Operating Room Traffic Assessment: A Video Analysis Approach

Surgical Safety Technology aims to improve operating room safety by capturing and analyzing operation videos. Usually, operating room traffic (like people displacement) has a huge impact on surgery. Unnecessary movements can cause distraction of surgeons and pollution of the sterile environment. This project applies computer vision models to detect and track people movements in the […]

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Development of Functional Nanoparticles for Targeted Biomaterial Cell Delivery

Genetic engineering has proven to be a useful approach for gene therapy and transformation of value-added agricultural plants. However, the current available technologies suffer from several limitations. These include relative low delivery efficiency with difficult-to-deliver cells or complex constructs and limit freedom-to-operate. Considering advances have been made in the applications of nanotechnology to life science […]

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PROJET ANÉMONE. : Algorithmes d’aNticipation des dÉfauts, de leurs MOdéliation et de leurs Neutralisation anticipée.

Afin d’optimiser son processus et de tirer profit du cumul des connaissances accumulées dans les compagnies, le projet porte sur la mise en oeuvre et l’extension d’un dispositif d’interprétation des KPI générés dans le but de réduire l’implication humaine et de fournir aux experts un outil pour les guider dans l’analyse des causes dans le […]

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CIO to CEO – Barriers and Opportunities – Phase II

This is a continuation of a MITACS sponsored study for the Chief Information Officers Association of Canada, Ontario Chapter, to assist its members in long term career planning and development. It will refine and further validate a model for advancement from CIO to CEO, by interviewing CEOs who have successfully made the transition. In total, […]

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Structure of sediments formed in tailings treatment

This project will combine filtration characterization and advanced 3D imaging and modelling of material structures to find ways to improve the recovery of process water from difficult-to-treat tailings that are the by-product of mining and mineral processing. This process is called solid-liquid separation and it is a critical area for the reduction of oil sands […]

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Mobile Application Support for an Outdoor Agriculture Expo’s Temporary Cluster Functions

The Agriculture and Agri-Food System of Canada (AAFS) is an important component of the Canadian economy. Outdoor agricultural shows have moved from their simple marketplace roots to places that facilitate increased productivity, accelerated innovation and business formation. Central to these functions is the geographic concentration of stakeholders. With the growth in show size, supporting effective […]

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Decision making with rich ontologies for minerals exploration

Resource extraction, including mineral exploration and mining, is an important part of Canada’s economy. There is currently a great interest in finding the minerals that are needed for batteries; arguably the lack of minerals is the biggest impediment to cutting the price of electric vehicles and weaning society off fossil fuels. Artificial intelligence has great […]

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Creation of an AI framework for the Restorative Action Program

The Restorative Action Program (RAP) is an incorporated, community-based initiative that provides support to students and staff within public and Catholic school systems, to address conflict and bullying through conflict management and leadership development. The organization has been in existence since 2003 and is currently serving approximately 9,000 students per year and growing. The addition […]

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Visualization of gene structures, phylogenetic trees, and RNA structures

Bioinformatics is at the intersection of computer science, mathematics and biology. With the advent of new technologies, more and more genomic data is being generated. A common task for analysing such data is to visualize it in an interactive way that highlights the results of computational analyses. In the past 5 years, Web browsers have […]

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Hand Hygiene Tracking Prototype Development

SafeContact is a Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI) prevention and reduction Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) company. We are tackling the global HAI epidemic by tracking the source of HAI spread using a unique technological concept in the marketplace. SafeContact is building a smart healthcare platform that combines traditional techniques with the latest advancements in technology: Computer Vision, Artificial […]

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Les impacts des pratiques de gestion en santé et mieux-être au travail sur le profil de réclamations d’assurance des entreprises

Ce projet de recherche vise à mesurer le lien entre les pratiques de gestion en santé et mieux-être au travail, incluant l’utilisation de la technologie Dialogue, avec le profil de réclamations d’assurance des entreprises. Pour ce faire, un échantillon représentatif des 1 000 entreprises couvertes par SSQ Groupe Financier qui aura accepté de partager ses […]

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Sex: It’s a matter of the heart

Heart failure is a complex cardiovascular disease with increasing global burden while the prognosis for patients remains poor. Risk factors and the type of heart failure differ between men and women. These differences can be due to sex – referring to biological differences – or gender – referring to social differences. In our project we […]

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