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Elaboration of a high-throughput toolbox for analysis and visualization of mesoscale longitudinal cortical imaging dataset

The analysis of large, complex data helps scientists from different fields (e.g. physics, chemistry, biology) to provide new insights on their research. The field of neuroscience is no different. Larger and more complex studies which create huge amount of data are more and more common. Thus, the development of tools capable of processing large datasets is necessary to further advance our understanding of the brain function. Despite some limited efforts to address this issue, there is a lack of software resources capable of dealing with these datasets. Thus, in this project, the intern will contribute to the creation of a new open source software designed to manage and process large datasets from brain optical imaging experiments. This project will help the partner organization to gain visibility in the market of biomedical research instruments by associating the software with the equipment sold by the company.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Matthieu Vanni

Student:

Partner:

LabeoTech

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Enrichment strategy for cardiovascular clinical trials

Cardiovascular clinical trials try to demonstrate the benefit of a medication on populations where the number of participants with the targeted disease is very low. The low efficacy of treatment is partially due to the diversity of diseases and of the population. To improve the efficacy of treatment, it is necessary to improve the recruitment of participants that are at greater risk of the studied disease through a process known as “population enrichment”. This project proposes the development of a tool for population enrichment by identifying participants at greater risk of a cardiovascular event based on laboratory blood work, clinical data, and specific genetic mutations. This will allow further identification of subgroups most likely to benefit from cardiovascular treatment. Ultimately, this technology could become a stepping stone for the use of precision medicine in cardiovascular diseases.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hélène Girouard

Student:

Partner:

Perceiv AI

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Pickup and Delivery with Smart Service Times

The research problem to be addressed is the pickup and delivery problem (last mile) with precedence constraints for the pickup/delivery operations, and time windows. The objective is: (i) the design of a new algorithm that will use the algorithm of Curtois et al. [6] as a starting point, and to generalize it with precedence constraints, time windows and smart service times constraints and, the implementation and the testing of that algorithm with data sets coming from regular customers of Clear Destination, (ii) the design of a machine learning model and algorithm for the computation of the size of the time windows based on the type of goods and the characteristics of the pickup/delivery addresses, using the current available data, its implementation and testing , and (iii) a set of recommendations for the collection or the acquisition of more data related to the characteristics of the pickup/delivery addresses.
Benefit for the partner organization will be a more flexible and robust software for the planning of last mile pickup and delivery, with shorter and more accurate time windows. This will in turn increase the satisfaction of the destined clients of the pickup and delivery operations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brigitte Jaumard

Student:

Partner:

Clear Destination

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Marketing Interim

The project revolves around developing an e-commerce solution for a pharmaceutical brand. The short term goal will be to use social media platforms to build the brand.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

Solaris Worldwide

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Analyst, Corporate Development

We are now building out a long-discussed but not yet implemented business line that fits well with the virtual service delivery model. This new business line would focus on delivering capacity building programs to our clients through a virtual platform. The process of the building the product is underway, though a significant amount of work remains to develop the implementation strategy (including plans for marketing, operations, financial projections. The Analyst would report directly to the Director of Business Development and support the strategy and implementation of
the new business line (product). Depending on the strengths of the intern, this position would focus on: Conducting a competitive analysis of the business line; identifying competitors, good practices, etc., developing the marketing strategy for the business line, including strategic partners; preparing marketings, supporting our experts to develop content for the business line; develop training materials, multimedia etc, support in customizing and improving the online training platform. Like many professional service firms, our organization is facing challenges resulting from project approval delays, deferrals and cancellations. We are also impacted by the ongoing travel restrictions that affect our ability to carry out components of already approved projects.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

International Financial Consulting Ltd

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Dylan Nguyen BSI Application

The main project will be to develop measurement tools to alumni and client engagement on a monthly basis, and creating a platform to showcase these results. Reports and a dashboard will be created to provide a holistic view of alumni engagement, including repeat business, referral business, brand affinity and alumni interactions. The results of this analysis will be used to generate actionable insights to deepen relationships with alumni, including future networking events, and online content. It will also help to inform future development of programs, sales/marketing initiatives, and social media content for the Academy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregory Zaric

Student:

Partner:

Ivey Academy

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

COVID-19 and System Responses to Homelessness

This project will build on system mapping that has been started by our partner organization, The Alliance to End Homelessness (Ottawa), to understand the impact that COVID-19 has had on the homeless population in Ottawa, including gaps in services and barriers in accessing services, and innovations that are happening to enable more effective services.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Benjamin Roebuck;Jacqueline Kennelly;Xiaobei Chen

Student:

Partner:

Alliance to End Homelessness

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology; Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Plant-sourced high-performance fibres for the production of novel textiles

