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Using Translation Models to Decode Overt Speech from BCI

Creating speech neuroprostheses, or devices that can help restore the ability to speak to people who have lost it due to neurological damage or disorder is extremely important because it can greatly improve the quality of life for these individuals. Despite this, there has not been a widely successful solution to this issue yet because creating a device that can effectively interface with the brain and restore speech is a technically challenging task that requires advances in neuroscience and engineering. Therefore there is very little publicly available data of people producing speech with implanted brain-computer interfaces. As a concequence, researchers struggle with creating generalizible and accurate algorithms for decoding speech. This works aims to re-use the models of natural language translation to inform the decoding model about language semantics. This can substantially decrease the amount of needed data for accurate predictions. Moreover, we aim to use transfer learning techniques to transfer knowledge between algorithms trained on different participants to address the issue of generalization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bo Wang

Student:

Partner:

National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Biotechnology; Artificial Intelligence

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

AccuTrack – Encodeur linéaire pour l’OptoWire

Afin de débloquer les artères coronaires, des tuteurs métalliques sont implantés à l’aide de fil-guides. L’OptoWire, de la compagnie québécoise OpSens Inc, est un fil-guide muni d’un capteur de pression à fibre optique qui permet de déterminer l’ampleur du bloquage dans les artères, et si un tuteur est nécessaire. Afin d’améliorer le diagnostic, un concept d’encodeur linéaire est proposé afin de détecter avec le déplacement de l’OptoWire dans le patient. Cela permettrait, en plus de savoir si un tuteur est nécessaire ou non, de déterminer avec précision la longueur du tuteur à implanter. Avec cet instrument innovateur, les cardiologues pourraient optimiser le traitement des patients et ainsi minimiser les risques de complications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel Côté

Student:

Partner:

OpSens Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Scaling Up Trauma- and Violence-Informed Physical Activity for Mental Health and Well-being

Despite the overwhelming evidence that physical activity promotes overall positive health, there are limited trauma-and-violence-informed health promotion strategies directed towards equity-owed populations. Women experiencing multiple marginalization’s face numerous barriers to participation in physical activity and are at higher risk for negative health outcomes. Engaging in regular physical activity can have numerous benefits such as improving mental health, decreasing depression, anxiety, and other health conditions which may be important to improving outcomes for those who have experienced trauma and violence. Women who experience(d) trauma and violence may be a population who can physically, socially, emotionally, and mentally benefit from engaging in trauma-and violence-informed physical activity (TVIPA) interventions. This research proposes to increase participation in physical activity for women living in marginalizing situations who tend to be underrepresented, and systematically excluded, in physical activity. In collaboration with St. Mary’s Home, strategies to increase access to/improve awareness of the potential physical and mental health benefits of TVIPA will be explored. In addition, TVIPA will be leveraged to create support networks among mental health and other essential service providers to enhance the delivery of their services through the development of a social learning space.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Francine Darroch

Student:

Partner:

Mental Health Research Canada;St. Mary’s Home

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Modélisation et évaluation des vibrations induites par les réducteurs à lit fluidisé

Lorsque des équipements industriels sont en marche, cela produit beaucoup de vibration. Si ces vibrations ne sont pas contrôlées ou si la structure du bâtiment est mal conçue, cela risque de nuire à la sécurité des occupants. Dans le cas de certains équipements comme les réducteurs à lit fluidisé, les vibrations que cet équipement produit sont très aléatoires, il est ainsi très difficile de bien prédire la réponse de ce dernier. Cela peut conduire à un comportement inacceptable de la structure du support d’équipement ou à un surdimensionnement important. Afin d’avoir une conception la plus optimale possible, une comparaison de la réponse réelle des équipements à celle obtenue d’un modèle par éléments finis devra être faite.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rola Assi

Student:

Partner:

Hatch Ltd (Montreal, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Sterilization of Foie Gras – Demonstration ofSafety and Stability under Minimal ProcessingConditions

The goal of this project is to demonstrate the adequacy of mild thermal processes (Fo ~1 min) for meeting the requirements for commercial sterility of foie gras in cans or jars. It was previously demonstrated that the sensitivity of thermal destruction of microbial spores increases with an increase in FFA concentration. The proposed project will be focused on the safety and stability of the product under industrial processing conditions. The study would encompass the following: incorporate a characterized surrogate (C. supergenes) at a high concentration level into foie gras in the can or the jar, establish an equivalent thermal process and demonstrate deliverance of the desired degree of sterility. In this study selected spore formers will be incorporated into fois gras, contained in small pouches/pans/simulated particles and placed in the central regions of test cans, and are given processes equivalent to different Fo values. The survivors will determine the level of severity of the process and incubation tests will determine the stability of the product, storage studies will indicate stability.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hosahalli Ramaswamy

Student:

Partner:

Aurpal Inc

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Wholesale trade

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Innovation Studies to Enhance Testing Services

The project between Plato Testing Inc. and NBCC has been built to support indigenous students of the software testing program to gain industry experience and utilize the skills they have developed in class. The software testing industry is ever growing, and requires talented students with an understanding of programming and software development to make software market ready. Interns will work with companies software to further develop it and make it ready for application. As well, these interns are expected to gain opportunity for future careers with these companies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Josh Lamont

