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Development of Adaptive Fault and Anomaly Detection for Industrial Processes and the Application of Reinforcement Learning (RL) for Automatic Fault Recovery

The Operational Excellence (OpEx) team at Spartan Controls is actively involved in several initiatives for developing advanced process control (APC) solutions to the oil sands industry. The OpEx team collaborates with Professor Biao Huang’s research group through the NSERC Industrial Research Chair (IRC) in the Control of Oil Sands Processes program for solutions that require extensive research and development. This proposed project will complement the on-going joint research efforts with the development of new data analysis techniques to address the APC problems. Due to increasing number of sensors in industries, a large amount of process and alarm data are collected that has a useful information about the process. To detect, isolate, and identify any kinds of potential abnormalities and possible faults, the real time process monitoring and fault diagnosis algorithm should be applied. Also, to detect possible faults and anomalies which were not in the historical data, the adaptive framework is applied to capture any possible future faults and anomalies. Moreover, to make the task of taking actions to deal with the faults more automated, a RL-based techniques are going to be used.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Biao Huang

Student:

Partner:

Spartan Controls

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Selecting Mycelium Producing Strains for Packaging Bio-Foam Production and Canadian Market Potential for Big-Size Commodities

Manufacture companies use foam materials made of polystyrene to protect the goods during storage and shipping. However, polystyrene is plastic-based and made using crude oil, which is terrible for the environment. Used polystyrene foams are challenging to eliminate and occupy space in landfills for a very long period. This study investigates the manufacture of bio-composite foam packaging materials, having the same protecting properties as polystyrene, with the advantage of being naturally produced by growing particular mushroom mycelium in a molded container filled with a waste material (substrate) such as hemp or sawdust. The product is lightweight, biodegradable, and eco-friendly. It can be used as a foam packaging material in Canada to protect items such as electronics and electrical equipment, cosmetics products, glass, and pharmaceutical equipment. After being used, they can be composted, creating a circular economy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Qiuyan Yuan;Georg Hausner

Student:

Partner:

North Forge

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education; Management of companies and enterprises; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Monitoring the mental health of Canadians

MHRC is conducting ongoing polling of Canadians to assess the short- and long-term effect of COVID-19 on mental health. We require additional support to expand our capacity to analyze the datasets we are creating. Our poll is extensive including a number of markers of mental health along with an array of demographic controls. While we will release top-line data, this internship will involve a deeper dive into these dataset to parse out new findings. The candidate will stay informed on the newest research pertaining to effective means of weighting, and understanding how the various demographics we poll respond to mental health questions, and then will advise on suggestions to improve data collection and reporting. The results of this work will help inform policy makers so that they can develop appropriate responses to help mitigate short and long-term COVID-19 mental health impact.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John P. Hirdes

Student:

Partner:

Mental Health Research Canada

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

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

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Understanding shifts in angler effort and steelhead abundance in British Columbia’s recreational fishery

British Columbia (BC) supports world-renowned recreational fisheries for steelhead, which are prized by national and international anglers. In recent decades, the prosperity of these fisheries has been challenged by widespread declines in many of the stocks in southern BC, many of which are of conservation concern. While there is no commercial fishery for this species, data collected annually from anglers provides important information about steelhead status. However, it is unclear whether this recreational data accurately reflects trends in wild populations. Using over 60 years of recreational catch and effort data, we aim to investigate the relationship between the number of wild steelhead, and patterns of reported steelhead catch. Understanding how accurately this recreational dataset represents trends in wild steelhead is a key component of the effective management of this imperiled species.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jonathan Moore

Student:

Partner:

Pacific Salmon Foundation

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

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

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Developing innovative techniques for identifying critical habitat and mitigating threats to endangered salamanders

Jefferson Salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) and co-occuring occurring unisexual Ambystomids (Ambystoma laterale – (2) jeffersonianum) are endangered species in Canada. Many populations in Canada are experiencing going threats and pressures from habitat loss and fragmentation due to surrounding land uses which include residential areas, agricultural fields, and road networks. This project will focus on locating and characterizing critical habitats for these species which will fill in significant information gaps on the species natural history. It will also involve the first comprehensive, multi-season study of salamander movements and road mortality. As a consulting firm, often tasked with providing mitigation measures for road projects, this study has the potential to position NRSI as a leader road ecology studies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ryan Norris

Student:

Partner:

Natural Resource Solutions Inc

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment; Environmental Science and Technology; Natural Resources

