The objective of this project is to improve the quality of results returned by a search engine by incorporating the user’s prior search history. By adding contextual information about the user, we are able to better understand their needs and provide information tailored specifically for them. A unique, customized ontology is created to best model […]

The NSERC Strategic Network for Smart Applications on Virtual Infrastructures is a five-year partnership between Canadian industry, universities, researchers, research and education (R&E) networks, and high performance computing centres to investigate the design of future application platforms that will deliver software applications of greater capability and intelligence. These application platforms will be supported by an […]

L’Université de Moncton, seule université francophone du Nouveau-Brunswick, est située dans un milieu à forte majorité anglophone. L’état des connaissances sur les déterminants de la réussite universitaire chez cette population n’est que parcellaire et peu discriminant. Comme le souligne Landry (2014), les différents groupes populationnels du Nouveau-Brunswick constituent un microcosme du pays et sont en […]

Accurate robot positioning and navigation is an ongoing research problem, especially in environments that are unknown or hostile. Nowadays, there is an increase in the number of applications robots can be deployed in, these applications range from robots providing concierge services in hotels, guiding museum visitors to the desired booth, and assisting firefighters to locate […]

The project involves monitoring and evaluating the energy performance of two houses built by a mainstream builder – one Net Zero Energy (NZE) and one Net Zero Ready (NZR). Both have advanced zoned variable-capacity air source heat pump systems (ASHPs), heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) and drain water heat recovery. The NZE house has a […]

The implementation of hydroelectric power over the past 100 years in Nova Scotia has resulted in changes to the habitats of many important species. In the watersheds where hydro dams have been constructed, plant, fish and animal habitat have all been impacted to some extent. Although some of these impacts have been positive (the creation […]

Two Hat Security is a company that develops next generation moderation tools for social networking apps. Since images are of the most important data shared by social networking apps, an important problem for the company is to identify images that are unsafe or inappropriate. In particular, images containing certain objects (e.g. knife, gun, bikini, etc.) […]

In northern countries, ice storms can cause major power disruptions such as the one that occurred in the Toronto area on December 2013 that left more than 300,000 customers with no electricity immediately after the storm. Prediction of ice formation on power cables can help on taking actions for removing the ice before a major […]

La réalité augmentée, soit la superposition en temps réel d’éléments virtuels à la réalité, est une technologie ayant vu le jour il y a déjà presque vingt ans. Avec l’arrivée des plateformes mobiles et des capteurs RGBD à faible cout, cette technologie reprend en popularité et devient un sujet de recherche prisé de plusieurs institutions. […]

Concerned by the nuisances of motorized travel on urban life, policy makers are faced with the challenge of making cycling a more attractive alternative for everyday transportation. Despite the clear advantage of being healthy, cheap and sustainable, cycling yet fails to grow into more than a marginal mode of transport. One of the barriers lies […]

Face à la demande grandissante en électricité, les gestionnaires de réseaux électriques doivent implanter de nouvelles lignes de transport d’énergie dans les grands centres de distribution. Ces endroits très peuplés imposent de nombreuses contraintes au niveau de la conception de ces lignes. Parce qu’ils sont esthétiques et compacts, les pylônes tubulaires sont souvent sélectionnés dans […]

In Computed Tomography (CT) Imaging, X-ray radiation is used to penetrate through the internal structure of the patient body in order to produce digital images. Therefore patient could be exposed to certain level of X-ray radiation dose. Accumulation of these exposures beyond certain threshold could increase risk of fatal cancer. Thus it is of paramount […]