This research project builds on a strong partnership with Parallel Architecture, an architecture and planning firm interested in exploring the role of private city-builders in redressing the housing affordability crisis and finding progressive ways of leveraging current federal, provincial, and local policies. This project seeks to examine: (1) how can new mixed-use suburban development meet […]

This project concerns the efficient simulation of constrained-multi body systems with applications in training simulations. For instance, a crane on a construction site can be modeled and simulated as a collection of rigid bodies connected by rotational joints. Simulation of contact and friction is similar but a challenge because the force is bounded (i.e., forces […]

Accidental fisheries catch ? or bycatch ? is a critical issue for conservation and fisheries management. Greenland sharks are a common bycatch in northern fisheries and are of concern because they are long-lived and may be vulnerable to overfishing. The proposed research addresses current data gaps related to Greenland shark bycatch through the following objectives: […]

The COE Summer Internship Cluster consists of seven sub-projects sponsored by six different industry partners. Each sub-project represents an important challenge for its sponsor. These subprojects include understanding predictors of service variation and of return-to-work outcomes within the Physiotherapy program at WorkSafeBC; scheduling at Tree Island Industries; optimization of work flow for a set of […]

Coastal habitats are critical for the health, livelihoods and social well-being of Canadian communities. In British Columbia, log handling and storage areas create wood waste that falls to the seafloor and does not decompose, degrading important habitats and substantially reducing the number of species can live there. To manage the impacts of habitat degradation, it […]

At Mortgauge, we want to make it easier for Canadians to build wealth as homeowners. Through this project, we will research and develop enhancements to our Payout Evaluator tool in order to further empower our users to act on opportunities to save on mortgage rates or leverage their home equity to build wealth. We will […]

Neural Networks play a key role in many modern technologies such as self-driving cars, drones, malware detection, and face recognition. For each of these technologies security and reliability is paramount. Unfortunately, researchers have shown that it is possible to reliably fool the neural networks behind these applications. Which makes identifying the best methods to defend […]

Extreme conditions in Oil and Gas industry often impose conflicting demands for the optimum mechanical properties as well as long term corrosion resistance. The internal and external side of the pipeline are usually exposed to different environments and are required to possess different characteristics. It is difficult to find a single material to satisfy all […]

Blees AI is an educational innovator who believe in transforming and improving the teaching experience and in turn positively impact students learning and maximize their potential. The goal of this project and the company is to provide a complete version of the software platform to the educators to assist their essay grading. Blees AI’s client […]

Smartphones are becoming a combination of a mobile phone, a digital wallet and mini personal computer all rolled into one place which adds to the need for such virtual space. Virtualization of space or what is generally known as Mobile Virtualization Platform (MVP) include servers, storage and applications into a single solution to eliminate complexity, […]

To ensure high performance for AMD’s graphics cards, the company performs extensive testing on computer game titles. Most gameplay testing is done manually, which results in significant effort and cost expenditure. Thus, this project’s objective is to develop a program capable of learning to automatically play a modern video game. Rather than aiming to optimize […]

Once produced, electricity is difficult to store in large quantities. Hence, accurate electric load forecasting is of critical importance to balance production and consumption for modern power grids integrating more and more intermittent renewable energy and variable loads such as electric vehicles. Short-term electric load forecasting for local areas is also of interest to efficiently […]