The graduate student (Simon Byrns) will work closely with pancreas surgeons and experts in computer image manipulation to generate 3D models of the relevant anatomy in pancreas surgery. These models will then be printed on a 3D printer and used to investigate their utility in the preoperative planning phase prior to surgery. The use of […]

Embedded Software is designed to work with and control physical systems such as car brakes. These systems come in many configurations and the software embedded on them also has to be configured for each one. Software product lining is a methodology to develop a family of related systems that can be configured for each product, […]

The popularity of smartphones is leading to an ever growing number of mobile apps that are published in official app stores. However, users might experience failures and crashes for some apps installed on their devices. For developers, diagnosing failures that users experience is a major challenge, since the diversity of contextual conditions makes it difficult […]

Current advanced audio playback systems can provide a feeling of 3D immersion to listeners. Though the technology to listen to 3D audio can provide a good listening experience, the technology used to create 3D audio content has not adapted to those advances. One major reason is due to human aural localization ability that is not […]

This project examines the relationship between female musicians in music scenes in Toronto and in the cities of Salvador and Recife in Brazil. Female performers from Brazil and other Latin American countries, as well as Canadian-born female musicians make up the majority and the backbone of the Brazilian music scene in Toronto. As these performers […]

My research explores practical solutions to preventing and reversing the growth of global deserts due to climate change and unsustainable development. In this case, it is grounded on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, China, where poor policymaking and implementation has failed to halt the expansion of the Gobi Desert. Another consequence of these policies has […]

Measurement of the SOC is one of the basic functions of BMS for lithium-ion batteries pack in EVs. It is equivalent to fuel gauge in conventional vehicles which will indicate the miles cars can still run and when they should be charged. So the accurate SOC is needed to estimate to prolong the lifetime and […]

This research explores the links between gender and architecture in postmodern cities. Space is experienced and produced by gender constructs which remain at the centre of this study: women at home, sheltered from the dangers of the street. I look at feminine appropriations of architecture where such constructs are subverted, at opportunities that specific spaces […]

My research topic is on the driver behaviors prediction for Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle (UAV) in the complex driving environment. The driver behaviors include lane changing, car following, acceleration, deceleration, etc. The work in this project will focus on establishing two models about lane changing prediction in the high way and the driver behavior prediction in […]

Internal combustion (IC) engines are widely used in the world and in the following decades, it will remain the major source of transportation power. However, the emissions of IC engines, are demonstrated have negative impact on the human health as well as the whole environment. Hence, stringent emission norms are continuously imposed on IC engines. […]

This project aims to study the complex political organization of the Maya cities during the pre-Hispanic classic period using computer models based on game theory. Our main interest is to test if a stable political organization could have emerged from a free-scale network. This kind of network organization has proven to be a useful concept […]

The proposed research project is to develop a robust performance-based earthquake engineering (PBEE) methodology to quantify the seismic risks of large network of infrastructure such as the high-speed railway system in China. The project is anticipated to accomplish many goals. First, it will develop accurate numerical model to predict the seismic behavior of standard-span length […]