L’objectif de mon séjour de recherche à l’Université de Liège est de profiter des installations du Liège Game Lab, un laboratoire se spécialisant sur des questions similaires à celles qui sont abordées dans mon projet de recherche doctoral. En effet, les recherches entreprises par les membres du Liège Game Lab se spécialisent sur les enjeux […]

Computational thinking, i.e., the ability to formalize and solve problems with the assistance of computers, has become crucial in a growing range of jobs. Recent research in education has provided encouraging evidence that the development of computational thinking is the most effective when it is taught in the early childhood, and that game-based learning (GBL) […]

We all know someone affected by breast cancer. Many of us have also heard that we can reduce our risk of experiencing breast cancer from what we eat. Much of this comes from studies that compare people who got sick with those who didn’t and trying to understand what makes them different. But what is […]

In this project, we are going to achieve high yield and selectivity of 5-HMFin moderate operating conditions by synthesis of novel Silica-supported catalysts with various functionalization using different metallic compounds (e.g. Nb, Al, Zr, Cu) and acids (e.g. H2SO4, H3PO4) to form Lewis and Bronsted acid sites that can respectively carry glucose isomerization to fructose […]

The proposed research will follow four steps within the scope of this Mitacs grant: 1. Collect data from existing sources, including the CACB, regarding Canadian Schools of Architecture statistics; 2. Find gaps in the data collection and seek out the missing data from Schools of Architecture and/or the partner organizations; 3. Collate the data as […]

I propose to design a platform to detect and filter out particles on the order of 10 nanometers from a liquid in a dynamic environment. An optical cavity confines very large amounts of light is made by modifying a capillary optical fiber for which the light circulates around the outer edge. This large amount of […]

I am a student in the Masters of Architecture at the University of Waterloo. My thesis focuses on the repurposing of buildings and the cultural connections architecture can have to its local communities, in the context of rural Japan. Through the Mitacs Globalink JSPS summer program, I plan to conduct the fieldwork of my thesis, […]

Since the Brainnetome Initiative and Human Brain Project began, a few efforts have been made to address the computational challenges of neuroscience Big Data. The promises of these two projects were to model the complex interaction of brain and behavior and to understand and diagnose brain diseases by collecting and analyzing large quantities of data. […]

Forests are increasingly vulnerable to climate change. Changes in temperatures and precipitation patterns could affect the composition, health and productivity of the forests and the values people derive from them. In response to these observed and anticipated changes, scientists and decision-makers are increasingly considering the use of strategies intended to increase the adaptability of forests […]

Our overall goal is to develop multi-functional electro-active yarns that can be knitted/woven to create a garment with embedded dry-textile electrodes (e-textiles). This garment will be used, for fully sensing human electrophysiological signals as well as stimulating specific muscles of the human body using textile-based wearable technology. These multi-functional fibers are going to be manufactured […]

Millions of people worldwide suffer from motor impairment due to aging and/or neurological injuries, such as stroke. It has previously been demonstrated that functional electrical stimulation (FES) can be used to artificially contract lower limb muscles to improve independent standing of individuals with neurological impairments. A system that applies FES to regulate balance is called […]

In a well-known 1914 paper, Ramanujan gave a number of rapidly converging series for 1/pi which are derived using modular functions of higher level. The Chudnovskys derived an analogous series representation 1/pi, often used in practice for record breaking computations of pi. These formulae have recently been explained in the context of elliptic curves, modular […]