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Feasibility of markerless motion capture for yoga

Motion capture technology that uses markers attached to the body and specialized cameras has been used for research on human motion, but has been limited to laboratories with expert users. New markerless motion capture technology removes these limitations by using standard video cameras and advanced artificial intelligence algorithms, allowing us to measure motion in real-life environments and of multiple people simultaneously. The study of yoga movements, which has had limited research to date, despite promising benefits to health and rehabilitation, is one application that may benefit from this new technology. The objective of this project is to determine the feasibility of markerless motion to capture biomechanical variables during yoga across different settings. The industry partner is motivated to understand the potential for future application of this technology for testing products and services related to yoga.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kevin Deluzio

Student:

Partner:

Lululemon

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Retail trade

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Developing Crop Consulting App

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ralph Deters

Student:

Partner:

CropPro Consulting;Springboard West Innovations Inc (Saskatoon, SK)

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Information and Communications Technology

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Local Growth Factor Presentation by Microphages

After severe skin injury such as burns, our body rapidly but imperfectly repairs the damage, leaving behind a stiff scar. Scarring is a clinical burden because skin is losing vital functions. If scars form in internal organs, e.g., in the heart after myocardial infarct, the outcome can be lethal. During normal tissue repair, local fibroblasts and other precursor cells are activated into so-called myofibroblasts to secrete large amounts of collagen that is organized into fibrous structures by the strong pulling forces developed by mature myofibroblasts. Both actions are beneficial since they prevent our tissues from breaking but can lead to scarring when the repair demands of our body exceed its regenerative potential. To control scar formation, it will be important to uncouple the beneficial production of collagen that is needed to fill injured tissue space from the contraction of the matrix that disfigures the skin. First evidence from our lab indicates that the mechanical state of the scar (stiffness) controls whether myofibroblasts produce collagen or contract.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Boris Hinz

Student:

Partner:

Reutlingen University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Humanitarian History: Salvation Army social work & spirituality

The Salvation Army currently works in 132 countries, promoting international development, disaster relief, health care, education, anti-trafficking/anti-slavery work, and women’s ministries throughout the world. How did a small British outreach develop into a world-wide humanitarian organization? My proposed research will examine The Salvation Army’s global expansion from 1880-1918 by studying the Booth family. Much research has been done on William and Catherine Booth, the English Methodists who founded the Christian Mission (later renamed The Salvation Army) in London in 1865. However, scholars have paid little attention to the Booths’ children, who dominated Salvationist leadership and played a key role in The Salvation Army’s global expansion. By examining the second-generation of Booths, this research will provide a new history of Salvationism and Empire with a particular emphasis on Canada, where the history of The Salvation Army has been neglected. My research will also examine the The Salvation Army’s dual aim: promoting spiritual formation and social work. I focus on The Salvation Army’s work with prostitutes (child and adult). My proposed research will explore Salvationist social work and spirituality Britain and Canada to explore how religious and social purity movements in the metropole influenced colonial settings (and vice versa).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Elizabeth Elbourne

Student:

Partner:

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Education

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

L’institutionnalisation de l’éthique de l’IA en organisation : une étude de cas

Le projet vise à comprendre comment les employés d’une organisation du secteur des finances et des assurances font sens des enjeux éthiques reliés à la valorisation des données, entre autres par les techniques d’intelligence artificielle et à émettre des recommandations sur la façon d’intégrer ces enjeux à l’intérieur de l’organisation. La méthodologie s’appuie sur des questionnaires et des entrevues individuelles. Ultimement, le projet aidera l’entreprise à mettre en place un programme de formation sur les enjeux éthiques de la valorisation des données et à intégrer le tout dans la gestion organisationnelle. Pour le partenaire industriel, ce point de vue externe et objectif permettra d’accélérer et d’améliorer la mise en place d’une valorisation responsable des données.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Joé Martineau

Student:

Partner:

Beneva

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Verified AI-driven stakeholder engagement: Researching and developing a sentiment analysis and data visualization platform

Many companies and organisations are required to engage in community engagement to gather stakeholder feedback. Yet, to date, there are key issues with current stakeholder engagement systems as they are inefficient, manual, and prone to error. The aim of this study is to investigate the current state of artificial intelligence and data visualization techniques with respect to engagement platforms. The goal is to demonstrate how natural language processing, information extraction, and text summarization can be used to improve the speed and accuracy of capturing public sentiment. The result will be a reduction in the time needed to manually review submissions, which can lead to shorter engagement periods for public and private organisations. Veras Technologies hopes to use this study to research and develop their engagement platform, which it can then offer to its clients. The intern, Curtis Engerdahl, hopes to use this project to advance his practical skills.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Indratmo Indratmo

Student:

Partner:

Veras

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Artificial Intelligence; Information and Communications Technology; Technology

University:

MacEwan University

Program:

Accelerate

Mise en correspondance de graphes de minuties d’empreintes latentes par apprentissage profond

