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Prediction of user intentions based on video captured interaction

User intention prediction of event data, collected during the business process, has become an important topic in Web Analysis and Business Intelligence. Commercial organizations have realized its importance for providing cost-effective opportunities to improve their decision-making in digital marketing strategies. We aim to develop and implement a statistical prediction model to make the prediction of user intention, using the retroactive video tracking data, while the anonymous customer navigates on the website.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Andrea Lodi;Vahid Partovi Nia

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

iPerceptions Inc

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Programme :

Accelerate

Searching for quantum speedup in quantum annealers

As computer chips approach the nanometer-scale size, it is becoming increasingly clear that the next revolution in computing technologies will be enabled by quantum computing. A pioneer in quantum technologies aimed at quantum computing, the Canadian company D-wave Systems has developed quantum annealing processors consisting of superconducting circuit that can be used as efficient devices for solving high-dimensional optimization or sampling problems. The same problems can be solved using conventional computers and it is not yet clear if quantum annealers offer quantum speedup. The main goal of this project will be to explore if and how the quantum nature of the D-wave devices can be exploited for solving computationally demanding problems with quantum speed-up. As one particular application, we will explore the possibility of using quantum annealers to provide efficient samples from a quantum Boltzmann distribution, which can be used for training a quantum Boltzmann machine. A quantum Boltzmann machine could form the basis for a new machine-learning approach analogous to those based on artificial neural networks, but with the possibility of quantum advantages.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Roman Krems

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

D-Wave Systems Inc.

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Information and Communications Technology; Technology; Nanotechnology

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Synthetic Routes to ATA and Related Derivatives

The complement system is an essential component of innate immunity, but also causes self-damage when the system is aberrantly activated or self-protective capacity is exceeded. There are many conditions where failure to protect against self-damage from the complement system has been implicated in the pathology, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinemia, atypical hemolytic uremia syndrome and age-related macular degeneration. Aurin tricarboxylic acid (ATA) and analogues have been shown to selectively block the harmful effects of unwanted complement activation. This project aims to develop synthetic routes to ATA and related analogues that generate the desired product in high yield and purity.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jennifer Love;Vickie Baracos

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Aurin Biotech Inc

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia; University of Alberta

Programme :

Accelerate

Scaling up regional food systems in AB

This project aims to advance local/regional food systems in Alberta, as part of a 5-year SSHRC Partnership titled Food: Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged (FLEdGE). Local food systems generate opportunities to capture economic value (e.g., income and employment) within local communities, and can also result in indirect economic, social and environmental benefits. However, current resources within Alberta are fragmented and insufficient to meet increasing demand. Sustainability of the food system is one of the most pressing issues of our time, and strengthening regional food systems is a crucial component of creating resilient communities. Northlands has begun to focus on supporting local food systems. Students involved in this project will participate in research focused on scaling up institutional procurement of local food and strengthening knowledge mobilization and network development. They will develop research skills and knowledge of a rapidly evolving segment of the food system. Northlands will collaborate with university researchers in a mutually beneficial way thereby expanding capacity in the province to contribute to advancing regional food systems.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Mary Beckie

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Edmonton Northlands

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Agriculture; Arts, entertainment and recreation

Université :

University of Alberta

Programme :

Accelerate

Operational analysis and optimization of the delivery of HIV treatment and care in Vancouver

The continuum of HIV care is highly complex. It includes prevention, testing, patient care, treatment, and support services. This project will help Providence Health Care utilise its limited resources to provide the best treatment and care for people living with HIV in Vancouver. Care for HIV patients includes antiretroviral therapy, treatment of co-morbidities, monitoring clinical markers of disease progression (CD4 count and viral load), and support services to ensure treatment adherence and retention in care. A mathematical model of the continuum of HIV care services will be developed and this model will be used to optimize the allocation of resources across the system to maximize positive health outcomes. Through the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS, Providence Health Care is responsible for providing treatment services for HIV patients in British Columbia. This project will help Providence Health Care determine the most effective interventions for combatting the HIV epidemic.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Alexander Rutherford;JF Williams;Krisztina Vasarhelyi

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Providence Health Care

Discipline :

Mathematics

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Simon Fraser University

Programme :

Accelerate

Design and advancement of Graft Enabled Antibody Therapies (GrEAT)

Membrane proteins such as ion channels, transporters or G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are excellent but difficult drug targets involved in a large number of life-threatening diseases and conditions. These proteins, over-expressed and essential for disease onset and progression, are naturally targeted by toxins from venomous organisms. During evolution, these toxins have been optimized to efficiently target physiologically-relevant proteins involved in ion channel opening or closure, thus incapacitating the prey or defending against predators. We propose to generate synthetic antibody (Ab) libraries that integrate natural toxin-based polypeptides grafted in place of one of the complementarity determining regions as a scaffold. Such libraries will be a formidable resource for discovery and subsequent directed-evolution of graft-enabled antibodies against pharmacologically challenging or previously thought as “undruggable” targets, as well as be a starting point for further biological therapeutic lead development and commercialization, in line with the vision and mission of the partner organization, CCAB.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jason Moffat

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Centre for the Commercialization of Antibodies and Biologics;University of Toronto

