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Paleolimnological reconstruction of the climatic variability of the Holocene in northeast Greenland

The proposed research project will use hyperspectral imaging spectroscopy, an emerging technology in the geosciences, to reconstruct Arctic climate from lake sediment cores at very high temporal resolution. Because the Arctic is warming more rapidly than other regions, and because other regions are affected by changes in the Arctic, knowledge of past Arctic conditions is important for understanding the global climate system. The information generated from Greenland will be compared with other studies in our lab from northern Canada to help understand future patterns of climate change around Canada, and to enable northern communities to predict and adapt to future changes in lake and sea ice as well as permafrost.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dermot Antoniades

Student:

Partner:

University of Barcelona

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Education

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Stage de recherche sur la philanthropie et la démocratie

Mon projet de stage de recherche à l’étranger en collaboration avec l’Université Jean-Moulin Lyon 3 sera l’occasion d’approfondir les enjeux éthiques qui concernent la philanthropie et l’engagement social dans les sociétés démocratiques et de prendre part à un projet d’envergure sur la démocratie. En plus d’assister à des cours et des séminaires sur place, je participerai à des activités de recherches comme des conférences, des colloques, des cercles de lectures où je pourrai partager mes résultats de recherche avec d’autres chercheurs étrangers. Aussi, j’aurai l’occasion de travailler avec Charles Girard qui supervisera mes activités de recherche sur place. C’est un spécialiste des théories de la démocratie reconnu dans le monde francophone qui m’a été recommandé par plusieurs professeurs de la faculté de philosophie de l’Université Laval. J’espère aussi participer à la rédaction d’un article scientifique sur le thème de ma recherche avec mon directeur et mon superviseur.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Turmel

Student:

Partner:

Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Diversité chimique des lichens associés aux écosystèmes boréaux forestiers intacts

Je m’intéresse à la diversité et à la composition des communautés de lichens, de bryophytes et de microorganismes du sol ainsi qu’à la diversité chimique des lichens associés aux écosystèmes forestiers boréaux intacts. Mes deux hypothèses de recherche se référant à la chimie sont : 1. Les espèces de lichens associées aux écosystèmes forestiers boréaux intacts métabolisent des substances inédites et/ou bioactives et; 2. Il existe une corrélation entre la diversité des microorganismes composant une symbiose lichénique et la diversité des molécules métabolisées par ce même lichen. Je vais déterminer la composition moléculaire de trois espèces de lichens inféodées aux forêts boréales intactes par chromatographie liquide de ultra-haute performance et spectrométrie de masse tandem (UHPLC-MS/MS). Les spectres seront alignés, filtrés, dérépliqués puis comparés aux librairies spectrales de référence et la composition du moléculome sera analysée par réseautage moléculaire. Les résultats devraient mettre l’accent sur l’importance de la conservation de la diversité biologique et chimique associée aux écosystèmes forestiers boréaux intacts.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Normand Voyer;Juan Carlos Villarreal Aguilar

Student:

Partner:

Université Côte d'Azur

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Sustainability & the Environment; Natural Resources

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Advanced Network Intrusion Detection Using Automated Algorithms and Threat Models

Computer attacks such as viruses, Trojans, etc. are a continuous problem for governments, companies, and individuals. The most common methods of detecting these computer problems like anti-virus systems rely on an attack being known and described before it can be detected. This opens a hole in computer security systems for new attacks that have not yet been detected. This project focuses on the use of mathematics and advanced anomaly detection algorithms to determine ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’ behavior on computer networks, and attempts to detect attacks by detecting ‘abnormal’ behavior. For this project, the intern will be implementing a known anomaly detection technique and applying it to historical network data with known attacks. TRTech, an industry R+D consortium, is sponsoring this project so that this algorithm will then be used in Seccuris’s network monitoring service. Seccuris is Western Canada’s leading information assurance provider and member of TRTech.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bob McLeod

Student:

Partner:

TRTech (Winnipeg, MB);Seccuris

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Applications of LIBS technology to lithium-ion battery materials characterization and process analysis

Few characterization techniques are available to study solid-state battery materials. The resolutions required to obtain insightful results are below 10 microns. Additionally, both information about the mineral phase for solid-state electrolytes and the elemental analysis are crucial for material research. Current methods have poor sensitivity to light elements such as lithium, therefore the need for an elemental analyzer sensitive to light elements is ubiquitous. The proposed technology to increase the quality and representativity of the obtained data is the laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) manufactured by ELMISSION Inc. Furthermore, the LIBS technology is highly sensitive to light elements, it is thus a very interesting technique for lithium-ion battery materials.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mickael Dollé

Student:

Partner:

ELEMISSION

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Étude comparative des réglementations relatives à la lutte contre la désinformation

Le projet repose sur une étude du droit applicable aux “fake news”. Il s’intéresse aux différentes approches prévus par les droits français, américain, britannique, allemand, italien, québécois et canadien et sur les différentes approches de la réglementation mobilisées dans la lutte contre la désinformation (législation spéciale, jurisprudence, régulation laissée aux plateformes, mise en place de plateformes de signalement…). La problématique repose sur une comparaison des outils traditionnels face à de nouvelles solutions d’encadrement (pertinence et effets). Ce projet englobe aussi des problématiques connexes comme les algorithmes de recommandation et les bulles de filtre, les théories du complot, la régulation des plateformes opérée par les acteurs privés, la distinction juridique entre mésinformation et désinformation ou encore la place de la liberté d’expression en ligne. Ce projet vise donc, dans une perspective internationale, à évaluer la nécessité et les moyens d’encadrement de la désinformation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lyse Langlois;Colette Brin

Student:

Partner:

Université Côte d'Azur

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

New and Digital Media; Information and Communications Technology; Artificial Intelligence

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Globalink Research Award

The Role of Cattle-based Nitrogenous Waste as a Nutrient Source for Aquatic Food-webs

This research will explore how nutrients from cattle manure moves through aquatic ecosystems in a Saskatchewan agricultural landscape. Cattle with access to the banks of water ways have the ability to alter the health of water ways and the plants, bugs, and fish that inhabit them. Indicators of ecosystem health such as water quality, algae growth, benthic macro invertebrate community structure will be analyzed in areas with and without grazing cattle. The project will use natural fingerprints called stable isotope ratios that differ between nutrient inputs to quantify the extent nitrogen from cattle excretion is moving through the foodweb. The results of this study will help us better understand how to manage grazing cattle around water ways while improving and conserving aquatic ecosystems

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Faculty Supervisor:

Iain Phillips

Student:

Partner:

Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

The Effect of Gut Microbiota Metabolites on Skeletal Muscle Function

Gut bacteria are increasingly appreciated as crucial actors in human physiology. Recent studies have highlighted their potential effect on muscle. For instance, endurance is influenced by the type of bacteria found in the gut. However, the precise mechanism underlying this link is still unknown. We have started to investigate the role of metabolites produced by gut bacteria. Specifically, we are examining the molecular effects of these metabolites on muscle cells. The aim of this project will be to tie these effects to changes in muscle function. We will first examine the functional changes conferred by the metabolites in an established ex vivo and in vitro models of muscle contraction. Moreover, we will develop innovative functional studies in 3D cellular models of human muscle. These findings will lay the foundation for future muscle therapies targeting gut microbes. Moreover, the unique 3D models developed will greatly increase our ability to study human muscle in the future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Benoit Gentil

Student:

Partner:

Université de Montpellier

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Measuring consumer response to online advertising: the case of mobile applications

