There are significant increases in the need of using service robots to adopt the roles of delivery vehicles and personal assistants. Atlantic Business Express is looking at bring the service robots to Canada, starting in Nova Scotia through working with Dalhousie University. The project is to improve the intelligent human-robot interaction interfaces for mobile service […]

The overall goal of this internship is to understand why candidate psychologists in Saskatchewan are failing the final competency exam at a rate of 30%. Partnering with the Saskatchewan College of Psychologists (SKCP), this research will review the records of the failed examinations to determine the contributing reasons for candidate failures. We have three objectives: […]

DockPort Ltd. focuses on research, development, testing, manufacture and marketing of a patented, novel, mechanized system for suspended oyster aquaculture, called BOBR (Benefit Of Being Round). DockPort is preparing to bring BOBR and related products to market. This project partners DockPort with four oyster aquaculture farmers interested in testing the BOBR innovations, together with scientific […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented numerous challenges for Health Professions Education programs, especially those that needed to switch from in-person to online interviewing as a means of evaluating applicants. Particularly, despite the rising use of online formats such as asynchronous video interviews (AVIs) in selection decisions, there is little evidence on the fairness and extent […]

The crisis in university student mental health has intensified with COVID-19. Support for students with mental health and illness experiences and identities is now more important than ever. Prior to the pandemic students were taking matters into their own hands and working together to advocate for improved learning environments and educational experiences. This project will […]

Use of clear-text for network communication is quickly becoming obsolete. End-to-end encryption of mobile applications and proliferation of TLS based encrypted traffic are fueling the growth of encrypted traffic on the Internet. Many applications tunnel traffic over HTTPS. Today, over 80% of Internet traffic is encrypted. With the recent advancement of TLS handshake, traditional mechanisms […]

This project will conduct business model validation research for a blockchain prototype developed by Arrowhead Development Company Ltd for the real estate industry. The student intern will collect market research from potential stakeholders of this industry to help the partner organization assess business opportunities and revenue streams as well as informing the launch decision.

In partnership with the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre (MNFC) researchers from Dalhousie are interested in investigating what decolonization means to an Indigenous led organization that resides in a Western funded world. MNFC is interested in learning how to navigate what does it mean to be decolonized and how to engage with partners going forward. The […]

Atlantic Canada’s fishery industries have been identified as key sectors where market demand is expected to increase. PEI mussel and shellfish production employ over a thousand employees, and contributes in excess of CAD$60 million to PEI’s coastal and rural communities. Production of Atlantic Canadian shellfish has tripled since 1995 and is expected to continue growing […]

IndigenousTech.ai Corporation (IndigenousTech.ai) is part of a consortium including Forrest Green Resource Management Corp. (Forrest Green RMC). Forrest Green RMC is one of the entities inside of the Forrest Green Group of Companies which specializes in credit data and analytics. IndigenousTech.ai has completed the application process in Ontario to become Canada’s first Indigenous controlled consumer […]

Big data refers to a class of applications that operate on large amounts of data. One paradigm that fits the big data applications category is the Internet of Things (IoT). Millions of IoT devices continuously produce data and exchange information to support critical applications in different scenarios, such as smart cities and smart homes. As […]

Water quality is a key public and environmental health concern. Many rural communities rely on privately owned wells to provide water; however, these wells are not usually tested regularly and may be dangerously contaminated with bacteria or inorganic materials, such as arsenic or lead. A simple, easy-to-use, handheld water quality testing solution would encourage private […]