Les empreintes latentes sont des empreintes digitales trouvées sur des scènes de crime. Elles permettent d’aider les experts scientifiques et légaux à identifier ou exclure des candidats et ainsi apporter le poids de la preuve dans les enquêtes. Sur ces empreintes, on trouve des points caractéristiques, appelées minuties, qui correspondent aux bifurcations et fin de ligne des crêtes du motif de l’empreinte. On peut, grâce à un ensemble de minuties, identifier des ensembles de minuties similaires. Dans ce projet de recherche, nous appliquerons des techniques d’apprentissage profond pour effectuer l’appariement de ces ensembles de minuties
Une meilleure précision des algorithmes de reconnaissance d’empreinte de latentes pour les produits d’identification policier (AFIS) a un très gros impact et peut mener à l’arrestation de criminels et à une résolution des enquêtes courantes ou non-élucidées.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Farida Cheriet

Student:

Partner:

IDEMIA Identity & Security Canada, Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Simulator for Distributed Quantum Computation

Distributed computing is a model in which components of a software system are shared among multiple computers to improve efficiency and performance. The growing interest in cloud computing scenarios that incorporate both distributed computing capabilities and heterogeneous hardware presents a significant opportunity for network operators. The aim of this Research is to develop a purpose-built discrete-event simulator for distributed quantum computing and identify further challenges and open problems arising from the design of a Distributed Quantum Computing ecosystem. In addition, the intern participating in this project will develop applicable protocols for blind computing. which, in itself, is a research challenge since Quantum Internet is being developed in parallel. This research is of central importance for Ericsson as it allows the integration of quantum computing into Ericsson distributed processing environment in order to fulfill the performance requirements of next generation of telecom networks.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anne Broadbent

Student:

Partner:

Ericsson Canada Inc (Quebec);Mitacs - Vancouver

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Elevating the health and safety of vulnerable road users: Care, equity, and the built environment

The goal of this project is to enhance the safety of vulnerable road users (VRUs) by elevating our knowledge of equitable changes to the built environment (BE). It includes three sub-projects: 1) prioritizes the knowledge of public health professionals and their experiences making BE changes to enhance VRUs’ safety; 2) will evaluate a road safety micro grant program in British Columbia (Vision Zero in Road Safety for Vulnerable Road Users) to gain insight into best practices for future cycles; and 3) will examine road safety injury prevention policies and the current design of the BE in Canada through a care ethics lens, which will illustrate whose safety is served by the BE and who is excluded. Overall, this project will contribute to our growing knowledge regarding the links between people’s safety and the BE, with an emphasis on the health of VRUs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alison McPherson;Ian Pike;Sarah Richmond

Student:

Partner:

Parachute

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Developing Crop Consulting App

This project is to build a mobile application that will allow partner’s clients to use it on their mobile device to access their farm data and receive ongoing recommendations from consultants. The project will benefit the partner organization by improving the communication between consultants and their client farmers. Currently, consultants print out their recommendations for farmers or sent it through mail. It is not easy to get timely or reliable feedback from farmers using paper and regular mail. After this project is completed, consultants can forward their recommendations to the farmer via the mobile device application directly and get farmer’s feedback as soon as the farmer confirms from their device. This will improve the quality of their service and attract more customers for them, which can increase their market share.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ralph Deters

Student:

Partner:

CropPro Consulting;Springboard West Innovations Inc (Saskatoon, SK)

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Information and Communications Technology

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Confocal imaging of Arabidopsis defense related proteins involved in PI4P homeostasis

Plants face various challenges when they grow. They are attacked by numerous diseases and this can negatively affect their growth and productivity. Plants have complex means of defending against diseases. In order to create disease resistant crops it is important to first understand how plants are able to defend against these diseases and understand how these complex plant defense reactions work. In our research we use a plant belonging to the mustard family, called Arabidopsis. This plant is easy to grow and perform research in indoor lab settings. Lipid molecules located in the membranes of plant cells have been shown to be involved in plant immunity. Alterations in the levels of these lipid molecules have been shown to impact plant immunity. One such immunity related lipid molecule is PI4P. PI4P lipid homeostasis is important for a balanced plant immunity. Numerous proteins are involved in PI4P synthesis (such as the PI4KBetas) and degradation (such as the SAC domain containing proteins). In my PhD I am investigating the role of Arabidopsis SACs in plant immune regulation. The pi4kbeta mutant that does not produce functional PI4KBeta proteins display enhanced immunity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xin Li

Student:

Partner:

The University of Göttingen

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Biotechnology; Life Sciences (not health)

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Effect of corrosion defect on hydrogen atom diffusion, trapping and the resulting cracking of existing pipelines for hydrogen transport

Repurposing existing natural gas pipelines is “a low-cost option for delivering large volumes of hydrogen”, accelerating the realization of full-scale hydrogen economy for energy transition. Hydrogen-steel interactions would induce the so-called hydrogen embrittlement, causing cracking and pipeline failure. The corrosion defect present on the existing pipelines tends to facilitate occurrence of the hydrogen-induced cracking. The project will investigate the effect of corrosion defect on hydrogen diffusion, trapping and the resulting cracking of “aged” pipelines, filling knowledge and technical gaps and providing an assessment technique to support safe transport of hydrogen by pipelines. The research is original, novel and highly relevant to implementation of the national hydrogen strategy. The project will improve InnoTech Alberta’s knowledge and technical expertise in hydrogen pipelines and better enable the organization to develop a reputation and competitiveness in engineering innovation community and pipeline operators.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Frank Cheng

Student:

Partner:

InnoTech Alberta

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy and Utilities; Sustainability & the Environment; Technology

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

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