Those who draft resolutions and treaties in international organizations (IOs) can significantly influence their content and acceptance. It is therefore puzzling that not all states are interested in drafting, so-called “pen-holding”. Veto powers Russia and China barely draft any United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, and in the African Union (AU), international bureaucrats or independent […]

The ordered median is an important class of facility location problem that encompasses multiple other relevant location problems as particular cases. Deepening our understanding of this problem, its mathematical properties and proposing novel methodological contributions for its solution lies at the core of this project. We will consider a recent algorithm for this problem developed […]

The vehicle routing problem is a frequent real-world challenge, especially in transportation and logistics. It involves finding efficient routes for a fleet of vehicles to serve a group of customers while minimizing the overall travel cost. Methods for solving this problem exactly, meaning the solution found is guaranteed to be the best possible, are known […]

L’estimation des forts débits dans un contexte de changement climatique est une tâche essentielle à bien des égards pour notre société. Elle permet en l’occurrence d’analyser l’impact et les stratégies de mitigation face aux aléas naturels comme les inondations. Différentes approches ont été proposées pour répondre à ce besoin dont la modélisation hydro-climatologique (MHC) et […]

This project is an interdisciplinary investigation of the music in online communities or digitally-oriented aspects in Jewish institutions and groups based in Montreal and the surrounding area. This project fully supports the intern’s career growth by stimulating a rich inquiry into the diversity of the intangible heritage of Jewish Montreal; in so doing it is […]

Surfactants are chemical compounds used as active ingredients in a large array of products, such as soaps and detergents. However, they can become pollutants and toxicants, and their production is not sustainable (derived from petrochemical processes). One attractive alternative is the use of biological surfactants from microbial origin. We have identified a promising new biosurfactants […]

Prosocial behaviors (i.e., acts that benefit others) appear early in human development and are associated with numerous positive developmental outcomes. Despite decades of research, the mechanisms underlying childhood prosociality remain relatively unclear. To further the field of prosocial development, an international and multi-institutional collaboration led by three prominent prosocial behavior researchers (Kristen Dunfield, Markus Paulus, […]

Nowadays, many studies are engaged in improving sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technologies to advance the utilization of cleaner energy sources and aviation fuels. However, as of today, SAF accounts for less than 1% of jet fuel consumption due to production costs associated with feedstocks, catalysts, and renewable hydrogen. Our project focuses on lowering SAF production […]

This project aims to employ cutting-edge deep learning models to address the critical issue of water leakage in water distribution networks (WDNs). Leakage in WDNs leads to significant water wastage, infrastructure damage, service disruption, and even contamination. The proposed approach leverages Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) trained explicitly for optimizing leak detection. Using synthetic datasets that […]

Our collaborative project unites Brazilian and Canadian institutions to drive innovations in high-resolution microscopy and materials characterization. Leveraging cutting-edge techniques like High Harmonic Generation (HHG) and Terahertz (THz) sources, alongside novel imaging methods such as Spatial Frequency-modulated Imaging (SPIFI) and the Derivative Optical Imaging Technique (DOIT), the University of Federal do Paraná (UFPR) in Brazil […]

This project deals with designing an efficient polygeneration process that incorporates municipal solid waste (MSW) drying and conversion to syngas process for reducing the load on the hydrogen unit of carbon capture and utilization (CCU) processes. The main benefit of this system is the production of high-pressure steam and high-quality syngas with minimum greenhouse gas […]

Ce projet étudiera l’impact des accidents de route et les mécanismes associés à la communication interventriculaire post-traumatique. Deux théories dominantes ont été décrites: 1) une compression aiguë du cœur entre le sternum et la colonne vertébrale, entraînant une augmentation soudaine de la pression intracardiaque à la fin de la diastole ou de la systole isovolumétrique, […]