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Création d’un pôle métavers dans l’incubateur

Cette étude analyse la manière dont les incubateurs et accélérateurs d’entreprises (AIE) dans une industrie très émergente construisent leur légitimité pour attirer les entrepreneurs et des acteurs importants de l’écosystème entrepreneurial dans leurs programmes. Nous étudierons ce phénomène à travers le cas de l’incubateur Digihub qui lance un pôle de créativité et métavers dans son programme. DigiHub Shawinigan est un organisme à but non lucratif créé en 2014 dans le but de favoriser l’innovation et le développement d’entreprises et de projets liés au numérique. L’étude se fera sous la forme d’une recherche collaborative et un étudiant travaillera étroitement avec le Digihub dans le cadre d’une observation participative.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Octave Niamié;Fabiano Armellini

Student:

Partner:

DigiHub Shawinigan

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Validation of the Canadian psychosocial rehabilitation competency document: A Delphi Study

Psychosocial rehabilitation follows the philosophy of “recovery-orientated practice”, centered around the idea of
maximizing wellbeing even while experiencing symptoms of mental illness. Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR)
Canada is the only organization with a competency document aimed to promote, standardize, and improve the
delivery of PSR in Canada. This document was last reviewed in 2017 and benefits from continuous validation to
reflect the changing sociocultural context of Canada. A validated competency document with clear criteria for good
quality PSR will encourage more mental healthcare providers to adopt this practice, ultimately benefitting all
Canadians who access health care. PSR Canada will also benefit from the growth and recognition of their services
by more stakeholders in the country. This study will use a Delphi design, which incorporates extensive input into
the final document from stakeholders across the country through interviews, focus groups, and surveys.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shu-Ping Chen

Student:

Partner:

Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

The Phone Oximeter, a Simple Mobile Device to Screen for Sleep Apnea in Children Year Two

The high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) poses a serious threat to the healthy growth and development of many children. The lack of oxygen during sleep can lead to daytime sleepiness, growth failure, behavioural problems and developmental delay. Polysomnography (PSG), the gold standard to diagnose OSA is high in cost, requires a well-equipped sleep laboratory and overnight stay. The Phone Oximeter, is a mobile device that integrates a pulse oximeter with a cell phone. In addition to the blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), it provides a signal of changes in blood volume. The aim of this project is to develop an apnea-screening tool using the Phone Oximeter’s signals, to identify children with significant OSA, who would need a full PSG study, reducing waiting lists and costs. This portable, in-home device will cause less sleep disturbance, facilitate more natural sleep patterns, and provide the ability to monitor patients over multiple nights.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Guy Dumont

Student:

Partner:

LionsGate Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

Recherche sur la maturité technologique 4.0 des PME du SLSJ

Cette recherche vise à bâtir un outil d’auto-audit 4.0 accessible, gratuit, disponible en ligne qui servira de base consultative pour des organismes ayant à faire de la promotion-conseil auprès des PME du virage numérique. La recherche permettra de :
? Outiller l’Axe numérique de la mission de la SADC du Haut-Saguenay et ses conseillers
? Démocratiser l’audit 4.0 pour la PME locale (vs processus coûteux d’audit du MEI IQ);
? Diagnostiquer les PME et éduquer les entrepreneurs sur le s stades de leur virage numérique, avec des
recommandations tangibles grâce aux degrés de maturité 4.0 générés par l’outil
? Doter l es partenaires (Promotion Saguenay, SADC du Haut-Saguenay, SADC du Fjord, SADC Lac-Saint-Jean-Ouest, SADC Maria-Chapdelaine) d’informations stratégiques en matière de virage numérique et d’industrie 4.0 à niveau régional et national auprès des instances politiques et de leur conseil
d’administration
Le projet aura pour valeur-ajoutée de créer une base de données quantitative régionale, évolutive, permettant de situer les PME sur une échelle de maturité technologique 4.0, proportionnelle à leur réalité locale.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Myriam Ertz

Student:

Partner:

Promotion Saguenay Inc;SADC du Haut-Saguenay;SADC du Fjord;SADC Lac-Saint-Jean Ouest;SADC Maria-Chapdelaine

