Optical fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) have become ubiquitous in many products such as lasers, filters and sensors. However, typical commercial products are becoming more complex, ones that require highly competent operators since many parameters need to be fine-tuned during the writing of quality FBGs. A previous Mitacs project successfully addressed several challenges in the conception […]

Optical fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) have become ubiquitous in many products such as lasers, filters and sensors. However, typical commercial products are becoming more complex, ones that require highly competent operators since many parameters need to be fine-tuned during the writing of quality FBGs. A previous Mitacs project successfully addressed several challenges in the conception […]

A thorough understanding of the effects of the natural disturbances on successional dynamics is essential when developing silvicultural approaches. If applied correctly, this understanding should ensure the sustainable management of the wood resources, as well as the conservation of the biological attributes and ecological functions of forest ecosystems. With respect to the spatial and temporal […]

A thorough understanding of the effects of the natural disturbances on successional dynamics is essential when developing silvicultural approaches. If applied correctly, this understanding should ensure the sustainable management of the wood resources, as well as the conservation of the biological attributes and ecological functions of forest ecosystems. With respect to the spatial and temporal […]

La douleur arthrosique est la première cause de morbidité et de douleur chronique dans nos sociétés occidentales, source de pertes économiques et de productivité énormes. L’arthrose est aussi la maladie dégénérative la plus commune chez les animaux de compagnie et un sujet de consultation vétérinaire fréquent. Malgré des analyses extensives, l’origine et le développement de […]

La douleur arthrosique est la première cause de morbidité et de douleur chronique dans nos sociétés occidentales, source de pertes économiques et de productivité énormes. L’arthrose est aussi la maladie dégénérative la plus commune chez les animaux de compagnie et un sujet de consultation vétérinaire fréquent. Malgré des analyses extensives, l’origine et le développement de […]

Whether or not to undergo prenatal screening to assess the risk of certain genetic conditions in the fetus, and if so deciding among available prenatal screening tests, is a difficult decision faced by all pregnant women and their partners. However, few are aware of the implications of the various options. With shared decision making (SDM), […]

Un prototype de logiciel d’évaluation de l’éco-efficacité des procédés de transformations des produits laitiers par simulation numérique de procédés industriels a été développé dans le cadre des travaux de doctorat de S. Benoit. Le présent projet vise à rendre cet outil utilisable par l’industrie laitière et à l’enrichir de fonctionnalités supplémentaires. En plus de quelques […]

The contamination of surface waters by toxic substances from industrial and agricultural activities is a major environmental problem worldwide. Heavy metals are particularly of concern due to their recalcitrance and persistence in the environment and thus should be strictly controlled to meet drinking water standards. Adsorption onto activated carbon is widely used for heavy metal […]

I am proposing to research the historical tradition of self portraiture as a way to reflect on the very contemporary preponderance of self portraits in digital media/networks. On order to identify links between art history and contemporary self-representations, I will examine and document different collections of self-portraits and artworks related to the depiction of the […]

This research project aims at creating a robust, efficient and reliable conversational agent for the banking domain that will offer a high level of performance in both key areas of conversational agent architecture: Natural Language Understanding and Response Generation. Natural language understanding approaches, retrieval-based models, as well as deep learning will be used to develop […]

L’amélioration est processus (quelle que soit leur nature) est un souci constant des entreprises dans un domaine compétitif comme c’est le cas du domaine bancaire et financier. En 2018, cette amélioration est indissociable de l’intégration de l’analytique d’affaire. En exploitant à l’aide des méthodes appropriées les données de l’entreprise, des gains substantiels sont à escompter. […]