Predicting productivity in UpBeing app users

It is no secret that people strive to be more productive in their personal and professional lives. Productivity applications have made life easier for people by enabling them to meticulously monitor their output in numerous domains. Even so, there remains the problem of how one can most effectively use all this knowledge in order to […]

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DSORC Application – Strategic Planning Associate & Operations Associate

In response to the COVID-19 Pandemic and the transformation of the global workforce, The Dementia Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County (DSORC) has adapted by transforming our organization to align with the current times. Throughout the pandemic, a multitude of our services have gone virtual and all of our employees have been working from home. […]

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Toxic Intimacies: The (Bio)Politics of Disposability in Africa

This study interrogates the environmental and existential implications of toxic waste disposal in Africa. Situating the politics of toxic waste disposal within Western imperial and neocolonial oppressive histories in the continent, the study examines the despoliation of Africa’s natural ecosystems and various lifeforms through the outsourcing of toxic ruins to the continent. Drawing on close […]

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Aging in Place Medical Device 2 of 2

Home Health Systems has built a sensor and software for Aging In Place monitoring for senior citizens. It supports outpatient care where costs are reduced by 10X and patients get treated at home where they prefer to be. This project will complete the next steps required for Health Canada certification as a class 3 medical […]

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Data Structures for Range Closest Pair Queries

The objective of this project is to construct optimal data structures for the range closest pair (RCP) problem. The RCP problem aims to construct a data structure such that whenever a specific query range is given, the closest point-pair among those inside the given range can be reported efficiently. The RCP problem has been studied […]

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Aging In Place Medical Device Certification 1 of 2

Home Health Systems has built a sensor and software for Aging In Place monitoring for senior citizens. It supports outpatient care where costs are reduced by 10X and patients get treated at home where they prefer to be. This project will complete the next steps required for Health Canada certification as a class 3 medical […]

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Emerging approaches to policy and regulation of online video services in Canada and Argentina

The project consist of analyzing the emerging approaches for policy-making and regulation of global online video service providers in Argentina and Canada. Some of the ongoing discussions on how to address them follow the European approach, after the enactment of the 2018 Audiovisual Service Directive. Measures such as content quotas, financial contributions and prominence obligations […]

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Reimagining Design for Manufacturing & Assembly (DFMA) for Housing in the Architectural Design Process

Combining design and digital workflows, pre-fabrication, and automated assembly provides a rare opportunity for the AEC industry to unite three critical construction items that have traditionally been at odds with one another: Time, Cost and Quality. Working with AIBC’s off-site automated prefabrication facility, this project will use research through design to provide insight into the […]

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Launch: Ideas – ACB Mental Health App Design

The African Caribbean and Black Mental Healthcare (ACBMH) organization was first established in order to provide individual mental health support to Afro Caribbean and Black (ACB) persons. This project will establish research and create content for the partner organization to use to further execute and develop an application directed towards the mental health of black […]

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DMDC Open-source Asset Manager (DOsAM)

Downsview Open-source Asset Manager (DOsAM) is a research collaboration between the Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS) and Northcrest Developments. The objective of the project is to develop an online, opensource asset information modelling and public engagement tool to facilitate democratized urban development.

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Launch: Ideas – KNBA Digital Content Project

Kanata North Business Association is home to over 540 companies and a fully innovative technology park; Hub350. This project will help the partner organization to bring new talent and attraction towards Hub350 while elevating it’s profile. In addition, the project will research and generate digital marketing content that will attract a broader investment community to […]

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The use of a fast platform to design and develop anti-SARS-CoV-2 peptides for a therapeutic intervention of COVID-19

In this project, we are evaluating the use of an alternative mode of communication between proteins to design peptides with therapeutic potentials. Proteins generally interact with one another to realize their functions. They do this through physical interactions. It has recently been discovered that some proteins interact via a non-classical manner and using small stretches […]

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