Visier Solutions Inc hopes to create a new standard for the measurement of employee diversity in organizations based on scientific research and measured baselines. With the help of the interns, this study will set a standard for the practical measurement of diversity in organizations as well as best practices in the analysis of metric results. […]

The project aims to develop the deep learning-based algorithm that translate the image style of specific object to the reference style. Firstly, the proposed research focuses on identifying the accurate region in image for style transfer, and then translating the image style in that region. Current techniques about image style transfer are struggling to focus […]

The internship will focus on two case studies in the area of business and marketing research, aiming to integrate academic level rigour with practical relevance. First, the intern will consider how drone-based research tools can be managed and marketed in an international development context that engages local networks of drone users whilst maintaining technological standards […]

The proposed research focuses on bogie dynamic load monitoring using intelligent sensor networks. The existing monitoring systems have several problems including inability to monitor precisely, difficulty in integration with the existing units, and high cost. The proposed research will examine these issues in detail focusing on five main areas: wireless sensors, product definition, prototype development, […]

Three out of five Canadians with dementia wander, raising concern as to how it can be managed. Current information describing best practices to find missing persons living with dementia however, is inconsistent and can cause police difficulty in choosing search and rescue strategies for this population. The purpose of this project is to develop and […]

Small businesses account for 89.6% of the total private labour force in Canada and, despite the vital role they play in the Canadian economy, fewer than half of small businesses will survive 10 years. One of the most commonly cited causes of small business failure is the inability to raise capital to finance its operations. […]

MicroRNAs (miRNA) can be used as biomarkers for different types of cancer diagnostics. Therefore, obtaining point-of-care (POC) device for miRNA detection is of high value. Conventional miRNA sensing strategy usually involves reverse transcription PCR or target recycling strategy and hence those techniques are not suitable for POC devices. In the proposed work, electrochemical sensing strategy […]

We study an interferometer where light is injected via a fixed number of input ports. Inside the interferometer, light coming from different ports interacts, generating non-trivial outputs. Simulation of the output is exponentially hard for a classical computer: validating the output cannot be done under realistic conditions. We seek to formulate a validation procedure, i.e. […]

The concept of artificial cells, or protocells, serves to provide researchers with deeper insights into primitive cellular functions and behaviours through the study of non-living cellular analogues. Protocells are synthetic, cell-like microcompartments designed to mimic key aspects of living cells. Recently, Dr. Pierangelo Gobbo made a remarkable step forward in this research field and utilized […]

Alzheimer Disease complicated by covert stroke is the most common neurodegenerative disorder with 24.3 million patients worldwide. One new patient is diagnosed every seven minutes. The emotional toll is incalculable. Prognosis is bleak. Insidious cognitive decline eliminates a patient’s identity and renders victims dependent upon custodial care within 5-8 yrs. There is a pressing need […]

Climate change is causing rapid environmental shifts, resulting in high levels of multiple stressors impacting diverse species. To avoid extinction, species need to adapt quickly to those stressors. As coral reef ecosystems are disproportionately affected by climate change, the species within them are vulnerable to environmental changes. One mechanism by which species can adapt rapidly […]

In the late 1990s, scientists made the remarkable discovery of neurogenesis in the adult human brain, defined as the process of new neurons being formed from neural stem cells. This was a remarkable discovery since it raised hope that we can replace neurons that have died following a stroke. Thus many researchers are trying to […]