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Thrive Health: Designing a Personal Health Story Visualization Interface

This project aims to develop a user-friendly visualization system for Thrive Health, a digital health solutions company. The visualization interface will be designed to effectively present a person’s health journey. This will be particularly helpful for patients with complex health conditions, as it will enable them to communicate their situation more clearly to their healthcare providers. The interface intends to improve the doctor-patient interaction, making it easier for clinicians to understand patients’ complex medical histories and provide more personalized care.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Tamara Munzner

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Thrive Health

Discipline :

Computer science

Secteur :

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

The University of British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

Computational reconstruction of protein-protein interaction networks involved in the pathogenesis of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations.

Cerebral Cavernous Malformations (CCM) are brain vascular malformations which occur in one person out of 200. Their consequences are devastating as they provoke epilepsy, stroke and many neurological disorders. CCM develop only in low blood flow venules and not in arteries in which the high flow has a protective effect. Yet, why CCM lesions form only under low flow is still mysterious. This internship fits into a study on the role of unique sensors of blood flow, calcium channels which form pores across the membrane. Our work indicates for the first time that their dysfunction is triggering the formation of CCM. This internship will help unravel the abnormal signalling pathways activated by these channels. Thanks to Gingras lab’s world-renowned expertise in proteomics, the PhD student will reconstruct protein-protein interaction networks from the proteins that he has identified in the vicinity of these channels using in vivo proximity labelling by biotinylation (BioID). This project aims at identifying functional hubs targetable by FDA approved drugs to propose a cure for this disease that is sorely lacking today.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Anne-Claude Gingras

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Université Grenoble Alpes

Discipline :

Life Sciences

Secteur :

Education

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Enhancing the security and reliability of navigation systems

The research project aims to enhance the security and reliability of navigation systems by developing advanced techniques for estimating the vehicle’s position and orientation, even in the presence of sensor attacks. By investigating the impact of potential attacks on sensor data, the project seeks to develop algorithms that can accurately estimate the vehicle’s location and direction, mitigating the effects of compromised sensor information. The results of this research will contribute to the development of robust and secure navigation systems, enhancing their performance in real-world scenarios. By improving the accuracy and resilience of navigation estimation, the project aims to enhance the safety and reliability of autonomous vehicles, drones, and other navigation-dependent systems. This research will ultimately benefit society by making navigation systems more secure, enabling safer and more efficient transportation in the future.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Mohammad Pirani

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Université Grenoble Alpes

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Education

Université :

University of Ottawa

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Understanding Transportation Challenges and Equity in Canada: Mapping Accessibility and Addressing Transportation Poverty

The proposed research project aims to understand to what extent Canadian neighbourhoods vary based on the accessibility of transportation and identify which socially disadvantaged groups of people are most impacted by limited access to transport. The interns will analyze a large dataset released by “Infrastructure Canada and Statistics Canada” which measures how easy it is for people to reach important places like schools, workplaces, grocery stores, healthcare facilities. They will also incorporate sociodemographic data from the Canadian Census. The research will be carried out using data analysis, machine learning, and geographic information systems. The expected outcomes of this project include a developed typology of neighbourhoods based on the accessibility to important destinations, a better understanding of transportation challenges faced by different equity-deserving groups, and suggestions to improve the dataset. The research will benefit policymakers, transportation providers, and communities across Canada.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Steven Farber

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Transportation (excluding aerospace); Public Service, Policy, and Governance

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Complementarity between JWST and High Resolution Spectroscopy for characterization of Hot Jupiter Atmosphere

Hot Jupiters are giant gaseous planets, which orbit their host stars in a few days to hours. Due to these tight orbits, they are expected to rotate synchronously, ie always present the same face to their star. As a consequence, models predict these worlds to present strong westward winds, redistributing the heat from their permanent daysides to their cold nightsides. While indirect
jmethods have been used to corroborate these predictions, direct measurements of rotation/wind speeds on these objects remain
!elusive. ln this project, we aim to develop a novel method combining existing space and ground based approaches, which should
[allow for the first direct and constraining measurements of rotation and wind speeds in a Hot Jupiter atmosphere.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Nicolas Cowan

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Université Grenoble Alpes

Discipline :

Physics

Secteur :

Education

Université :

McGill University

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Experimental testing of coarse granular materials

