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Policy pricing in the Canadian insurance market

Insurance companies seek methods for optimally pricing their policies to their customers. They must offer good value to their prospective policy holders, and yet remain competitive in a challenging market environment. This project will use modern statistical and data analytic techniques to help them achieve this. Based on policy prices and client-specific information, models will be developed that will help uncover pricing strategies used by companies in the insurance market. These models will then be validated, and then put tested in simulation to ensure good performance.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

David Stephens

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

TD Insurance

Discipline :

Mathematics

Secteur :

Finance and Insurance

Université :

McGill University

Programme :

Accelerate

Enzyme immobilization to enhance the hydrolysis of soluble, biomass derived xylo-oligomers

The proposed research project will conduct feasibility studies on the purification and conditioning of industrial, hemicellulose derived C5 sugars from a number of potentially commercial liquor fractions, derived from lignocellulosic biomass. In the first two Mitacs projects, enzyme hydrolysis showed considerable benefits over traditional acid hydrolysis for S2G’s bio-glycol production. However, relatively high enzyme loadings were still required to achieve fast and efficient hydrolysis! Since the hydrolysis was conducted in a liquid phase and agitation showed no beneficial effects in enhancing enzymatic hydrolysis, the potential of using an immobilized enzyme strategy to further improve enzyme stability while enhancing recycle/reuse of the enzymes could show considerable potential, further reducing enzyme costs.
We would also like to see if an enzyme immobilization strategy might be beneficial, building on the optimized enzyme cocktails derived from project I and II. The end goal of this study is to further reduce enzyme cost for S2G’s sugar-to-glycol process.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jack (John) Saddler

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

S2G Biochemicals Inc

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Étude du potentiel d’appariement hétérogène entre nuages de points LiDAR et images SAL

Depuis 2011, une plateforme SAL (Synthetic Aperture Ladar) a été développée et testée en laboratoire à l’Institut National d’Optique (INO). L’INO souhaite maintenant évaluer la possibilité d’utiliser un tel système d’acquisition pour des applications réelles de cartographie urbaine, notamment de modélisation 3D intérieure. Actuellement, les balayeurs laser (i.e. LiDAR) sont couramment exploités pour réaliser de telles cartographies 3D. Cependant, cette technologie fournit des nuages de points qui laissent place à des indéterminations de profondeur. Dans ce contexte, l’ajout de mesures SAL pourrait aider à mieux distinguer les objets. Ainsi l’objectif de ce projet de recherche est de vérifier que des mesures SAL et des mesures LiDAR sont complémentaires, de sorte qu’une fois combinées, ces mesures permettront une meilleure capacité de détection dans des applications de cartographie et de surveillance urbaine.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Sylvie Daniel

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Institut National d’Optique (Quebec, QC)

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Université Laval

Programme :

Accelerate

Envisioning an International Community: Proletarian Arts in East Asia

This project explores the relation between internationalism and leftist literature in early twentieth century China and East Asia. A study of internationalism amongst leftist movements offers important insights into technologies and strategies for building coalitions across national, linguistic and cultural boundaries. I propose that examining workers organizations and their literary and cultural links to internationalism in early
twentieth century China and East Asia help us better understand the wider implications of literary practices in modern literatures and societies. My main focus will be on May Day, a festival to celebrate workers around the world; Esperanto, an artificial language used to improve communication between workers; anti-war movements, where workers unite to protest against military aggression by national governments; and the gender
and reproductive politics of medical hygiene. In order to reconstruct these international networks of exchange this project examines yet unexplored archival sources from China and East Asia.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Atsuko Sakaki

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Tsinghua University

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Determination of peanut allergen in foods using a dual fluorescence-SERS immunoassay

Peanut is one of the leading foods that can cause food allergies. An extremely low amount of peanut protein is sufficient to cause mild reactions in people who are sensitive to peanut. Over 90% of allergic reaction cases derived from peanut digestion are related to Ara h 1, a glycoprotein that comprises about 15% of the total protein content in peanut and are not degraded during food processing. In this project, we aim to develop a dual fluorescence-SERS immunoassay using graphene quantum dot labeling on aligned magnetoplasmonic nanowires. This immunoassay is expected to be more sensitive and selective to detect this allergen than the conventional immunoassay, with the fluorescence signal as a fast qualitative indicator and SERS signal as a further quantitative analysis.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Keng Chou

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

NTBIO Diagnostics Inc

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

The Line that Separates: Identifying High Potential Franchise Systems

The success of franchising relies on individual franchisees’ ability to evaluate and compare diverse franchise systems, prior to making an informed decision as to which franchise system to become a part of. Surprisingly, however, few forward-looking metrics exist for franchisees. I seek to fill this gap through my proposed Mitacs Accelerate internship project. My proposed research addresses the critical question – what are the metrics that identify high potential franchise systems? Relying on franchise disclosure documents (FDDs) filed by more than 2,000 franchise systems across multiple industries over the past three years, I plan to compute franchise performance metrics that identify high potential franchise systems. My findings will provide guidance to franchisees on the investment potential of different franchise systems, and to franchisors on how to improve their performance.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Kersi Antia

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

FranchiseGrade.com Inc

Discipline :

