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Design for Creative Workspaces and Planning: Case Study of the Culture Crawl in Vancouver

With the increasing presence of creative production, ranging from individual art practices to large-scale entertainment industries, it is of utmost importance to facilitate the development of sustainable arts networks not only to optimize creative output, but also to enrich the lives of local communities, and to provide for better]informed policymaking. The goals of the proposed research are: innovation in visual methodologies, and the support for creative work infrastructures through an interdisciplinary project, combining arts sociology, visual culture, geography, and media production. The research will entail visual analysis and documentation (audio], video], and photographic), in]depth interviewing, and mapping of artists and their workspaces in East Vancouver. Specific aspects of the research will look at how particular spaces shape artistsf work, how arts practices engage their immediate communities, and the development of arts practices at the micro level affect the development of the city at the macro level.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Jan Marontate

Student:

Laurynas Navidauskas

Partner:

Vancouver City Savings Credit Union

Discipline:

Journalism / Media studies and communication

Sector:

Media and communications

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Investor Return Calculations for an Evaluation of the British Columbia Equity Capital Program

The MITACS intern will help the partners at the Rocket Builders Canada Ltd. and the University of Victoria to evaluate the B.C. equity capital program (ECP) administered under the British Columbia Small Business Venture Capital Act. The main deliverables of the MITACS intern are to: (1) estimate the returns of investors under the equity capital program, (2) estimate the amount of capital gains tax the ECP has or will generate, and (3) perform a “survival analysis” of the companies that benefited from the ECP since the year 2000. The analysis by the intern will become an important building block of a critical analysis of the ECP by a research team consisting of the two partners on this grant proposal plus the University of British Columbia. This critical analysis aims to assist the British Columbia government at a stage where it considers legislative changes to the British Columbia Small Business Venture Capital Act.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Paul Schure

Student:

Aydin Culhaci

Partner:

Rocket Builders

Discipline:

Economics

Sector:

Finance, insurance and business

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Biosignature identification at a Mars analogue site of present-day serpentiniization in the Tablelands Ophiolites of Newfoundland

The intern will work at the CSA where she will contribute to the development of a database on Moon/Mars analogue sites located in Canada and elsewhere in the world, develop a database on analogue projects funded by different space agencies, and help prepare mission deployments at analogue sites. The intern will collect samples from a Mars analogue site on the west coast of Newfoundland known at the Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park. The intern will be looking for biosignatures of microbial life in rocks similar to those found on Mars. The intern will perform analyses in other laboratories within the Canadian Analogue Research Network (CARN). Specifically, Natalie will analyze phospholipid fatty acids (a viable microbial community indicator) sampled from the high pH springs in Greg Slaterfs laboratory at McMaster University.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Penny Morrill

Student:

Natalie Szponar

Partner:

Canadian Space Agency

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Verification of Elasto-Plastic Models in Svsolid Software

This project is to verify the elasto-plastic models in SVSolid software using the well]known FEM software, ABAQUS. SVSolid 2D/3D is powerful software designed specifically for geotechnical engineering field to conduct stress/deformation analysis, while ABAQUS is a software package designed for general engineering applications. The elasto-plastic model is applicable in many engineering materials. Three geotechnical engineering problems will be used to identify elasto-plastic models including von Miese, Mohr-Coulomb, Drucker Prager, and Cam-Clay models in SVSolid. The results from SVSolid will be compared with those from ABAQUS. The discrepancies will be identified and solved in this project. This project will contribute to SVSoild 2D/3D solving geotechnical engineering problems accurately and promote the business development of a Canadian software company. In the meantime, it will improve the graduate studentfs skills in solving engineering problems using different FEM software.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Jinyuan Liu

Student:

Hongmei Gao

Partner:

SoilVision Systems Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Accelerate

Sensor web adaptation to geotechnical sensor networks

This project investigates the use of adaptive sensor web systems in supporting a geotechnical sensor called the ShapeAccelArray. ShapeAccelArrays measure the movement of earth by placing a long (up to 100m long) thin (27mm diameter) tube containing special micromechanical gravity sensors inside a drilled hole in the earth. These holes are typically in earthen slopes used in many places to support roadways, bridges, dams and other civil structures. Recent advances in sensor web software has resulted in a specification for sensor observation services providing a standard way of interfacing to web]connected sensors. If successful, our research will build a software system based on this specification that makes it easier to incorporate real]time and near real]time ShapeAccelArray observations into web based services. With this capability, meaningful representations of these types of geotechnical measurements can then be incorporated into web browsers in a straightforward fashion.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Bradford G. Nickerson

Student:

Gunita Saini

Partner:

Measurand

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

Quasi-Experimental Study of a Community-Based, Collaborative Nutrition Education Initiative

The gNutrition for Youh initiative is a recent and unique partnership sponsored by Thrifty Foods, and delivered through 18 municipal recreation centres, with Springwell Nutrition Group, and evaluated by the University of Victoria. In 2008]09, over 1,300 participants attended education seminars. More than 225 also attended grocery stores tours. Process evaluation data suggested that the initiative was very well received. This project will investigate the impact of the seminars/tours on participantsf nutrition knowledge and practices one month following the experience, compared to a similar group of people who do not attend the seminars/tours. As well, there will be an evaluation of the more in]depth ActNow Prescription Program, a medical referral program for patients/clients to recreation centers designed to improve their physical activity and healthy eating practices. The partners are interested in determining if and how these informal learning opportunities work to improve health, and better serve the needs of their customers and patrons.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Joan Wharf Higgins

