Beyond the Book

The ultimate aim of this project is to design and develop methods and tools for classifying attributes of books such as genre, style, tone, and likelihood of being popular. Towards this end we will make use of various information types available on books and users of the Kobo catalog, including the text, meta-data associated with […]

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Situations of Difference in Political Argument

In this project, we use the analytical tools of philosophy and argumentation theory to address an increasing and troubling phenomenon: political differences. Thus, we start from a rhetorical model of argumentation proposed by the Canadian philosopher C. Tindale at the University of Windsor, to illuminate recent case studies. The project is divided into two components. […]

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Modifying a lead compound to optimize prevention of adhesion formation

If you have an operation in your abdominal cavity (eg., C-section, hernia repair, appendectomy, gall bladder removal and many more procedures) your chances of having to go back to hospital and be re-operated due to intestinal occlusion, pain etc is 4%. Because these operations make up 5 of the 10 most common surgeries, this 4% […]

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LLMs for Research

Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT have proven to be extremely effective at generating useful responses to a wide variety of user’s questions. However, they often struggle to generate meaningful and accurate responses to questions that are highly specialized, context-dependent, and requiring long-term attention. The goal of this project is to apply LLMs to accelerate […]

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Canadian Assessment of Physical Literacy (CAPL)

Today’s Canadian children and youth are bigger, weaker and less fit than they were a generation ago. Only 5% of children and youth meet the recommended Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines while spending 8.6 hours per day in sedentary pursuits. These results suggest that Canadian children today do not have the capacity to achieve and maintain […]

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Boost Collective

We aim to revolutionize the way independent artists distribute and promote their music. By leveraging AI and the latest React technologies, the project addresses the critical challenges of visibility and engagement that artists face in the digital era. Patrick will develop an AI-powered metadata form and an analytics dashboard to provide artists with actionable insights […]

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Analysis of Injuries Resulting from Use of Non-traditional Vehicles

Non-traditional vehicles (NTVs) have become popular in recent years, but the expanding use of these vehicles has led to increasing trends of injuries and admissions to hospitals. Despite growing concern regarding the safety of use of NTVs, the impact of their use is not clear due to the limited number of studies that have been […]

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