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Optimization models and algorithms for multi-period cutting stock Problems

Many manufacturing companies face production planning problems. Decisions that need to be taken over multiple periods include when and how much to produce of specific products, so that demand is satisfied. In this project we consider a complex production process, in which items with a customized length need to be cut from bigger objects with a standard length (which is known as the Cutting Stock Problem). Such cutting processes are typically found in the steel, paper and wood processing industry. In the light of growing competitiveness, environmental responsibility and lack of natural resources, it is important to efficiently plan this cutting process in order to use scarce resources in the most efficient way, so that waste and other costs are minimized. The aim of the research is to develop novel heuristic solution approaches for several variants of this problem. The methodology is based on mathematical modelling and heuristic optimization techniques with the objective to provide high-quality solutions (i.e., production plans) for large instances of the problem (i.e., with many end products and a large time horizon) in a short computation time.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raf Jans

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho"

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Advanced Manufacturing; Artificial Intelligence

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Fugitive lead emissions study for the Trail smelting operation

Teck Metals Ltd. operates one of the world’s largest integrated lead-zinc smelting operations based in Trail, British Columbia. An important part of Teck’s normal day-to-day operations is to carefully track and report on any pollutants generated on site that are released into the environment. The purpose of this internship is to assist their Company in estimating atmospheric emissions of lead particulates from a variety of sources. Our work is based on extending an existing inverse Gaussian plume emissions model where the input to the algorithm is a collection of measurements of particulate material deposited on the ground in the area around the Trail smelter.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Stockie

Student:

Partner:

Teck Ltd (Trail, BC)

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Mining

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Offloading Data Fusion to Programmable Data Planes

Big data refers to a class of applications that operate on large amounts of data. One paradigm that fits the big data applications category is the Internet of Things (IoT). Millions of IoT devices continuously produce data and exchange information to support critical applications in different scenarios, such as smart cities and smart homes. As IoT devices become more popular, new techniques are necessary to accurately analyze data collected from devices and communicate efficiently with minimal delays. Data fusion is one widely used technique for performing accurate decisions. Data fusions process data from multiple sensors by integrating them at a single information source. This project aims to devise methods to offload the data fusion computation into the programmable data plane at the network edge to integrate strategies that improve communication and analysis of data collected from IoT environments. The systems we envision using our methods can, for example, improve the processing of big data collected from IoT devices using computation on switches.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Israat Haque

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Artificial Intelligence; Technology

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Border Crossing Book Project

This project builds on ongoing research within the project ((Border-Crossing Books) which focused on the ways in which book cultures explicitly intersect with national identities in the twenty-first century.
This project began by examining the circulation and reception of national literatures in the US, UK, and Australia from 2000–2020; this project will also be expanded to consider Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, China, Ghana, and India.
The student’s research will contribute to the project, expanding its scope to focus on the production, dissemination, and reception of Canadian books nationally and transnationally. Examining these dynamics in the 21st century will contextualize our contemporary book publishing landscape and pave the way for future research and developments.
Objectives include
•Analyzing frameworks in the Canadian publishing industry and events in the publishing life cycle that affect the national and transnational production, circulation, and reception of books published in Canada
•Identifying Canadian legislation and policy that affect the national and transnational production, circulation, and reception of books published in Canada
• Identifying alterations to Canadian books when they migrate to different countries and formats
• Analyzing the reception of Canadian books that are transnational, or border-crossing

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Faculty Supervisor:

Suzanne Norman

Student:

Partner:

Portland State University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; New and Digital Media; Technology

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Assessment of Landfill Final Covers Employing Contaminated Soils

