Small vessel interactions with cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) in the Salish Sea is poorly understood. This is of concern as vessel impacts, such as acoustic impacts and behavioural disturbances, have been categorized as a key threat to the recovery of various cetacean species. To minimize vessel impacts on cetacean species, the Canadian Department of […]

In Canada, less than 30% of the geography is covered by cellular systems. There are lots of human activities in these uncovered remote areas for either gaining nature resources or outdoor experience. In this scenario, the walkie talkie is the only and vital method helping people to build connection between each other, which can ensures […]

Microbial growth on surfaces, or biofouling, is a pervasive problem across sectors including medical implants, hospital surfaces, water treatment, and environmental monitoring. Many existing solutions involve the use of harsh chemicals that may harm human health or the environment. In this work, our team of chemists, biologists, and engineers will develop a plastic that includes […]

A new type of device that uses a combination of UV light, oxygen, flowing water, and titanium dioxide (a com-mon white pigment) is capable of removing volatile toxins from the air. This device will be investigated using a range of techniques that provide molecular insights into this process, and those insights will help in the […]

In partnership with Tribal Resource Investment Corporation (TRICORP), the University of Victoria (UVic) Gustavson School of Business co-created and designed the Aboriginal Canadian Entrepreneurs (ACE) program. The ACE program provides entrepreneurial training, mentorship and coaching for members of First Nations communities, governments and financial institutions in their home communities. While the ACE program has made […]

This project will develop a smart parking solution, including both hardware sensors and the analytics platform, that provides real-time parking availability data, which can support decision makings, such as policy refinements, demand-responsive pricing, etc. Our project aims to optimize the rate of parking facilities’ utilization as well as improving drivers’ parking experience. In terms of […]

This research project will determine the associated greenhouse gas emissions associated with an environmentally friendly graphene-based coating to see how it compares with other marine coatings currently in industry. The developed methodology can be used in future life cycle assessments, as it will provide an innovative way of modelling graphene-based coating systems. GIT will benefit […]

Our long-term agenda associated with this two year proposal is to address the needs of researchers working with large-scale scientific applications through our contributions to highly parallelized system infrastructure software. At the application level, we are targeting real-world projects such as the computational demands associated with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions and NEPTUNE Canada. […]

To investigate how artificial intelligence techniques can be applied to improve productivity in computer-mediated work contexts, including email and messaging applications. We look at how to leverage features in data to make better guesses about when someone is productive, and create intelligent assistants to help people stay productive.

Scalable systems must seamlessly grow to absorb large data sets and incorporate increasing numbers of processing units within in various communication fabrics. Broadly considered, this concept applies to cores sharing memory, processors sharing a bus, nodes sharing a network in a grid/cluster/cloud, or services sharing compositions of components. Ironically, attempts to add more resources-whether they […]

We investigate new possibilities for industrial data visualization and analysis with the latest Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (AR/VR) technologies. In this cluster research, we will apply the state-of-art visual analytics methodologies to the forestry, manufacturing and mining industries, and evaluate the potential benefits for the newly introduced technologies. The research outcome may benefit industrial […]

Scalable systems must seamlessly grow to absorb large data sets and incorporate increasing numbers of processing units within in various communication fabrics. Broadly considered, this concept applies to cores sharing memory, processors sharing a bus, nodes sharing a network in a grid/cluster/cloud, or services sharing compositions of components. Ironically, attempts to add more resources-whether they […]