Soft errors are known to have a significant impact on circuit reliability. When high energy particles from either cosmic rays or packaging materials strike a semiconductor substrate, they generate charge which in turn results in a glitch or a transient current in a circuit. Such a glitch is called the single event transient (SET). The […]

Networks are moving towards being adaptive. This means that automation will be used to replace processes which are today highly manual. This project proposes a development of knowledge in the area of algorithms required to enable adaptive networks. The project will train two PhD students to understand optical networks and devise optimization algorithms in the […]

The goal of the research is to determine which genes in microbes of the genus Burkholderia allow them to cross a barrier in stinkbug guts which blocks any other microbes. Mutant clones of the microorganism will be prepared to deactivate genes suspected of playing a role in allowing passage of Burkholderia in the gut. These […]

The project explores the role of domesticity in general as a symbolic and material realm fostering transnational networking and communication tactics involving Cuba and the North American peoples. This research looks at homemaking in Cuba as an activity at the center of large communication initiatives revolving around material exchanges, human international travels and domestic media […]

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a new emerging paradigm and is rapidly gaining ground in different applications of significant engineering importance including but not limited to smart buildings, and smart public environments. The main enabling factor of this promising paradigm is integration of identification, localization, and navigation technologies with smart hand-held devices equipped with […]

Climate change demands that governing institutions at every level of society define targets for ecological transition. The UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals are one such agenda. Actually meeting those targets takes more than planning, however — it requires the stimulation, development, and implementation of citizen-led solutions. With innovation labs and research institutes providing platforms to […]

With two Indigenous communities, one in Northern Canada and one in Southern Australia, my research explores Indigenous water ethics and water governance models. During my proposed project, using a Participatory Action Research approach, we will video document interviews and collectively edit them to make a short video documentary focused on caring for water. This proposed […]

The goal of this project that will be conducted in collaboration with Heyday is to create a technology that uses a given messaging platform (e.g. Facebook Messenger, web chat widget) that allows users to communicate easily and smoothly with their preferred brands or retailers. This technology should allow the automation of answers and interaction between […]

Networks are moving towards being adaptive. This means that automation will be used to replace processes which are today highly manual. This project proposes a development of knowledge in the area of algorithms required to enable adaptive networks. The project will train two PhD students to understand optical networks and devise optimization algorithms in the […]

The project is about removing noise from video signals, for example, those taken by a professional cinema camera. In this project, we propose to develop a commercially capable noise reduction framework based on one of our patents to noise reduction. A commercial noise reduction is required to automatically recognize the type of noise piesent in […]

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a causative agent of tuberculosis (TB) in humans. World Health Organization (WHO) conforms that, TB is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Mycobacterium cell wall is composed of a complex, formed by peptidoglycan, lipid mycolic acid, and polysaccharide arabinogalactan. Arabinogalactan (AG) is a heteropolysaccharide that comprises of arabinose and galactose […]

A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) that causes short-lived impairment of neurological function caused either by a direct blow to the head, face, neck, or elsewhere on the body with an impulsive force transmitted to the head that may or may not involve loss of consciousness. These injuries are increasing both in […]