Proposed research is to decommission five fully instrumented experimental covers that were constructed at the St-Nicephore landfill in 2018. This project provides the unique opportunity to exhume soil in a methodical approach to: (1) develop a contaminant profile throughout the experimental covers; and (2) establish the soil characteristics in-situ to be used in computer modelling of seepage through landfill covers. Laboratory experiments will be performed to: (1) develop unsaturated soil characteristics, assess changes in the experimental cover, and compare values to initial construction values; and (2) assess long-term contaminant transport patterns. These laboratory and field results will be used in computer modelling of seepage and contaminant transport.
The expected outcomes of the project are to re-evaluate the existing regulations for re-utilisation of contaminated soils for final cover in landfills. Expected benefits are: (1) reduction of soil landfilled, increasing long-term capacity of existing soil; and (2) decrease of quarrying clean soil for use at landfill sites.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alexandre Cabral

Student:

Partner:

Waste Management Quebec

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Stimulating user-driven interdisciplinary co-development and adaptation of innovative technologies for populations with communication disorders.

The population is rapidly ageing worldwide. In 2030, 23% of Canadians will be 65 years or older, a demographic shift accompanied by an increase in age-related health problems bringing about social challenges requiring innovative solutions. AI driven technologies are presented as promising avenues both for individualized health monitoring and self-management and to facilitate social participation of older individuals. To ensure ethics, usability and relevance of new technologies, involvement of target users in the early design stages are encouraged as best practice. However, involving older adults responsibly and efficiently in co-development projects has proved challenging, even more so if they have a neurological disorder. Therefore, our project aims at stimulating research in partnership with older adults with communication disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. It is organized around the adaptation of an in-ear technology and is run in partnership with a community partner, Parkinson-Québec, an industrial partner, EERS, and a non-for-profit startup, Vocavie.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ingrid Verduyckt;Rachel Bouserhal;Rachel Bouserhal;Ingrid Verduyckt

Student:

Partner:

Parkinson Québec;EERS Global Technologies Inc;Vocavie

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Manufacturing; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure; Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

First Nations Entrepreneurship Development, Capacity Building and Governance: Applied Perspectives

The proposed research project objectives are to enable the participating First Nations to identify strengths and weaknesses related to economic development and governance; develop policies and support for entrepreneurship; develop programs for capacity building; strengthen leadership and management skills; build trust and new networks that will inform and involve outsiders. The partners, Heiltsuk Nation, Haida Nation, COF and Beedie School of Business, understand that First Nations’ autonomous economic development contributes to the overall health of the community and they are keen on gaining broader understanding on how to accomplish this in their communities. At the same time, they are interested in sharing their knowledge with other First Nations communities in order to collectively build stronger, healthier and sustainable communities. The research cluster will contribute to an understanding of the interrelatedness of economic development activity in First Nations Communities. By focusing on two COF member Nations, the knowledge gained throughout will be sharable and of interest to other Nations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Selman

Student:

Partner:

Heiltsuk Economic Development Corporation (HEDC);Haida Enterprise Corporation (Richmond, BC)

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Public administration

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Développement d’un modèle pharmacocinétique populationnel pour prédire l’exposition des nourrissons à la Sertraline via le lait maternel

La sertraline est un médicament fréquemment utilisé dans la période postnatale afin de traiter la dépression. Cependant, il existe peu de données sur le passage de ce médicament dans le lait maternel et sur ses effets sur les enfants allaités. Une étude clinique est présentement en cours afin de quantifier la sertraline dans le lait maternel et d’évaluer le développement des enfants exposés à ce médicament. Les données obtenues dans cette étude seront utilisées dans le but de développer un modèle pharmacocinétique capable d’évaluer la variabilité sur le passage de ce médicament entre les femmes, de déterminer les facteurs démographiques responsables de cette variabilité et de prédire l’exposition des nourrissons à la sertraline. À long terme, les résultats de ce projet permettront de faire des recommandations personnalisées et adéquates à toutes les femmes allaitantes sous sertraline sans avoir à faire des mesures de concentrations dans le lait maternel.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ema Ferreira

Student:

Partner:

Université de Lausanne

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals; Environmental Science and Technology

