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Bentley : Entraînement d’un détecteur de rouille par apprentissage actif

Les outils basés sur l’intelligence artificielle sont de plus en plus utilisés dans des contextes d’inspection d’infrastructures, où un expert devait normalement passer beaucoup de temps à manuellement visiter puis annoter les portions problématiques. Un problème persiste toutefois pour leur applicabilité : la quantité de supervision requise pour entraîner ces méthodes d’IA. Le projet proposé vise à donner à l’ordinateur la capacité de déterminer quelle rétroaction d’un expert serait la plus utile pour améliorer sa performance. Tout comme un élève peut poser des questions à son professeur spécifiquement sur les sujets qu’il saisit moins bien, la méthode d’IA par apprentissage actif que nous envisageons serait capable d’identifier les éléments qu’elle sait déjà bien reconnaître afin d’éviter à l’expert de devoir « réexpliquer » une connaissance déjà acquise. Au final, ce projet permettra de diminuer grandement le temps requis pour la mise en place d’une telle solution d’inspection et de favoriser la diffusion de ces méthodes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christian Gagné;Audrey Durand

Student:

Partner:

Bentley Systems Canada

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Technology

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Étude du système de refroidissement d’une caméra CCD par CFD

Les caméras pour imagerie à faible flux lumineux sont utilisées tant pour la recherche biomédicale que pour l’astronomie. Toutefois, lorsque les photons se font rare, il est nécessaire de refroidir l’enceinte de la caméra à très basse température pour réduire le bruit thermique. Il faut aussi amplifier le signal grâce à l’électronique embarqué dans le boitier de la caméra. L’ensemble du système génère beaucoup de chaleur qu’il faut évacuer. Le projet vise à améliorer la dissipation thermique autour du système de refroidissement thermo électrique par effet Peltier dans la caméra. Des nouvelles solutions de refroidissement prometteuses seront étudiées à l’aide de simulation de mécanique des fluides numériques (CFD). Les performances des systèmes de refroidissement proposés seront comparées entre elles. Les connaissances acquises offriront des pistes de solutions à Nüvü Caméra pour améliorer le système de refroidissement dans ses prochains design de caméras.

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Faculty Supervisor:

François Morency

Student:

Partner:

Nüvü Caméras Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Valorization of Lactose-based By-products through the Conversion to Lactobionic Acid and Its Application to Mozzarella Production Process

Whey and milk ultrafiltration (UF) permeate are usually considered as environmental pollutants due to their elevated organic load. Increase of whey production owing to high demand of milk-derived products creates a huge disposal problem for dairy industries. The conversion of lactose, which is main component of whey and milk UF permeate, to value-added ingredients is advantageous. In this project, we will employ a cost-effective enzymatic method to convert lactose into bioactive LBA using whey and milk UF permeate as substrates. The process will be optimized to achieve the maximum production of LBA. Then, the resulting LBA-enriched permeates will be added to mozzarella cheese with aim of improving its functionality and production yield. In addition to the costs reduction of whey disposal to the environment, the improvement of functionality and nutritional quality of the produced cheese lead to the advent of new customers or increased benefits realized by existing customers in the market.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Salwa Karboune

Student:

Partner:

Agropur Coopérative

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Bridging the Digital Divide in Saskatoon: Exploring the Benefits of Providing Free Wi-Fi to Regions and Demographics with Low-Access

The internet has become a critical resource central to the provision of nearly every essential service, whether related to business, employment, social support, government, education, health, food, or leisure. As such, it is increasingly difficult for individuals who lack reliable, regular access to the internet to fully participate in society and obtain critical information. To address this issue locally, the City of Saskatoon is launching a pilot program where they will provide Wi-Fi to one neighbourhood that has met their selection criteria, which draw from the city’s equity analyses, school division studies of student access to devices and data, and the neighborhood’s proximity to existing infrastructure. Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s (SP) Digital Integration Centre of Excellence (DICE) and the City of Saskatoon are collaborating on a research project to investigate whether this installation is successfully providing reliable Wi-Fi service to the selected area. There are two distinct areas of research that will be undertaken by the SP interns. First, SP interns will investigate the impact of building materials on Wi-Fi signal strength, assist in troubleshooting issues with the installed system, and provide statistics on the Wi-Fi system’s performance. Second, SP interns will perform analysis on the utilization of the system.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Terry Peckham

Student:

Partner:

City of Saskatoon

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Public administration; Utilities

University:

Saskatchewan Polytechnic

Program:

Accelerate

Influence de la diversité structurelle des vieilles forêts sur les communautés ornithologiques boréales

Maintenir des surfaces vieilles forêts suffisantes au sein des territoires aménagés est désormais un enjeu majeur de gestion forestière au Canada. Peu de connaissances sont actuellement disponibles sur l’importance de la diversité interne d’habitat que l’on trouve au sein des vieilles forêts pour la biodiversité qui leur est associée. L’objectif de ce projet vise donc à comprendre comment la diversité structurelle interne des vieilles forêts influe sur la présence d’oiseaux boréaux. Le territoire d’étude prend place au sein du Parc Naturel National des Monts-Valin. Les résultats de ce projet permettront au parc de mieux comprendre la valeur écologique des vieilles forêts situées en son sein, lui donnant un statut de référence écologique pour de futures stratégies de conservation des territoires alentours. Plus globalement, l’amélioration des connaissances quant aux habitats fournis par les vieilles forêts contribuera au développement de stratégie d’aménagement écosystémique capables de conserver les fonctions écologiques des paysages préindustriels.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jacques Ibarzabal;Maxence Martin

Student:

Partner:

