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Measuring Knowledge Translation in Academic / Industry Collaborations

As manufacturing and resource-based industries face growing challenges, Canada’s future increasingly depends on advances in and sustainability of knowledge organizations. Knowledge-based workers comprise a growing proportion of the workforce today. More often than not, they work in the context of large-scale expert networks, spanning across different disciplines and organizations. They rely on software technologies for their discipline-specific activities, the coordination of their activities, and their communication with each other. This type of networked interdisciplinary work is motivated by the belief that the complex problems of our time can be effectively addressed only through such broad collaborations of experts and partners who can act as knowledge receptors to create value through new products and services, based on the work outputs. However, even as this belief is generally, and increasingly, shared, the questions of when, why, and precisely how these research networks are made effective are still very much open and the subject of considerable debate. We aim to study an existing, long-standing collaborative research network (the IBM Centre for Advanced Studies) to build an understanding of the relationships between collaboration, innovation and knowledge translation.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Kelly Lyons

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

IBM Canada Ltd

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

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

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Accelerate

Network Traffic Profiling for generating intrusion detection evaluation datasets

Intrusion detection has attracted the attention of many researchers in identifying the ever-increasing issue of intrusive activities. In particular, anomaly detection has been the main focus of many researchers due to its potential in detecting novel attacks. However, its adoption to real-world applications has been hampered due to system complexity as these systems require a substantial amount of testing, evaluation, and tuning prior to deployment. Running these systems over real labeled network traces with a comprehensive and extensive set of intrusions and abnormal behavior is the most idealistic methodology for testing and evaluation. This itself is a significant challenge, since the availability of datasets are extremely rare, because from one side, many such datasets are internal and cannot be shared due to privacy issues, and on the other hand the others are heavily anonymized and do not reflect current trends, or they lack certain statistical characteristics so a perfect dataset is yet to exist. TO BE CONT’D

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ali Ghorbani

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

IBM Canada Ltd (Fredericton, NB)

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Information and cultural industries

Université :

University of New Brunswick

Programme :

Accelerate

Production Line Packaging Sensor Validation and Optimization

This research project brings together current academia and a vibrant, growing commercial enterprise to solve real world problems. The industry partner has recently developed a high-tech, sensor-based diagnostic tool which will be evaluated by the graduate student intern. The capabilities and features of the tool will be extended through the innovative, collaborative design efforts of the intern and the industrial partner. Additionally, savings of time and material are anticipated from the improvements in enclosure design and manufacturing. Projects such as this are extremely valuable to the industrial partner as they seek to maintain their cutting-edge solutions for the packaging industry.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Rickey Dubay

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

MASITEK Instruments Inc

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of New Brunswick

Programme :

Accelerate

Consortium Architecture: Consortium Business Model Resources for Architectural Practices in Ontario

Today, due in part to changing economic and competitive procurement processes, sole and small as well as some medium sized architectural practices increasingly need to work in consortium in order to competitively bid for medium to large projects of different types. Currently, there does not exist specific guidelines customized for small and medium practices to work as a consortium or partnership in Ontario. Small practices in Ontario make up over 70% of all architectural firms and it is critical that they have access to tools and resources that enable them to overcome barriers to growth. In order to address the challenges involved in the development of impactful resources that benefit architects leading and working in small firms, the proposed project with the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) will examine existing models and best practices for companies and firms working in consortium, particularly as they relate to small enterprises. The results from this project will provide a recognized guideline for use by architects and stakeholders in Ontario.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Kendra Schank Smith;Knud Jensen

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Ontario Association of Architects

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Toronto Metropolitan University

Programme :

Accelerate

Development of a diagnostic assay for first line detection and surveillance of bladder urothelial carcinoma using concurrent biomarker panels from non-invasive liquid biopsies

Bladder Carcinoma (BC) is the fifth most common cancer in Canada. Although most individuals have surgery to remove BC tumors, the risk of another BC developing and/or progressing to invasive disease is high so long-term surveillance is necessary. The current method for screening for BC is not sensitive enough, and individuals often end up undergoing an unnecessary secondary procedure that is both uncomfortable and costly. In this project, we plan to design a diagnostic assay using urine samples, which will allow an easier and cost-effective method for early BC detection. There is currently no similar assay in the market so the commercialization of the project’s development will allow the partner organization to become a pioneer and leader in BC diagnostics.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Chen Zhou

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Applied Biological Materials Inc

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Development of new approaches to promote proliferation of insulin producing pancreatic ?-cells in diabetic patients

Reduced number of insulin producing ?-cells in pancreas due to increased ?-cell death is a key defect in diabetes that eventually leads to elevated blood glucose levels and life-time treatment with glucose lowering drugs or daily insulin injections. Thus, finding therapeutic approaches to prevent the decrease in the number of insulin producing ?-cells in diabetic patients either by reducing ?-cell death or by increasing their proliferation is of great importance. In this study, we will use transformed and primary islet ?-cells, to investigate the effects of five purified natural products (to be provided by Blue-O Medicals Inc.) on ?-cell proliferation, function, and death. The findings of this study may lead to development of new therapeutic approaches to maintain enough number of ?-cells in diabetic patients to keep the blood glucose within normal range thereby prevent progression of diabetes.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Lucy Marzban

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Blue-O Medical Inc

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Building Capacity in Health Care Providers to Effectively CommunicateHealth Risk Information related to HIV with Clients and Patients. Phase 1.

