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Synoptic conditions of rain-on-snow related environmental and operational issues in forestry activities on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Watersheds in the coastal regions of British Columbia are comprised of rugged mountains and high storm
runoff, rendering streams prone to increases in snowmelt during rain-on-snow (ROS) events due to forest
harvesting. Importantly, both forest harvesting operations and ROS events are widespread in the transitional snow
zones of Vancouver Island, BC. Correspondingly, they routinely experience ROS events associated with flooding,
runoff, and landslides which pose a number of challenges to forestry companies. Knowledge of the processes
regulating snowmelt during ROS events is useful when making operational decisions; despite this, uncertainty
persists in the relationship between forestry operations and ROS events. Future climate and wildfires are likely to
continue to alter snow dynamics in these areas, and thus, improved understanding of ROS events should remain
a key priority. The goal of this project is to increase understanding of the weather and hydrological factors that
contribute to damaging outcomes from ROS events with respect to forest harvesting activities on Vancouver
Island, BC. This will improve our ability to estimate and adapt to the cumulative effects of forestry practices and
climate change across watersheds, and forecast the arrival of ROS events in the future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Atkinson

Student:

Partner:

Mosaic Forest Management Corp

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Implementation of Tensor Neural Networks

Tensor networks are a quantum inspired technique that provide useful mechanisms for solving hard problems, usually in the realm of quantum mechanics and many-body systems, through the manipulation and operation of tensors. The main challenge underlying this project is the productionalization of a quantum-inspired deep learning algorithm which currently exists as a proof of concept (POC). That POC was specifically built for a single user’s needs, applied to the fair pricing of financial derivatives.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hausi Müller

Student:

Partner:

Multiverse Computing

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

L’analyse automatique de la subjectivité dans les articles de presse en français du Québec

A partir d’un corpus d’articles de presse publiés au Québec en français, nous cherchons à comprendre les mécanismes linguistiques de la subjectivité dans les textes journalistiques. Notre objectif est de confronter l’efficacité des méthodes statistiques d’analyse de la subjectivité, basées sur la théorie linguistique, avec les performances inégalées mais peu transparentes des approches utilisant l’apprentissage automatique pour distinguer les articles neutres et subjectifs. Notre projet s’appuie également sur des annotations humaines d’articles journalistiques pour déterminer quels sont les marqueurs de l’opinion de l’auteur dans un texte de presse. En combinant ces différentes approches, nous créons un modèle hybride aussi efficace qu’explicable pour l’analyse automatique de la subjectivité. Nos résultats sur le français du Québec seront comparés avec ceux obtenus sur un corpus similaire d’articles de presse en français de Belgique, afin d’observer les différences entre ces deux variétés concernant la matérialisation linguistique de la subjectivité dans la presse.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Drouin

Student:

Partner:

Université Catholique de Louvain

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Development of a method to predict the remaining useful life of a mill roll for grain milling

In grain processing, milling usually plays a key role. The efficiency of the milling process is key to the profitability of the process and is decisive for the quality of the final product. However, milling is often subject to wear problems. Indeed, the degradation of the rolls varies over time depending on factors that are difficult to quantify, especially in an uncertain environment. This research project will provide a data-driven method for the prediction of the remaining useful life (RUL) of rolls in grain milling. RUL prediction is used to forecast the future performance of machinery and obtain the time left before machinery loses its operation ability. The prediction of the RUL of the rolls would be beneficial to plan maintenance in advance and would allow a better control of the production process. Data-driven methods attempt to explain the wear and tear of a machine based on collected data from the shop floor using machine learning techniques. The method will specify the selection of the most relevant attributes for the prediction of the RUL of rollers in grain processing.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bruno Agard

Student:

Partner:

Centro de Inovação e Tecnologia SENAI FIEMG - Campus CETEC

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing and Construction; Artificial Intelligence; Agriculture and Food

