Rapid and open dissemination of research is critical for the advancement of science. Preprint servers (such as MedRxiv, BioRxiv, PsyRxiv, and aRxiv) are becoming increasingly popular in health and medicine to share early research results, particularly in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Given the need for rapid peer review, we need to innovate […]

Presently the Ocean Mapping Community is spending a lot of time manually cleaning the raw sonar survey files. If this cleaning process is done by an Artificial Intelligence system as clean as a human would do, this could be transforming the entire Ocean Mapping community. Therefore, we propose a novel solution of using an Artificial […]

Low predictive accuracy of energy output is one of the weakest points in wind power generation. Power curve of a wind turbine provides assistance in energy assessment, warranty formulations, and performance monitoring of the wind turbines. Wind turbines are being installed in offshore diverse climatic conditions causing substantial departure of these power curves from the […]

This project will develop a robust software package that can be embedded with a camera system to provide an onboard sea-ice monitoring system. The software package consists of two main components: (1) Deep learning classification model, which involves a deep learning network trained to identify and classify sea-ice; (2) Lens artifact removal method, which is […]

Canada, a country composed presently of 20 percentage of immigrants, aims to be a world leader in global problem-solving. To do so, and to draw from the insights and ingenuity of the immigrant population, requires that Canadian organizations develop faster and more effective ways of adapting newcomers into the labor market. Especially, as extant research […]

Le géoradar (GPR) est une technique électromagnétique (EM) pour l’imagerie non invasive de supports opaques, souvent utilisé pour les levés souterrains. Le traitement des données GPR, surtout dans des zones urbaines souterraines, repose sur des opérateurs qualifiés et implique de nombreuses étapes coûteuses. Les résultats sont souvent basés sur de larges hypothèses et impliquent une […]

Oily wastewater production and discharge from different sources such as industries and daily human activities are the main sources of marine oil pollution. More importantly, accidental oil spills occurred in oil extraction/production, refining, and transportation stages can cause detrimental impacts on the aquatic ecosystems and marine environments. In this Lab2Market project, we apply a special […]

Olfactometry is the science of using human subjects to measure odours without bias, as no instrument yet can replace the human nose. Recently, the method presenting odours to panellists has been identified as a potential element affecting response and measurement variability. Furthermore, the sensitivity of electronic noses also developed to measure odours remains an issue. […]

Portable electronic applications are typically powered by batteries, which have limited lifespan and size constraints. Energy harvesting from the spatial environment is a promising solution to sustainable power supplies for low-power portable devices and sensor networks. Vibration-based energy harvesting has received much attention due to the recent advances in microfabrication of piezoceramic materials. These smart […]

The risk of an oil spill in the marine environment always exists during offshore oil production and transportation. The oil spill can affect the marine ecosystem, including seabirds, aquatic organisms and even humans health, both directly and indirectly. The best solution to the oil spill incident is collecting the spilled oil, extracting that from the […]

The impacts and uncertainty of climate change effects are a challenge to building owners. This project seeks to make it easier for commercial building owners to improve the climate change resilience of their buildings. A tool for supporting decision makers in planning retrofit actions for their buildings will be produced that reflects the local context […]

L’une des orientations majeures de la quatrième révolution industrielle est de rendre intelligents les systèmes de contrôle des structures et des processus industriels, par l’intégration de capteurs au cœur du procédé. L’installation d’un nombre considérable de capteurs à travers les endroits les plus à risque a permis d’obtenir des bases de données, structurées, massives et […]