Inventory control of items with intermittent demand using reinforcement learning

At the Bombardier Aftermarket business unit, they’re innovating their approach to managing spare parts inventory for business aircrafts. Currently, keeping the right balance of stock is a challenge due to unpredictable demand patterns, often leading to shortages or overstocking. To tackle this, they are introducing a smart solution: using deep reinforcement learning (DRL), a type […]

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Récupération et valorisation des rejets d’imprimantes 3D en Estrie

Nous cherchons à donner une seconde vie à des rebuts d’impression qui n’en ont pas actuellement. Il est également prévu d’avoir développé des modèles d’affaires basés sur les pistes de valorisation qui pourraient générer des profits générés par la vente de produits. En théorie, la plupart des types de thermoplastiques peuvent être fondus et recyclés. […]

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Apprentissage machine fiable pour la centrale électrique virtuelle québécoise

L’apprentissage machine est un outil extrêmement polyvalent qui ne cesse de gagner en popularité à l’ère des données. Il peine pourtant à obtenir l’acceptabilité industrielle en énergie. Traditionnellement, l’apprentissage machine est peu interpré-table, n’offre pas de garanties de performance et est parfois imprévisible; ces particularités nuisent à la confiance qu’on lui accorde et freine son […]

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Targeted synthetic and biosimilar disease modifying antirheumatic drugs in pregnancy: Patterns of use among females with rheumatic diseases and outcomes

Our proposed research project aims to answer the overall question: how do new arthritis medications taken during pregnancy affect mothers and their children? Many types of arthritis strike in females during their childbearing years. Even though we now know more about the effects of arthritis drugs when taken during pregnancy, the picture is not yet […]

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Distributed and Partitioned Join Index

The overall goal of this internship is to improve the query capacity of the Informatica Data Vault data management system. In particular, better support for join operations, that combine the information of various tables of data warehousing appliactions, will be provided. For that, a specialized join index will be designed, developed and evaluated on standard […]

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Development of spectroscopic imaging technology for grain quality inspection

Fusarium fungi infestation causes Canadian grain producers a loss of almost $1 billion dollars per year. Fusarium fungi produce toxins, e.g., deoxynivalenol (DON) which cause toxic effects in animals and possibly humans. We will develop a portable hand-held hyperspectral imaging device to detect, in the field, Fusarium infestation in grains. We will also evaluate the […]

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Impact of early vaccination during influenza outbreaks

Vaccination is an important preventive measure against influenza infection during both seasonal epidemics and pandemic outbreaks. This research aims to understand the effect of early vaccination during influenza outbreaks. The objectives are to measure the effectiveness of early vaccination in terms of reducing disease burden (e.g., infection, hospitalization). We apply an important methodology, namely mathematical […]

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Insect Pests Detection in Stored Grains

The proposed project is to develop a market viable insect pests detection in stored grains system based on the interns novel active microwave sensing technique. This proposal seeks to build upon optimizing the sensing capabilities of the prototype and to coherently develop a functional array of sensors. Building upon these fundamentals the project will extend […]

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Testing Occupational Exoskeleton Performance in Different Types of Construction Activities

Occupational exoskeletons (OEs), including arm-support exoskeletons (ASEs) and back-support exoskeletons (BSEs) are wearable devices designed to assist and enable human motion for workers in various industries ranging from manufacturing to construction. As with workers in other industries, the opportunity provided by ASEs and BSEs for construction workers is to reduce injury rates for the benefit […]

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Antioxidant properties of Chaga extracts of different vintages

Over the years, edible mushrooms have gained increasing recognition for their nutritional value and the potent medicinal properties they offer. Bioactive compounds found in mushrooms, particularly phenolic compounds, exhibit valuable qualities such as anti-proliferative and antioxidant properties. Surprisingly, until now, there has been no investigation into the potential antioxidant effectiveness of Chaga mushrooms of different […]

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3D topographic acquisitions to avoid serial x-rays during scoliosis brace treatment

In this study, patients with idiopathic scoliosis followed at SickKids will undergo topographic analysis using the Momentum Health scanning application in addition to standard of care clinical evaluation and x-rays. The study period is 1 routine clinic visit followed by 3 months after. Patients will self-scan 1x/month at home for the following 3 months. The […]

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