With the increasing popularity of digital assets such as cryptocurrencies, many financial technology (FinTech) systems have become safety critical. However, current FinTech system development approaches often lack the rigorous safety practices found in the aerospace, nuclear, automotive, and military industries. To address safety concerns of FinTech stakeholders (users, but also regulators and financial institutions), this […]

IBM QRadar needs to be able to categorize events generated by hundreds of different network devices in order to function as a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM). This categorization is currently a manual process and our aim is to automate this task. We have a database of over 579,000 events coming from over 300 […]

The human papillomavirus (HPV) infects 75% of Canadians today and causes ailments such as warts and cancers. The newly approved vaccine, Gardasil, is being used across Canada to prevent infection of HPV and therefore stop the development of genital warts and cancers. Each province is given the responsibility of developing a vaccine program and implementing […]

Wave surfing was traditionally restricted to oceans. Nowadays it is becoming more and more popular in rivers. Although there are some natural surfable waves in rivers, human constructions can provide waves even where they do not naturally exist. However, there is not enough academic support for design and construction of these waves. In this project, […]

Recently damage of existing harbor structures is expected due to increase of external wave force by the climate change. For this reason, reinforcement of existing structures is proceeding in order to preemptively prevent disasters, and breakwater is mainly targeted. If the breakwater is not well designed, it will cause the severe damage of the structure. […]

D’un point de vue historique, le projet de recherche s’intéresse aux études produites lors du renouveau de la philosophie kantienne dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle en Allemagne. D’un point de vue thématique, le projet porte sur le cadre logique et psychologique qui déterminent et limitent les connaissances auxquelles peuvent prétendre accéder les êtres […]

Structurée par une collaboration de recherche internationale entre des chercheurs.res de l’Université d’Ottawa, de l’université Toulouse – Jean-Jaurès et des Archives municipales de Toulouse, cette thèse porte sur l’histoire des comportements sexuels ordinaires et quotidiens se déployant des les divers espaces et lieux de sociabilité de Toulouse au XVIIIe siècle. Notre principal objectif est de […]

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease characterized by the accumulation of cholesterol, fat and immune cells deposits in large arteries. In the body, the main inflammatory modulators are called immune cells. We have recently discovered that a type of immune cell called marginal zone B (MZB) cells protect from atherosclerosis (Nus, Nat Med 2017). In response […]

This evaluation will investigate the implementation and effectiveness of the integrated community mental health services for youth and young adults with mental health and addiction problems. The evaluation will entail two distinct pieces of research: (1) an evaluation of the implementation of the program and (2) an evaluation of the outcomes of participants in the […]

There are plans for residential/commercial/industrial developments in upstream sections of Carp River Watershed (CRW). This will have impacts on the quantity and quality of the river water downstream as well as the sediment loads. In addition, due to climate change it is expected that both quantity and quality of the Carp River will deviate from […]

Principal Investigator: Sandra Carvalho (PhD), School of Psychology, University of Minho, Gualtar Braga, Portugal Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a serious and debilitating illness that affects citizens worldwide. In Portugal, depression can be found within 7% of the population and has been linked to over a thousand deaths every year. In order to reduce the […]

While at Berkeley, I would mostly be working on my sole-authored paper. This paper links trade and the environment in Brazil. Using the major trade liberalization episode in the early 1990s as a plausible source of exogenous variation, my paper investigates two hypotheses. First, increased international competition in manufactured goods negatively impacted the least productive […]