Business

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

Western University

Programme :

Accelerate

Design and Development of Actuation and Control Systems for the Synchronized Segmentally Interchanging Pulley Transmission System (SSIPTS)

This research project is responsible for the design, development, and experimentation of the actuation and control systems for synchronized segmentally interchanging pulley transmission system, SSIPTS. SSIPTS is a novel variable mechanical transmission that offers the combined benefits of existing transmission systems for both automotive and wind industries. To ensure high reliability at the high speed and load conditions required for both automotive and wind turbine applications, SSIPTS will need high speed actuator and control systems. Moreover, development of the high speed transmission control unit (TCU) is another key component of SSIPTS. The main contribution of this internship is to develop highly efficient and reliable actuation and control systems for SSIPTS.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Jean Zu

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Accelerate

Development of innovative thermal efficient steel studs

With the growing demand for energy efficient buildings, conventional steel wall studs are no longer an appropriate choice for exterior walls. Conventional steel studs cause an inordinately high degree of thermal bridging which lowers the energy efficiency of the building. New building codes are demanding higher energy efficient buildings. To address this concern, Structa Wire Corporation started the development of an innovative steel stud that replaces the solid steel web in the conventional steel stud with welded wires. The newly proposed steel stud shows promising energy efficiency, by demonstrating a significant reduction in thermal bridging. However, the structural integrity of the innovative steel stud needs to be confirmed through rigorous analytical simulation and experimental testing. An intern from UBC will work closely with Structa Wire Corporation to conduct experimental testing program and to optimize the structural performance of the innovative steel stud.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Tony Yang

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Structa Wire Corp

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Manufacturing

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Development of a Self-Regulatory App for Adults with Celiac Disease

Celiac disease is an autoimmune dysfunction that requires strict adherence to a gluten-free (GF) diet in order to prevent detrimental health outcomes. Following a strict GF diet is difficult given that gluten is added as a preservative or binding agent to many foods. Findings from a review suggest strict adherence to a gluten-free diet is as low as 42%. As such, poor adherence to a GF diet is an emerging health concern for people living with celiac disease. The goal of this study is to develop and evaluate an evidence-based app to help people manage celiac disease and follow a nutritious, strict GF diet. The app will be revised based on findings from this initial evaluation work. It is expected that the app will be well-received and lead to improvements in patient-reported outcomes. The benefit to the Calgary Celiac Association is that the app will provide a much needed tool to help their members (i.e., people living with celiac disease) to improve management of their chronic disease.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Nicole Culos-Reed

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Calgary Chapter of the Canadian Celiac Association

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

Université :

University of Calgary

Programme :

Accelerate

Protocoles de communications pour réseaux de capteurs en milieu fortement perturbé

Ce projet s’inscrit dans le contexte du réseau électrique intélligent visant à déployer des réseaux de capteurs à des fins de diagnostic, de maintenance et de pérennité pour connaitre l’état du réseau électrique et interagir avec des équipements majeurs dans les postes haute tension ou dans leurs voisinages proches.
Il permettra à terme le développement et l’amélioration de protocoles de communication pour mieux les adapter aux environnements à fortes perturbations électromagnétique, notamment par le bruit impulsionnel. L’utilisation d’un modèle de canal de propagation très réaliste couplé avec un simulateur de réseau permettra d’évaluer les performances des protocoles de communication qui seront deployés dans ces environnements. Le projet permettra aussi une implémentation matérielle en laboratoire sur quelques capteurs et un déploiement expérimental en environnement réel.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

François Gagnon

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Institut de Recherche Hydro-Québec

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

Université :

École de technologie supérieure

Programme :

Accelerate

Optimizing program opportunities to strengthen the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa (BGCO)

This project will examine current programming across multiple sites at the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa (BGCO) with the purpose of enhancing program quality and optimizing program operations. The project will also seek to identify current gaps in programming and the factors that lead female youth over the age of 12 to drop-out of programming. The results from this project will help provide the program committee at the BGCO with a comprehensive analysis of current and potential future programming to assist in decisions ensuring that the programs offered to the youth members are consistent with its mission to provide a safe, supportive place where children and youth can experience new opportunities, overcome barriers, build positive relationships and develop confidence and skills for life.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Tanya Forneris

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other services (except public administration)

Université :

University of Ottawa

Programme :

Accelerate

Silicon Photonic Water Quality Sensor

Pesticide detection in water has become a high priority worldwide, from protecting the population from environmental contamination due to agricultural pesticides, and bio-threats from terrorist activities. An exhaustive characterization of water pollutants requires laboratory-based analyses which are inherently slow and expensive. Thus, regarding the above mentioned pesticide contaminations, developing a real-time and in-situ detection technique would be very valuable to rapidly protect the population and the environment, especially in remote places. This project aims to develop continuous sensors using silicon photonics technology. The sensor will target the most relevant pesticides and exhibits a limit of detection that allows to test the quality standards for water within a few minutes. This project gives the opportunity for the interns to gain multi-disciplinary skills on a fast-growing technology, while it provides a R&D service to the industrial partner and a new product to Canada.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Lukas Chrostowski

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Luxmux Technology Corporation

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

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