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

A transformative vision for Winnipeg’s inner city

Inner-city organizations in Winnipeg have long called for transformation of the policies and practices that created injustice for inner-city residents. This year’s State of the Inner City report uses precedent studies to identify funding models that foreground community leadership, and knowledge translation and community development events to celebrate the people and community organizations of the inner city. Its objective is to advance the inner city community’s vision of social and economic transformation through the creation of community-based calls to action and a toolkit that can be used to advocate for the inner city to the governments of Winnipeg, Manitoba and Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sarah Cooper

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Impact du trouble du jeu vidéo sur l’évolution des patients atteints de premier épisode psychotique

Bien que des médicaments peuvent soulager certains symptômes psychotiques, ils ne sont pas suffisants à eux seuls pour mener au rétablissement des patients. L’identification et le traitement des comorbidités, dont l’addiction aux jeux vidéo (AJV), constituent une avenue prometteuse pour favoriser cette situation. Il n’existe aucune donnée concernant cette dépendance chez les patients souffrant de premier épisode psychotique (PEP).
L’objectif global de notre étude est de mieux comprendre le lien entre les troubles psychotiques et le TJV. Les objectifs spécifiques sont: 1) déterminer la prévalence de l’AJV chez les patients PEP ; 2) Établir les conséquences de l’AJV le cours de la maladie psychotique.
L’étude aura lieu dans deux Programmes d’Interventions en PEP (CIUSSS-CN et CHUM). Le diagnostic d’AJV sera posé par le psychiatre. Les données pertinentes au rétablissement clinique ainsi que les critères de sévérité des symptômes de la maladie, seront consignés puis extraites du dossier clinique.
Cette étude identifiera de nouveaux leviers d’interventions dans cette période charnière de la trajectoire des patients.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marc-André Roy;Marie-France Demers

Student:

Partner:

Fondation CERVO

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Création d’un parc d’eau-vive à Montréal

Les tendances récentes liées au sport et à l’aménagement du territoire interpellent de plus en plus à la résolution d’enjeux sociaux et territoriaux tout à fait conjoints. D’un côté, les manchettes récentes reflètent des desitératums locaux d’instances privées et publiques de tous les azimuts, qui ont à jongler avec un marché de sportif de plus en plus actif. D’un autre, les équipements sportifs, étant des équipements majeurs qui seraient potentiellement porteurs de développement et d’attractivité, cadrent même avec le PMAD de la CMM qui veut développer les pôles touristiques périphériques en vue de leur consolidation et de leur développement, ainsi que les plans d’eau et l’espace riverain pour une mise en valeur des potentiels récréotouristiques, paysagers et environnementaux.
Au travers de l’idée de la construction d’un parc d’eau-vive au parc Jean-Drapeau de Montréal, ces enjeux mettent en scène l’éminent besoin de restructuration de l’espace organisationnel sportif lié aux sports maritimes dont l’eau-vive fait partie, mais aussi celui d’une planification pensée selon une logique territoriale intégrant une double temporalité ; soit celle du pré-olympique et celle du post-événementiel, coordonnant ainsi le cadre bâti au système sportif local en place.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvain Lefebvre

Student:

Partner:

Fédération québécoise de canoë-kayak d’eau-vive;Cubix

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

TAT-tagged active AKT1 variants for delivery to mammalian cells

The oncogenic kinase AKT1 is a prime therapeutic target, but its function cannot be easily researched as AKT activation in cells requires stimulation of cells with an unspecific growth factor that alters all cellular signaling. I designed a new method to deliver an already activated, phosphorylated AKT1 protein to cells that do not require the use of unspecific kinase activation or cell-damaging costly transfection reagents. I will produce a highly pre-activated AKT1 protein fused to a cell-penetrating peptide, combining genetic code expansion strategies with a novel method for protein delivery. Recombinant AKT1 can already be purchased from several companies, and I anticipate that the market for AKT1 proteins that are not only enzymatically active but can be easily delivered to cells, will be of similar or greater commercial interest.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ilka Heinemann;Patrick O’Donoghue

