Quantum computing holds great promise in solving some problems that are intractable to its classical counterpart; however, current quantum devices are prone to errors, especially as they scale up. Our project focuses on developing efficient tools to detect and analyze these errors; we will construct an error map that characterizes where the different errors occur […]

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often experience adverse health outcomes including COPD exacerbations and cardiovascular events. These events impose a significant economic burden on the healthcare system and lead to impairment of patients’ wellbeing. This project aims to develop a clinical prediction model (CPM) to predict the risk of COPD exacerbations and cardiovascular […]

This project aims to explore the potential of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) for enhancing secure communication in distributed systems. A QKD environment will be simulated and quantum-generated keys will be integrated into a secure communication protocol. The project will involve building a simulated QKD layer and applying it to encrypt and authenticate messages in a […]

Crystal defects in diamonds represent the most promising quantum sensors for room-temperature operation, offering the ability to measure properties like temperature, pressure, and electromagnetic fields with extreme precision. This technique holds exciting potential applications in physics, neurobiology, the mining industry, and the detection of improvised explosive devices. However, the few commercial systems based on this […]

Mon projet de recherche s’intéresse aux impacts des déplacements des services communautaires à Montréal, en mobilisant des théories issues des géographies critiques urbaines et du care. De nombreux organismes communautaires, tels que les banques alimentaires et les organismes de soutien aux nouveaux arrivants, risquent d’être déplacés en raison de la hausse des loyers ou de […]

Light can be used to control biological processes in living cells, a technique called optogenetics. Originally developed to control neural activity, optogenetics has been expanded to control protein interactions and gene expression with a high degree of spatial and temporal control. This has opened exciting possibilities in developmental biology and tissue engineering. However, current optogenetic […]

This project will design and deploy a citizen-science game to harvest passages of language for a database to support Advanced Natural Language Processing.

Dans le cadre de la bourse Mitacs Globalink, cette recherche vise à rédiger et publier un article scientifique sur la notion de valeur chez David Graeber, en dialogue avec les théories féministes de l’économie politique. L’article, provisoirement intitulé “La valeur du point de vue et le point de vue de la valeur chez David Graeber”, […]

Aphids are one of the most destructive pests of agricultural and horticultural crops, damaging plants through their feeding and also by vectoring plant pathogens. In Canada, crop losses due to aphids and the pathogens they vector are significant and forecast to increase as global warming progresses and new aphid species become established with more generations […]

Inpainting refers to the process of removing a foreground object from an image and seamlessly replacing it with consistent and contextually relevant background pixels. In the context of epilepsy neurosurgery, training videos are recorded using a microscope-mounted camera to document surgical procedures. However, surgical instruments frequently obstruct the camera’s line of sight, partially occluding brain […]

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, particularly nitrous oxide (N2O), pose significant challenges to sustainable agriculture and climate change mitigation. This project investigates the impact of crop management practices on N2O emissions and productivity in contrasting agroecosystems in Canada and Argentina. Using data from the Elora Research Station in Ontario and field trials in Balcarce, Argentina, the […]

Le projet porte sur le développement et la validation expérimentale d’un modèle poro-viscoélastique non linéaire pour la modélisation du comportement du cartilage articulaire. La modélisation du cartilage est un enjeu crucial en biomécanique, surtout pour comprendre les pathologies dégénératives telles que l’arthrose. Les modèles actuels sont basés sur des simplifications, notamment une perméabilité constante, et […]