Investigating pathogen prevalence in a geographically isolated community of bumble bees

Bumble bees are threatened worldwide, and among several impacts to their populations are pathogens which impact colony health and success. This is a concern for captive breeding programs aimed at enhancing populations with pathogen-free colonies. In this research we partner with Wildlife Preservation Canada who maintain breeding programs and use a novel method for detecting […]

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Impact Evaluation System for Arts & Culture Non-Profits

The project aims to equip Toronto’s Local Arts Service Organizations (LASOs) with streamlined data management and impact assessment capabilities. LASOs consist of six registered charity organizations working across Scarborough, Etobicoke, North York, East York, York, and Lakeshore. The partner organization, Sympl Solutions, in collaboration with LASOs, will develop a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) software solution. […]

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Ultra-low-power edge-AI circuits and systems for intelligent biomedical sensors

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death in the world. One person dies in Canada every five minutes from heart conditions, stroke, or vascular cognitive impairment. There have been 2.6 million CVD-related hospitalizations in Canada between 2007 and 2017. CVDs alone cost totaling $21.2 billion a year in direct (medical) and indirect (lost […]

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Title of Project: Comparative analysis of three spider mite genomes

We are focusing on three genomes of spider mite, an agricultural pest. One mite feeds on 1200 plants, the other one only feeds on one plant while the third feeds on several plants. Most of the plants these mites feed on are important in agriculture and therefore spider mites cause huge economic damage for agriculture […]

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Quantum sensor-based localization system for future urban air mobility

This project is investigation of conventional air vehicle localization using GPS and mobile networks and verification on that their weaknesses in the accurate and seamless localization can be supplemented or strengthened by future quantum sensor-based localization to discover a new blue ocean in the mobility industry.

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Bridging the Gap – Health and Safety Engineering Student Teaching Modules – Stage 2

This project is an undertaking in coordination with Minerva Canada, some of its industry partners and seven Canadian universities which aims to address a gap between industry and the graduates of engineering programs in terms of attitudes, knowledge and applied skills pertaining to health & safety in engineering practice. Upon completion, the project’s end product […]

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Generator-Enhanced Computational Chemistry and Optimization (GECCO)

This project aims to use generative AI models to improve challenging tasks in computational chemistry and optimization. More specifically, by combining quantum computing with machine learning, the research will focus on generative AI methods to design molecules for accelerating drug discovery pipelines. Novel quantum subroutines for hybrid quantum-classical models will be designed, developed, implemented and […]

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