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Program:

Accelerate

Implementation of parallel and artificial intelligence techniques to solve power systems in a faster and more efficient way

Nowadays, the electrical systems have thousands of nodes. To simulate this kind of systems electromagnetic transient programs (EMTP) are often used. One of the widely used commercial programs available is PSCAD, which can simulate large networks. However, these kinds of systems could impose an important computational burden, and use a considerable amount of time to be simulated. In this sense, the propose of this research is to implement and search for alternatives to accelerate the simulations of power systems, especially in PSCAD. To attain this objective, in the first part of the research different parallel computing techniques will be implemented, and if possible, improved. Later on, artificial intelligence algorithms will be used to find optimal simplified network equivalents of large systems, aiming to accelerate the simulations even further.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aniruddha Ani Gole

Student:

Partner:

Manitoba Hydro International Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Elevate

Quantum-key distribution with spatial multiplexing optical fibers

Encoding information in quantum states is the new era of communication known as quantum communication. Quantum key
distribution (QKD) is the building block of quantum communication making a distribution of a secret key between two parties. The
quantum states can be two-dimensions (qubit) or d-dimensions (qudit) quantum states defined in different degrees of freedom
(e.g., polarization, frequency, time). In this project, we generate qubits using an entangled single-photon source followed
by extension of the dimensions (d=3) via the orbital angular momentum (OAM) as a new degree of freedom generated by liquid
crystal polymer (LCP). The distribution of these quantum states should provide a more secure and robust quantum communication channel along with enabling higher information complexity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bora Ung

Student:

Partner:

University of the Witwatersrand

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Quantum Science

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Formulation, modeling, and solution of angular coverage problems

For all organizations, the location of facilities represents an important strategic decision. Among the facility location problems, coverage problems stand out; the best known of this family is the Set Covering Problem (SCP). In this, the coverage is based on the distance between the point of demand and the installation, assuming that the coverage can be established in any direction, which we call radial coverage. However, as technology advances, some problems pose new coverage approaches, such as the location of security cameras or the installation of antennas for mobile internet use. Both situations can be represented through a coverage problem. However, the emission of their signals is angular; that is, they emit coverage towards specific portions of the area, covering only between particular angles. Thus, extending the formulation of coverage problems and designing appropriate solution methods for actual instances is essential.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Julio Montecinos

Student:

Partner:

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Globalink Research Award

The Phone Oximeter, a Simple Mobile Device to Screen for Sleep Apnea in Children

The high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) poses a serious threat to the healthy growth and development of many children. The lack of oxygen during sleep can lead to daytime sleepiness, growth failure, behavioural problems and developmental delay. Polysomnography (PSG), the gold standard to diagnose OSA is high in cost, requires a well-equipped sleep laboratory and overnight stay. The Phone Oximeter, is a mobile device that integrates a pulse oximeter with a cell phone. In addition to the blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), it provides a signal of changes in blood volume. The aim of this project is to develop an apnea-screening tool using the Phone Oximeter’s signals, to identify children with significant OSA, who would need a full PSG study, reducing waiting lists and costs. This portable, in-home device will cause less sleep disturbance, facilitate more natural sleep patterns, and provide the ability to monitor patients over multiple nights.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Guy Dumont

Student:

Partner:

LionsGate Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

Évaluer les caractéristiques des fermes laitières produisant des veaux Holstein mieux valorisés dans le secteur du veau lourd.

L’objectif de ce projet est d’évaluer la gestion des veaux laitiers Holstein dans les fermes laitières qui ont un historique de vente de veaux performants en engraissement. À cette fin, une enquête téléphonique est d’abord menée auprès de 150 exploitations laitières. Parmi ces exploitations, 25 seront sélectionnées pour une enquête approfondie à la ferme durant laquelle les conditions de vie, la santé et le bien-être des veaux laitiers sont examinés. Les résultats de ce projet permettront de mieux cibler les fermes possédant les caractéristiques et la gestion pour participer à un programme spécial de mise en marcher. Ce projet devrait aussi permettre d’améliorer le bien-être et des soins apportés aux veaux non gardés dans les fermes laitières en donnant une impulsion générale au désir des producteurs laitiers de produire de jeunes veaux destinés à la commercialisation de meilleure qualité.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marianne Villettaz-Robichaud;Sébastien Buczinski

