Item-to-item and user-to-item recommendations are prevalent on most ecommerce websites and digital content related mobile applications. At Kobo, we strive to constantly improve our recommendation system, which is based on co-purchase patterns on Kobo’s website or through Kobo eReaders and mobile apps. This internship is to explore improving the system along several dimensions: incorporating additional […]

Comme dans bien d’autres secteurs d’activités, l’industrie agroalimentaire se trouve en contexte de mondialisation accéléré et son développement passe par l’innovation et l’utilisation de connaissances nouvelles et pertinentes (MAPAQ, 2012). Une meilleure utilisation des résultats de la recherche s’avère donc une condition essentielle à la survie et au développement de cette industrie génératrice d’emplois. Cette […]

Wildlife populations are frequently affected by human influences on the landscape. Freshwater turtles have been heavily affected, with 7 of 8 Ontario turtles now listed as species at risk. Individual animals may be stressed by human disturbance, causing reduced fitness. Chronic stress hormones in turtles can be measured analyzing claw clippings in a lab. This […]

The impaired beneficial use “Eutrophication & Undesirable Algae” is the main reason that the Bay of Quinte was declared an “Area of Concern” (AOC) in 1986. External and internal nutrient loadings are among the main reasons for this impaired beneficial use. The development of a long-term phosphorus reduction strategy is a key remaining activity needed […]

Mathtoons Media, Inc. is a Kelowna, BC based company founded on the belief that students want to be engaged in learning through apps on their mobile devices, and therein lies a significant component of future education. The company has created the Practi app for personalized mobile practice, thus far focused mainly on the practice of […]

Short-track speed-skating has been one of the most important medal-provider sport for Canada at Olympic Games for many years. However, research on performance determinants is very scarce, and Canada is progressively loosing ground compared to new countries interested in the medal potential of this sport. There is an urgent need to better understand the biomechanical […]

The Spatial Plasma Discharge Ignition System is used as an ignition module in internal combustion engines (ICE). Its implementation leads to an increase in engine fuel efficiency. The purpose of this 4-month internship is to implement a fuel and air regulating system equipped with electric solenoids and pressure transducers to measure the pressure gradients in […]

Drug use in older persons is a major public health concern. Even though therapeutic drugs are beneficial for patients’ health in terms of survival or quality of life, patients aged >65 years have a greater risk of developing drug-related complications. Such complications may be fatal because of the high frequency of both multiple pathologies andpolypharmacy […]

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a noninvasive technology for examining functional activity in the brain. It is widely used in research, but is not yet part of routine patient care in clinics. To date, most of the fMRI applications collect imaging data at a single time point. This has limited the potential of the […]

Youth are tomorrow’s leaders, parents, professionals, and workers, as well as today’s assets. However, the disengagement and out-migration of rural youth are critical challenges for rural communities and regions. In the Lower Columbia and surrounding West Kootenay-Boundary region these challenges are compounded by struggles to meet existing labour force needs. This project will review, summarize, […]

The need for more and more data rates is significantly increasing due to the newly introduced wireless/mobile applications and services. Traditional modulation schemes cannot provide satisfactory long-term solution to this problem. That said, non-traditional modulation (spiral-based modulation) comes into play as a strong candidate to solve the increasing data rate requirements problem. Spiral-based modulation exploits […]

Ce projet a pour but de proposer aux gestionnaires des centrales hydro-électriques d’Hydro-Québec des solutions d’organisation de la maintenance de turbine hydro-électrique à partir d’un indice prédisant l’état futur de la turbine. Cette organisation prendra en compte plusieurs aspects tels que la problématique liée à la demande en énergie (certaines périodes sont plus propices que […]