From Hydro Bureaucrats to Hydro Entrepreneurs: Exploring the Impact of Changing Hydropower Politics on the Conceptions of Citizenship and Common Good in Turkey: A Case Study of Artvin

My doctoral research aims to understand the emerging contentions on common good and citizenship in Turkey as an implication of Turkey’s adoption of free market mechanisms in energy production. In my research, I analyze the different legal (courts), material (public participation meetings) and conceptual (posing livelihoods as an alternative to private property) sites these contentions […]

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Design by Contract Approach to Support Software Updates of CPS

Cyber-physical systems (e.g., planes, cars, medical devices) are systems where the software extensively interact with their working environment. The software of these systems is typically made by multiple software components. Effectively managing these software components is challenging since software failures can lead to catastrophic consequences. To ensure safety, engineers need to ensure that hazards are […]

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Accessibility Investments Database (“AID”)

Access to Success is a Toronto-based not-for-profit organization that supports people with disabilities with a mission to Enable Everyone. It runs ATS Labs, Canada’s only accelerator for accessibility startups, which provides unique programming, services, and resources tailor-made to help scale startups serving people with disabilities. We believe that by accelerating innovation in accessibility, we can […]

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Refugee States

Although archives are an important historical resource, they are especially meaningful and impactful if they are mobilized to educate and inspire researchers, community members, and the general public. This project addresses this challenge by activating the digital archives of Midaynta Community Services through the engagement of one intern who will research and prepare an online […]

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Design and implementation of a Frequency Division Multiplexer circuit board for the Canadian-Chilean Array for radio Transient Studies (CHARTS) project

The Canadian-Chilean Array for Radio Transient Studies (CHARTS) project is a collaborative effort between the University of Toronto in Canada and the Universidad de Chile in Chile. CHARTS is dedicated to detecting and analyzing powerful extragalactic signals known as Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs). The primary goal of the Globalink research project is to develop and […]

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Enhanced AI Decision Support Module

AI Decision Support Module: An enhanced AI Decision Support Module aimed at streamlining the surgical review process through the identification of suspicious excision margins within medical imaging. Building upon an existing AI framework, which utilizes labeled data for the identification of potentially problematic regions, this project seeks to improve the model’s accuracy and reliability. The […]

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Story Recommender

An abundance of choice presents users of many online and mobile platforms. Sorting through this to find desirable content is a challenge for users. To assist with this challenge and increase user interaction it is common to implement a recommendation system that can predict what kind of content a user will or will not be […]

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LiDAR-based evaluation of paleo-lake levels around Georgian Bay

The Georgian Bay Geopark is tasked with promoting and conserving the unique geological heritage of an important Canadian landscape, created over 2.5 billion years of geologic and environmental change. It is now in the process of being recognized by UNESCO as a Global Geopark on account of its international significance. This project investigates one of […]

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