To research will help Tap for Tap to generate and collect information on user behavior that can help improve their matching algorithms. The core of the work consists in analyzing a large dataset of app users’ responses to advertising. Clearly, much of this search for determinants of successful matching will be statistical in nature. Still, this search will also be guided by an alert eye on the mechanisms that may lie behind the relationships uncovered in the data. Many mechanisms have been documented in the computer science, economics and marketing literatures and could prove to be useful in the interpretation of the evidence. At this early point in the research, it is not clear what mechanisms will prove relevant. Still, to make the connections with the academic literature clear, we briefly discuss three examples.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pascal Courty

Student:

Partner:

Tap for Tap Promotions Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

MBSE for Modeling, Evaluation, and Optimization of Modular Robotic Systems: Case Study on AIS

Since 1960, System engineering has been used as an approach for multidisciplinary and concurrent design of complex systems. It relies on a system-centered thinking to solve problems and different design process models have been used for system engineering such as V-model. Model-based System engineering (MBSE) was developed to replace documents with models.
AIS is developing mobile robots for different markets. Mobile robots are very complex systems in nature with a large number of interacting components. Addressing the complexity of such systems requires accounting for different engineering and development aspects, such as: robot production, hardware and software module production, service providing, sales and marketing, and regulation and compliance. AIS has adapted the MBSE approach and V-model as a development process for their robotic design and development process. Their goal is a comprehensive and scalable platform to enable systematic, coordinated, efficient, and productive engagement of all areas.
The goal of the proposed research is to investigate different MBSE aspects within the envisioned AIS platform. Three main objectives have been defined: 1- Investigate the implementation of MBSE modeling languages for developing AIS robotic systems, 2- develop behavioral MBSE models, 3- propose a methodology for system design evaluation and optimization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mehran Mehrandezh

Student:

Partner:

Advanced Intelligent Systems

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture; Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Elevate

Rapid evolution of threespine stickleback

I will examine the limits of evolution by investigating morphological and genetic variation of threespine stickleback populations in real time, under the supervision of Dr. Eric Palkovacs at the University of California, Santa Cruz. According to evolutionary theory, organisms experience selective pressures, which can result in adaptation and evolution. Since strong selection events are frequently unpredictable and isolated, and because spatially and temporally replicated selection events are uncommon in nature, studies of evolution in nature in real time are rare. The populations of threespine stickleback occupying bar-built estuaries around Santa Cruz, represent an excellent system to study rapid evolution. These small fish can occupy both marine and freshwater environments, and experience extreme yet predictable selection events. This system will enlable us to investigate several questions: (1) To what temporal scale are population-level genomic changes occurring, and are they detectable over a monthly or seasonal scale? (2) What is the nature of the heritable modifications? Are they genetic and/or are other adaptive phenomena involved? (3) To what temporal scale are population-level phenotypic changes occurring, and are they detectable over a monthly or seasonal scale? If so, what morphological traits are affected?

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Hendry

Student:

Partner:

University of California, Santa Cruz

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Environmental Science and Technology; Water

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Access to Medical Imaging in Nordic and Isolated Communities: Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Quality and Cultural Safety of Services in Quebec – Year two

The access to medical imaging is still limited for Indigenous and non-Indigenous population in remote communities. Teleradiology is now the standard of practice due to the small population size and the large geographical area to cover. The process of teleradiology is quite complex as it requires a very good coordination between the local and remote centres. Access to fast and reliable internet and strong communications channels between local and remote radiology teams are necessary to ensure good imaging quality, timely and efficient communication of imaging acquisition, transmission and interpretation. We propose to perform a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the teleradiology workflow in Northern and isolated communities of Quebec. During the first phase of the project, we will conduct an inventory of the medical imaging technologies available in both areas to assess the capabilities of data transmission and a good evaluation of the quality of the workflow among healthcare workers and stakeholders. In a second phase, we will evaluate the quality of the process as perceived by Indigenous and non-Indigenous population. At the end, we intend to provide an extensive inventory of the workflow of teleradiology in these communities and propose recommendations to improve the quality of imaging access.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gilles Soulez

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Association of Radiologists

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Elevate

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