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Anomaly detection from system logs through deep learning

During the last decade, we observe in organizations a surge of numbers of cyber-attacks originating internally. In this project, we aim to develop deep learning models to detect suspicious activity (such as malicious events, system failure or attacks) from log data generated by the Desjardins ecosystem.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marc Frappier;Pierre-Martin Tardif;Froduald Kabanza

Student:

Partner:

Mouvement des caisses Desjardins

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Physical activity engagement & the intention-action gap in older adults

This research project aims to study the factors which can influence engagement in physical activity in older adults and how it is linked to health. Using data from multiple countries and collected over periods of up to 12 years the research project will look at the influence of socioeconomic and environmental factors on this relationship. The research project will also investigate the individual neuro-psychological factors that influence individuals’ engagement in physical activity with the aim of developing clinical interventions that can increase people’s level of physical activity. This research project will be undertaken with Perley Health as partner organization. Perley Health stand to benefit from the scientific expertise of the project participants and the research conducted as part of this project to further the development of the Centre of Excellence in Frailty-Informed Care and to reinforce research ties with the University of Ottawa.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Matthieu Boisgontier;Annie Robitaille

Student:

Partner:

Perley Health

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Peer to Peer (P2P): Speaking Up About Vaccine Safety

The proposed project will evaluate the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) project co-lead by NorWest Community Health Centres (NWCHC) and Dilico Anishinabek Family Care (Dilico). The project evaluation will explore if the interventions utilized by the P2P project have increased vaccination uptake in the identified vulnerable populations in Thunder Bay and District. The project’s efforts in increasing COVID-19 and general vaccinations for vulnerable populations, as well as the effectiveness of using a peer-based intervention to increase vaccinations, will be evaluated. The intern will engage in qualitative research methods such as systematic literature reviews, qualitative interviews, and focus groups to better understand the impacts, strengths, weaknesses, gaps and opportunities of peer-based intervention. Both NWCHC and Dilico are expected to experience benefits as efforts are made to bolster the capacity of various public health approaches to improve demand for and access to vaccines and have a potential impact of public health outcomes and address disparities within northwestern Ontario.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Abigale Sprakes;Elaine Toombs

Student:

Partner:

NorWest

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

COVID-19 related Research and Solutions

University:

Lakehead University

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluate the Long-term effectiveness of a Family-based Childhood Obesity Management Program

Generation Health (GH) is a family-based intervention targeting families of children who are off the healthy weight trajectory. The GH is a 10-week program offered across BC where children and their families meet once a week online. Parents will be provided with healthy lifestyle content and will engage in discussions on how to engage in health behaviours, and children will participate in physical activities aiming to enhance their motor skills. Families will also have access to a web portal with content and suggestions of activities to be completed. The Childhood Obesity Foundation will benefit by working with experienced graduate students to the long-term (6, 12 months) effectiveness of GH program.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sam Liu

Student:

Partner:

Childhood Obesity Foundation

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Project Title – ezPT Technologies Ltd

Our company is developing an AI-powered clinical documentation platform. In the proposed project, the intern will assist us in building robust and scalable cloud-based web applications for operations carried out in Outpatient Physical Therapy clinics. They will support the design and security of our cloud infrastructure to comply with HIPAA and other privacy regulations and enable the integration of our product with other 3rd party platforms to expand our market penetration.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kamal Kanagasundaram

Student:

Partner:

ezPT Technologies Ltd.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Blockchain Developer – Artwork traceability through a hybrid blockchain architecture

Authentic.Art is developing a digital registry built on a hybrid of proprietary databases and blockchain in order to provide a service to insurance companies specialized in fine art. It is using blockchain in order to provide traceability of transactions as well as an immutable source of truth for insurers to rely on for their audits and claim disputes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kaiwen Zhang

Student:

Partner:

authentic.art

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Information and cultural industries

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

MNL Municipalities Fiscal Framework Benchmarking Project

Designing the most effective and efficient source of revenue is one of the leading policy challenges in the municipal sector today. Generally speaking, municipalities own and operate 60% of the built public infrastructure in the country, but are limited to approximately 8% of the aggregate tax revenue generated in the country by all three orders of government. The federal government receives 50% of tax revenue and the provincial/territorial (P/T) governments receive 42%.This project is focussed on determining opportunities for municipal revenue reform in Atlantic Canada and capturing this information in a report.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Thomas Cooper;Kristin Good

Student:

Partner:

Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises; Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

Dalhousie University; Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

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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.