Towards Causal Deep Learning for Explainability, Robustness, and Extrapolation

In many applications, Machine Learning (ML) predictions are used to make downstream decisions. Acting on ML predictions however can change the distribution of features that the ML model relies on for predictions. The implication is that such downstream decisions procedures implicitly expect the ML model to generalize outside of the observational distribution. Unfortunately, this is […]

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Evaluating and learning from a mind-body medicine course: A mixed methods study (2)

This project learns from the experience of participants in an eight-week Mind-Body Medicine program (MBM). Mind-Body Medicine (MBM) teaches people how to help themselves by uncovering and engaging their inner resources and building resilience, broadly understood. The eight-week MBM program is delivered through the Iris Centre for Mindfulness, Peace and Healing in Fredericton. This research […]

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La réalité virtuelle comme outil de sensibilisation aux micro-agressions vécues par les personnes racisées

Ce projet vise à développer un outil comportant des capsules vidéo de réalité virtuelle (quatre en français et quatre en anglais) dans lesquelles les personnes participantes seront plongées dans les réalités difficiles des personnes racisées. Cette expérience permettra de sensibiliser la population, leurs proches et leurs entourage aux problématiques de discrimination, de racisme et d’intégration […]

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Assessing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in a Not-For-Profit Organization

Equity, diversity, and inclusivity (EDI) initiatives can have a variety of benefits. However, the existing research focuses on how organizations can use recruitment and selection to promote EDI goals. When organizations cannot use recruitment and selection, how to enhance EDI is more ambiguous. The proposed research intends to increase our understanding of EDI in the […]

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Biocompatible Smart Nanovectors for the chemoterapy treatment of prostate cancer

In developed countries cancer is the second most important cause of death. Since 1 in 4 Canadians will die of the disease and 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer (PC), advanced chemotherapeutic treatments represent an important strategy to reduce cancer deaths without compromising a patients quality of life during and post-treatment. […]

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Advanced Transceiver Design for Smart Grid Communications

Smart grids, the future of electricity grids, aim to accommodate the escalating global demand for electricity. Pivotal to this progression are wireless networks, which are crucial for monitoring and controlling electricity generation, transmission, and consumption. Wireless networks, with their cost-effectiveness, flexibility, expansive coverage, inherent self-organization, and rapid deployment, are superseding traditional wired communication. However, the […]

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Partnerships Empowering Canadian Innovation: Business Strategy Internships with the Cansbridge Fellowship

The “Partnerships Empowering Canadian Innovation” project, conducted under the Mitacs Business Strategy Internship program in collaboration with The Cansbridge Fellowship, aims to equip interns with the mindset and skillset necessary for success in the innovation economy. The project enables interns to identify strategic partnership opportunities with innovation organizations through industry-specific research, networking, and outreach. Throughout […]

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Vécus urbains des jeunes Hanoïennes

Les espaces publics sont un enjeu considérable à Hanoï où l’importante densité de la ville vient de pair avec un manque d’espaces publics, quels rapports les jeunes entretiennent avec ces espaces? Ce projet de recherche tâche d’explorer la question sous l’angle du genre. Plus précisément, il porte sur l’appropriation des espaces publics de Hanoï au […]

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Sequential Ring Opening and Radical Atom Fragmentation Transfer Polymerization to Generate Block Copolymers for Specific Organ Targeting of Polymer Nanoparticles

Polymeric nanoparticles fail to achieve selective organ distribution. We hypothesize that alike lipid nanoparticles, varying the physico-chemical properties of the nanoparticle surface could lead to specific organ targeting. In this regard, we are interested in mapping out the biodistribution caracteristics of nanoparticles with hydrophilic surfaces of various polymer lengths. Therefore, we are synthesizing a polymer […]

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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) removal

Air pollution is one of the most devastating problems facing people around the world. In China, the rapidly growing economy has contributed to a major air pollution crisis, and scientists and engineers have been charged with the task of finding new methods to help bring the levels of pollution down. The proposed project will aim […]

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A 20-Year Time-Series Analysis of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon using a Transit Time Distribution Method in the St. Lawrence Estuary and Gulf

Recently, a new approach in analyzing the transfer of carbon from land to ocean, the Land-Ocean Aquatic Continuum (LOAC), has been employed to present a more dynamic interface and reduce uncertainty in climate research. This interface is comprised of three components: 1) the classic long-range loop, 2) the upstream loop (connecting land to lakes and […]

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