Philanthropy and Seniors: Exploring Current Practices, Key Challenges, and Paths Forward

Prominent Canadian philanthropic foundations are instituting significant reforms in grantmaking policy and practice in order to meet the needs of socially and economically marginalized communities. However, the sector has largely ignored the social and economic issues faced by one growing subset of the population: senior citizens. This absence of aging as a lens through which […]

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Development of a microbiome relevant image-capture food analysis tool.

Phyla’s vision is to be the world’s first integrated solution for gut health through a digital health platform for those affected by Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Phyla’s platform combines an at-home gut microbiome (intestinal bacteria) stool testing subscription and a mobile application for self-reported disease and lifestyle parameter tracking. It […]

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ChainCert platform: Verification of authenticity of certificates by exploiting hybrid Blockchain technologies

Blockchain is a well-known immutable, transparent and anti-counterfeit platform. As such it can be appropriate for submitting certificates for validation and safe-keeping. However, because of its requirements for complex and heavy computations for enhanced security and verification of each submission in the network, in this project, we will first study both public and private Blockchain […]

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Évaluation de scénarios de gestion intégrée et soutenable de l’eau dans le complexe tourbeux de Lanoraie

Le complexe tourbeux de Lanoraie fait l’objet de conflits d’usage de l’eau depuis plusieurs années et l’évolution récente de la tourbière montre une transformation très marquée de la végétation depuis 70 ans. La hausse des pompages pour l’irrigation des cultures de pommes de terre, combinée à une succession d’étés secs, a exacerbé les conflits d’usage […]

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Augmentation de données et optimisation de l’espace latent d’un auto-encodeur variationnel (VAE) pour la détection de défauts et le pronostic des alternateurs hydrauliques

L’objectif du projet est d’automatiser la reconnaissance des signaux acoustiques et vibratoires d’une part, et des signaux de décharges partielles d’autres part, et ceci à l’aide d’un modèle d’apprentissage profond. Cette reconnaissance est la première étape du développement d’un modèle de pronostic et de suivi de l’évolution de la dégradation des alternateurs. Ces signaux sont […]

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AI-enabled molecular search database

The project aims to facilitate the research and development of new drugs by applying machine learning and deep learning to further develop an AI-assisted molecular search database. The company has an internal dataset holding more than a billion molecules. Two main challenges are keeping the molecule catalog updated and Searching for the desired molecule or […]

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Aeration of hydraulic turbines for increased dissolved oxygen

In warm climates warm temperatures cause thermal stratification in hydropower reservoirs inhibiting mixing and leading to deoxygenation of waters at depth (hypolimnium). Turbines withdrawing water at depth result in low dissolved oxygen (DO) in the downstream flow having a large negative impact on the downstream riverine ecosystem. Legislation in the USA and elsewhere now requires […]

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Effect of carboxylated cellulose nanocrystals on the properties of cement and concrete composites

This project proposes the use of carboxylated cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) – developed and manufactured by Anomera Inc. from Canadian forest – as nano-inclusions to tailor a set of properties in cement and concrete composites towards enhanced performance. Due to its unique properties, CNC can significantly enhance the mechanical performance of cement and concrete composites. The […]

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Analyse des processus de communication de Show-Canada

Les Industries Show-Canada inc. ont des problèmes de gestion de projets relativement à la communication. Les divers départements, dont l’ingénierie, le dessin et la production, n’ont pas de communication efficace entre eux. Il n’y a donc aucun suivi des différents échéanciers pour les différents projets. Ceci créé des problèmes au niveau des livrables que la […]

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Acceptation des exosquelettes dans le secteur pharmaceutique : expérience d’implantation d’une nouvelle technologie d’assistance physique pour réduire les risques à la santé au travail

Les troubles musculosquelettiques (TMS) sont une préoccupation importante au Québec et diverses avenues de prévention sont mises de l’avant pour en diminuer leurs impacts : formation du personnel, conception d’aménagements et/ou d’équipements adaptés, ajustement des exigences de production, etc. Dernièrement, les exosquelettes semblent susciter l’engouement pour prévenir ces risques dans les milieux de travail. Cependant, […]

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Applying state-of-art NLP models to molecular representation

Molecular generative methods are at the heart of our computational platform. We use cutting edge deep neural networks in order to generate unseen molecules based on existing conditions or molecular space. Since external projects typically require different architectures, we are continuously expanding our generative methods toolbox with new approaches. This project aims to augment our […]

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Portrait photo segmentation and generation with Deep Neural Network

In this project, the main purpose is to develop a tool for facial image anonymization by replacing the face in an image with a fake, generated face. To have realistic looking generated images, it is essential for the generated face to have a similar pose to the original one and to be seamlessly harmonic to […]

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