Innovative Projects Realized

Impression 3D de composites à base de résidus Industriels Forestiers (RIF) et de polymères

Ce projet de recherche crée une synergie novatrice et inédite entre les secteurs des arts et du génie. À partir de cette synergie, ce projet a pour objectif général de repenser et de redéfinir le paradigme de fabrication d’objet en impression 3D ainsi que des préconceptions liées à la production et à la gestion des Résidus Industriels Forestiers (RIF, i.e. boue papetière et la cendre de bois). Les stagiaires s’engage dans la réalisation des objectifs spécifiques suivants : 1) valoriser les boues de désencrage et cendres de bois dans l’impression 3D de matériaux et d’oeuvres; 2) valoriser les matériaux composites RIF et polymères en fabrication numérique par l’utilisation d’outils de modélisation 3D; 3) Optimiser les paramètres de mise en forme et les propriétés des biocomposites par impression 3D; 4) comparer les procédés d’impression 3D au laser et celui par dépôt fondu et optimiser leurs paramètres.

A scalable data science platform to support intelligent freight services and logistics

ShipHaul Logistics aims at developing an Intelligent Freight Services platform towards the digitization, integration and optimization of freight management. The proposed project is the first step to provide the foundations and infrastructure and kickstart the development of the envisioned platform. To this end, we will emphasize evaluation, testing and comparative studies concerning the efficiency and capabilities of various software solutions for the constituent modules of the proposed platform. This will enable informed decisions, both on an architectural and on an implementation level, to ensure the best development choices for the data science and the intelligent services platforms.

Hardware/Software Codesign Methodology for High Performance On-Board Processing applied on the Artificial Intelligence of Space

The result of this project (which will be demonstrated by a use case) can make health equipments to be used outside of hospitals. This is achieved by reducing the computation cost of running Deep Learning models by 3rd party tools and use our accelerator solution to run the size reduced and optimized model. This greatly helps to lower the barrier for using costly equipments and make them more affordable and reachable to people in need of these equipments.

Design of a Route Generating Algorithm for Demand-Responsive Public Bus Services

Blaise Transit seeks to grant public transit agencies the ability to replan their bus lines in real-time based on requests made by riders using the Blaise app. The main objective of this project is to design and implement algorithms ensuring this business goal can be achieved, namely by continuously improving Blaise’s current routing algorithm.

Business Operations Intern

The Business Operations Intern will work on:
• Creating and maintaining automated reports and dashboards
• Developing systems to audit and improve data quality
• Work with CS stakeholders to develop experiments, implement new strategies and optimize our CS processes.

Learning opportunities will include:
• Learn how to produce & maintain automated reporting in sheets
• Gain experience in navigating and building reports in Salesforce
• Develop problem solving skills, and gain experience taking a project from ideation to delivery
• Learn basic SQL skills and the fundamentals of data warehousing

Étude d’un système de portes palières automatiques pour le réaménagement de stations de métro

Les portes palières sont des portes automatiques situées généralement en bordure des voies le long des quais des stations de métro, pour séparer physiquement le quai des voitures du train. Les portes palières sont de plus en plus intégrées directement en amont de la conception des nouvelles stations de métro, ou alors elles sont rétrofitées pour pouvoir s’adapter aux quais des stations de métro déjà existantes. Ces portes jouent un rôle essentiel dans l’automatisation des lignes de métro, et sont extrêmement efficaces pour réduire les risques d’accidents de voiries, car elles empêchent les suicides, les accidents et les chutes d’objets pouvant causer des interruptions de service. Cette technologie relativement jeune est de plus en plus utilisée dans le monde; les continents européens et asiatiques sont les pionniers du domaine, avec par exemple les lignes de Lille (France) et Singapour entièrement équipées depuis les années 90. À ce titre, le présent projet vise à développer un système de portes palières afin d’équiper les lignes de métro de Montréal.

Business Strategy Internship – Predict Technologies

Predict is currently working on initiating digital health pilots, RePill and HotDoc, that are slated for Fall 2020. Our first project codenamed RePill, a digital pharmacy marketplace to improve patient choice and prescription adherence, is under development. RePill aligns the most up-to-date pharmacological practice standards and PHIPA-compliant digital health regulations. The current prototype is designed to accurately transcribe physical prescription records and connect patients to subscribing pharmacies and physicians for scheduling of convenient pick-up and delivery services. Our most recent pilot, EduSafe, is being developed to support essential service institutions screen for CoVID-19 symptoms via mobile or web-based applications for tiered data access. Our prototype features an educational institution model that can seamlessly track administrators, educators, students, and family members with real-time data visualization and instant reporting / messaging features.

Marketing Coordinator

The project will focus on growing the company’s digital education initiatives. Marketing aspects of the project will focus on lead capture and customer acquisition. Strategy aspects of the project will focus on building business cases for software integrations and solutions.

Comparing Standard and Extreme VaR Models During Highly Volatile Periods

A bank’s Value at Risk (VaR) determines the amount of capital that it must set aside to satisfy bank regulations. VaR relates to the size of potential trading losses; the greater the VaR, the greater a trading loss the bank could suffer and consequently the more capital it must set aside. This reduces the probability of default, but it also reduces the potential scope of derivative trading operations, reducing potential profits. VaR is obtained from a mathematical model for the joint evolution of all risk factors influencing the value of the bank’s trading portfolio. Unfortunately, in periods of market stress of the type experienced recently, VaR numbers produced by conventional models are unreliable. However, an alternative modeling approach based on Extreme Value Theory (EVT) has recently shown promise. This project will research the practical application of this methodology to a range of trading portfolios. The project will evaluate the performance…TOBECONT’D

Business Process + Software Developer

I’ll be helping ShapeMeasure create software that will help with scaling the business and improving process efficiency.

Marketing Coordinator

PigeonBox is e-commerce delivery solutions company, offering online shoppers a convenient pickup locations. PidgeonBox is currently located in 3 Skytrain stations across the lower mainland and at the beautiful UBC campus. PigeonBox has also added a PigeonBox Delivery service, where we are helping local retailers fulfil their local deliveries. PigeonBox is looking for a Marketing Intern to help launch our service with Translink (tentatively mid-June) as well as to help promote the delivery business. As our Marketing intern, you’ll play a big part in increasing our brand awareness and increasing our digital reach. The Marketing intern will be in charge of developing creating digital content, creating our brand identity and increasing our customer acquisition through exciting campaigns. Our ultimate goal is to learn and figure out what needs to be done in order to reach a mass market adoption in the shortest time possible. This requires a strong understanding of our target user group, conversion/drop-out factors, and tactics that goes along with those.
• Customer discovery to identify our ideal target market.
• Track user funnel (acquisition, registration, conversion, repeat usage).
• Create and implementing various digital marketing and social media marketing campaigns to increase our brand awareness.

Business Development Coordinator

Covid-19 has impacted vacancies and cash-flow of properties under management and has caused HomeSphere Capital to be delayed by uncertain economic markets and potential fluctuations to real estate property values. We will be working to develop a rent deferral program for commercial tenants, as well as create a risk mitigation plan to help prepare and manage future uncertainty caused by Covid-19.