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Effects of a Virtual Reality Exercise Program on Sleep Quality in Assisted Living Residents

Older adults are the largest growing segment of the Canadian population. Almost 40% of men and 59% of women aged 65 to 79 years of age experience sleep disturbances. Little research has been done to examine sleep quality of assisted living residents through objective measures. This project aims to understand the association between sleep quality, quality of life, cognitive performance, and functional capacity in assisted living residents. Sleep quality, quality of life, cognitive performance, and functional capacity will be assessed through subjective (questionnaires) and objective (wearable devices) instruments. The expected benefits of this project to the partner organization are the increased understanding of sleep health of their residents to better inform and develop interventions to improve the quality of life of assisted living residents and the decrease in operational costs associated with sleep medication and staffing.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marc Poulin

Student:

Partner:

The Brenda Strafford Foundation

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

In–?PlaceTechnologyPlatform

The In-Place Technology Platform project with N. Chandolias and Alkemie Atelier, under the supervision of Dr P. Shrivastava addresses the problem of how people in everyday as well as rehearsed situations can use site-specific media to enrich public spaces: “place-making.” Alkemie will be able to develop specific projects for artist groups that can co-design meaningful in-place userexperiences. Over the course of 5 months of experimental design, the company, the intern and a research assistant will go through several iterations of design-build-try rapid design and engineering method, refining Alkemie’s existing place-making technologies and creating functional project prototypes that can be used by the company and its partners to demonstrate the technology and also be used by artists and communities to create or share media

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Shrivastava

Student:

Partner:

Alkemie Atelier Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Design and Evaluation of Techniques for Enhancing the Utilization of Pre-Trained Language Models (GPT-3) in Sales and Marketing through Prompt Engineering and Fine-Tuning

This research project is focused on using AI technology called Pre-trained Language Models (PLMs) to generate results that are more human-like and of higher quality. The team will utilize a technique called “prompt engineering” to work with a leading PLM in the market, GPT-3, to enhance productivity in reading and writing tasks for salespeople. By collecting data from business users, the team will fine-tune GPT-3 to perform specific tasks that salespeople currently handle. The ultimate goal is to enable the company, Robust Choice, to incorporate GPT-3 into its products and provide better value to its clients, ultimately saving them time and money. Additionally, the project aims to innovate, develop, and commercialize a prompt pipeline that utilizes various methods to create unique prompts for specific sales tasks.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohammad Hassanzadeh

Student:

Partner:

Robust Choice

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

Accelerate

Developing a safe, low-cost anode free solid-state battery with improved energy density, and longer cycle life

Solid-state lithium metal batteries (SSLBs) are considered the “holy grail” of battery chemistry because of their high capacity and energy density and will remain the dominating technology for the foreseeable future.
However, lithium-metal anodes may trigger dendrites growth at high current, which reduces their cycle life, and safety, making SSLBs more challenging to commercialize. Also, escalating demand and shortage of precious battery raw materials like lithium affect the market value of electric vehicles in Canada.
My research objective is to develop a anode free solid-state batteries with high energy density, longer cycle life, and greater safety which are the key to future decarbonization of transportation.
The absence of lithium metal at the anode side reduces the weight and cost of the battery. Meanwhile, the solid-state electrolyte prevents flammability and dendrite growth, enhancing commercialization. My research outcome will also help address global climate change issues and help Canada transition from an energy provider to an energy innovator.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Venkataraman Thangadurai

Student:

Partner:

Fraunhofer-Institut für Fertigungstechnik und Angewandte Materialforschung IFAM

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Clean Technology; Nanotechnology

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Incorporating Pruning Methods in GAN and Diffusion-based Models

Due to the widespread use of credit cards as a payment method, numerous fraudulent credit card transactions occur, resulting in significant losses for financial institutions. At a high level, the fundamental objective of the project is to improve the performance of fraud detection systems by providing high-quality synthetic data generated by improved deep generative models. This research aims to reduce the size of deep generative models to decrease their computing cost and/or improve the quality of generated data. Then, we up sample fraud patterns with synthetic training data to improve the performance of machine learning classification algorithms.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hamid Usefi

Student:

Partner:

NASDAQ Canada Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Artificial Intelligence; Finance and Insurance; Technology

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Speech Recognition for 9-1-1 Calls and Long Audio Clips

This research project has two goals. The first goal is to design and test software that will automatically transcribe 9-1-1 emergency calls and interpret their meaning with respect to the central facts of an emergency (who, where, and what occurred) as well as possibly when, why, and how the emergency occurred. The second goal is to design and test software that will automatically transcribe long recorded conversations into English text. By dividing a conversation into sensible pieces, each piece can be transcribed using existing software. The Edmonton Police Service receives much information in voice form, and this research project will potentially increase their ability to handle such information more efficiently in the future than at present. The research directly addresses the Edmonton Police Service’s two most pressing needs for cheaper transcription that cannot be met by existing software.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Howard Hamilton

