Skin-tone detection has received considerable attention in recent years and applied in wide range of image processing and computer vision applications. The objective of this research project is to develop a real-time skin-tone detection solution optimized for consumer devices, allows for a deliverance of high detection performance at minimal computational costs. The proposed solution will […]

The intern and organizational partner are looking for unique and interesting ways of using mobile devices to help authenticate users and methods of cooperation between a mobile device and another device, a PC for example. The intern will research and implement different authentication techniques on mobile devices. Additionally, it is prudent to study and develop […]

The proposed project addresses the main challenge in modeling long-dated (maturities of 30 years or more) foreign exchange (FX) interest rate (IR) hybrid derivatives, namely the strong sensitivity of the products to the skew of the FX volatility smiles via the use of a stochastic process, such as the Heston model. Numerical methods based on […]

The issue of workplace safety for migrant workers employed in the construction industry received much media attention in Toronto, in December 2009, when four migrant workers died on Christmas Eve, after a scaffold used to repair balconies collapsed. It was unknown if the men were wearing safety harnesses or not and if wearing of safety […]

At Halion, we believe that in the next 5 years displays will be everywhere. They’ll be in devices you wear, and on your walls at home, blending information into your environment. But to do that effectively we need a new display technology that is low power and visible in any lighting condition. We base our […]

The proposed research acknowledges the recommendations in the literature for a more constructivist/interpretivist approach to understanding the use of research (Nutley, Walter and Davies 2007). Conceptualizing research use as a complex social process (McDaniel and Driebe 2005) may provide a potential alternative to making sense of the nature of research use and impacts in a […]

Flat product manufacturers are under constant pressure to increase productivity, and simultaneously maintain high quality of continuously cast steel slabs because of stringent quality demands imposed by their customers. However, increasing productivity has detrimental effects on slab quality, and defects and rejections have a major impact on the producers bottom-line. Controlling fluid flows in continuous […]

In my proposed PhD project I will interrogate privilege at the nexus of sport, tourism and issues surrounding race, class and gender. There is a new trend emerging in sporting tourism: martial art training camps abroad. Martial art training camps are now established in the places of origin of certain martial arts such as Judo […]

While significant progress has been made in the treatment of certain cancers, many cancers including acute myeloid leukemia and brain cancers, remain largely untreatable. We are developing unique small molecule-based synthetic therapies, which are expected to deliver more effective and less toxic therapies aggressive cancers.

Since the beginning of space exploration is has become apparent that lubrication between surfaces in space would face many challenges that aren’t relevant on earth. Friction and wear testing on earth has been developed in turn to emulate the conditions that would be faced by solid lubricants in outer space. This requires specific contact geometries […]

As a central problem in modern microeconomic theory, multidimensional screening plays a significant role in taxation theory, regulation, nonlinear pricing, insurance, etc. Starting from eminent work of Nobel Laureates Mirrlees, Spence and Myerson, there are two main types of generalizations: one is in terms of dimensionality, from one-dimensional to multi-dimensional; the other is in preferences […]

This proposal introduces a method for finding corresponding regions between 3D shapes automatically. Existing methods require users to provide several point-to-point correspondences, but are not capable of solving correspondence problems when we have a large amount of 3D objects. I propose to resolve the correspondence problem by studying the relationship between functions on shapes, rather […]