The interns will be working in medicinal chemistry on two projects: the design and synthesis of drugs targeting the cyclin dependent kinase, CDK1; and the design of small molecule inhibitors of mutant KRAS. Both of these proteins are commonly involved in cancer initiation. In neither case are there good drugs available to patients. Although separate […]

Conventional camera sensors record three color channels: red, green and blue. In this project we will investigate computational photography algorithms for cameras that record a near-infrared channel (NIR) in addition to RGB. This channel is particularly useful for biometric imaging and holds great potential in consumer imaging applications as well. The key challenge in simultaneously […]

Current planning/business analytics platforms automate time-consuming manual budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes to help business users (e.g., financial officer, human resources, merchandising, marketing, or sales) make business decisions. Moreover, end users often use the interactive “what-if” analyses to understand the data from different perspectives and gain insights. However, the current way of presenting the analysis […]

UAVs are becoming essential solutions in a wide range of industries. In this market growth, the potential of UAVs to fly in indoor environments represents a massive opportunity for companies. In particular, for applications such as medical care, search and rescue operations, and industrial management and inspections. The main concern of UAVs flying indoors is […]

Quantum computers are no longer fantasises of distant future. Recent advances in quantum computing hardware as well quantum algorithms offer a wide variety of possibilities to improve existing classical algorithms. Some of the operations involved in the standard classical algorithms might be performed much more efficiently using quantum machines. The current proposal will explore the […]

Youth living in social housing often face a number of challenges to success, including histories of intergenerational poverty, high rates of mental health and substance use issues, limited educational attainment, and weak or absent work histories. Secure employment is one approach to addressing key social determinants of health, including having a secure income, food security, […]

Around the world, birds have been declining at an alarming rate. It is therefore important that conservationists use as many resources as they can when making informed conservation decisions. Autonomous recording units (ARUs) have become an increasingly popular choice for monitoring bird populations, because they can be left in highly remote regions (such as Canada’s […]

This project will focus on the building and rollout of a member portal to support idea and discovery stage firms who do not have a dedicated resource on the Communitech team. Our goal is to provide these founders with better navigation to resources, a deeper sense of community and access to our advisory services during […]

An early-exercise option is a financial agreement which grants one party the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying asset at a pre-agreed price at a series of pre-determined times. The problem of pricing an option is of great practical importance and is typically addressed using computationally expensive numerical simulation methods. […]

The partner company is a business that provides solutions for financial institutes and wealth management companies. This company has provided services to more than 100 financial firms with a total of 1 trillion Asset Under Management. The financial churn prediction is important for these client companies because leaving financial advisors is likely to lead to […]

This research has two goals to a) increase our understanding of the quantity of construction materials and embodied GHG used, in current practice, to create new housing in the City of Toronto and b) to identify opportunities to use changes in building and neighbourhood form to create more housing with less total embodied GHG. The […]

Retinal degeneration disorders are among the leading causes of blindness in the developed world. Several therapies hold promise, however widespread application is hindered due to difficulty in delivering active drug to the retina. Synakis is a company that has developed a biomaterial that can be injected into the eye to aid in retinal surgeries. This […]