 Innofund Incubator program. Currently in its second iteration, the Innofund Incubator is the premier destination for blockchain and digital asset startups looking to accelerate their growth and expand to international markets. In partnership with Ryerson University’s premier DMZ incubator, as well as the Government of Bermuda, the incubator provides the resources, guidance, and partnerships necessary for exponential growth.