Whiplash injuries of the neck as a result of automobile accidents can cause long term pain and disability for some victims. Manufacturers can design safer cars that prevent whiplash injuries by creating computer models of passengers during virtual car crashes. A key aspect of designing accurate passenger models is a deep understanding of neck muscle […]

The necessity of cost-efficient and reliable wastewater treatment processes has increased in order to meet more stringent levels of environmental regulations, increased system reliability requirements and tightening operational budgets. To aid in meeting these operational goals, a strong market for low-cost, high-fidelity sensor technology that can relay real-time information to system operators on all aspects […]

The increased incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its potentially serious long-term consequences have enormous clinical, societal and economic impacts in Canada. Yet despite its relatively high prevalence, TBI is one of the least understood neurological injuries. Emerging evidence shows that the effects of TBI are not transient and may be associated with significant […]

Virtual reality (VR) is becoming a hot topic and introduces new challenges related to the presentation of the content on mobile devices. For instance, how to display properly large size video frames such as those taken from 360-degree cameras, on a 7-inch mobile display and how to quickly respond to the user’s navigation within current […]

The research intern will be working with Sportball to offer one of their multi-sport after-school programs to children who are living with serious heart defects. Physical activity has many health benefits for children, and after-school programs are an effective way to increase daily physical activity levels. Children living with heart disease are a vulnerable group […]

According to the Ontario Domestic Violence Advisory Council (DVAC, 2009), legislative responses to violence against women were introduced across Canada in the 1980s. These policies included provisions for mandatory police-laid charges against perpetrators of domestic violence. The DVAC report noted numerous unintended negative consequences of these policies and recommended an impact study which was never […]

Games have, in the last decade, become an important tool for teaching in both the education and business section. The application of games, and game mechanics, in these areas is often called gamification. The aim of this project is to explore how games can be used to create rich, first hand, experiences that can be […]

Compte tenu de l’accroissement du besoin énergétique auquel le monde devra faire face dans les prochaines décennies, l’industrie de l’énergie tend sans cesse à améliorer le rendement et la fiabilité de ses équipements. Une des avenues envisagées est d’augmenter la puissance des alternateurs hydroélectriques existants, repoussant ainsi la construction de nouvelles centrales. Beaucoup de ces […]

The rise of local corporate–community conflicts surrounding development projects represents a trend rather than exceptional events, highlighting corporate–community relations as a prominent strategic issue. Despite the emergence of these issues for businesses, civil society, and governments, we still have a limited understanding of the conditions necessary for building and maintaining good relations over a long […]

The main goal of this project is to develop a general set of computational solutions that could be used to prevent and manage emergency situations in transportation and water management networks by developing a monitoring and predictive model. This monitoring and predictive model will be based on topological data analysis (TDA) in a fashion similar […]

The proposed research project aims at evaluating and improving a technique in Statistical Natural Processing called Topic Modelling in order to apply it to real-life scenarios. Topic modeling is a techniques that allows the quick discovery of what the main topics of a document collection are, and thus automatically answers the question “What do these […]

Les changements climatiques auront des effets marqués dans la forêt, une source importante de fibre pour l’industrie et un réservoir significatif de carbone. Dans sa partie nord, la forêt devient de plus en plus ouverte; on y observe une augmentation des superficies sans arbres. Ce projet vise à mieux comprendre les facteurs qui affectent la […]