Main Purpose: The main purpose of the internship is to assist with the development of research protocols for the fruit fly. Tasks / Key Results Expected: 1. Establish a biological laboratory – Equipment set up, qualification and record. 2. Establish optimized drosophila melanogaster growing environment conditions using agile project management methodology 3. Create novel experimental […]

The current research project aims to investigate internal communication among organizations in the IT industry and whether communication experiences are different among minorities and women in the organizations. A diverse workplace is important to facilitate an inclusive, productive, and healthy workplace. However, no study has looked at how communication to women and diverse employees may […]

Hand hygiene is the most effective way to prevent infection transmission. This has been even more highlighted in current pandemic where with correct PPE and good HH, families were be able to visit and touch their loved ones. However, adequate HH actions are sometimes neglected due to high workload and time deficiency in healthcare settings. […]

I will be working on open MIDaaS project. It stands for Mobile Identity as a Service. The project aims at making a mobile application the centre of user authentication. The app will be like a personal wallet which will store the list of attributes like verified email, address, and phone and credit card numbers. A […]

Synthetic population generation is the process of combining multiple socioeonomic and demographic datasets from various sources and at different granularity, and downscaling them to an individual level. Although it is a fundamental step for many data science tasks, an efficient and standard framework is absent. In this project, we propose a multi-stage framework called SynC […]

Au Canada et ailleurs, les projets d’infrastructures tirent leur légitimité du fait qu’ils répondent à des besoins réels, c’est-à-dire qu’ils profitent concrètement aux citoyens. Depuis le lancement (en 2016) du plan à long terme Investir dans le Canada, 119 milliards de dollars ont en ce sens été investis dans 77000 projets allant “du transport en […]

Ce projet vise à développer les outils nécessaires pour les conseilleurs des stratégies numériques afin d’aider les PME du Canada à garder leurs compétences dans le marché mondial. Ces outils aident à augmenter l’efficacité opérationnelle des entreprises manufacturière, augmenter leurs revenus et réduire leurs frustrations, par suite, augmenter la satisfaction des clients et favoriser un […]

Response to an oil spill involving wildlife can be challenging in the Pacific Northwest. The terrain, weather and remoteness of many locations are all elements to be considered when determining an effective response strategy. A goal of a wildlife response team is to be as prepared as possible when responding to an incident. The animals […]

Dans la dernière décennie, la forte croissance des prix sur le marché immobilier a captivé l’attention des experts et du public. L’effervescence du marché met beaucoup de pression sur les évaluateurs agrées avec lesquelles les banques sont tenues de faire affaires pour respecter les accords de bâle. Pour pallier aux besoins du marché, une amélioration […]

One way to improve the efficiency of a building is to use thermal storage material. A recent thermal storage strategy is to use phase change material (PCM) which allows for the storage and release of thermal energy. One of the main advantages of using PCM over traditional thermal storage (like concrete) is that PCM can […]

This project aims to solve the problem of visual inspection of the aircrafts. The images and/or video will be used in conjunction with an AI/ algorithm to efficiently identify aircraft defects. The drone-based computer vision approach to defect detection will be compared to traditional, manual techniques to assess the potential for increased safety and efficiency […]

The goal of this study is to look at the effects of healthy lifestyle on obesity status in men who are middle aged, slightly overweight and don’t exercise. This study will use exercise and nutrition guidelines to look at their effect on some of the hormones which maintain healthy body weight. Subjects enrolled in this […]