The rapid development of technology and its ubiquitous integration with modern society has clarified for business and technology leaders the need for ethical conversations about the role technology can and should play in our lives. By interviewing primary stakeholders in the technology sector and putting their ideas in conversation with literature about the role of […]

Le secteur de I’efficacite energetique prend une place de plus en plus importante pour les entreprises. O’ailleurs, un des problemes qui peut survenir frequemment est d’aller mesurer la composition des composes chimiques dans des conditions difficiles d’acces. Pour pallier a ce probleme, il faut creer et valider des modeles mathematiques qui vont calculer la composition […]

Our project, Toronto’s City Diplomacy: Arts, Culture, and Heritage, brings together scholars and practitioners in the cultural disciplines to consider how the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) engages in cultural diplomacy and cultural networks locally and globally. With Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (Hot Docs) as our non-profit partner, this project examines how […]

Slave labour continues to be used in business settings around the world and is often linked to society through the supply chains for consumer goods. Yet, the issue of slavery in modern society (“modern slavery”), despite its ties to business settings, has received very little attention in societies around the around. While countries such as […]

The aircraft flight deck has increased substantively in its complexity in recent years. The input systems are more complex, and the information feeds are much more detailed. In order for a pilot to interface effectively with the aircraft systems, the cockpit control functions must be laid out in an intuitive format. To do this, a […]

Pipelines are often subjected to longitudinal stresses due to ground movements such as moving slopes and discontinuous permafrost areas. In these cases, numerical models are used to calculate strain demand which is then compared to tensile and compressive strain capacities (TSC and CSC) which are functions of the pipeline and girth weld material properties. In […]

The goal of this research project is to develop novel technics to teach artificial agents how to play complex video games using reinforcement learning and demonstrations. Namely, we wish to propose a novel approach for learning from demonstrations, in which an agent simultaneously learns a behavior and the corresponding reward signal. This training procedure will […]

This Mitacs research project will help develop a data collection strategy by identifying key variables such as the kinds of data sets and frequency of collection required. In addition, this Mitacs project will help determine what types of databases are required for data storage and which analytical procedures should be used on the data sets. […]

Les blocs opératoires sont un des services les plus dépendants des activités logistiques. Lors d’une opération le chirurgien doit avoir les bons outils au bon moment pour que celle-ci se déroule dans les meilleures conditions. Pour cela, toute une chaîne d’approvisionnement s’organise afin d’accomplir cette tâche complexe. En effet, les produits utilisés sont des instruments […]

Exploring the best smart energy choices to meet the growing energy needs of British Columbia (BC) is important due to Canada’s new climate change mitigation targets as well as the rising economic burdens of energy use. A collaborative study has been proposed between UBCO and FortisBC identify smart solutions energy conservation, climate change mitigation, demand […]

Tandis que la diversité et l’efficacité des ressources énergétiques ne cessent de croître, l’emmagasinement d’énergie à moyenne et grande échelle constitue un des défis majeurs de notre secteur énergétique actuel. Le présent projet met en place une politique décisionnelle automatisée à base d’intelligence artificielle, spécialement entraînée par rapport à l’impact de ses décisions. Ceci permet […]

PITCH is a new initiative focussed on understanding new models for delivering sustainable and proactive health assessments with a focus on patient engagement. It is a collaborative program that includes computer scientists, engineers, data scientists, clinicians, home care providers, and industry partners. In this work, we aim to develop novel security, auditing, analysis and visualization […]