This project aims at understanding the role at a cellular level, of a protein called Trmt2a,b in the repair of DNA in the context of cancer and inflammation. We will study a particular set of blood samples obtained from a cohort of patients affected by acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a form of blood cancer, where […]

Pressure ulcer is one of the top five leading causes for re-hospitalization of spinal cord injured patients. In general, there are three main difficulties associated with treating these ulcers: 1) Presence of cavities and tunnels which makes it difficult to treat with conventional regimens, 2) A high chance of infection and, 3) Susceptibility to weight-bearing […]

La reconnaissance d’objets est une technologie permettant de traduire des données visuelles en informations utiles visant à reconnaitre des objets, les classifier et les localiser. L’utilisation de la reconnaissance d’objets dans l’industrie des essais non-destructifs est en pleine croissance. Cela permet d’améliorer les délais d’inspection, tout en améliorant la détection et la classification des défauts […]

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), a form of cellulose, shows a lot of promise in the development of sustainable materials thanks to its unique properties such as high performance, large surface area, is readily available, renewable, and biodegradable. Early methods to synthesize CNC have not been very successful. In order to isolate CNC, to make them ready […]

Teck Coal produces metallurgical quality coal from the coalfields in southeastern British Columbia and it is the second largest exporter of metallurgical coal in the world. It operates four coal mines in SE BC. One of the Teck Coal operations has been experiencing difficulty in processing fine coal for several years. Overall, this situation has […]

Facial expression is a universal language to convey emotions and significantly affects social interactions. While psychologists have investigated facial expressions for decades, they have recently found their way into human-computer interactions and the gaming industry. A lot of research has been published on automatic detection of human emotions given either a single image or a […]

Il y a un besoin dans l’industrie pour développer des traceurs moléculaires actifs en Raman qui permettraient des mélanges d’un très grands nombre d’agents de contraste. Un partenariat entre l’Univsersité de Montréal et l’entreprise Photon etc. cherche à capitaliser sur une opportunité singulière basées sur des nanotraceurs Raman très polyvalents et sélectifs pour la diffusion […]

The goal is to create a conversation loop between 3D designers and artificial intelligence programs. This will help the AI provide suggestions to the designer, while the designer provides the AI with feedback. This can help make it easier for designing complicated objects as well as complicated textures that belong to the surface of 3D […]

Ce projet tentera de formuler un processus qui permettra de guider l’inclusion des livrables BIM dans les documents contractuels qui régissent les exigences du projet. Une attention particulière sera portée aux exigences BIM en lien avec la gestion des actifs (FM). L’hypothèse proposée suggère que l’inclusion contractuelle d’exigences numériques forcera les donneurs d’ouvrages à se […]

Given a time series of returns for a portfolio of financial instruments, develop a model that accurately predicts returns which maximize profits. The objective function will take an input of financial indicators from the previous time interval and the returns from the current time interval. These indicators can explain relationships between financial instruments in the […]

The Cured-In-Place Pipe (CIPP) method is a trenchless technology for curing and rehabilitating the existing pipelines. In CIPP method, the damaged pipe is lined inside, using a resin-impregnated polyester tube. However, CIPP projects can be complicated due to the inherent uncertainties associated with the underground projects. The lack of knowledge about the production rates and […]

Modern software organizations use continuous integration (CI) practices to build and test their products after each code change in order to detect quality issues as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the number of builds scales super-linearly with the number of hardware and feature configurations that should be supported. In order to avoid running out of build […]