Student:

Partner:

Les producteurs de bovins du Québec

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Improving environmental effects biomonitoring in freshwater ecosystems: A comparison of morphology-based and DNA-based approaches

Federal Canadian regulations of the Fisheries Act require operating mines and pulp mills to undertake biodiversity monitoring every three years to assess potential environmental effects. Different groups of organisms have differential sensitivity to pollutants and other environmental factors, so communities (e.g., invertebrates) provide a rich source of information about the system’s health Identifying invertebrates using traditional microscopy-based methods is challenging. Diagnostic characters are typically only present in specific life stages of invertebrates (such as adult male insects); moreover, specimens can be damaged during collection, further complicating accurate identification. Microscopy-based identification methods are intensive and time-consuming and can be subject to human error. DNA-based identification strategies, including DNA barcoding and metabarcoding, can help to overcome the abovementioned limitations by directly analyzing the species’ genetic material. However, careful validation is needed before Environmental firms can routinely adopt the molecular methods in regular biomonitoring. The consistency and reliability of results are crucial if these methods are to be accepted more broadly by regulators and proponents outside the academic realm to assess the “health” of aquatic ecosystems. The current proposed research project focuses on the first large-scale direct comparison in Canada of commonly accepted quantitative invertebrate survey methods vs. novel DNA-based methods for species identification.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sarah Adamowicz;Robert H. Hanner

Student:

Partner:

Ecoreg Solutions

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Elevate

Application of automated core scanning and artificial intelligence to predict geometallurgical and geoenvironmental parameters of gold deposits

This project combines two cutting-edge technologies, automated core scanning and artificial intelligence (AI), to improve the efficiency and accuracy of mineral processing in the mill as well as mine waste management. The goal is to streamline the process and ensure that the minerals are processed in the most effective way possible. Then, the objective is to differentiate problematic mine wastes from inert ones to better manage them. The automated drill core scanning system can provide fast and detailed information about the minerals in the drill core samples from the underground. This information is critical in determining the composition and distribution of the minerals, which is crucial in selecting the best mineral processing methods and mine waste management options. The information is then fed into the AI algorithms, which analyze the data and determine the most efficient and effective way to process the minerals in the mill. This means that the mineral processing methods can be optimized in real-time, leading to better results and increased efficiency. With the ability to quickly and accurately determine the best processing method, this project can minimize waste, reduce processing time and energy consumption, and increase the overall success of the operation. This innovative approach to mineral processing and waste management is set to change the game and deliver improved outcomes for the mining industry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

BenoÎt Plante;Bernard Giroux

Student:

Partner:

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining

University:

Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

Program:

Elevate

Novel application of deformable image registration using Computed Tomography for early diagnosis of lung parenchymal disease: focus on lung fibrosis

We aim to optimize advanced Computed Tomography (CT) imaging to provide non-invasive and accurate assessment of early lung fibrosis. Lung fibrosis causes inflammation and scarring of lung tissue and can be progressive, even fatal. Currently, detection of lung fibrosis relies on relatively insensitive tests, such as pulmonary function tests and static lung CT. Alternately, microscopic evaluation of lung cells (histology) can be used but this technique is invasive and provides inconsistent results in disease states that exhibit non-uniform lung involvement.
We propose to develop an ultralow dose dynamic CT protocol and use it in conjunction with lung deformable image registration to detect early changes in lung elasticity. Histology and other, well established clinical disease indicators will be used to confirm the correlation between the severity of lung fibrosis and the degree of change in lung deformation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Narinder Paul

Student:

Partner:

Toshiba Canada;University of Toronto

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

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Mitacs is funded by the Government of Canada, the Government of Alberta, the Government of British Columbia, Research Manitoba, the Government of New Brunswick, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Government of Nova Scotia, the Government of Ontario, Innovation PEI, the Government of Quebec, the Government of Saskatchewan, and the Government of Yukon.