Insights and Recommendation Extraction using advances in Large Language Modeling

Businesses allocate a significant amount of financial resources and time to produce regular financial and managerial reports, which involve analyzing accounting data. These reports play a vital role in evaluating and comprehending the overall performance of the business, thereby aiding in making important decisions. Additionally, businesses often engage industry experts or consultants to derive actionable […]

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Optimizing hearing aids for speech intelligibility, sound quality and emotional speech

The lack of correspondence between the clinic setting and real world listening environments may explain, in part, why hearing instruments optimized in the clinic often result in poor adherence of hearing instruments in everyday life. To address the disconnect between communication in everyday listening situations where talkers often speak with emotion and audiology clinics where […]

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Blue Roof Performance and Scalability as a Tool of Green Infrastructure

This project seeks to address new stormwater management and flood control measures by proposing a smart blue roof at Credit Valley Conservation’s (CVC) main office building. The blue roof system will temporarily capture rainwater using the roof as a storage reservoir and then allow the water to evaporate and/or to be used for non-potable requirements […]

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Architecture and National Identity: The CentennialProjects 50 years on

This project represents the final phase of an extensive research project, culminating in an exhibition of national significance on the subject of Canada’s 1967 Centennial architectural projects and their role in the creation of national identity. The intern’s role is related to two main areas of activity: a curatorial exercise that involves the selection of […]

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A High-Performance, Rapid-Cure Epoxy Resin Formulation for High Voltage Coils Using Radical-Induced Cationic Frontal Polymerisation (RICFP)

This project explores new polymer cure methods using a combination of light and thermally sensitive catalysts for epoxy thermoset resins. These resins can be used for a number of applications, including as insulators in high voltage coils. The postdoc and MSc interns will identify simpler epoxy formulations that utilize specially tuned photoinitiators and thermal catalysts. […]

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Combustion studies of carbon-free hydrogen/ammonia blends

This project focuses on studying the combustion behaviour of hydrogen and ammonia blends as potential alternative fuels. While clean energy sources have progressed, specific industries and transportation still rely on combustion technologies that produce harmful carbon emissions and contribute to climate change. The project aims to improve the efficiency and reduce emissions of combustion processes […]

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Methodological Framework for BIM-Based Design Automation Script Development and Testing

Building design is complex and challenging and the unique nature of each project limits the ability to automate design tasks. Building Information Modeling (BIM) is commonly to manage building design and collaboration between teams and there is a plug-in (“Dynamo”) that supports task automation. The partner organization has developed several ad-hoc BIM automation scripts, but […]

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Monitoring Volume changes and IgA protein in complex biological mixture of vaginal discharge as a real-time ovulation detection

The female body goes through various hormonal changes at each phase of the menstrual cycle every month. These hormonal changes result in detectable biophysical changes, such as skin temperature variations. Moreover, the chances of pregnancy are noticeably higher during the ovulation phase which is a 4-5 days window. Our product, will have sensors inside it […]

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Employing Storytelling Approaches and Participatory Research Methods to understand Migration Journeys and Re-settlement Experiences of Refugee Women from Syria, Afghanistan, and Ukraine, in Ontario, Canada. Stories of Impact: “Only by sharing our stories that we truly become one community,” Freudenberger (2012)

This two-year storytelling and research project explores the potential of storytelling and arts-based approaches to build understanding about transnational trajectories of forced migration and re-settlement in Ontario, Canada, especially as related to experiences of refugee women from Syria and Afghanistan, and women displaced from Ukrainian since the war started in 2022. The knowledge created through […]

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Financial Education in the Arts

Sai is a startup that aims to help artists and arts organizations manage their finances more effectively. They noticed that many artists struggle with financial literacy due to the lack of financial education in their artistic backgrounds, and the pandemic has exacerbated this issue. To address these challenges, Sai is developing an integrated educational program […]

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