Student:

Partner:

Springboard Atlantic Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Life Sciences (not health); Biotechnology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Accelerate

Stage Concepteur(trice) communication et base de données

Fondée en 2020, AWL-E a pour mission de commercialiser des solutions de transmission d’énergie sans fil grâce à sa technologie unique offrant plus de distance, de puissance et d’efficacité à ses utilisateurs. L’entreprise se concentre sur l’implémentation de ses inventions aux applications à fort impact social et économique.
L’entreprise as recruté des étudiants pour soutenir les projets développement de son produit principal. Celui-ci implique la conception d’un système de transmission et de stockage de données, pouvant par la suite être présenté aux utilisateur de façon compréhensive.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amin Chaabane

Student:

Partner:

AWL-Électricité

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Technology

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Développement de méthodes de criblage haut-débit par l’utilisation de cocktails d’aptazymes pour une sélection multi-paramétrée de clones ou souches microbiennes

Les aptazymes sont des molécules d’ADN ou ARN capables de prendre des conformations très particulières afin d’interagir spécifiquement avec des cibles moléculaires précises, de la même manière qu’un anticorps interagit avec son antigène.
Additionnellement à ceci, les aptazymes sont capables, subséquemment à la reconnaissance de leur cible, de réguler l’expression de gènes.
Avec ces puissants outils moléculaires que sont donc les aptazymes synthétiques, capables ainsi de coupler la détection de molécules d’intérêt avec l’expression de gènes rapporteurs ou gènes de sélection, nous mettrons en place une série de nouveaux systèmes de criblage haut-débit de librairie de cellules pour l’identification de celles qui présentent un profil d’intérêt scientifique, pharmaceutique, industriel ou autre.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jonathan Perreault

Student:

Partner:

Nemrod Biotechnologie

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Accelerate

Developing a protoype AI algorithm to recognize archaeological artifacts and features for the software STRATUM

ArchaeoSoft Inc. was created to develop the software STRATUM, a mobile platform for collecting archaeologiucla data while doing field work. The workflow archaeoilogists use is complex and requires significant ability to recognize important information and record it appropriately, to conduct archaeological procedures to the standards of regulators, to manage teams in their data collection process, and to switch between tasks as necessary. Therefore, creating a software with appropriate workflows and interfaces is a challenge, and the main task while designing the software has been decreasing the cognitive burden of the user as much as possible. The objective of this project is to use AI to automatically perform one archaeological documentation task: identifying and recording data about artifacts based on their shapes. This will significantly lower the cognitive workload of archaeologists both in the field and the lab and will serve as a valuable teaching tool for less experienced archaeological workers and students. The app that we create during the project will become incorporated into STRATUM, a software developed for archaeological fieldwork.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul Cook

Student:

Partner:

ArchaeoSoft Inc.

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Machine learning based reconstruction for laser diode photoacoustic imaging

Photoacoustic (PA) imaging has shown great potential in cancer detection, tissue characterization, and therapeutic applications. Laser diode-based PA imaging is a new development in this field that can be used for image guidance, nerve or cancer imaging, and the localization of a needle target during biopsy procedures. The PA imaging requires very accurate time synchronization between the laser system and data acquisition system which is not available in widely used clinical ultrasound machines. In this project, a machine learning based photoacoustic reconstruction without the need for such synchronization will be proposed. The location and intensity information of a point source will be recovered based on the recorded channel data. The proposed method has two benefits: first, it democratizes the use of PA imaging by allowing conventional ultrasound systems to be used for PA. Second, it also allows us to use the ultrasound machines beyond its frequency limitation. This allows for monitoring fast changing and dynamic targets, such as nerve activities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Septimiu (Tim) Salcudean

Student:

Partner:

Eindhoven University of Technology

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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