Data collection, recording, and monitoring meteorological, hydrological data is very critical worldwide. Metrological/Hydrological stations usually have a variety of sensors and nstruments whick are often manufactured by different companies that are set to work with other products of those manufacturers. However, each manufacturer indirectly prefers to set each sensor/instruments with its only other products. This […]

La gestion des rejets et stériles miniers constitue un défi grandissant auquel doit faire face le monde minier. Les ouvrages de restauration doivent être conçus pour résister dans le temps à court, moyen et long termes faces aux instabilités physiques, chimiques ou climatiques. Le site Manitou, ancienne mine de cuivre et de zinc, a longtemps […]

To estimate the market value of a real estate, a computer software program can produce the result by analyzing the location, market conditions, and other characteristics relevant to it. This is known as the “automated valuation model (AVM)”. The previous Mitacs Accelerate project with “Data Nerds” has conducted a series of experiments with the attributes […]

This research aims to identify the challenges and opportunities that exist within and amongst First Nations communities for creating culturally appropriate and resilient housing models and local economies. It will build understanding around what is required to transform the current housing system from one that uses external labour, resources and businesses to one that promotes […]

The first step for any robot to achieve true autonomy is to create a map of its surroundings and localize itself within this map at the same time. This is popularly known as the Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) problem. Although much theory has been developed over the years to solve the SLAM problem, researchers […]

The project is to examine the determinants of e-cigarette, tobacco and marijuana use among Canadian students. Specifically, we intend to determine what are the major risk factors associated with e-cigarette, tobacco and marijuana use, and to identify strategies that can be used to help address these issues. Statistical analysis will be conducted to measure the […]

Le but de ce projet est de mettre en place un modèle de machine learning afin de détecter les pannes sur les actifs informatiques avant que celles-ci ne se présentent. La maintenance prédictive permet de monitorer l’état de santé des actifs informatiques et de prendre des décisions appropriées lorsque ceux-ci se dégradent. En effet une […]

Plants can respond to changes in their surroundings and can convey precise information about their health state. Ecoation has developed a multi-sensory data acquisition device to capture this information and has been collecting in-field sensor data along with data labels produced by human experts during data collection. In addition, images of various parts of plant […]

This project aims to examine the effect of unconditional direct cash-transfers to recently homeless individuals in Vancouver, BC, Canada. We will conduct a randomized controlled trial to distribute a one-time unconditional $7,500 cash lump sum to 50 recently homeless individuals from shelters in Vancouver. We will also provide a supplementary motivational training for half of […]

Glass sponges build their skeletons out of silicon dioxide (i.e. glass). While these animals are found all over the world in very deep water, they only exist shallower than 50 m in a few places in the world. In very rare cases, new sponges grow on top of existing, dead sponges and form reefs in […]

The benefit of electronic patient management systems within hospitals has been previously demonstrated through enhanced communication and collaboration between departments. However many hospitals within the Canadian healthcare system do not currently use electronic tracking systems. Furthermore, the implementation of these systems has been challenging leading to poor adoption of these technologies resulting in limited benefit. […]