One of our research axes concerns the large-scale mechanical characterization of coarse granular materials (CGM). The prime objective of this collaboration is to enhance the database and develop scaling laws for testing CGM on representative small-scaled samples. This effort requires multiscale characterization on a wide range of coarse materials with different lithologies and particle shapes. The collaboration with the Institute of Soil Mechanics and Rock Mechanics (IBF) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, helps to meet this end. IBF disposes one of the largest triaxial cells worldwide that allows testing samples of diameter D=780 mm (Hettler and Vardoulakis, 1984). However, this device has been often used for industrial projects but seldom for research purpose (e.g. Brauns & Reith 2000; Bettzieche & Bieberstein 2009). Therefore, this initiative intends also to resurface this device by taking advantages that it offers to the research community at large, to contribute on coarse materials testing database.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Carlos Ovalle Ortega

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Education

Université :

Polytechnique Montréal

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Performance of cavity nesting birds breeding onreclaimed mine lands: An individual life-historyapproach

This study will assess the behaviour, physiology, reproduction and survival of individual birds breeding on reclaimed mine tailings and waste rock, and will provide a robust measure of the effectiveness of reclamation efforts on the Highland Valley Copper operating area. By examining a range of life-history traits in two ecologically distinct species, and comparing birds breeding on reclaimed mine lands to those on land that has not historically been exposed to mining operations, we will also be capable of identifying individual measures of quality or reproductive investment that most closely track environmental disturbance. This may become the basis for future cost-effective impact assessments in all industrial sectors engaged in resource extraction, as individual responses to environmental disturbance can provide an “early warning’ of future population declines. It has been argued that effective natural resource management requires the application of evolutionary principles such as selection, variation and gene flow, and this study will position Highland Valley Copper, and Teck Resources Ltd. more generally, at the forefront of this approach in the context of impact assessment.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Russell Dawson

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Teck Highland Valley Copper Partnership

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Mining

Université :

University of Northern British Columbia

Programme :

Accelerate

What confabulation in aging tells us about the episodic/semantic memory divide

The project investigates the distinction between two main forms of human memory, namely episodic (the experiential contextualized memory for personal past episodes) and semantic (the abstract de-contextualised memory for facts) memory. In line with recent proposals in philosophy, it calls this widely accepted distinction into question and explores a one-system conception of memory. The original angle taken on the issue appeals to the phenomena of semanticization and confabulation in aging, namely the tendency of episodic memories to become more semantic (semanticization), and the tendency of older adults to report more past personal episodes they never experienced (confabulation). On our overall proposal, semanticization and confabulation each cast doubt on the episodic-semantic distinction in their own way.
Three more specific outcomes are expected. 1) Coming to a better understanding of semanticization in light of confabulation and thereby deciding if it favors the one-system view. 2) Exploring the possibility that confabulation, a phenomenon that is most often episodic in format at first sight, is grounded on semantic memory. 3) Developing the view that confabulation is the inverse of semanticization, that is episodicization of semantic memory.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Sara Aronowitz

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Université Grenoble Alpes

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education

Université :

University of Toronto

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Travail et santé dans l’agroécologie : cas des maraichers en « bio »

Les enjeux de ce projet de recherche se situent dans les transitions du monde agricole, en lien avec le besoin de répondre à la biodiversité, en réponse à la préservation de la planète, au réchauffement climatique et aux changements de comportements alimentaires des consommateurs. Ces transitions transforment les pratiques des agriculteurs, notamment avec des effets sur leurs conditions de travail et leur santé. Ce projet cible les fermes en agriculture biologique dans le secteur du maraîchage. La recherche-action se déroulera en 3 étapes méthodologiques : 1/ état de la littérature sur les risques relatifs à l’agro-écologie, 2/ caractérisation des contextes des exploitations agricoles avec la recherche de bases de données disponibles et une enquête par entretiens, voire par questionnaires, pour dresser un portrait du secteur au Québec et 3/ un suivi d’une ferme avec une analyse ergonomique sur les risques en SST dans la province de Sherbrooke. L’étude sera supervisée par les 2 co-encadrantes professeures avec des réunions régulières. Le stage, d’une durée de 5 mois, à partir de mars 2024, vise à produire un rapport de recherche visant une meilleure connaissance sur les problématiques posées par ce secteur d’activité. Ce projet d’impulsion d’un partenariat de recherche entre l’Université de Grenoble et l’Université de Sherbrooke pourra permettre de s’engager dans des réponses à appel à projet de recherche ambitieux et international.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Marie-Eve Major

