Organ fibrosis contributes to the top 10 causes of death in Canada, affects >6.5M North Americans, consumes >$25 billion in global healthcare expenses, and is a major burden for patients, families, and our society. One of the main signals driving fibrosis is persistent and excessive production of the growth factor TGF-beta. The Hinz lab identified […]

The general objective of this project is to develop and implement an innovative AI-powered solution that enables resellers and small-medium-sized eCommerce businesses to generate pricing predictions of items from product images enabling them to save time and maintain consistency across pricing. The solution aims to reduce the time-consuming and expensive process of manually predicting prices […]

This research is aimed at contributing to a larger research initiative, entitled “Rethinking the Foundations of Economics and Finance” that is principally being undertaken by Professor Robert F. Owen at the University of Toronto. The scientific context of the project lies within the intersection of economics, behavioral science, and complexity theory. It aims to integrate […]

The proposed project aims to examine how the non-verbal communication of central bank policymakers, as well as how the media interprets and disseminates this communication, impact financial markets and public opinion. Focusing on communications from the Federal Reserve and Bank of Canada, the research will explore how various groups, including traders and journalists, interpret and […]

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Mental disorders make up 25.3% and 33.5% of all years lived with a disability in low-and middle-income countries, respectively (WHO). Mental illness and mental health problems cost the Canadian economy $51 billion annually in healthcare costs, lost productivity, and reduced quality of life (Canadian Mental Health Association). This socioeconomic burden is partly due to the […]

The electronic structure problem is the key for material and drug designs. Solving it accurately using quantum mechanical methods on regular classical computers leads to algorithms whose execution time grows exponentially with the system size (e.g., number of electrons and nuclei in molecules). Emerging technology of quantum computing recently provided a new hope to solve […]

This research project centers on developing the Functional Impairment Rating Scale (FIRS), a new tool to better assess how people with neurological and mental health disorders can complete everyday tasks. Traditional assessment methods often rely on patients’ descriptions of their abilities or clinicians observations, which can miss important details. The FIRS aims to address this […]

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 […]

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 […]

The rural poor of Northeast Brazil do not have time to waste; their entire livelihood is dependent on using their time wisely. The objective of the proposed project is to better understand not only how access to clean water impacts the time-use decisions of the rural poor in Brazil, but why these patterns exist. A […]

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 […]