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Elevate

Sport, international development, and community (re)generation: the case of cricket communities in India

This research projects investigates the partnership between two British-based organizations: a real-estate investment company, Anglo Indian; and the Marylebone Cricket Club/Lord’s Cricket Ground (MCC/Lord’s), a prominent global cricketing organization. The partnership emerged from a plan to co-create twelve branded ‘planned communities’ in India. The goal of this study is to examine how the first community in Pune is produced by public and private actors, the role of sport as a tool for development in this context, how the community is experienced by those living and working within its boundaries, and the intended and unintended consequences of this development for those included and excluded from its spaces. The hope is that this project would help inspire balanced thinking about the role of sport in development and globalization, especially in the Global South.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Brian Wilson

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Micro and Nano-structural Elements of Flax and Hemp Fibres Sourced inManitoba.

Improved application of hemp and flax fibres in advanced materials will promote Manitoban agriculture and associated industrial production in the emerging bioeconomy. The proposed research will provide, via high resolution chemical mapping, the fundamental science platform required for the rational design of advanced, sustainable biocomposite materials, combining appropriate fibre-matrix complexes de novo. It will augment current research examining the performance of natural fibre-based materials tackling head-on critical barriers to their commercialisation. This will assist the non-financial partner, SWM International, as they are seeking process improvements to produce and validate higher performance fibres for application in new markets.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ying Chen

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Manitoba

Programme :

Accelerate

Design of Polar Codes for Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Communication Systems: Constellation and Code Design

Reliable communication over wireless channels has been an active research area for decades. By employing multiple transmit and receive antennas, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems increase the capacity of a wireless channel, bringing significant gain over single-input single-output (SISO) systems. One of the main tools to achieve the improved capacity are error correction codes. During the years since the introduction of the error correction codes, there have been many important breakthroughs in this field. Polar codes are the most recent of these revolutions. Roughly speaking polar codes are the first class of channel codes that are theoretically proved to be optimum. In this project different approaches to design polar codes for MIMO systems will be developed. As a result of this research we expect better channel codes for wireless communication systems that are able to provide greater reliability at higher data transmission rates with lower complexity than existing techniques.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Halim Yanikomeroglu

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Huawei Technologies Canada Co Ltd (Toronto, ON);Carleton University

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Technology; Information and Communications Technology; Other

Université :

Carleton University

Programme :

Elevate

Developing a new magnetic sensor for application in biosensing and surveying – Year 2

Detecting subtle chemical and physical changes occurring at the early stages of chronic disease and many other infectious diseases caused by harmful bacteria is still a challenge, as ultra-sensitive sensors with large signal-to-noise-ratio are required to detect them. We recently explored new ways to enhance the sensitivity of magnetic nano-sensors and theoretically demonstrated that under optimum design conditions, the sensitivity can be improved by up to a thousand – higher than any of the biosensors currently available on the market. This new sensor merges three branches of physics: magnetics, optics, and plasmonics. Due to the tunability of light and magnetic fields, this sensor configuration can detect as small as 100 parts per billion changes in material optical properties. This work would allow GEM Systems to diversify their product development, complementing their ongoing effort in magnetic field sensor development for surveying, mineral, oil and gas exploration, to name a few.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Simone Pisana

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

GEM Systems Inc;York University

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

York University

Programme :

Elevate

Developing a new magnetic sensor for application in biosensing and surveying

Detecting subtle chemical and physical changes occurring at the early stages of chronic disease and many other infectious diseases caused by harmful bacteria is still a challenge, as ultra-sensitive sensors with large signal-to-noise-ratio are required to detect them. We recently explored new ways to enhance the sensitivity of magnetic nano-sensors and theoretically demonstrated that under optimum design conditions, the sensitivity can be improved by up to a thousand – higher than any of the biosensors currently available on the market. This new sensor merges three branches of physics: magnetics, optics, and plasmonics. Due to the tunability of light and magnetic fields, this sensor configuration can detect as small as 100 parts per billion changes in material optical properties. This work would allow GEM Systems to diversify their product development, complementing their ongoing effort in magnetic field sensor development for surveying, mineral, oil and gas exploration, to name a few.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Simone Pisana

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

GEM Systems Inc;York University

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

York University

Programme :

Elevate

A fully customized image sensor for fluorescence imaging in biomedicine

Customized image sensors will be designed by EnviroSen specifically for advanced microscopes used in biomedical imaging. The goal is to develop image sensors with improved efficiency, image resolution and speed compared to existing technologies for novel microscopes for fluorescence lifetime imaging. The McMaster Biophotonics group has recently developed a novel microscope that is capable of detecting fluorescence lifetimes of biological samples with 400 times improvement in image acquisition speed. Although the commercially available image sensors are very advanced, they are still limited when applied to biomedical imaging applications. Thus, the McMaster Biophotonics team and EnviroSen’s technical staff will work closely to develop novel, fully customized image sensors that will overcome many of the technical challenges of biomedical imaging. Once developed, the potential applications of customized image sensors for advanced microscopy will open a new market for EnviroSen and allow McMaster’s Biophotonics team to explore other opportunities in this area.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Qiyin Fang

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

EnviroSen Inc;McMaster University

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

McMaster University

Programme :

Elevate

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