This application to MITACS supports the creation of an innovative mobile research lab. The Community Mobile Media Lab (CMML) is a purpose-designed mobile media production hub, which will house film production equipment that can be situated temporarily in communities we are collaborating with to explore innovative models of co-creation, training and mentorship. This infrastructure will […]

Conversion of backlist ebooks into accessible versions to be in line with new European accessibility legislation – Conversion to accessible ebooks includes basic data entry, language tagging, alt text – Helping to make a plan for the conversion of backlist titles – Finding ways to make the process more efficient – Helping to supervise student […]

Staccato AI is advancing Canada’s music technology sector by funding a project that leverages artificial intelligence to support creative music production. In collaboration with a McMaster University intern, the project will implement a strategic social media campaign designed to boost Staccato AI’s online presence and foster community engagement among music creators.

This proposal aims to develop materials which have the potential to drastically reduce the energy consumption in large data centers by replacing existing copper interconnects with much more efficient optical interconnects. Gallium nitride (GaN) is a material that is responsible for the current revolution in lighting technology allowing full spectrum light emission over all visible […]

Notre recherche portera sur l’importance de l’adoption de variables normatives techniques dans l’application de la convention de 2005 de l’UNESCO pour la diversité des expressions culturelles en contexte numérique. Actuellement, plusieurs gouvernements réfléchissent à la régulation et à la promotion de la découvrabilité des produits culturels en ligne afin de réduire les barrières à leur […]

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Awesense is a clean tech company on a mission to accelerate the transition to clean energy by simplifying the creation of data-driven applications for a decarbonized, decentralized grid. To enable the complex planning and operational decisions required by distributed energy resources (e.g., solar, wind, batteries, EVs), Awesense developed its Digital Energy Platform. This platform allows […]

Shopify provides a platform for merchants to sell their products online. Shopify merchants typically face various common concerns at different phases of their development, such as uploading their product descriptions, marketing their shop, increasing their sales, etc. The goal of this project is to build a software system to identify which problems the merchant is […]

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Xanadu’s mission is to make quantum computing useful, through development of quantum hardware, software, and algorithms. One important direction in achieving this goal is identifying problems that can be solved on quantum hardware that are not tractable on classical computers, and then building quantum algorithms for those problems. We expect that eventually we will have […]

Indie Ink, in collaboration with the National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA), is laying the groundwork for publishing a book about crowdfunding via a crowdfunding campaign that would illustrate to the masses how this new venture is transforming Canada. This research project on planning and executing a crowdsourcing and crowdfunding campaign to gather content and […]

Through this engagement, students will work in the 5G innovation space, looking at creating technology solutions for customers that ultimately impact the larger Canadian Innovation ecosystem. Students will have the opportunity to work on projects in various industries, including transportation, public safety, automotive, manufacturing, and others. Through these projects, the interns will help Rogers customers/partners […]