The increasing demands for ultra-high quality rolled metal strips (e.g. bright-annealed stainless steel) have posed great challenge for online flatness measurement systems. Online flatness measurement is very complex due to the high tension of the rolled strip and the measurement accuracy required. It becomes more difficult with increasing rolling speed and decreasing strip thickness. […]

  The National Arts Centre (NAC) is Canada’s premiere public institution for the promotion of the performing arts. For over forty years, the NAC has showcased the finest performers and production professionals from around the world. Many of these productions required the design and construction of elaborate stage sets that were built specifically for the […]

  Recommendation is a critical problem in social networks and social media. In this project, we tackle the problem of recommendation in entrepreneurship social networks through questions and answers. The novelty of the proposed research is on three aspects. First, we use Q&A activities to express users’ interest. Second, we recommend not only single users […]

  This project is the first to assess reliability of run reconstruction methods for estimating sockeye salmon abundance and exploitation rates in the Fraser River. Run reconstruction is a model-based approach to estimating fishery harvest rates and catch of up to 35 individual sockeye salmon stocks. Fishery managers typically require these estimates to design pre-season […]

  While the digitalization of medical information is central goal of governments, such initiatives are often cumbersome and at times inefficient. By understanding the regulatory environment and potential markets, there may be adequate incentive for private companies to offer solutions that would facilitate the creation and distribution of specific medical information. By conducting and environmental […]

  Chinese cities are amongst the fasted growing cities in the world and they have per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) emission rates that are similar to western cities. This research quantifies GHG emissions for the three Chinese city-provinces of Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. A computer model is then developed for projecting the future growth in […]

    Crosshole tomography using seismic waves is a  useful technique for the mapping of ore containing sulfides between drill holes. The technique uses sound waves generated in one drill hole, and received in a second drillhole. Images are then formed in a manner analogous to medical tomography. However, conventional crosshole tomography does have limitations […]

  Emerging contaminants in drinking water are coming under increasing scrutiny as hazards to human and aquatic health. These compounds include pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, Endocrine Disrupting Compounds and others. At present, the technologies for treating these compounds are costly and inefficient. Photocatalysis has been identified as a promising technique for treating these emerging contaminants in […]

  After pharmaceutical products are released into the market, a number of statistical methods are used to monitor the adverse effects of these drugs. If a large enough number of incidences are reported to regulatory bodies, appropriate measures are taken. This research project is dealing with the statistical methods used to decide on how many reports is required before […]

  The objective of this research project is to carry out experimental and numerical simulations of the deep drawing process with a view to (1) better predicting the amount of springback in automotive parts made from advanced high strength steel, and (2) to modify the forming process so as to better control and reduce the […]

  In black-box security, the software is assumed to run in a trusted environment. In the context of white-box attacks, the environment is assumed to be distrusted and the users of the software, which are installed in a device, have unlimited time and resources to break into the software and has access to binary code […]

  The intern is to improve the image recognition software of Semacode Corporation that is intended to automatically detect barcodes in images taken using the camera of a mobile phone, such as the iPhone or Blackberry. The improvements will include: : (1) improve the speed of the “λ-Enhancement” contrast algorithm, (2) solve rotational and skew […]