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Université Grenoble Alpes

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education

Université :

Université de Sherbrooke

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Électrolytes autoréparants pour un stockage électrochimique tout-solide efficace & durable de l’énergie : Microbatteries 2.0

Un défi scientifique et technologique contemporain majeur, contribuant à une réponse appropriée à l’ODD N°7 de l’ONU, consiste à impulser un changement de paradigme en passant des batteries lithium-ion (électrolyte liquide/gélifié) à des batteries dites tout-solides (électrolyte (inorganique, polymère) solide) plus sûres et performantes. Au-delà des accélérateurs de développements technologiques que constituent les domaines du stockage stationnaire et de la mobilité électrique, le développement de tels batteries post-lithium-ion est (très) attendu pour répondre à la demande croissante d’électronique embarquée miniaturisée à autonomie énergétiques renforcée (e.g. objets connectés [Io(E)T : Internet of (Every)Thing]). Pour relever ce challenge, nous proposons ici de combiner pour la première fois i) des électrodes négatives en Silicium à porosité multi-échelle contrôlée (produites à Sherbrooke, IRL3463-LN2@UdeS) infiltrées (à l’état fondu) par une nouvelle génération d’électrolytes solides polymères autoréparants et ii) des résines négatives 2.0 photosensibles doués de faculté de transport ionique (les SHPEs (Self-Healing Photopatternable Polymer Electrolytes)) conçus, synthétisés et caractérisés à Grenoble, UMR5279-LEPMI@UGA), c’est-à-dire respectivement 2 des 3 sous-composants (électrode (-)/électrolyte tout-solide/électrode (+)) clés de futures microbatteries tout-solides embarquées sur puce, compatibles avec une fabrication (additive) en salle blanche.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Abderraouf Boucherif

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Université Grenoble Alpes

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Education

Université :

Université de Sherbrooke

Programme :

Globalink Research Award

Decreasing the Energy Performance Gap and Thermal Loads in Residential Dwellings Using Machine Learning and Building Energy Modeling

The energy demand of the residential sector in Canada represents 12% of the total energy use. About 64% of such demand is assigned to space heating requirements. Adoption of energy-efficient systems is usually driven
by long-term savings. Many passive energy reduction measures haven’t been implemented due to the decreasing credibility of simulation software which lacks the ability to accurately predict energy performance. The deviation
of the actual energy consumption from the simulated one is termed as the energy performance gap (EPG). This research will study multiple residential dwellings categorized based on input variables relevant to a building’s
geometry, envelope, and site parameters. The actual energy consumption of these dwellings will be compared to that of simulated models to calculate the EPG. Artificial neural network will be employed to model the EPG in
correlation with the most dominant independent design parameters. Once EPG is determined using the developed model, an algebraic equation will be developed to better assess energy-efficient strategies by defining their exact
potential and true savings. The model will be validated using real-time thermographic images of a built prototype with a special emphasis on thermal bridging.

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Mohamad Araji

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Canadian Museum of Architecture

Discipline :

Engineering

Secteur :

Professional, scientific and technical services

Université :

University of Waterloo

Programme :

Accelerate

Une recherche pour construire une culture de la paix

Le projet Mitacs à l’Université de McMaster vise à renforcer la collaboration académique avec le Département Global Peace and Social Justice (DGPSJ), une équipe pluridisciplinaire et multiculturelle. Cette collaboration a pour objectif de promouvoir les échanges et les discussions avec le DGPSJ en vue de concevoir un dispositif d’enseignement des langues étrangères (anglais et français) ainsi qu’une formation post-conflit destinée aux enseignants en milieu rural. Ces initiatives didactiques s’inscrivent dans le cadre des principes de l’éducation à la paix, englobant des thèmes tels que la paix, la résolution des conflits, l’égalité des genres, le développement socio-économique et l’environnement, entre autres. Les résultats issus de cette collaboration seront présentés au sein de séminaires, de conférences et d’autres événements institutionnels, auxquels la communauté de la Faculté des Humanités à McMaster, comprenant étudiants, enseignants et chercheurs, est conviée

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Superviseur du corps professoral :

Michael Egan

Étudiant :

Partenaire :

Université Grenoble Alpes

Discipline :

Sociology

Secteur :

Education

Université :

McMaster University

Programme :

Globalink Research Award