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Combating money laundering networks with the firefighting problem

The Firefighter Problem is a deterministic, discrete-time model of the spread of a fire on the nodes of a graph. If a graph is a network where bank accounts are nodes, then an edge between two accounts is a transaction between one bank account and another. Imagine we have a suspicious bank account with suspicious transactions possibly tied to money laundering. We view this suspicious bank account as a place a fire breaks out. Then, those accounts that receive money from the suspicious bank account are considered suspect. Continuing transactions, the whole network will be involved with this suspicious account and fall under suspicion. We want to apply a strategy to contain the suspicious transactions to as few accounts as possible and identify which accounts are compromised. Although the research focuses on strong grids, it will develop techniques that may be applicable in more general graphs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Danny Dyer;Andrea Burgess

Student:

Partner:

NASDAQ Canada Inc

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Information and Communications Technology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Séjour de rédaction et de recherche auprès de Stéphane Chaudier

Mon séjour de recherche s’organise autour de ma thèse de doctorat, en cours de rédaction, qui interroge l’oeuvre de l’écrivain
français Pierre Michon en tant que fabrique de la transcendance, dans le rapport qu’entretient cette transcendance avec l’art du
XIXe siècle. Le premier volet du séjour sera consacré à la rédaction de mon deuxième chapitre de thèse, qui concerne l’enjeu
central de la transcendance. L’appui de mon superviseur de stage, Stéphane Chaudier, dont certains de ses travaux portent sur
le langage religieux, me permettra non seulement de faire progresser la rédaction de mon deuxième, mais également d’affiner la
définition et la place de transcendance dans mes travaux. Le second volet de mon stage est composé de différentes activités de
recherche, qui contribueront au développement et à la diffusion des mes travaux académiques. À côté d’un entretien avec Pierre
Michon (dont je pourrai tirer un article publiable dans une revue au Québec), une journée d’études est prévue, dont je serai coorganisateur
et coéditeur des actes: « Le XIXe siècle de Michon ». J’aurai l’occasion, lors d’une communication, d’y soumettre
mes principales hypothèses de thèse, qui bénéficieront des discussions avec les spécialistes de l’oeuvre de Michon et du XIXe
siècle qui seront présents à la journée d’études.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Isabelle Daunais

Student:

Partner:

Université de Lille

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

An Holistic Approach to Complex UX Design

As the scope of design has become more complex – designers have moved from designing products, to technology, experiences, environments and more recently services. This progression in design, its implications, serves the need for the exploration of more holistic approaches to leverage designers’ understanding of these complex problems. Furthermore it identifies the need for designers to utilize and adopt new methodologies to better understand their users and support the plural perspective in designing for multi-channel experiences. In this internship, the research expertise and focuse aattention of a graduate-level interaction designer and researcher will assist the industry partner in identifying some of the key issues impacting end-user experience, and will collaborate with the UX Team to explore new directions and methodologies in user experience design to advance the company’s processes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steve DiPaolo

Student:

Partner:

Function Point Productivity Software Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluation of the accuracy of the office-based virtual surgical planning for Orthognathic and Implant surgery

Orthognathic surgery is a procedure used to correct facial deformities and is a mainstay treatment in the oral
and maxillofacial surgery field. Another common procedure in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery is dental
implant surgery that is used to replace missing teeth. Currently, dental implants are one of the most preferred
treatment options for recreating tooth form and function.
The surgical procedure is complex and requires extensive planning and accuracy to obtain a successful
outcome. For this reason, computer-aided 3D virtual surgical planning has been adopted to improve the
efficiency and accuracy of the procedure. This is most commonly done through a third party company who uses
software to manipulate the data as per the surgeons’ operative plan, which requires significant resource and
time as well as high cost for patients. The purpose of this study is to establish a workflow for an office-based
approach to virtually plan orthognathic and implant surgeries that can be implemented at the surgical facilities.
The proposal develops the methods for evaluation of the accuracy of the office-based virtual surgical planning
for Orthognathic and Implant surgery and helps to better assess the plausibility of the new workflow.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hong Gu

Student:

Partner:

Nova Scotia Health

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Automatic AI based detection of cranial deformity in infants

Positional plagiocephaly is an increasingly common form of cranial deformity in infants, affecting approximately 40% of infants under the age of 1. While it is not associated with developmental defects or learning impairments, there can be long term aesthetic implications for deformity that is not appropriately addressed early in life. Early identification of plagiocephaly and initiation of treatment is a key step in ensuring positive outcomes, but accurately monitoring the development of head shape is difficult when primary care physicians manage ever larger patient loads. To support physicians in the diagnosis of head deformities, the current project aims to validate an AI-based mobile application to automatically track head shape and diagnose infantile head shape deformities. The intern will conduct a clinical validation study to measure the AI algorithms diagnostic accuracy, and will build an anonymous database of infant head photos for refinement of the partner organisations current algorithm.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mirko Gilardino

Student:

Partner:

Little Angel Medical

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Program:

Accelerate

Balises acoustiques pour un système de détection d’intrusion par les airs pour des périmètres de sécurité

L’entreprise DARE-IT Technologies fabrique des matrices de microphone IP pour des applications de
surveillance. Les centres carcéraux cherchent une solution abordable afin de faire la détection, la
localisation, la classification et le suivi de potentielles intrusions dans les airs (par l’usage de drones) pour
permettre l’interception de colis illicites. À cette fin, DARE-IT réalisera une preuve de concept d’un tel
système de surveillance. La réalisation d’un prototype complet implique la conception de balises
acoustiques optimisées au niveau de l’électronique et du traitement pour maximiser la portée et les
capacités de détection du système. Le projet servira donc de levier à l’organisme partenaire pour
développer une balise acoustique peu coûteuse et facilement déployable. Ceci permettra à l’entreprise
de mettre son premier produit sur le marché dans un horizon de deux ans.

