Developing a new workflow for occupancy estimation using Wi-Fi sensing for building energy simulation

The current study aims to develop a new workflow for occupancy schedules estimation using WiFi sensing technology and utilizing different machine learning and deep learning algorithms. Aerial will provide preprocessed CSI data, occupied and non-occupied time series, and activity level time series to be used by intern for extracting occupancy presence pattern, the number of […]

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Detection and Classification of Pavement Defects Using Computer Vision

The objective of the project is to automate the detection of pavement defects. Defects can be of different types: cracks, deformations, potholes and others. These defects are cataloged and detailed in standards established by the Quebec Ministry of Transport in Quebec and various authorities in other regions of the world. At present, the inspection of […]

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Enhancing the efficacy of pedagogical practices in the context of fine arts instruction in Canada

The mission of Teaching and Learning Research In Action (TLR) is to conduct and disseminate research on effective, innovative educational practices. Recognizing the importance of the arts in higher education, both for students specializing in fine arts disciplines and students who enroll in fine arts courses as electives, TLR is working towards enhancing the instruction […]

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Development of RWA tools for the design,operation and migration of terrestrial andsubmarine coherent networks

The project covers the design and optimization of long-haul and ultra long-haul wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks. The objective is to develop routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) algorithms for next-generation terrestrial and undersea networks that are based on the use of highspeed dual-polarization coherent transponders. The goal is to improve the performance and accuracy of […]

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An urban digital twin platform for urban sustainability and climate change mitigation

The world has experienced rapid urbanization and population growth in recent years, which resulted in increased energy consumption, GHG emission, and climate change. To avoid dangerous climate change, different countries such as Canada developed plans to achieve net-zero emission by 2050. Technology plays an essential role in achieving these objectives. Planete GreenLeaves is a web-based […]

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A Feature Discovery System for Data Science Across the Enterprise

Existing data lake systems lack the support for storing or discovery features that could be used with different ML projects. These limitations negatively affect the process of decision-taking. Data scientists spend most of their time finding, preparing, and integrating relevant data sets to finish analytics tasks. Feature discovery systems are needed to ease the process […]

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Construction Project and Processes Intelligence Across the Project Lifecycle

This project is a partnership between Concordia University and Aedo AI, to upgrade an existing construction project data repository into an intelligent platform for analyzing project performance and providing advanced analytics based on (i) correlations between projects’ different facets (including actors involved, the facility being built, and workflow processes being executed); and (ii) interactions among […]

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Modeling and analysis of Inertial filter for Engine exhaust applications

The scope of this project is to model and analyze inertial filters used by combustion engines to facilitate exhaust gas recirculation acting as coarse filtration units. This would help to reduce environmental pollution caused by heavy duty diesel engines. By using Finite Element Analysis model to investigate, the design will incorporate the best ratio among […]

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A Cross-modal Video Representation Learning Framework for Query Retrieval and Automatic Trailer Generation

Grokvideo Inc. works on developing new technologies for extracting the best possible information from video content. This research project will provide new solutions to text-based query-video retrieval and automatic trailer generation for eventful videos such as movies and serials. Current methods seem to work well for short, non-eventful videos, say documentaries, but fail otherwise. Major […]

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Continuous production of high quality carbon nanopearls

Carbon nanopearls are an exciting novel class of materials that present unique characteristics, and they turn out to be an excellent alternative to carbon nanotubes for different applications. Presently they are experimented with success as material for cold cathodes for electron-beam based instrumentation applications and they can be used for the development of polymer nanocomposites […]

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Web based avionics certification management for bus design

Aircraft/Avionics System certification is awarded by aviation regulatory bodies to applicants after they have demonstrated that the design of the system meets airworthiness requirements. Airworthiness requirements are a complex set of requirements, standards, and regulations. Demonstration of compliance to airworthiness requirements can be accomplished through testing, reviews, similarity of installation and/or usage and other means. […]

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Conceptual Design of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

The project aims to enable and formalize the conceptual design and optimization of the different UAV designs, including safety and reliability considerations. This achievement will contribute to the emergence of UAV in safety-critical applications that would change our daily lives like air taxiing, painting skyscrapers, urban surveillance, media coverage, logistics, deliveries, or flying ambulances. As […]

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