Effect of Music on Interbrain Synchrony: A Close Look at Triad of Disabled Children, Parents and Music Therapist

Kids with one, two or three or more disabilities require special care and rehabilitation services. Specifically, for children with severe disabilities who are non-speaking, the opportunities for social interaction and participation are often limited. However, it is believed that these children continue to form relationships with those around them and that the brain encodes these […]

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Effect of Music on Interbrain Synchrony: A Close Look at Triad of Disabled Children, Parents and Music Therapist – Year two

Kids with one, two or three or more disabilities require special care and rehabilitation services. Specifically, for children with severe disabilities who are non-speaking, the opportunities for social interaction and participation are often limited. However, it is believed that these children continue to form relationships with those around them and that the brain encodes these […]

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Time Series Forecasting for Stress Testing Models and Credit Transition Matrices: Research & Development

Consistent with industry norms, ATB Financial conducts both mandatory and discretionary stress tests of the whole institution and of its credit portfolio. This project aims to contribute to the refinement of the in-house expertise on methodologies employed to measure credits risk and the overall level of risk of the institution. These activities normally require management […]

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DreamWafer Intelligent Rapid Prototyping Platform for Electronic Systems

The WaferBoard™ is a “waffle iron” for prototyping electronic systems. In the envisioned concept, the user simply place components in the WaferBoard™ and close the cover. ”WaferBoard™ then senses the component contacts and recognizes the components and interconnects them. The prototype is now ready to be brought up and run. The candidate will do research […]

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Performance assessment of a high efficiency 1000x concentratedphotovoltaic (CPV) system

Meeting the growing energy demands in a sustainable fashion is one of the greatest challenges of this century. This projects aims to evaluate a promising renewable energy source: concentrated photovoltaics (CPV). The configuration developed by our partner promises to offer utility-scale solar power at competitive prices, making it a viable alternative. It is based on […]

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A comparative study of optimal portfolio construction methods

This project aims to conduct a comparative analysis of portfolio performance using various models with different portfolio constraints in an optimization framework that is a modified version of the classical Markovitz mean-variance optimization model. Despite the breakthrough of the Markovitz mean-variance optimization model, its empirical implementation produces extreme portfolio weights and poor real-time performance. The […]

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Using high-frequency data to estimate market impact costs of implementation of factor investing strategies

This research aims to conduct transaction cost analysis (TCA) of popular factor investment strategies (value, momentum, size) using intraday tick data. While trading over short-term and investment over long-term has been separate operations historically, the implementation trading cost can be a huge drag on the long-term investment performance. Therefore we would want to simultaneously consider […]

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Development of Persona Models for Banking Customers

In this research we will identify current types of customer, taking into account people who prefer to use a variety of platforms and different preferences in terms of how actively they manage their money. . We will carry out focus groups and interpret the results of a survey in terms of their implications for a […]

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