As the Information Services Coordinator, you will gain real-world, transferable experience specific to projects, change management, and information technology and will help our organization pivot business strategy to compete with the emerging trends in the financial services industry resulting from the impact of COVID19. Your role will be supporting the IS Manager in a variety […]

The specific aim of this study is to examine the demand for a social-network based dynamic ridesharing system called FacePorter. The study will also be focused on the role that social networks can play in facilitating this ride-sharing Program. The University of Calgary population will be examined as potential users for such service. A combination […]

Theft or loss of sensitive data is a growing concern for companies who may suffer losses of consumer confidence, market valuation and intellectual property when large amounts of data are stolen. In this research project we will use an enhanced “screen and review” approach to combating exfiltration in a large data set of activity logs […]

Ce projet vise le développement de modèles d’apprentissage automatique capables de détecter des inefficiences dans le fonctionnement des systèmes informatiques critiques, de prédire les instabilités applicatives, de fournir des recommandations pour une utilisation optimale des ressources, et d’améliorer l’estimation des besoins de rehaussement des systèmes informatique du Mouvement Desjardins. Ce projet s’attaque à trois secteurs […]

A critical task towards maximizing productivity in the manufacturing of biotherapeutics such as monoclonal antibodies is selecting the appropriate separation technology or sequence of technologies that meet the purity requirements of regulatory agencies (e.g. Health Canada) and maximize product recovery to reduce the overall cost per dose. The focus of this research project is two-fold. […]

La question du stress financier devient d’autant plus alarmante dans le contexte de crise financière dû à la Covid-19 qui a pour principales conséquences pertes et baisses de revenu généralisé des revenus des ménages. De récents sondages font état d’une vague de faillites personnelles à venir dans les prochains mois : 1,3 million de Canadiens […]

In AI safety, compliance ensures that a model adheres to operational specifications at runtime to avoid adverse events for the end user. This proposal looks at obtaining model compliance in two ways: (i) applying corrective measures to a non-compliant Machine Learning (ML) model and (ii) ensuring compliance throughout the model’s training process. We aim to […]

Many of the business that are clients of The Flint have been impacted by Covid. Our role over the past few months has been to advise them on how to shift their marketing and operations in order to continue to be viable during and post Covid. If Flint had not been nimble and accommodating in […]

Technological innovation drives economic growth, improves business efficiency, disseminates knowledge and often lays the foundation for social change. We look to innovation to help us overcome the many challenges that the global community faces. In order to foster innovation, researchers and inventors must have a nurturing environment in which they have pathways to licensing and […]

The Métis Nation of BC, (MNBC) has been challenged with a sense of division among staff, governance and citizenship. As a result, programming is missing a strategic framework while ministries and chartered communities operate as independent silos. There is a clear and collective desire to rejuvenate Métis culture but without first acknowledging current state and […]

The BSI will be placed at Brass Dome Ventures, an Edmonton-based management consulting firm. The BSI will be placed on a consulting project with the University of Alberta’s Research and Innovation portfolio, specifically within the newly formed Technology Transfer Services Unit (“TTS”). Brass Dome Ventures has been engaged by the University of Alberta to enhance […]

Nowadays, software projects are no longer isolated but drive the business process of many non-IT companies. With the rise of AI applied in many industries, the problem of optimally scheduling tasks and allocating proper resources has significantly increased the challenge because of the diversity of tasks and stakeholders in the project. Due to the large […]