Student:

Janine Drummond

Partner:

Thrifty Foods

Discipline:

Kinesiology

Sector:

Service industry

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

On-Demand Expansion of eBusiness Services to the Cloud

The project will help eBusiness service providers to react faster and more economically to changing demands on their IT services. The goal is to develop automated techniques to utilize off-site computing resources that are offered on the Internet (so-called cloud computing resources), whenever there is a particularly high demand on the company internal computing infrastructure. The cloud computing resources can be used to temporarily augment the internal infrastructure. This approach of using "virtual" resources has significant benefits over the traditional way of upgrading the internal infrastructure with additional computing resources. It is more economical, because companies use a "pay as you go" approach to scaling up their service infrastructure rather than having to invest in additional hardware installations. Moreover, companies can react much faster to increasing (and decreasing) service demands using virtual service infrastructure. This approach also has environmental benefits because virtual server infrastructures may be located in places with clean, renewable energy (e.g. solar power).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Jens Weber

Student:

Hristo (Chris) Penev

Partner:

Rudy X. Desjardins

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Computation of Wind Loading on a Shuttle Tanker during FPSO Offloading

Wind forces on an offloading tanker that is approaching a Floating Production and Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessel are influenced by so-called shielding or shadow effects, which are caused by the distorted wind fields in the wake of the FPSO. During the offloading operations, an offloading tanker approaching an FPSO will experience changing flow conditions that require adequate steering inputs for a safe and continuous approach to the FPSO. The objective of this work to develop a prediction model for the rapid computation of the wind-induced forces and moments on the offloading tanker at arbitrary positions in the neighborhood of the FPSO.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Drs. Wei Qiu & Heather Peng

Student:

Shafiul Azam Mintu

Partner:

Oceanic Consulting Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

An Innovative Perceptify Vision based Body Motion and Gesture Recognition System for Interactive Games

This project aims to develop a novel approach for sensor based Body Motion and Gesture Recognition (BMGR) for interactive computer and video games. Conventionally, the user interface between player and game is via physical control devices, such as buttons and joysticks. To make game more attractive, vendors want to equip their products with natural interface technology, i.e. sensor based intelligent interface to capture and recognize body motion and gestures automatically as the game's control input. Such technology can significantly enrich gamers' experience via more direct, active and natural engagement with the game. This 8©month MITACS research internship will have two industrial partners and be developed in two connected phases. In Phase I, from Sep ¨C Dec 2009, the partner will be Deep Vision Inc (Dartmouth, NS) for developing a set of general BMGR tools based on advanced perceptual vision technology. In Phase II, from Jan ¨C Apr 2010, the partner will be Spielo (Moncton, NB) for developing a special BMGR system for Spielo games by extending/customizing the result of Phase I. The task in each phase will be developed collaboratively. It is anticipated that both partners would benefit from this project for new products and services opportunities. The student will be gained valuable R&D experience in a highly demanded area.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Qigang Gao

Student:

Gang Hu

Partner:

SPIELO

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Digital media

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Toward Automating Pattern-based Application Integration

Integration is a core IT operation, and is aided by a number of available best]practice techniques for integration (integration patterns). However the application of these patterns has little to no automated support. They are applied by consultants on a per-customer basis, making it an expensive and time consuming task. A computer science student from the University of Toronto will work with IBM at their Toronto Center for Advanced Studies on building a set of heuristics to aid the understanding and the application of integration patterns. The project will also study the extent to which the application of patterns can be automated.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Marsha Chechik

Student:

Faraz Torshizi

Partner:

IBM Toronto Lab

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

The review of the numerical analytical methods used in contamination monitoring

This project is mainly about the investigation of the reliability of the computer-aided calculations used in conjunctions with the electronic instruments employed to detect radioactive contamination that may be deposited on surfaces such as a human skin. The investigations will be carried out using scientific theories including mathematical and statistical techniques as well as experiments to determine the levels of energies emitted by the contaminant radioactive material. The international standards, which have been developed through a transparent and consensus seeking process among the nuclear industrial stakeholders including consumers, experts and governments, will be used to benchmark the accuracy of the research results. Since the radiation monitors manufactured by CANBERRA Company will be used in the experiments, the outcome of this research effort may inform this company’s possible improvement of the performance of its monitors and their compliance with best international practice. This compliance will also benefit CANBERRA commercially because of the probable increase of the clients’ confidence in its technological products.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Rachid Machrafi

Student:

Ernest Mojalefa Murphy

Partner:

CANBERRA

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

University:

Ontario Tech University

Program:

Accelerate

Software Diversity Measurement

Given a landscape of computer software that is made up of very few platforms and operating system types, attacks on software can often come in the form of comparing differences between instances or revisions of software. Diversifying software is an effective technique to mitigate these kinds of attacks. Software diversification is a means to generate program instances with varying program structure to an original program while still preserving functionality of the original code. Just as living, biological entities have a different make]up, so can software be diverse. Yet, this does not need to be at the expense of the general, common behaviors and working functional parameters. Cloakware Corporation is an industrial leader providing products for software security and protection. These are the only commercial products available in the market to support software diversity. This project is to study existing software diversification techniques, apply and evaluate a diversification measurement tool provided by a third party, and recommend effective directions for new diversity techniques and measurement capabilities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Mohammad Zulkernine

Student:

Istehad Chowdhury

Partner:

Cloakware Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

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