From women-only taxi companies in New Delhi, India to smokeless stoves in Uganda, innovation can transform the lives of women and girls around the globe. It is well known that social innovation and gender equality are each critical to social progress, but little is known about how social innovation can advance gender equality. In partnership […]

Ce projet de recherche porte sur le développement d’un ingrédient cosméceutique préparé à partir d’un extrait de feuilles de brasénie, une plante aquatique répandue au Canada. Le premier objectif du projet est de procéder à une analyse plus approfondie de la composition chimique de l’ingrédient en déterminant la teneur en tanins hydrolysables et en identifiant […]

Lactating dairy cows have extensive embryonic loss, but the mechanisms that lead to this failure to maintain pregnancy are not clearly understood. It is suggested that high-producing dairy cows are marginally deficient in nutrients such as Vitamin B complex molecules, selenium etc., which are positively associated with health and reproduction. The goals of the project […]

The aim of the project is to increase the intelligence of an automated, online tutoring system, using state-of-the-art techniques and concepts from cognitive science and computer science. This will be accomplished by integrating more data about each learner, and by implementing a more advanced model able to predict learner behaviour. The improved system will better […]

The idea of using light for transferring data has been developed rapidly since 1960s. Today, using light for short-distance communication, as an alternative for copper wires, is rapidly growing mostly because of its broadband communication characteristics. Optical communication systems consist of both electronic and photonic components. Designing such systems will benefit from an Integrated Development […]

The intern will undertake research and development activities related to a novel functional electrical stimulation (FES) device called the MyndMove stimulator. Activities are intended to improve the electrical output of the MyndMove to deliver controlled and painless electrical stimulation to patients for a variety of applications, such as mobility, pain management and treatment of pressure […]

Le projet de recherche qui sera entrepris consiste principalement à mettre sur pied une méthode qui permettra au Mouvement Desjardins de prioriser la résolution des problèmes de qualité de certaines données de risque. En effet, une donnée est jugée de mauvaise qualité si, par exemple, elle n’est pas disponible dans un délai prédéterminé. Étant donné […]

The world’s rapidly changing climate is influencing how insects can transmit dangerous infectious diseases – from malaria to dengue fever and other previously unknown diseases – to humans. The rapid growth of new data sources from satellites to ground based sensors offer unprecedented opportunities to link these data with knowledge of the biology of insects […]

Par son implication dans le domaine du jeu et divertissement, les Salons de jeux du Québec est un outil indispensable au développement économique et touristique du Québec. Le projet de recherche proposé a pour but de maximiser le rendement des Salons de jeux du Québec par une refonte de ses aires de jeux. Ainsi, la […]

The objective is to develop a real-time fraud detection algorithm for a large E-commerce company based on construction of a robust reference model from normal multivariate data. To accomplish this, we propose to leverage machine learning techniques, such as reinforcement learning, in combination with stochastic modeling techniques such as Hidden Markov Models, to provide both […]

Les alternateurs jouent un rôle très important dans la stabilité et la performance des réseaux électriques. Lors de la mise en service d’un alternateur, plusieurs essais doivent être effectués afin de valider la fiabilité du produit. Le transporteur d’énergie requiert que les paramètres électriques de l’alternateur soient mesurés. La procédure actuelle d’identification de paramètre consistant […]

The overall objective of this project is to scale up and demonstrate the utility of novel bioaugmentation cultures for BTEX compounds, and associated diagnostic tools to properly deploy the technology. The intern will lead the project team to develop gene-based biomarker tools applicable to the bioaugmentation cultures and apply these tools to samples submitted from […]