5G network connectivity is important in the quest to revolutionize healthcare in Canada. This is because 5G technology has the unique capability to support reliable high-speed data transfer. The technology also supports increased amount of healthcare data that can be transmitted in real time. This project seeks to 1) explore the use of 5G-enabled healthcare […]

The Canada-Germany Hydrogen Alliance commits to export clean Canadian hydrogen by 2025. It is critical to evaluate the life cycle carbon emissions associated with hydrogen transmission at sea. In this project, we will focus on analyzing ammonia as a hydrogen carrier for the shipping purpose. A sensitivity analysis will be conducted to evaluate the life […]

The Empathetic Spaces Partnership is an interdisciplinary research program investigating new materials, tools, methods and frameworks in the field of living responsive architecture, a new sub-discipline of architecture that focuses on how buildings respond to their occupants. The proposed research project supports this by having the intern document and be involved in developing concepts, tools […]

There is a global effort to replace fossil-derived polymers with more sustainable, and better performing renewable polymers. As Canada is planning to put a ban on single used plastics by the end of 2021, putting an effort to replace these plastics with bio-based, compostable and biodegradable plastics could be a potential solution. The proposed work […]

A video game livestream is when one or more “streamers” broadcast themselves playing a video game to an online audience in real time. Our research project will explore the design of video games that allow large audiences (50+ people) to directly control aspects of a game during a livestream. We will investigate ways the audience […]

The goal of this research The system will be designed to intelligently propose redactions for court officers to examine, thereby integrating human oversight with advanced technological capabilities.is to engineer an intuitive and user-friendly system capable of automatically scrutinizing and eradicating confidential information contained within refugee court files in Canada. By leveraging cutting-edge language processing and […]

More than 100,000 Canadians are affected by Parkinson’s disease which affects the brain. It can disrupt the daily lives of patients as they find it challenging to walk, talk and express themselves. Current therapies to treat Parkinson’s disease provide symptomatic relief and are not effective. A protein called alpha synuclein is known to promote brain […]

At any given time, a casino has to decide which table games to present to its customers and what betting limits to place on those tables. Understanding that a table games is a service and that the table limit is pricing, this is a classic service pricing problem. However, the number of tables and the […]

This project focuses on assessing the commercialization viability of Rogers Communications’ investments in 5G technology, with a specific focus on smart buildings, smart cities, and smart healthcare. The project aims to support ongoing innovation projects in partnership with the University of Waterloo by evaluating their commercialization potential through qualitative research. The project will benefit Rogers […]

Anxiety is the number one mental health disorder across the globe; however, since the pandemic, anxiety has skyrocketed to an all-time high. Anxiety patients typically have access to treatment in the form of medication or cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), but medication is stigmatized and associated with intense side-effects, and CBT is expensive and hard to […]

This research tackles the problem of correcting errors produced by automatic speech recognition systems when transcribing calls by customers to call centers. These transcripts are increasingly analyzed using automated natural language processing tools, however the quality of this analysis is highly dependent on the quality of the transcription. An automatic speech recognition (ASR) system is […]

This comprehensive study aims to explore the root causes of the ongoing conflict between the Ukrainian and Moscow churches through a multidisciplinary lens. Drawing on literary and religious psychology analysis, the article examines the complex historical, cultural, and psychological factors that have contributed to the conflict, providing a nuanced understanding of the ongoing tensions between […]