Maternally inherited bacteria are commonly found in insects. Many of these have been found to provide beneficial traits to their hosts. One particular bacterial-mediated trait which is being found to be increasingly common within insects, is protection against natural enemies. For instance, the maternally inherited bacteria of fruit flies, Spiroplasma, can protect against nematodes and […]

Revela is a 1.5 year old startup; we are building a tool to improve the process of preparing, cleaning, and performing ongoing health validation in high-volume streaming data. We are at the stage of needing to refine the marketing direction of our technology in order to develop it into a saleable product.

As a non-profit organization that supports local, independent businesses, Think Local First has pivoted its work to align with the needs of our member businesses during the pandemic. One of the programs we created sells gift certificates on behalf of local businesses in Greater Victoria and has grown to include businesses throughout BC. Creating the […]

COVID-19 pandemic and safe distancing protocols set by government officials mean in-person witnessing and execution of various legal and “personal planning” documents (Wills, Powers of Attorney, Health Agreements) have been challenged, which directly reduced our revenue. A direct result of the state of emergency declaration (Emergency Program Act) for all of British Columbia, are two […]

Many children with ASD experience significant difficulties with attention and executive function. This research will investigate the effects of a direct attention and executive function training intervention in children ages 6 to 12 with ASD (high functioning). Research has shown that it is possible to improve attention and executive functioning in children with various neuropathologies. […]

This project seeks to develop a fluid solver that is capable of simulating the interaction between low viscosity fluids and solid objects, such as pouring down water from a water pitcher onto the ground. Fluid effects such as splashing water are widely used in video game and film industry. As a visual effect solution provider, […]

The objective of this research is to develop an on-device, quality of experience (QoE) measurement suite, for Android based mobile devices. As mobile devices become the predominant method with which the world accesses the internet, it becomes increasingly important to understand the complex interaction between applications, mobile OS’s, the networks they run on, and the […]

Many companies require the gathering of user behavioural data from mobile devices and device applications in order to: i) improve their products, ii) monitor their systems, iii) engage in targeted marketing, etc. Significant privacy concerns exist with the measurement and storage of such data. In general, existing research highlights that data anonymization can be insufficient […]

Habitat loss through anthropogenic landscape disturbance is one of the leading drivers of biodiversity loss, yet activities such as resource extraction and agriculture play a vital role in the global economy. Understanding impacts of such disturbances, through robust environmental monitoring protocols, is key to maintain a balance between economic growth and environmental sustainability. Cost-effective monitoring […]

With this project we propose a re-thinking of ICT infrastructure to include a framework that exploits commodity many-core systems to evaluate models. The framework permits comparison, evaluation and improvement of competing and complementary models and appear to hold promise. Our proposal focuses on the computationally intensive tasks associated with near-field Tsunami detection, leveraging parallelism to […]

With the growth of mobile device platforms such as smartphones and tablets, users now primarily experience the wireless networks they uses, whether cellular or WiFi based, through the context of the apps that they use. Hence, a heavy 8kype user may perceive a given network to be of substantially different quality than would be perceived […]

New rent relief programs lead to new questions and concerns, all of which we as landlords need to be adequately prepared to support on. The communication and storage of information, as well as the interface on which we interact with our clients, is key to our successful response to the increasing need for tenant support. […]