The Canadian Bank Note (CBN) is interested in a laser printing solution to create high resolution colour images in the bulk of ID documents. One approach the CBN will investigate in collaboration with the University of Ottawa is to use plasmonic nanoparticles that will generate colours upon laser irradiation. These nanoparticles will be embedded in […]

Aggression toward family/caregivers in childhood and adolescence (AFCCA) is a serious issue that impacts all family members in complex and interrelated ways. Despite its extensive and long-term consequences, there is limited research and even scarcer supports available for young people and their families affected by this form of family violence. Expanding on a pilot project […]

The use of business process modeling (BPM) and analytics has demonstrated exceptional results in improving efficiency and effectiveness in various industries. Health care processes however, are characterized by uncertain, exception and continual evolution. This project aims to apply flexible, adaptive and evolutionary process modeling protocols coupled with operations research and other analytic methods to the […]

Distributed Power Generation (DPG) offers a novel approach to reduce power losses. Micro-turbines (MT) are instrumental in the development of a high efficiency DPG system. The major drawback is the associated wasted heat. Increasing the viability of DPG is directly linked with the development of higher efficiency MTs. MTs equipped with a recuperator preheating the […]

Multiple sclerosis is a lifelong disease that affects the nerves of the body and causes lifelong disabilities including walking disabilities. This project aims to use smart insoles to provide clinicians with information about how patients impacted by multiple sclerosis walk. To do so, we will develop and test algorithms that use walking data from the […]

There are zones of contaminated sediment along the Cornwall waterfront in the St. Lawrence River that were identified in the Cornwall Sediment Strategy (CSS). In addition to the existing contaminated sediments accumulated over time in the river bed, there are contaminated sediments that enter the river from other sources such as wastewater sewer systems. It […]

Unexpected deterioration and failure of concrete infrastructure causes major disruptions and in the most severe cases, results in lives lost. According to the 2019 Canadian Infrastructure Report Card, Canadian public infrastructure is at risk therefore, detecting and addressing deterioration in such structures is crucial. The Damage Rating Index (DRI), a reliable novel quantitative microscopic procedure, […]

High throughput multi-omic cancer studies have described the inter-tumor heterogeneity and led to well defined molecular classifications. Nevertheless, these classifications only reflect the most abundant tumor subtype in the examined sample, thus neglecting intra-tumor heterogeneity, a major source of therapeutic resistance. As advanced microdissection techniques to isolate a cell population of interest from heterogeneous clinical […]

Computer-based multimodal affect recognition methods fuse multiple informational channels, typically video, audio, and text, to resolve the emotional state of a monitored individual. The proposed research aims to develop multimodal deep learning models to recognize anomalous emotional responses, which correspond to a deviation from the expected affective reaction for a particular context. Since multimodal affect […]

Patients are facing excessive wait times at hospitals, especially within Emergency Departments. Long wait times expose patients to unnecessary risks, and are very costly to hospitals. In addition, a number of governmental and medical guidelines impose limits on patient wait times. This has prompted hospitals to explore technologies that can enhance patients flow and reduce […]

Pourquoi parvenons-nous à atteindre certains buts sans même avoir le sentiment de faire des efforts pour résister aux tentations dans notre environnement ? Ce projet de recherche vise à examiner l’association entre la motivation autonome (i.e., réaliser un comportement pour le plaisir ou l’importance) et le conflit motivationnel entre l’intention d’être actif physiquement et les […]

Simulation is a critically important enabler for the scalable verification and testing of Internet-of-Things (IoT) systems. There has been considerable research in recent years on developing IoT simulators. The existing research nevertheless does not adequately address the optimization of simulators for the competing objectives that one typically has to contend with, e.g., in terms of […]