Integrating Users’ Perspectives in Paratransit Planning

Paratransit refers to a specialized, door-to-door, shared-ride public transportation service designed for those who experience functional barriers to conventional fixed-route transit due to disability. Paratransit plays an important role in fostering social and economic inclusion of people with disabilities, which includes a growing cohort of older adults. Indeed, as Canada’s population ages, demand for paratransit […]

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Advancing AI Innovation Through Cross-Functional Collaboration (3)

Cole Meikle will work alongside the Health Team on Primary and Preventative Health Services (PPHS) project. Project Description: As part of the Health Team, Cole will work under the guidance of senior developers to support the design and evaluation of agentic workflows tailored for Primary and Preventative Health Services (PPHS). This collaborative effort involves exploring […]

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Developing and Mobilizing Knowledge on the Black Health Primer for Public Health Professionals

This project will support the Black Health Education Collaborative (BHEC) in expanding the Black Health Primer by developing a practical Public Health Toolkit that helps learners and professionals apply knowledge about anti-Black racism and Black health in real-world public health settings. The interns will create discipline-specific guides, case studies, infographics, and implementation resources that translate […]

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Enhancing Public Access to Canadian Arms Export Data

This project will develop an open-source tool to improve access to information about Canadian defence exports and support a clearer understanding of Canada’s role in the global arms trade. Currently, data on Canadian defence exports is spread across multiple sources and can be difficult to verify or analyze. The project will create an automated system […]

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Fernwood Agentic Knowledge Graph for Housing Innovation

Canada’s housing crisis has prompted both government and industry to call for technological innovation in the building permit and development approval process, where regulatory complexity, fragmented policy documents, and inconsistent interpretation contribute to costly delays. Fernwood Agentic is responding to this need by building an AI system that helps architects, planners, and developers navigate municipal […]

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AI-Driven Large Scale Structure Inference from Next-Generation astrophysical datasets in the Multi-messenger Era

This project uses artificial intelligence to better understand the large-scale structure of the Universe. Cosmologists study the Universe using different observational probes, including galaxy surveys and catalogs of gravitational-wave events. Gravitational waves are tiny vibrations of spacetime sourced by powerful events such as two stellar black holes colliding. These objects act as important tracers of […]

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Hacksmith Robotics in Collaboration with Waterloo RoboHub

This project’s aim is to develop the Piper robot arm as an effective ‘cobot’, developing point tracking, manual control, and teach & repeat capabilities with a variety of different end effectors. This will take the form of tracking ZeroKey position sensors with a camera or lamp, control with a game controller / keyboard / other […]

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On Symmetry Restrictions and Ansatz Expressibility in Variational Quantum Eigensolvers for Quantum Chemistry

This project aims to make quantum computers more effective at simulating the behavior of molecules, a process vital for developing new medicines and sustainable materials. Currently, quantum hardware is sensitive to “noise” and errors, which makes complex chemical calculations difficult to perform accurately. To address this, the research team is refining a method called Q-SENSE, […]

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