Research has suggested that the future of learning, in some form, is online. However, Covid showed us – by putting more than a billion students into online classrooms – that the current balance between how teachers conventionally teach in a classroom is not fit-for-purpose in the virtual world. Not only is the online environment completely […]

Since its’ inception, Vector Medical has been a leader in developing innovative strategies for the IME industry. Our most notable differentiator has been our ability to conduct our assessments via telemedicine across Canada. The COVID-19 crisis has created a perfect storm in the IME industry. Worker requests for medical leave (i.e. disability claims) have spiked […]

In recent years, there has been a rise in the development of interactive AI systems and applications where the user follows a procedure to complete a task, including (instructional) fitness and cooking apps to name a few examples. Most of these efforts focus around video question-answering (QA), where a system is built to answer questions […]

Avondx developed a Voice Analytics solution to assist companies in enhancing Customer Engagement by monitoring Customer Service Agents (CSA) interaction with customers in the retail market. Avondx wants to improve its voice analytics solution that can determine the semantic similarity between many different phrases. We are looking for assistance with artificial intelligence and neural network […]

At the beginning of 2020, Nancy Wilson, the business owner, purchased a vertical farm from Freight Farms. Since then, she has been selling a variety of products to customers. As a business owner, her time has been devoted to all aspects of the business, like any new business. However, this has inhibited the growth of […]

GreenFlow Financial, with the help of our intern, Mr. Nikhil is looking to develop an opportunity in the financial services and artificial intelligence space. This project will focus on demonstrating applicable technology and evaluating the possibility of eliminating banks and brokers to deliver a fast and reliable mortgage matching system to the market with the […]

The home renovation industry as a whole has seen little innovation compared to other industries, and the experience for homeowners and contractors is abysmal. The intern will undertake a project to develop a Client Referral System that will allow contractors refer their clients to Model Living to take advantage of the software platform that dynamically […]

Celestica has partnered with 3 separate AI suppliers to analyze live manufacturing data and provide solutions that will replace human inspection. The role of QMIND will be to evaluate the three different AI/Machine Learning systems on how they perform on the optical inspection of the conformal coating of the PCBs.

Skill Squirrel has developed a web-based platform designed to help people in career transition, and challenged with accessing relevant career services. It serves to offer more purposeful matchmaking between job seekers, learners, trainers, and employers, while also reducing the workload of career services organizations (CSOs) and professionals that offer job search assistance, education recommendations and […]

McMaster University is collaborating with National Research Council Canada (NRC) under the AiP program of NRC, to develop smart textile technology that will integrate energy components into textile wearable products to provide daily and on-demand physical stimulus to the aged wearers. It aims to slow down or prevent the development of age-related health problems. The […]

The intern will support Apex Advisory, a capital advisory firm, in servicing a Canadian retail interior design client seeking a Confidential Information Memorandum (CIM). Although Apex Advisory has performed similar deliverables in the past, they have been few and far between, as it has primarily engaged in diligencing venture and private equity investors. Thus, this […]

A large proportion of start-ups fail within the first ten years of their inception, yet most studies focus on those companies that are successful. In Ontario, we have a unique system of Regional Innovation Centers that exist to help start-ups succeed. Historically, data has not been collected once a company is no longer actively engaged […]