Student:

Partner:

PLATO Testing

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Education; Technology; Information and Communications Technology

University:

New Brunswick Community College

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Optimisation des horaires pour les employés d’agence ainsi que de la politique de gestion des employées sur appel

Merinio propose une solution de gestion des remplacements qui permet à l’employeur de construire des horaires pour une certaine demande en quarts de travail, puis de communiquer directement avec les employés pour leur proposer des opportunités de remplacements. Les employés peuvent aussi prévenir leur employeur de leurs absences et accepter une des propositions de remplacements qui leur a été faite. Récemment, Merinio s’est mis à travailler avec des agences de placement d’agents de sécurité qui rencontre avec la pandémie et la pénurie d’employés une demande très importante pour leur service et un fort taux d’absentéisme. Leur solution permette de trouver des remplaçants plus rapidement afin de remplir le quart de travail à temps. Cependant, il reste beaucoup de place pour améliorer les horaires qui sont initialement proposés aux employées afin de réduire l’absentéisme et améliorer le remplacement et ensuite optimiser le processus de communication avec eux afin d’accélérer les remplacements.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Antoine Legrain

Student:

Partner:

Merinio Inc

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Phénologie et biologie de la mouche du bleuet dans le contexte du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean

La mouche du bleuet (Rhagoletis mendax) est un ravageur d’importance dans le bleuet nain, car les fruits infestés par des larves de mouche sont invendables. La mouche du bleuet étant une menace préoccupante pour l’industrie du bleuet nain au Lac-St-Jean, notre équipe de recherche vise à développer les connaissances liées à sa biologie et son développement dans cette région. Nous réalisons présentement un projet dont le but est de confirmer l’applicabilité de stratégies de lutte développées dans le Maine et les provinces Maritimes. Plus précisément, nous étudions son utilisation de plantes hôtes alternatives, l’effet de la météo sur son développement et ses mouvements entre les champs et les parcelles de forêt. Il est nécessaire de poursuivre ce projet pour une année supplémentaire à l’été 2023 afin de compléter l’acquisition des données et de préciser nos conclusions. Nous proposons de répéter ces expériences sur cinq bleuetières de la région.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Valérie Fournier

Student:

Partner:

Syndicat des Producteurs de Bleuets du Québec (SPBQ)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a Multi-User XR-based Ground Control Station

In this project, we would like to develop an enhanced Multi-User Extended Reality Ground Control Station (MXR-GCS) to control an aerial vehicle using a virtual/actual controller defined within the virtual environment. Such an advanced portable MXR-GCS system is important to lower pilot workload and increase situational awareness. In the first place, a virtual ground control station room will be designed and developed in metaverse. The proposed virtual environment will allow multi-users to join, visualize basic flight simulation and accomplish the simulated flight mission together in real-time from distant locations. Users will have a variety of options to control the vehicle using a simple desktop computer keyboard to radio transmitters or more advanced virtual controllers via haptic gloves. In the second place, a test procedure will be conducted to assure the comfortability of the proposed MXR-GCS. Accordingly, a comparison will be done for the aircraft control using variety of controllers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Joon Chung

Student:

Partner:

Columbiad Launch Services

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

Automated curation of credible online health information

Eight out of 10 people use the web to find health information, so online health information for the public must be reliable and trustworthy. The“Infodemic” of misinformation (which includes disinformation), is a term coined by the World Health Organization to show the magnitude of the problem and its ‘contagion’, that makes it difficult for the general population to find reliable information to come to appropriate health decisions. To tackle health misinformation, this project with Factually Health consists in improving and automating (1) website trustworthiness (reliability) analysis and (2) content verification (fact-checking) to provide the general public with credible content at the literacy level for diabetes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean Nikiema

Student:

Partner:

Factually Health

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

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

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Large-scale transformers for probabilistic time series forecasting

Making future projections about quantities of interest is a key component of decision-making, which has broad applications. For instance, in healthcare, one may be interested in monitoring the severity level of a disease given a treatment plan, while carefully accounting for potential sources of uncertainty. Alternatively, one may be interested in predicting the occupancy level of a data center or of a customer support office throughout the week. This project aims to develop methods, based on deep neural networks, to make such predictions from data. Specifically, we plan to rely on a highly flexible architecture, called Transformers, to produce models that are broadly applicable to various kinds of data and problem settings. If successful, our work will enable the improvement of forecasting in ServiceNow products and will provide new tools with the potential of positively impacting a variety of fields such as healthcare, finance, production planning, and more.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Louis-Martin Rousseau

Student:

Partner:

ServiceNow Canada

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Artificial Intelligence; Technology; Information and Communications Technology

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Purification and Trapping of Biohydrogen

Solarvest has developed a cutting-edge technology that enables algae to produce hydrogen in a continuous cycle in a single vessel. The hydrogen is released along with carbon dioxide and water, and intermittently the algae needs to be permitted to carry out photosynthesis, which generates oxygen. This project entails the construction, installation and testing of a system that will separate the biohydrogen produced from these other gases, and which will purify and quantify it and allow it to be re-released on demand as a fuel or chemical feedstock.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gerard Sean McGrady

Student:

Partner:

Solarvest Inc

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of New Brunswick

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.