While the use of specific drugs including cannabis cocaine, ecstasy, and heroin by youth 15-24 in Canada decreased in 2011 (Health Canada), the rate of drug use by youth 15-24 years of age remains much higher compared to that of adults 25 years and older. (Health Canada). Early intervention and education for youth has been […]

It is estimated that 5.4 million Canadian adults have chronic sleep abnormalities. Symptoms are not visible to patients because they happen during the night. Hence, they remain undiagnosed. Besides, sleep abnormalities can cause different chronic health problems, that is sleep apnea, diabetes, stroke, brain injury, Parkinson’s disease, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease. Thus, measuring sleep behavior […]

Mitigation of CO2 emissions in conjunction with the implementation of renewable energy generation and storage are widely recognized among the most pressing technological challenges of the twenty-first century that aim to address runaway climate scenarios. The UBC team in collaboration with its industry partner (AGORA Energy Inc) has introduced the concept of CO2-to-energy via its […]

The research program in this project aims at advancing the use of cellular communications for Internet-of-Things applications. The academic researchers and the partner organization have identified three work items that revolve around the self-estimation of cellular IoT devices (1) to improve energy and spectrum efficient transmission of short and intermittent data packets, (2) to enable […]

De plus en plus de personnes utilisent les services bancaires en ligne au quotidien et s’exposent ainsi à des risques divers tels que le vol d’identifiants. De nombreux outils technologiques peuvent être mis en place pour contrer ces activités criminelles, mais leur utilisation et adoption dépend des comportements des utilisateurs. Malgré une compréhension des enjeux […]

With the development of advance telecommunication systems, new opportunities for real-time public transport monitoring has been created. Traffic congestion in the vehicular ad-hoc network can be typically caused by an accident, construction zones, special events, and adverse weather. This research presents a cognitive framework to address real-time routing problem and and arrival time prediction for […]

With the development of advance telecommunication systems, new opportunities for real-time public transport monitoring has been created. Traffic congestion in the vehicular ad-hoc network can be typically caused by an accident, construction zones, special events, and adverse weather. This research presents a cognitive framework to address real-time routing problem and and arrival time prediction for […]

With the increasing demand for data rates in modern high-speed links come new requirements for the simulation environments that are used for their design. With optical modulator now achieving beyond-100-GHz large-signal modulation bandwidth in hybrid silicon photonics, the main challenges that such systems are currently facing is the lack of efficient interconnects to interface with […]

Canadian Internet service providers, including Bell, Rogers, and TELUS are facing critical challenges to upgrade their access networks in order to support bandwidth intensive products and services. Fonex Data System Inc. is developing a novel optical receiver which is anticipated to outperform current receivers. The receiver will enable increased bandwidth at reduced costs for next […]

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 […]

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 […]

This project is to research and develop a portable hot-cold sensation diagnostic device which will be used to test and record the degree of hot and cold sensation on patient’s limbs. Traditional method uses test tubes filled with warm water or cracked ice and water for testing. Temperature less than 5oC and greater than 45oC […]