The multi-billion dollar fashion industry has a problem: many of the high-performance fabrics used in clothing are neither sustainably produced or environmentally friendly. However, there is a considerable market gap in sustainable textiles. Canadian corporations like Proteins Easy Corp are tackling the sustainability problem head on and actively seeking environmentally friendly solutions. This proactive approach has led them to the discovery of Textile Replacement iMolecules (TRiMs), a new class of computationally designed proteins that could rejuvenate the Canadian textile market. The use of TRiM protein in Proteins Easy Corp clothing could cement their place in the sought-after global market of durable eco-fabrics. Ultimately, this technology will create a new division of Canadian agriculture and textile manufacturing using the resources that are inherently available to the nation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Maxim Berezovski

Student:

Partner:

Proteins Easy Corp

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Head-mount Portable Multimodal Optical BrainImaging Device for Un-Anesthetized Rats

The proposed project is aimed at developing a portable optical device to image blood flow
velocity and oxygenation in a rat brain. The motivation behind this project is the development of
minimally invasive method for long-term neurological studies in un-anesthetized animals, which
should provide a better understanding of progression and treatment efficacy of various
neurological disorders. The novelty of this proposal is the development of a miniature highresolution
optical imaging system to enable monitoring brain activity that is not compromised by
the effect of anesthesia or physical fixation.
The proposed timeframe for the project is 24 months, and will span the following areas: initial
prototype design and characterization, development of a chronic skull window, biological test on
anesthetized rats and comparison against state-of-the-art table-top setup, and biological test on
un-anesthetized freely moving animals.
Our clinical partners in Toronto Western Hospital will gain the means and methods for
conducting long-term neurological brain imaging studies in un-anesthetized animals, while our…TOBECONT’D.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ofer Levi

Student:

Partner:

University of Toronto;Teledyne DALSA Inc (Waterloo, ON);QImaging

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Pricing Strategy at Link2Feed – Yesha Joshi

The Pricing Strategy project focusses on creating a business strategy that revolves around competitive pricing and value proposition. This project will require data analytics to drive insights on client behavior and preference. Tiered models will be structured giving the organization multiple options to select the best fitted one. Future financial projections will also be created to ensure that the new model developed inclines toward the new strategy created. The organization will be benefitted widely from the project as it will help them target all types of clients in the market and increase the market share. Pandemic has forced the increase of demand for food banks and to manage the demand having a software handy that takes care of all the operations ad reporting will be accepted by everyone. The organization will also be able to position itself accurately amongst the competitors. Thus this experience will play a big role in shaping the learning curve for the individual and for the growth of the organization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregory Zaric

Student:

Partner:

Link2Feed

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Novel, Low-Cost COVID-19 Point of Care Monitoring and Triaging Device

Testing for COVID-19 is a major strategy to manage the pandemic and one of the most important criteria and measures that are needed to restart the economy in Canada (First Ministers’ statement on shared public health approach to support restarting the economy, April 28, 2020). Two types of diagnostic devices are commonly used: 1) Lab-based devices and 2) Point of Care (PoC) devices, which are mobile solutions that can be used at homes, in doctors’ offices and long-term care homes. Only one nucleic acid-based PoC device is authorized by Health Canada to date. While this device focuses on COVID-19 diagnosis, there are still no mobile health-based (mHealth-based) tools that are inexpensive and can be used to collect real-time vital signs related to COVID-19. These signs are important for early assessment and monitoring of potential cases (people in self-isolation), false-negative cases (cases that test negative but require further monitoring), or groups at risks such as elderly people living in long-term care homes. To support these important demands, our goal is to mobilize a simple, accessible and cost-effective PoC COVID-19 self-assessment and monitoring system. This goal will be achieved by rapidly reconfiguring our existing mHealth-based PoC system, called NewPneu…

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ed Sykes;Tarek El Salti

Student:

Partner:

Tech4Life Enterprises

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

Program:

Accelerate

HMFT Data Analyst

Proposed Projects at Howard Marten Fluid Technologies include:
• Broad classification and internal classification of the clients: This involves a lot of critical thinking in deciding the best way to organize our clients internally so has to identify opportunities within our current client base.
• Visualization of Sales according to individual Sales representative.
• Broad visualization of data available in order to identify key insights.
• Consolidation of data into one directory which makes it easier to for key stakeholders of the organization to access key insights in one place.
• Perform customer profiling for distributors using sweet spot analysis and recency-frequency analysis.
• Pricing analytics on some product categories.
These projects will enable HMFT to maximize the use of data available to them to make more informed business decisions. Particularly, organizing the data and visualizing it allows us to spot major opportunities within our current customer base that we wouldn’t normally identify. Additionally, it helps to bring onboard other members of the organization to the benefits of data once they see these benefits.
Challenges facing the manufacturing/distribution companies are retaining their customer base, which is mostly due to pricing issues. With the proper categorizing of the customer base, we’re able to notice the gaps in certain products over time which suggests there’s a problem and take actions such as repricing.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gregory Zaric

Student:

Partner:

Howard Marten Fluid Technologies

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing; Wholesale trade

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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