The crew pairing problem begins with a time table of flights and a fleet of available aircraft. The time table is created from considerations such as available slots at airports, available aircraft, aircraft specifications, airport limitations, projected load factors and passenger demand. After the timetable has been set and aircraft have been scheduled to that […]

As most imagery is ultimately displayed to humans via physical display panels under a variety of viewing conditions, it is important to evaluate the quality of perceived imagery in addition to the quality of digital imagery alone. Conventional Image Quality Assessment (IQA) methods typically do not consider the variety of viewing conditions and make generalized […]

Municipal governments and urban centres across Canada are being inundated with data—data that have potential to improve public service. Despite this, local governments do not have enough data expertise to extract insight from these overwhelming datasets. Simultaneously, high-quality personnel (HQP) in the domains of data science and urban analytics lack opportunities to work closely with […]

Gallium-68 (68Ga) is a radioactive isotope that undergoes a decay process that emits gamma rays suitable for an imaging technique called Positron Emission Tomography (PET). The 68Ga is attached to molecule which targets the isotope to specific types of cancer such as prostate and neuroendocrine. With a relatively short half-life, it means that half of […]

Développer une méthodologie de repérage des besoins de l’internet des objets pour les entreprises Québécoises afin qu’elles puissent se transformer au ‘’Manufacturing 4.0’’. Afin de vulgariser ce concept, une technique de repérage sera créée pour cibler les entreprises chez qui l’internet des objets sera le plus bénéfique. Par la suite, il s’agira de créer des […]

Thanks to the rapid development of solar power technology and the effort to use the renewable energy, charging e-bikes from a solar charging station installed in public areas will be a prospective scenario. Depending on the weather conditions and charging station specifications, a solar charging station usually provides a DC voltage within a range going […]

The objective of this project is to integrate ultrasonic imaging into nondestructive inspection process performed in industrial settings on large size steel blocks. Indeed, Fink Steel is specialised in manufacturing large size forged steel and need to warrant the quality of each part before shipping using ultrasounds. This imaging method based on the same principle […]

The goal of this project is to design computationally-efficient solvers that can be used for autonomous vehicle control developments. Because autonomous cars have complex mathematical models, it is usually hard to perform their necessary control computations on-line and when the vehicle is running. Therefore, it is required to come up with much faster solvers for […]

Les sociétés de transport collectif font la collection en continu de données opérationnelles à l’aide de différents systèmes, dont ceux de paiement par cartes à puce, de comptage de passagers, de suivi de véhicules et d’opération des réseaux ferrés. Dans certains cas, ils gèrent également des systèmes de vélopartage et d’autopartage. Dans ce projet, nous […]

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common neurodegenerative disorder. The recent immunotherapy brings the hope of treating AD as suggested by several preclinical studies. This project first aims to develop a humanized monoclonal antibody to target the molecules involved in generating a toxic protein of AD, named amyloid ?, and test the application of this antibody […]

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an inflammatory disorder of the lung, which is characterized by shortness of breath and progressive loss in lung function, and one that affects 2.6 million Canadians and 380 million people worldwide. The current therapies are very imprecise and none modifies disease progression or mortality. Therefore, there is a pressing […]

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) geofoam has been widely used to reduce the effect of dynamic and earthquake loads on rigid structures (e.g. retaining walls). Limited effort has been made to date to examine the available design methods utilized for different EPS materials subjected to dynamic loading conditions. The proposed project aims at providing a comprehensive review […]