Student:

Partner:

Edmonton Police Service

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Public administration

University:

University of Regina

Program:

Accelerate

The Role of Micromobility in City-Building

The City of Edmonton developed the City Plan to help guide the growth of Edmonton towards the two-million people horizon. The City Plan envisions a more dense and sustainable City with a wide range of transportation options available for all Edmontonians. As Edmonton welcomes more people, additional transportation options will be required in the City. Increasing transportation options means that the City will need to direct more investment and effort towards enhancing the transit network, expanding the active transportation network, and ensuring street space allocation reflects the changing needs of Edmontonians. Micromobility plays a crucial role in achieving the goals and aspirations of the City Plan. This project will help explore the link between micromobility and the transportation and land use related targets in the City Plan. This work will help continue investment towards micromobility programs and projects.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Summers

Student:

Partner:

City of Edmonton

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Public administration

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Carbon Footprint and Mitigation Planning for Waste Services at the City of Edmonton

Carbon Footprint and Mitigation Planning for Waste Services at the City of Edmonton

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Summers

Student:

Partner:

City of Edmonton

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Public administration

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Stage – Équipe Investissement et Intelligence Affaire

Triptyq Capital est un fonds de capitaux de risque (venture capital) de $40M au stade amorçage (seed stage) basé à Montréal qui investit dans les industries créatives (jeux vidéo, metavers, réalité virtuelle, intelligence artificielle). Nous investissons dans des startups et entrepreneurs qui révolutionnent le monde du divertissement avec des technologies innovantes.
Le stage de Triptyq Capital à deux objectifs principaux. Le premier est du « business intelligence » sur le deal flow du fond. Ceci veut dire mettre en place le processus d’analyse des opportunités d’investissement que le fond reçois ainsi que la maintenance du CRM. Le deuxième objectif est de soutenir l’équipe d’investissement dans les analyses d’investissements du fond, ainsi que d’aider dans le filtrage d’opportunités.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brian King

Student:

Partner:

Triptyq Capital

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Global Competitive Analysis

A young Calgary based company has acquired the global distribution rights to a patented technology that will dramatically change the lifecycle of concrete across a vast array of industries. The process chemically remediates the concrete in place providing massive cost savings, large reductions in GHG emissions and builging sustainability. The global impact is dramatic. The project involves completing an international competitive analysis leading to the development of a strategic/business plan outlining industry opportunities and value propositions. Be directly involved in drafting the future of the company through research, insight and collaboration.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Maier

Student:

Partner:

Oxo H2O Solutions

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Évaluation de l’efficience des institutions de microfinance (IMF) comme moyen de financement du secteur privé. Etude de cas au Panama

Ce projet de recherche consiste en une évaluation d’impact d’un nouvel outil de financement du secteur privé mis en place par Développement International Desjardins (DID) et financé par le fonds d’investissement Gestion FONIDI Inc., le Centre Financier aux Entreprises (CFE). L’objectif de ce dernier est d’octroyer des prêts de taille moyenne aux entreprises qui sont trop grandes pour profiter du microcrédit traditionnel mais pas encore suffisamment développées pour avoir accès aux banques commerciales. Après quatre années d’opération, DID et Gestion FONIDI souhaitent obtenir une évaluation de la portée d’action du CFE-Panama ainsi qu’une mesure de son impact sur l’évolution des entreprises financées et le bien être de ses clients et de leurs familles. Pour répondre à ce besoin, nous procéderons à une collecte de données sur le terrain et leur analyse nous permettra de quantifier l’effet de l’action du CFE-Panama en comparant deux groupes cibles: des clients du CFE et des entreprises non clientes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jonathan Goyette

Student:

Partner:

Gestion FONIDI Inc;Développement International Desjardins

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Multitemporal analysis of the geomorphic behaviour of the Elbow River in Calgary, Canada

The City of Calgary has identified four locations along the Elbow River where erosion may be(come) of concern for the safety of the nearby urban areas. This project will study the change in the shape of the Elbow River over time and in different conditions in order to enhance the understanding of its behaviour. This will be done using terrain elevation data, aerial photographs and 3D laser scanning. The effects of the 2013 floods will also be studied, so that future responses to such events can be better anticipated and the safety of the adjacent environment can be safeguarded. It is expected that erosion will be of particular concern just downstream of the Glenmore Dam and that erosion of the outer river banks may undermine the safety of the urban vicinity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel Shugar

Student:

Partner:

Utrecht University

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Water; Environmental Science and Technology

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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