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Dopamine Receptor Imaging in Dementia Using Hybrid PET/MRI

Although life expectancy is increasingly associated with the treatment of heart disease and cancer, there has been virtually no improvement in life expectancy for patients with dementia. Dementia has a devastating impact to the patient, family members and society because patients become dependent on family caregivers, who are then less productive in other aspects of our society. There is currently extensive research to investigate possible treatments but a major problem is that there are many different forms of dementia which require different treatments. This search for treatments depends on being able to distinguish among the different forms of dementia based on symptoms alone, which is not always possible. Recent advances suggest that brain imaging could be used to make the correct diagnosis. We propose to develop brain imaging methods to allow the separation of two often confused forms of dementia: Dementia with Lewy Bodies from Alzheimer’s disease.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Michael Kovacs

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Multi Magnetics Inc;St. Joseph's Health Care Foundation

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Lawson Health Research Institute

Programme :

Accelerate

L’utilisation de l’assemblage modulaire et les cellules dynamiques pour améliorer l’efficacité des usines et de la chaîne logistique pour une entreprise réseau

Cette recherche sert à déterminer les facteurs qui affectent la performance d’un réseau d’entreprises. Par exemple, une augmentation de la demande peut causer des retards de livraison si l’entreprise ne prend pas les mesures nécessaires. La méthodologie proposée est de décortiquer le système étudié en trois sous-systèmes pour déterminer ces facteurs. Il s’agit de la ligne d’assemblage final, de l’entrepôt et du type d’aménagement chez les fournisseurs. Un facteur important à étudier est le cycle de vie des produits. Par exemple, il faut changer la politique d’achat pour les modèles qui vont être discontinués. Aussi, il faut placer les produits ayant déjà une maturité des ventes à proximité de la zone de réception et de la ligne de production. Aussi, une introduction d’un nouveau design oblige parfois le fournisseur de se procurer d’une nouvelle machine ou bien de doubler une autre, ce qui va modifier son aménagement dès la phase de croissance.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Georges Abdul-Nour

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Huppé Meubles

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Programme :

Accelerate

Developing Energy-Efficient HVAC-R Systems for Smart Buildings

AYO Smart Home Ltd. is pursuing the development of integrated energy management technologies for smart buildings. Various approaches such as heat recovery, solar energy, energy storage, and passive cooling are being investigated by the AYO Smart Home Ltd. company. Novel technologies for Heating, Ventilating, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration (HVAC-R) are also considered as a crucial part of the investigation.
HVAC-R systems consume 50% of the total energy in buildings and 20% of the total national energy usage in European and American countries. The overall reduction of energy consumption due to smart HVAC-R systems can therefore be remarkable in smart buildings. Utilization of novel insulations and energy-efficient control of the air conditioning system are among the many technologies to be developed in this project. As a continuation of several years of research at Simon Fraser University, this project is an exciting opportunity to elevate the developed technologies to an industrial level.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Majid Bahrami

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

AYO Smart Home Ltd

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Simon Fraser University

Programme :

Accelerate

Effect of Foreign Exchange Rates on the Default Correlation

Default correlation analysis has an important role in asset pricing and credit risk management. Our proposed default model aims to analyze the default correlation for two international companies. In this analysis, we would like to incorporate existing correlation between the stock indices in different countries and study its effect on the default correlation measure. Moreover, there is evidence in the literature of sensitivity of equity index returns to foreign exchange (FX) rates. We believe that the correlation between volatilities of FX rates of local currencies and the volatility in stock exchange returns volatilities will affect the default correlation for two companies in two different countries. We want to design a robust mathematical model, which ultimately quantifies the effect of foreign exchange on the default correlation.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Huaxiong Huang

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Discipline :

Mathematics

Secteur :

Finance and Insurance; Management of companies and enterprises

Université :

York University

Programme :

Accelerate

Architecture for a 3D-Vision FPGA-based System for Real-Time Object Tracking

Object tracking using stereo video is a field of research applicable to a large number of applications. However, most proposed methods are complex, and require significant computing resources to be implemented. As a result, the number of applications and environments where
object tracking systems can be realistically deployed is limited. The proposed research project aims to alleviate this problem, by researching and developing a real-time stereo video-based moving object detection and tracking method and architecture utilizing minimal hardware and
power resources; the anticipated result of the proposed research will be the developed architecture of the system implemented and tested using a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) platform. Through this project, the intern will further develop technical skills, as well as
obtain a better understanding of industrial R&D procedures. Likewise, the industrial partner will be able to diversify their product range using the developed method and architecture for this novel technology enabling further commercialization.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Lev Kirischian

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Soft-R US Inc

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

Toronto Metropolitan University

Programme :

Accelerate

Prospecting mine and mineralogical sites for energy recovery and bioproducts

The mining industry is looking for technologies that improve sustainability through reducing environmental and energy burdens. In line with this, a program was created between Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations, a Glencore Company and Laurentian University to prospect for opportunities for making better use of existing non-mineral resources. Interns on the Mitacs program will bioprosepect mine site water bodies for microalgae that produce bioproducts that can be converted into clean burning biodiesel, and health beneficial compounds such as antioxidants and antimicrobial agents. They will also look at reducing fossil fuel consumption by prospecting for “waste” heat that could be used for space heating, and also along with CO2 emissions, to support year-round production of microalgae sourced biodiesel. An end-use for this biofuel could be to improve underground mine air quality by replacing petrochemical diesel that is extensively used in mine machinery.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

John Ashley Scott

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Mining

Université :

Laurentian University

Programme :

Accelerate

Generation of new lead compounds with drug-like properties by derivatization of existing drugs

