Electrical Energy represents one of the fastest growing types of energy; however this growth is accompanied by diminishing fossil fuel resources. Renewable sources of energyespecially solar- represent one of the possible ways to meet this increased demand. For that reason , many countries have ambitious plans for increasing their electricity production from solar energy. Utilities […]

Bell’s Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) team is collaborating with academic institutions in order to further research and develop cyber security analytics for the protection of critical infrastructure and data. The focus of this research is to create and leverage Machine learning for Data Exfiltration on Big Data specifically for network security purposes. This research to […]

Tea is often considered as a healthy drink that is rich in antioxidants and other health constituents. However, tea can become contaminated during production and pathogens such as Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) that could potentially can persist over extended storage periods. The true risk of STEC linked to tea is unclear as on […]

The last 5 years have seen remarkable advances in speech, image and language recognition tools that have been made available to the public through computer and mobile devices’ applications. Some of these significant improvements were achieved by an artificial intelligence tool known as deep learning (Hinton et al., 2006) that generally refers to a set […]

The legalization of Cannabis (marijuana) is now supported by 66% of Canadian voters. Aphria Inc., was the first approved and licensed producer under the MMPR to begin growing in a greenhouse and is currently the second-largest marijuana producer in Canada. Unfortunately, Cannabis is attacked by a plethora of phytopathogens leading to a number of diseases […]

Ce projet vise à doter les gestionnaires des usines d’eau potable d’outils concret et opérationnelle pour améliorer leur résilience, c’est-à-dire, assurer un fonctionnement acceptable et ce, malgré des perturbations. L’eau potable et sa disponibilité sont des éléments essentiels pour les citoyens d’une municipalité. À terme, les outils identifieront les mesures nécessaires pour assurer ce fonctionnement […]

This project focuses on solving problems related to safety and security of clients and personnel of the Calgary Drop-in & Rehab Centre Society. Their IT department tasked the Biometric Technologies Laboratory Lab, University of Calgary with determining what biometric technologies can be used for identification of clients for access to services, to monitor the safety […]

Balch Exploration Consulting Inc. (BECI) develops low cost geophysical survey solutions to the natural resources sector. BECI recently built an unmanned helicopter for magnetic surveying for mineral exploration. The objectives of this internship is to equip the BECI unmanned helicopter with a custom-designed frame carrying two magnetometers recording simultaneously and to perform a demonstration survey […]

Les changements climatiques pourraient modifier la composition des forêts d’Amérique du Nord, notamment parce que les espèces méridionales migreraient vers le nord. Les gestionnaires de nos forêts peuvent accompagner la forêt dans ces changements en plantant des espèces méridionales dans la forêt mixte. Cette migration assistée pourrait toutefois échouer si le broutement par les grands […]

Le développement des véhicules hors-routes passe par une bonne compréhension des interactions entre ceux-ci et le sol. La compagnie Camso développe des composantes de véhicules hors-routes récréatifs, agricoles et de construction, elle cherche à améliorer sa méthode de développement de produits. La modélisation informatique du contact et de l’interaction entre le véhicule et le sol […]

Vivadis is a small Ontario company seeking to commercialize an architectural video-wall display having a large and continuous viewing area. Vivadis has display experience and has performed market research and has concluded that the ideal markets for Vivadis to serve are the indoor and outdoor architectural, entertainment and military markets. Requirements of a suitable display […]

Healthcare organizations in British Columbia currently lack an eHealth system as a network of multiple data sources to manage EHRs in meaningful ways. To support clinician decision in operational needs, this project will investigate a cloud-based eHealth system to improve the scalability and interoperability of health information system. A data integration system and an online […]