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Faculty Supervisor:

François Grondin

Student:

Partner:

DARE-IT Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

International Business Development Intern

The goal of this project is to develop and implement a digital sales and marketing strategy that leverages the followers and networks of our bulk customers to increase sales for our organic, fair trade honey products in the B2C and B2B digital channels. During COVID, the company was able to develop relationships with bulk buyers with huge reach. This project is to build on that success. The key responsibilities for the intern will be working with external marketing experts and our internal teams to develop and execute a clear and effective digital marketing and sales strategy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Howard Nemiroff

Student:

Partner:

African Bronze Honey

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing; Wholesale trade

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Du plan a la mise en muvre : etude exploratoire sur les opportunites et les obstacles a I’implantation de mesures d’apaisement de lacirculation

Plusieurs organismes et entreprises travaillent presentement au Quebec dans la production de plans pour reamenager les rues et encourager les de placements a pied et a velo. La mise en ceuvre de ces plans demeure toutefois difficile dans plusieurs cas. Pourquoi ? Le projet ici propose se penche sur cette question en examinant differentes demarches menees dans la province dans Ie cadre des programmes « Mon ecole a pied, a veto! » et « A pied, a veto, ville active» afin de degager les conditions gagnantes a la realisation d’interventions en faveur des pietons et des cyclistes. II comporte la production d’un repertoire de realisations et une quinzaine d’etudes de cas appuyees notamment sur des entrevues aupres des parties prenantes. Le projet permettra aux acteurs concernes par la realisation de projets d’amenagement en faveur de la marche et du velo d’adapter leurs strategies d’intervention pour des operations plus efficaces.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Juan Torres

Student:

Partner:

Eco-Compteur;Vélo Québec Association;École de technologie supérieure

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Front End and Back End implementation of new UI/UX and implementing “gamification / rewards” technology to increase usage

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools help protect and develop the relationships one builds with their clients, which typically uses data analysis to study large amounts of information. These tools compile data from a range of different communication channels which include company’s website, phone number, email, live chat, and social media. This allows learning more about target audience and how to cater to their needs, which improves retention and drives sales. Gamification is the strategic attempt to enhance systems, services, organizations, and activities in order to create similar experiences to those experienced when playing games in order to motivate and engage users. People tend to work harder in games and game-like activities such as competitive sports or recreational activities than they do on the job because these activities have clearly defined goals, better scorekeeping and scorecards, more frequent feedback, a higher degree of personal choice of methods, and consistent coaching. The objective of this project is to turn basic and routine tasks in a CRM tool more exciting and enjoyable by incorporating the gamification strategies of activity streams, contents, points, awards and real-time leaderboards.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Loutfouz Zaman

Student:

Partner:

Fiitfu CRM Solutions Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

The Role of Machine Learning in Identification and Dissemination of High-Quality Clinical Research Articles from The Biomedical Literature

McMaster’s Health Information Research Unit has a long-established track record of identifying and sharing the highest quality, clinically relevant medical research to support healthcare professionals in staying up to date with the latest evidence so they can provide the best care to their patients. We have developed and used traditional search filters to help in this effort. These accurately return relevant articles but they also return many non-relevant, lower quality studies. This series of projects applies machine learning techniques to literature surveillance to develop and test algorithms that improve our ability to efficiently and accurately filter research studies, apply human assessments, and continuously improve how well the algorithm works. We will also test the feasibility of automatically extracting and summarizing information using machine learning. We will pilot test these new approaches to see if they work. Our long-term goal is to create short and clear summaries and knowledge graphs to be used by both healthcare professionals and patients.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alfonso Iorio

Student:

Partner:

EBSCO Health

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Retail trade

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Formulation and Product Testing of Seafood Compost

This research explores improving soil health through the composting of waste products abundant in NL. As a result, soil health and fertility will be improved, increasing crop yields and thus food security in the province. The partner organization will gain a marketable product developed from feedstock ingredients to a finished soil amendment with supporting data that supports its use as crop growth enhancement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mumtaz Cheema;Lakshman Galagedara

Student:

Partner:

3F Waste Recovery

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Examining the patient experience with electronic cognitive behavioural therapy

Electronic or internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (eCBT has been implemented widely in healthcare settings, but has become even more prevalent since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting decrease in availability of face-to-face treatment. The purpose of this study is to explore the personal experiences of patients and providers who have transitioned between face-to-face CBT and eCBT and their motivations for switching and persisting in the eCBT modality. This project will add to the limited research on the implementation of eCBT in real-world healthcare settings. Insights from this research will assist with successful implementation of patient-centred internet-based CBT interventions

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Rudoler

Student:

Partner:

Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program:

Accelerate

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