The aim of The Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) is to help combat the spread of HIV by supporting, conducting, and sharing the best research possible. This project will involve a novel analysis incorporating focus groups with front-line service providers and key informants to help determine the factors that most influence the perception of HIV risk. Our goal is to gain a better understanding of the challenges front-line health providers face when communicating about HIV risk with clients and to develop a “style guide” for communicating about risk with clients of differing needs (e.g., health literacy). This project will contribute to providing practical tools that will help front-line service providers build and develop skills in health communication and knowledge translation. This project will inform the development of evidence-based modules that will be distributed via the OHTN as well as publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at academic conferences.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ken Cramer

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Ontario HIV Treatment Network

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Other services (except public administration)

Université :

University of Windsor

Programme :

Accelerate

Développement de nouveaux actifs et de nouvelles formules pour le secteur du cosmétique

Avec un marché qui devrait dépasser les 200 milliards de $ US en 2020, le domaine des produits cosmétiques et un moteur économique important à l’échelle mondiale, mais également canadien. Cette activité requiert de la part des entreprises un investissement important en recherche et développement afin de rester compétitive face à la concurrence. Cette proposition de grappe Mitacs regroupe trois grands aspects du développement d’un produit cosmétique que sont i) le développement de nouveaux ingrédients actifs, ii) l’évaluation de la stabilité de ces actifs dans différents produits et iii) le développement de nouvelles formulations innovantes. Chaque entreprise exercera dans son domaine d’expertise et permettra ainsi de potentialiser les savoirs globaux découlant de ce projet. À terme, les travaux résultants de cette grappe devraient permettre de mettre sur le marché canadien de nouveaux produits dans le domaine cosmétique.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

André Pichette;Lionel Ripoll

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Lise Watier Cosmetiques Inc;SiliCycle Inc;DCP Dermoscience;Nutrinor Coopérative;Les laboratoires Bio ForeXtra Inc;FaunENord

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Agriculture; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services; Wholesale trade

Université :

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Programme :

Accelerate

Smart mutational exploration of the CalB lipase active site using a combination of virtual screening and iterative saturation mutagenesis

The company Odyssée Biotech specializes in the production of natural flavors and fragrances using innovative enzyme technologies. Using natural enzymes allows the enterprise to produce highly pure ingredients in mild conditions with a natural label. This green approach also makes this technology highly competitive and environmentally sustainable relative to other production methodologies employed in the industry. The strawberry and ice mint flavors are priority target products in the food and flavoring industry, but they are hard to produce using currently available enzymes. As a result, the main objective of this project is to use the latest biotechnological tools and expertise available to improve the efficiency of natural enzymes for the production of these flavors. This will allow Odyssée Biotech to diversify its offer in a highly competitive market.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Nicolas Doucet

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Odyssée Biotech

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Programme :

Accelerate

Chemical Analysis of Complex Samples with High Resolution Capillary Electrophoresis Mass Spectrometry

Cheng Qian (PhD candidate) supported by this Mitacs Globalink Program will go to Nanjing (P. R. China) and work in a cooperative project under the supervision from Prof. Dr. David Chen (University of British Columbia, Canada) and Prof. Xiaohua Huang (Nanjing Normal University, P. R. China) to install a novel electro-ionization interface for high resolution Capillary Electrophoresis Mass Spectrometry (CE-MS), and analyze complex samples to verify the performance of this state of the art hyphenated instrumentation. With high resolution Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer (Orbitrap MS), the full potential of the novel CE-MS interface could be exerted and new records for the performance of CE-MS could be set up, based on the success of this international project. Complex sample analysis will directly benefit from the combination of the great CE separation efficiency and accurate Orbitrap MS detection. More collaboration can be
developed by this project, between the Canadian academia of separation science and the Chinese counterparts.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

David Chen

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Nanjing Normal University

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Education

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Credit Union Marketplace Lending Business Models

Crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter and IndieGoGo have developed at an exponential rate and have been used to develop a variety of artistic, commercial and social ventures. Alongside this marketplace lending has provided retail-level people the opportunity to lend money to each other using platforms such as Lending Club and Prosper. In 2014, in the United States $16.2 billion was raised through crowdfunding platforms, over $11.4 billion of which was in the form of marketplace lending (Marketwired, 2015). Canada has been slow to adopt marketplace lending, but recent regulatory changes have opened the market. This research project will explore the possible connections between these new fintech (financial technology) models, impact investments that seek positive social-ecological impacts as well as financial returns, and the Canadian credit union sector. It is anticipated that this work will be used in the development of new credit union products and services.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Sean Geobey

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Canadian Credit Union Association

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Finance and Insurance; Other services (except public administration)

Université :

University of Waterloo

Programme :

Accelerate

Innovative Financing for Energy Access – The Role of Finance and Energy Service Companies in Promoting Energy Development

The proposed postdoctoral research focuses on addressing the challenges associated with energy access in developing countries as well as promoting energy-independent communities in Canada in a bid to promote sustainable development. The study would investigate a consortium-like financing model for small and medium scale renewable energy projects in which energy service companies are financed by a number of investors to in order to reduce the investment risks. OCEC would benefit from the research by using the findings from the study to refine its approach to developing community-scale renewable energy projects and adopting new methods for financing its projects in Canada. The research would also expose OCEC to the nature of renewable energy project development in developing African countries in need of stable modern electricity. This understanding would contribute to inform the business models OCEC may adopt when planning and developing community-scale renewable energy projects across Africa, in the near future.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Olaf Weber

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Oxford Community Energy Co-operative Inc

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

Université :

University of Waterloo

Programme :

Accelerate

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