The first aspect of this project aims to address the so-called digital divide, the challenges for broadband access in remote areas. The second is data privacy in artificial intelligence solutions. With the advent of 5G, we can now use fixed wireless access (FWA) to enable broadband access in remote areas. It consists of installing a […]

By using second language (L2) written corpus data, this study explores the effect of different genres (i.e., argumentative, expositive, narrative, and descriptive) on syntactic complexity measures. Previous studies have noted that specific genres require unique sets of linguistic features, including measures associated with syntactic complexity. Therefore, the analysis will identify which complexity features are uniquely […]

The purpose of the project is to manufacture low- and high- density polyethylene from CO2. These products are the result of an energy-intensive process, steam cracking. This process is known for its high CO2 emissions, and this is something that the whole world is trying to reduce, because of its global warming impacts. Therefore, CO2 […]

The main issue of the proposal hinges on the application of Data driven approaches for Model Predictive Control (MPC) applications. MPC is an optimization based control methodology well known in literature which is extremely popular when considering constrained control problems. The main drawback of MPC is the need of an accurate model plant to solve […]

Distributed Energy Resources are key elements in de-centralized power systems. By deploying them close to the consumer nodes, one can address the increases in power demand while bypassing investment in transmission and distribution systems. The proposed research work concerns the optimization of DC-DC interfaces for DC microgrids. It will consider different types of semiconductors (Si, […]

Since the internet boom, cybersecurity has become a major concern every year governments and tech companies are investing a lot to make sure they are not prey of cybersecurity issues. There are various types of threats that are related to cyber security such as: social engineering, malware, ransomware, cloud computing issues to name a few. […]

Digital commerce platforms these days collect trillions of data points of their customers and users, which are stored in database tables for a limited period. In Canada itself, there are 27 million eCommerce users that accounting to 75% of the Canadian population (International Trade Administration, 2022) Hackers constantly attempt to isolate and target vulnerabilities not […]

In an era where mass protests are happening with increasing frequency across the globe, there has been a growth in research interest on why people participate in social movements. However, consequences of social movements have received less attention (Louis, 2009). One especially understudied area is how attitudes towards language, a core aspect of group identity, […]

The use of fibre-reinforced polymer materials has been continuously increasing as an alternative to traditional materials, due to their superior durability (absence of corrosion), lightweight, low maintenance cost, and rapid installation. Adhesive bonding techniques for strengthening existing structures, such as near-surface mounted (NSM) and externally bonded reinforcement (EBR) are usually preferable. The long-term performance of […]

Journalists, when curating news, typically rely on enacting certain “voices” and frame content according to established norms. Using Claudia Mellado’s Journalistic Role Performance methodology — which has divided all journalistic roles into the following categories: the watchdog, citizen-watchdog, the loyal-facilitator, the interventionist-disseminator, the service, the infotainment and the civic roles — evaluate common journalistic roles […]

La théorie de la Rélativité General (RG) est la resposable pour décrir le mouvement des corps qui subit l’effet d’une force d’atraction gravitationnel, tel que la terre et la lune. En plus, elle est encore capable de décrire comme doivent être les mouvement des galaxies au ciel, et même de quel façon doit-il l’univers évoluer […]

The project is devoted to make encrypted control systems more practical and valuable to the industry and ensure the security of safety-critical industrial control systems. The research outcome is the development of a novel computationally efficient and secure MPC-based encrypted control system that is appealing to a wide range of safety-critical industrial sectors, including but […]