Pleasant aromas fill our homes and enrich our lives, whether it’s by helping us relax after a long day’s work or evoking some of our fondest memories. This project will test scented fabrics prepared by Aroma Textiles Lab for their ability to inhibit the growth of the bacteria that are commonly found on our skin […]

Traditional 3D reverse-engineering and prototyping involves 3D modeling and manual parts recognition. With the advent of 3D scanning technologies, it becomes possible to automate this workflow. This research internship aims at creating a novel mechanism to automate the process of assembly recognition, as part of a new workflow of 3D interactive prototyping. The research will […]

Operating a fleet of autonomous robots introduces challenges such as reduced safety for humans working around the robots, reliability of intern communication of the robots, coordination behaviour of the robots, etc. At Fourien we have developed autonomous robots which work very well as stand alone units but there is a need of development of a […]

Comment réconcilier l’idéal du ‘plan parfait’ avec la problématique pragmatique de l’habitation? Ce projet explore la rencontre entre deux aspects fondamentaux de l’architecture résidentielle – entre l’architecture comme manifestation formelle et spatiale des idées pures, et l’architecture comme réponse pragmatique aux problèmes spécifiques de l’habitation. Le projet examine la problématique de l’habiter et les réponses […]

L’usage excessif des plastiques à l’échelle mondiale engendre de grands défis liés au control de la pollution, particulièrement dans les océans, mais aussi au niveau de l’empreinte carbonique de leur production. Dans le contexte de crise sanitaire actuel due à la COVID-19, les équipements de protection personnel sont nécessaires et leurs utilisation, obligatoire, a augmenté […]

The objective of this project is to create market sentiment indicators for cryptocurrencies. Market sentiment indicators are built from text analysis of exchanges on Twitter and other sources, that may include embedded or references images (e.g., price curves) and videos. The text dataset for cryptocurrencies may have a very structure from that of traditional currencies. […]

L’étude porte sur les associations de plantes en agriculture urbaine au sein des plantes de la famille des Brassicacées, tels que le chou, le brocoli, la moutarde, la roquette, etc. Certaines plantes en compagnonnage aux cultures de la famille des Brassicacées ont des fonctions intéressantes pouvant l’imiter l’infestation d’insectes ravageurs. Les insectes ravageurs peuvent nuire […]

Many conversational agents blend the functionalities of question-answering and chit-chat into a single system. This lays the foundation for a more interactive type of question-answering models which is the primary focus of the research project. Interaction between a user and the agent allows the user to ask an underdefined or ambiguous question, and, instead of […]

Modern visual effect films rely on photorealistic, believable, synthesized humans and characters. Often these characters are used as stand-ins for the hero character in a film and are referred to as digital doubles. In the past, digital doubles have been limited in use due to cost or complexity. As the demand for the use of […]

In distributed computing settings, data privacy is of paramount importance (e.g., mobile or medical devices). Federated Learning (FL) empowered the state-of-the-art deep neural network model to provide AI solutions to clients while keeping the client data private in distributed computing settings. Communication between different devices is one of the main bottlenecks of FL model because […]

If Canada is to achieve its 30×30 targets (protecting 30% of land and water by 2030), a combination of emissions reductions and innovative carbon sequestration solutions are needed. Further, these solutions must achieve multiple benefits for health and community resilience given that adverse health and climate change impacts are predicted to disproportionately impact vulnerable communities. […]

The alarming increase in the scale at which infectious diseases spread and devastate global socioeconomics necessitates timely characterization of the disease-causing agent to devise effective intervention strategies to stop the spread of disease at the source of introduction. It is known that domestic and wild animals play significant roles in the transmission of pathogens to […]