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Implementing and Evaluating School Street Initiatives in Ontario: Pilot Testing Street Reallocation Initiatives in Kingston, Markham, Hamilton, and Mississauga

Compared to previous generations, Canadian children today are much more likely to be driven to school daily. This trend can be explained by various issues, including parents’ concerns about the hazards posed by traffic congestion in and around school sites. School Street initiatives are intended to make it easier for children to walk or roll to school safely on their own by closing the street to through-traffic at the beginning and the end of the school day. The intern involved in this project will provide critical assistance to the groups who will be implementing these initiatives in Ontario, as well as to the academic researcher at Queen’s who will be rigorously evaluating these initiatives. The findings from this research will offer valuable lessons to municipalities across the country that are considering and experimenting with similar initiatives in their communities.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patricia Collins

Student:

Partner:

8 80 Cities;Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

L’Oríkì yorùbá dans le contexte des diasporas américaines: une étude socio-anthropologique d’expressions orales négro-africaines au Nigéria, au Brésil et au Canada

Cette recherche est une contribution aux efforts de reconstruction du parcours de la parole vivante qui a apporté des mémoires et des cosmovisions africaines, transmises oralement, aux Amériques, en particulier au Brésil et au Canada. L’art verbal dont il est question ici est l’Oríkì yorùbá, à travers lequel on cherche à établir des dialogues, des liens, des ponts avec les expressions littéraires, musicales et religieuses brésiliennes. Bien que cet art de la parole soit ici déplacé, resignifié ou retouché, il conserve les traits essentiels de sa culture ancestrale, un thème qui transite ainsi entre les études culturelles, africaines (yorùbá), afro-diasporiques et afro-latino-américaines. En nous appuyant sur les théories d’Amadou Hampaté Bâ (2010), Abimbola (1981), Verger (1999), entre autres, nous tentons ici de poser des questions sur la tradition orale, les modes de transmission des mémoires et des savoirs et expressions des modes de vie qu’ils ont, dans le caractère sacré de la parole, leur force et leur persistance.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ana Belén Martín Sevillano

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Federal de Goiás

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Student Self-Assessment Processes: Unpacking the Critical Role of Affect

Student self-assessment (SA) refers to a suite of classroom activities wherein students reflect on their own work, abilities, and
learning processes. When tailored to students’ needs and systematically integrated in classroom instruction, SA activities cultivate
students’ capacity to manage their own learning, making SA foundational for success in K-12 classrooms and dynamic
environments beyond (e.g., workplaces, higher education). Problematically, research continues to show that students are not
receiving the full benefits of SA. A primary barrier to supporting systematic and tailored approaches to SA is that research has yet
to unpack the affective processes of SA – students’ dynamic emotional responses that drive their approaches when engaged in
SA and catalyze the transfer of information from working to long-term memory. These affective processes have remained elusive
because they must be captured in real time as learners engage in an authentic SA activity. This research will leverage novel realtime
measures to investigate students’ affective states during SA and how these states develop as the activity unfolds. The aim of
this research is to advance the first theory of affect’s role in SA.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christopher DeLuca

Student:

Partner:

Universidad de Deusto

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Factors affecting secondary school success in Thorncliffe and Flemingdon Park communities

This project explores factors that affect the success of secondary school students in communities with relatively high newcomer and immigrant populations. This project aims to gain unbiased insight from the students themselves, focusing on what they identify as barriers and how they would like to be supported to overcome these barriers. The partner organization, The Neighbourhood Organization (TNO) will assist with this goal by updating the resources and aids they provide to secondary school students in the Thorncliffe and Flemingdon Park communities. This area is a hotspot for newcomers to Canada due to its diversity, but as a result, the area is densely populated and students have unique challenges relative to other Ontario high school students. Data will be collected through interactive techniques such as word cloud polls and focus groups.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Julia O’Sullivan

Student:

Partner:

The Neighbourhood Organization

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

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