Access to efficient drugs to treat diseases that affect Canadians is among the highest priorities of our society. The development of new medicinal agents depends on the access to small molecules capable of interacting with biological targets associated with those diseases. These small molecules are typically identified by screening large collections of synthetic compounds. Paraza Pharma Inc. is an innovative drug discovery company that is involved in optimization of early drug candidates for unmet medical needs in alliance with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. The objective of this project is to use an existing antibioactive drug to generate new high quality molecules that will serve as modulators of other biological targets. By using an existing compound for drug development, the goal is to generate new molecules that already possess excellent drug-like properties and low cytotoxicity. Throughout this project, derivatize a bioactive molecule using chemical reactions that were developed in our laboratories at UQÀM. This project will contribute to the training of one graduate student and will provide the company with a library of new molecules for testing against other targets using proprietary
biochemical or cellular assays.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Alexandre Gagnon

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Paraza Pharma Inc

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Université du Québec à Montréal

Programme :

Accelerate

Unseen Enemy: Global Pandemic Knowledge Mobilization

Our deadliest enemies are the ones we cannot see – viruses or bacteria that lurk and mutate, and grow in resistance, until they become an unstoppable pandemic. This year four interns will work alongside the Tech Samurais company to produce key communication tools that will make effective interventions into the Canadian and global conversation about pandemics. Tech Samurais will be providing access to an unparalleled content library, featuring film from the frontlines of the fight against Ebola, polio and measles. Interns will conduct research on
information flows and work with Tech Samurais to use this content to build knowledge mobilization tools, a newsgame and a social media strategy that will form the basis of a multimedia site. The project will bring public attention to the global issue of pandemics and will be one of the first in Canada to use innovative new media techniques to change the way we talk about the threat of communicable diseases.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Peter Klein

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Paperny Entertainment

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Physiological and environmental factors affecting the migratory behavior and survival of sockeye and steelhead salmon smolts

The great number and variety of factors influencing the survival of migrating salmon smolts in the early marine environment makes it difficult to understand the causes of recent declines in smolt survival and salmon population productivity. We will combine novel methodologies (biotelemetry and biomarkers) simultaneously to examine a variety of factors influencing the migratory behaviour and survival of sockeye and steelhead smolts in the Salish Sea. Using
small acoustic transmitters, the behaviour and fate of Chilko sockeye and Seymour steelhead smolts will be tracked from release through the Salish Sea. The condition of these same smolts will be assessed through the use of biomarkers for pathogen presence and load, presence of immune- or stress-related responses, and growth potential, to better understand the links between condition during initial outmigration and survival and behaviour in the early marine
environment.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Scott Hinch

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Agriculture; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Enhancing Software Lifecycle Visibility and Traceability

Teams of specialized workers develop most software. For example, one team may specialize in the requirements that describe what the software is to do. Another team may specialize in producing the software itself. Yet another team may specialize in determining whether the software meets the desired requirements. Supporting communication between all these teams is challenging: each team is focusing on their part of the system, yet needs to have awareness of the work being performed by other teams. This project will investigate what information about the software lifecycle is beneficial to provide to software developers and will determine appropriate mechanisms for providing developers access to software lifecycle information. The intern will produce new knowledge about the awareness needed by developers how awareness
of software lifecycle information can be effectively provided. This new knowledge will help the organization plan future product offerings and will potentially help improve the productivity of its own developers.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Ivan Beschastnikh

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Tasktop Technologies

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Learning from our Kogums (Grandmothers): Integrating Participatory Video as a Tool to Share Knowledge through OPCN’s Ithinto Mechisowin Program

Hydroelectric dams are hallmarks of colonization in Canada, as they destroy food sources, homeland, habitation, and natural resources of Indigenous peoples. O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation (OPCN), an Indigenous community in northern Manitoba, Canada, was flooded and forced to relocate from ancestral lands to a nearby settlement under such circumstances. Regaining strength from their inherent cultural values grounded in their relationship with the
land, OPCN eventually formed a community-based food program called Ithinto Mechisowin Program (IMP) (‘food from the land’). This proposed research project intends to use participatory video methods to collect stories from community members for IMP to gain a nuanced understanding of Indigenous food systems in Canada. The project will teach participatory video to community members so that they can lead the program activities. The project will inspire reconnection with land by archiving stories and recipes related to traditional food and thereby improving access to culturally appropriate healthy food to achieve Indigenous food sovereignty, a common goal for both the community and the partner organizations which is Aboriginal Economic Development by demonstrating what is possible, and encouraging community members, and other communities to begin to take steps to strengthen their own food related economies, health and cultural integration.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Peter Kulchyski

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives;Tides Canada (MB)

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Natural Resources; Aboriginal Affairs; Sustainability & the Environment

Université :

University of Manitoba

Programme :

Accelerate

Risk management for agricultural insurance

The objective of the proposed research is to apply the models of Markov decision processes for better practice of agriculture insurance and reinsurance. The goal is to explore optimal reinsurance models and risk management approaches that address the tradeoff between risk retaining and risk spreading, in a dynamic, multi-period setting. The focus is on seeking sequential optimal weights between reinsurance pooling and private reinsurance, developing dynamic risk measures to describe the total risk and finding optimal sequential policies that minimize the expected total risk. The proposed research is significant and important because maintaining stability of agricultural production is fundamental and crucial for the economic and social stability over the world. Guy Carpenter may benefit from the findings and use the results to improve their pricing of insurance products.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Lysa Porth

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Guy Carpenter & Company LLC

Discipline :

Mathematics

Secteur :

Finance and Insurance

Université :

University of Manitoba

Programme :

Accelerate

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