Performance assurance activities are an essential step in the release cycle of large software systems. However, prior research on software performance often does not consider the impact on end users; while developers may miss performance issues that lowers the satisfaction rate of end users, or the effort is spent on fixing those issues that may […]

The European common blue butterfly was first spotted in Quebec and has since become well-established in open habitats and disturbed areas around Montreal. In late summer and early fall, it is one of the most abundant butterflies. This project aims first to set up laboratory breeding of the European common blue and second to test […]

Soft errors are known to have a significant impact on circuit reliability. When high energy particles from either cosmic rays or packaging materials strike a semiconductor substrate, they generate charge which in turn results in a glitch or a transient current in a circuit. Such a glitch is called the single event transient (SET). The […]

Biomass burning is the largest source of carbonaceous aerosol in the atmosphere. Biomass burning aerosol can alter the Earth’s radiative balance by absorption and scattering of solar radiation, resulting in a significant impact on global climate. However, because of the complexity of biomass burning aerosol, the magnitude of this climate effect is still uncertain. The […]

As a result of human impacts on the natural world, our societies may have to profoundly transform many of the systems that affect our everyday lives – especially our energy, food, and transportation systems. As these systems are complex and interconnected, it is difficult to foresee how they might behave as they change, and how […]

The purpose of this project is to ultimately decrease the likelihood of permanent sedentary lifestyles for at risk individuals. This includes overweight and obese men and women who are at risk of chronic diseases, and are in danger of excluding themselves permanently from active lifestyles. By developing and testing individualized behavior changing methodologies, this project […]

Personalized cancer therapy has immense potential to improve clinical outcomes of cancer patients because it tailors therapeutic treatment to each patient. To realize the promise of personalized medicine, there is an urgent need to develop new tumour models in the lab that can be easily tested, and also accurately represent responses of the original tumour. […]