Développement d’un outil d’Analyse du cycle de vie simplifié pour l’opérationnalisation de l’écoconception dans les PME

Plusieurs entreprises ont un intérêt pour intégrer l’écoconception à leur processus de développement de produits. Cependant, peu d’outils sont disponibles pour obtenir l’impact environnemental d’une décision au cours de ce processus. N’ayant pas un portrait clair des enjeux environnementaux ces aspects sont difficilement des enjeux centraux dans la définition du produit. L’outil développé doit permettre […]

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Using Analytics for the Optimization of Product Support Data

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are used to store data records of activities underlying various business processes, from which Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are derived, providing visibility into the organization. How well the recorded information adheres to business processes and how well those are defined and implemented affect data quality, determining how KPIs accurately portray […]

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Learning robotic grasping for e-commerce sortation

We are conducting research on using techniques from Artificial Intelligence (specifically Machine Learning, Reinforcement learning, and computer vision) to automate the ability of a robotic arm equipped with a hand-like gripper to pick a wide variety of items. The robot uses the visual scene, provided through cameras, in order to choose which item to pick, […]

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An Assessment of Local Business’ Understandings and Needs for Community Leadership in a Small Urban Setting

Community leadership development and training programs must respond to changing corporate and public perceptions. There has been a lack of research on community leadership within small urban settings, where the impact that training and development programs have may be high. Our objective is to describe how local businesses in a small urban setting understand community […]

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Real Time Tone Mapping of HDR Video Content

High Dynamic Range (HDR) content and displays are available on the market but the vast majority of the users displays are Standard Dynamic Range (SDR), not able to reproduce the enriched, higher quality and with more details HDR content. Thus, operators to compress the HDR content and make it ready to be able to be […]

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Data analysis for a Bridge Structural Health Monitoring System (SHM)

The world has many ageing bridge structures which are being used well beyond their design service life time. It is of essential interest for the governments and public to insure safety and sustainability of bridges. One of the most advanced techniques used to investigate the conditions of bridges is the Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). The […]

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Advancing Design for Sea Level Rise—Fraser River Delta

With the onset of climate change, sea level rise is a major global concern including distinct local issues. This project looks at the extremely venerable coastal city/port city of Vancouver. Recent reports call for major infrastructure improvements primarily focused on engineering and not on spatial and design approaches to this challenge. Currently there is no […]

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User Centered Design and Usability of a mHealth intervention for COPD management

Mobile health (mHealth) strategies hold a great promise to enhance treatment outcomes while mitigating health care costs (Hayes et al., 2014). It allows health care providers to tailor treatments to each individual based on their lifestyle. The primary objective is to involve COPD patients and their health care providers in the development of a mobile […]

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Laboratory and Field Assessment of Performance of Treated Wildland Vegetative Fuels

The proposed project will assess and quantify the energy transfer from wildland fires as it relates to coverage of vegetative fuel with wildland fire chemicals for protection of wildland/urban interfaces. The project will extend on preliminary work on the relative performance of wildfire chemicals (e.g., water, gel, foam, and long-term retardants) on forest vegetation. The […]

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Labeling a user’s speech in real-time for always-on VoIP

TurnMeUp is an iOS app for always-on voice communications. Users leave the app running in the background and can talk to the recipient (also using the app) at any time. This app is especially useful for coworkers listening to their own music in the background without needing to enter and exit voice call sessions manually. […]

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Comparative Analysis on Various Blockchain Technologies and How Can They Transform the Financial Services for Scotiabank

Blockchain is an emerging technology that has the potential to change the way financial participants transact with each other. It enables direct transfer of value and financial assets between participants over networks without the need for a central authority (internet of value). It does this by combining the functionality of different technologies – distributed systems, […]

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