Société des établissements de plein air du Québec

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Arts, entertainment and recreation; Management of companies and enterprises; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Program:

Accelerate

Identifying local factors and sources affecting stream chloride concentrations in the Toronto Region

The proposed research will identify the dominant drivers of rising chloride concentrations in streams within the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) jurisdiction. The TRCA monitors stream water quality at 47 stations and data suggest that chloride concentrations are increasing. Previous research has identified urban growth and the subsequent application of road salt in wintertime as a dominant driver of these trends. However, chloride concentrations are increasing in rural, urbanizing and heavily urbanized TRCA watersheds suggesting that changes in chloride sources and/or weather patterns may also be factors to consider. The intern will investigate these potential drivers by: (1) identifying changes in chloride sources in streams and (2) assessing if weather patterns have changed over time and subsequently influenced road salt application patterns. This project will benefit the TRCA by determining why chloride concentrations are increasing and providing valuable information to direct management and mitigation of chloride pollution.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Claire Oswald

Student:

Partner:

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation; Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a Bike Anti-theft Device Based on GSM and GPS Technology

An embedded electronic system with GPS and GSM modules and a unique power supply will be developed for installation on a bike frame which cannot be tampered with. The system will allow the owner to receive notifications of a theft and to track the bike’s movement and location. This information can be passed to the authorities for apprehending the thief. The goal is to manufacture such as device as an OEM and supply it to bicycle manufacturers as an anti-theft device. The market for such devices is wide open for, but not limited to, high-end specialty bikes such as mountain, road, and trail bikes

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mehrdad Moallem

Student:

Partner:

Goalcam Technologies Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

A Research on Sensitivity Improvement and Performance Amplification of Biosensors Using Nanopores, Remote Doping and Multiple Logic Circuit Device Structures

The main goal of the proposed project is to implement a high-sensitivity biosensor by using nanomaterials. We aim to address the current issues in biosensor technology and lead the innovative role of the international community through exchanges and cooperation between Canadian and Korean researchers. In order to achieve goals, high-quality semiconductor thin-film deposition technology over a large area and performance-enhancing technologies such as remote doping, nanopore formation, and multi-valued circuit design are required. As prof. Gupta’s research team in Canada is intensively developing technologies of the large-area deposition of organic semiconductors and 2D TMD thin-films using 3D printing and PLD and prof. Yoo’s research team in Korea is actively conducting research on realizing high-performance sensors by controlling the properties of next-generation materials, through this project, it is expected that the technological convergence of the two research teams will complement each other and create high synergy on advanced biosensor development.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Manisha Gupta

Student:

Partner:

Gachon University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Nanotechnology; Biotechnology; Information and Communications Technology

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Health Behavior and Population Health in the Era of Climate Change

Climate change is closely tied with human behaviors and health. With continuous industrialization and technological advances, modern people are living unimaginable prosperous lives. However, their increased greed leads to enormous environmental destruction, such as the indiscriminate consumption of air conditioners and disposable products, and short-distance driving. Air pollution has a bilateral relationship with climate change, which causes 7 million premature deaths per year. In the past two years, positive environmental changes have been reported as the COVID-19 pandemic halted human movement. This evidence requires us to adopt inclusive health behaviors with special attention toward environmental impacts. In this context, we will investigate the association between climate change and pro-environmental behavior (PEB), using Canadian and South Korean data. Additionally, we plan to compare recent data with previously collected data prior to the emergence of the COVID-19 to detect whether and how the pandemic had impacted PEB.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eun-Young Lee

Student:

Partner:

Seoul National University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Shape dependence of THz metasurface and its applications

THz waves are receiving great attention in, for example, medical imaging as well as 6G communication. Basic research using THz waves for such applications is being actively conducted. However, since the commercially available THz components are still bulky and difficult to use, the need for a compact THz system has been growing. In this context, metasurfaces facilitating high transmission and full phase control have great potential. This project aims to find and verify optimized metasurface designs for beam focusing and generation of structured THz light carrying orbital angular momentum, by quantitatively evaluating the optical properties of a large set of metasurface shapes. Eventually, we envision that the outcome of this project can contribute to the development of a compact THz system for a wide range of industrial applications.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Luca Razzari

Student:

Partner:

Dankook University

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Nanotechnology; Information and Communications Technology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Data Structures for Range Closest Pair Queries

The objective of this project is to construct optimal data structures for the range closest pair (RCP) problem. The RCP problem aims to construct a data structure such that whenever a specific query range is given, the closest point-pair among those inside the given range can be reported efficiently. The RCP problem has been studied in variant versions depending on the type of a query range, which includes quadrants, trips, rectangles, and half-planes. Despite of the significant interest for the RCP problem, some variants remain open waiting for optimal solutions. For example, the best-known solutions of the RCP problem for rectangle and strip query ranges are not optimal. In the age of large information, the importance of the RCP problem is increasing in the sense that it is the fundamental algorithm to find a required data efficiently from an enormous dataset, especially focusing on a specific range of our interest.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michiel Smid

Student:

Partner:

Pohang University of Science and Technology

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Artificial Intelligence

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Development of hybrid inorganic materials for green urea oxidation and hydrogen production

The main goal of this study is to develop a catalyst capable of producing hydrogen through urea oxidation. By synthesizing and modifying various metal nanoparticles, a layered double hydroxide structure will be synthesized, and electrochemical measurements will be made. Through this study, laboratories of both countries will find a new way to cooperate to produce green hydrogen energy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anna Klinkova

Student:

Partner:

Gyeongsang National University

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Nanotechnology; Green/Alternative Energy; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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