Materials with different sizes, shapes, or materials come into the process every day, they need to be sorted, placed, and usually fed into a machine for processing. Traditionally, this task is very hard to be automated because of the non-fixed position of the part and frequent part changes. For this random bin picking project, we […]

Video Games require a vast array of different computations to present the desired experience. These computations must be completed consistently to make the software responsive to the user. The industry trend towards many separate processors (multi-core) in the same physical device and the emergence of network based ‘cloud’ computing have created many opportunities, but also […]

Lenses have a variety of attributes that define the performance of the optical system. These include issues such as chromatic aberration, field curvature, distortion, vignetting and radial symmetry. However, one of the most important attributes is the sharpness of focus. The purpose of this project is to research improved focusing methods for Point Grey Research […]

The project aims to develop a process to design houses using locally sourced materials and labor. This process can be transferrable to other communities in the future when they approach a new housing project in their region. This would be culturally and aesthetically in line with the vernacular. The design will incorporate passive systems that […]

Cloud computing has revolutionized the way organizations consume computing power as a service. Infrastructure as a Service allows a company to move away from purchasing computing, networking, and storage resources to purchasing from a service provider in a public cloud. This project will research and develop off-site encrypted virtual machine storage and disaster recovery planning […]

The proposed research is a collaboration between Virtro and SFU’s iVizLab to collaboratively work on ways to understand the processes involved in analyzing and visualizing 3D spatial data. iVizLab’s research focuses on AI based computational models, in this case a data visualization tool that help users analyze 3D spatial data. In creating this user interface, […]

A bank’s Value at Risk (VaR) determines the amount of capital that it must set aside to satisfy bank regulations. VaR relates to the size of potential trading losses; the greater the VaR, the greater a trading loss the bank could suffer and consequently the more capital it must set aside. This reduces the probability […]

Virtual Production (VP) is seeing a dramatic spike in interest and adaptation as the global film industry, particularly Hollywood, has been shutdown due to Covid-19. Virtual production is a broad term referring to a spectrum of computer-aided production and visualization filmmaking methods, and is also being used for broader applications from animation to industrial visualization. […]

The use of new technologies, such as Gallium Nitride electronic switches, allows very efficient and compact power converters to be manufactured at reasonable cost. This is particularly interesting in applications such as electric vehicles. This project focuses on developing software simulation models and techniques for deploying these latest high voltage switches, in particular focussing on […]

Despite the importance of diverse voices in community decision-making, we still do not fully understand how to support sound decision making in a way that is equitable and works to advance agendas of historically marginalized groups. We will draw on notions of equitable representation and urban planning to define equitable decision making, identify value elicitation […]

The general objective of the proposed activity is to increase the future productivity of Burrard Inlet and the contribution of seafood to the diet of Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN) members in support of the TWN Cumulative Effects Monitoring Initiative. Specifically we propose to (1) quantify the ecological variables driving contemporary clam density, biomass and diversity; (2) […]

For this project, we will develop the statistical theory to support, as well as a full functioning prototype for, a large-scale multidimensional data visualization application. This application, which will be fully scalable, will include an interactive user dashboard with customizable widgets. By taking a methodological approach to this type of research , along with an […]