This proposal details an approach for evaluating a planned project led by SII called Participatory Cities: a new inclusive, system-based approach to stimulating and supporting dense networks of practical ‘participation culture’ in cities around the world. With proof of concept developed and tested in London, UK, by the Participatory City Foundation, the model will now […]

Dans un monde de plus en plus connecté, les stations de ski en Amérique du Nord et à travers le monde désirent s’impliquer davantage auprès de leur clientèle pendant qu’elle est sur les pentes où dans leurs infrastructures. Favoriser l’expérience de ski et améliorer les revenus connexes sont deux motivations importantes dans le contexte actuel […]

Ce projet s’inscrit dans la grande famille des projets de systèmes de recommandation, où un algorithme doit recommander aux utilisateurs des produits ou des documents qui seraient intéressants pour eux, basé sur ce que nous connaissons de l’utilisateur et sur sa session de recherche actuelle. Coveo a déjà des modèles de recommandation en place, dans […]

The use of barcodes to store alphanumeric information has spread from supermarkets to department stores, the health industry and even on the back of our drivers’ license. Recent years have also seen demand to increase the density of information encoded in barcodes. A Drivers’ License has its personal data encoded in the barcode on the […]

Depuis 2012, Bibliopresto.ca chapeaute le développement et l’accès aux ressources numériques en bibliothèques publiques, et notamment la plateforme Pretnumerique.ca. Les données de prêt numérique de cet organisme ne font cependant pas l’objet d’analyses statistiques spécifiquement adaptées à ce secteur et ne permettent pas de questionner la réalité et la pertinence de la reproduction du modèle […]

The entertainment industry delivers media products around the world to people speaking a large number of distinct languages. To accommodate different languages, the producers typically re-generate the sound stream in different languages in a post-production step, but they leave the same video footage resulting in the desynchronization between the audio and video content, creating an […]

Electric vehicle (EV) is the future of sustainable transportation to phase out the reliance on petroleum fuels. Despite the multibillion-dollar market potential, wide deployment of EV is challenging due to limited energy storage. Regenerative energy generation can be implemented to compensate for the energy consumption in EV to provide the much-needed extra mileage. Apart from […]

Users and businesses have been relying on internet connectivity more than ever before since the COVID-19 pandemic. It is critical for modern network services to be well-planned, organized and monitored by system administrators and network service providers to ensure the highest possible availability, reliability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Network traffic characterization and pattern prediction in-advance can […]

Ce projet de recherche repose sur la collaboration entre des chercheurs en psychologie et une entreprise spécialisée dans la création de jeux vidéo. Le but de ce partenariat est de développer un jeu sérieux (application mobile) dont l’objectif est de favoriser le bien-être psychologique et la croissance personnelle des joueurs. Plus précisément, ce jeu vidéo, […]

In this project, the intern will work closely with the staff of Xanadu, a quantum computing company, to develop educational materials intended for an audience who are comfortable with classical computer programming, but have no prior knowledge or experience with quantum physics or quantum computers. By using interactive, web-based instructional materials, and animated graphics, it […]

The unprecedented expansion of Cloud Computing, Internet of things and the recent advances in AI and Big Data analytics techniques are opening the door for new breeds of intelligent services and applications. However, such services and applications require a large computing capacity. Unfortunately, in dynamic environments, characterized by highly mobile devices and intermittent connectivity, it […]

The project aims to collect accessibility data in rural municipalities in six town across Canada. These six municipalities include Salmon Arm and Golden, BC., Sylvan and Banff AB., and Rosetown and Maple Creek, SK. The accessibility data will look at a variety of different features that will deem a public business (hotels, restaurants, public services, […]