The Quantum Autoencoder was proposed as a device which can compress quantum states efficiently. One possible application on near term quantum devices would be the compression of quantum data in order to protect it from decoherence effects. The compression however, also introduces noise to the quantum states so that it will not always be beneficial […]

Using simplified language understandable to a layperson; provide a general, one-paragraph description of the proposed research project to be undertaken by the intern(s) as well as the expected benefit to the partner organization. (100 – 150 words) A series of Mitacs interns will be testing the capability of a range of sub-components and prototype systems […]

Durant les années où les prix des métaux ont permis une hausse des revenus pour les minières, ces dernières ont constaté que cette hausse ne s’est pas traduite par des profits substantiels pour les investisseurs. Ce constat a amené les minières à réfléchir à leur mode opérationnel et à développer un processus d’amélioration continue inspiré […]

Recent campaigns by anti-abortion activists in the United States have centered on the claim that medication abortion with mifepristone, a highly effective regimen for early pregnancy termination, can be “reversed”. Despite the fact that this is not supported by medical evidence, multiple states have incorporated this information into state mandated counselling materials for abortion patients. […]

The ultimate goal for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics is to enable technical systems to adapt themselves, learn from their environment, and take decisions in concordance with specific situations, without human involvement. Specifically, cooperation between these intelligent technical systems is considered as a key factor towards such a challenge. This project aims to enhance an autonomous […]

Driven by cloud based applications and services, there are substantial worldwide research and commercialization efforts that are being directed toward improving the capacity of intra- and inter-data center networks. Intra-data center networks operate in the O-band (1260-1360 nm) over distances ranging from 0.5 m to 20 km, and inter-data center networks operate in the C-band […]

Ciena is a Canadian company leader in engineering and manufacturing networking systems and devices. The company has around 5,000 operable products in its portfolio. The vast majority of Ciena products generate logs during the boot up and the mission mode operations from the various tasks running on their real time operating systems. The company wants […]

This project focuses on improving the performance of the real-time video streaming over Wi-Fi networks, in which losing packets is a serious concern. State-of-the-art methods try to improve the robustness of AL-FEC mechanisms by providing unequal protection to the packets. But such approaches are complex and increase even more the delays. In contrast, the proposed […]

The proposed research will enable customers to see personalized recommendations based on multiple factors such as their order history, their preferences and contextual information such as the meteo and the day of the week. The main expected benefit is to increase the average bill by showing personalized recommendation

Over 70% of tasks in manufacturing are still manual and because of this over 75% of the variation in manufacturing comes from human beings. Human errors were the major driver behind the $22.1 billion in vehicle recalls in 2016. Currently when plant operators want to gain an understanding of their manual processes, they send out […]

The primary objective of this MITACS Cluster project is to investigate, design and prototype novel techniques for the integration of security and quality of service in near field communication (NFC)- based smartphone applications. Universal NFC Cloud Connect Inc., a new start-up company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that ties mobile devices to location-specific events via […]

The objective of the internship is to better evaluate/quantify the quality of sources in a challenging weather environment and adapt the behavior of the sensor-fusion algorithm accordingly. For example, if two cameras are mounted on the car, and one is obstructed (or partially obstructed) by snow, second camera should become more reliable in this condition.