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Intégration de données numériques lifestyle pour la prédiction comportementale

Le projet de recherche consiste en une exploration des données lifestyle dans l’optique de prédire
différents comportements. Les données sur le mode de vie génèrent des informations permettant d’en
savoir plus sur les citoyens. Des liens ont notamment été établis entre la consommation de latte et le vote
libéral ou encore entre le style vestimentaire et la consommation culturelle. Par une collaboration avec
Synopsis, ces données pourront être exploitées avec des méthodes d’analyse les plus actuelles en
sciences sociales numériques. L’analyse sera effectuée en deux temps. D’abord une analyse permettant
de regrouper des réponses selon leurs caractéristiques communes sera effectuée sur des données liées
au lifestyle. La deuxième approche utilisera des données collectées par Synopsis lors d’un devis
expérimental afin de comparer l’effet des actions de politiciens sur les répondants en contrôlant avec la
segmentation identifiée en phase 1.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yannick Dufresne

Student:

Partner:

Synopsis Marketing

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Replacing Legacy Materials of Aquatic Play Structures with Flexible, Durable and Low-Footprint Alternatives

The advancement in flexible high-performance plastics has stimulated worldwide research and development to expand the use of these materials in versatile products. In particular, their flexibility offers more comfort and ease of handling and installation, as compared to alternative hard materials. On the other hand, rising global concerns over plastic pollution, along with known chemical and additive migration from polymers, require a more holistic approach to material selection tasks towards next-generation plastic products in a way that environmental impact and end of life management factors are also taken into account. In collaboration with the Waterplay Solutions Corp., a BC-based leading manufacturer of aquatic play structures used in amusement and water parks, this project aims to systemically select and evaluate new flexible high-performance plastic material options that can replace the fibreglass composite material currently used in the aquatic play structures. The desired material solution must meet (or exceed) all in-situ functional requirements of current product (e.g. load capacity), environmental durability (UV, oxygen, water/chlorine exposure), bio-safety (ensuring limited growth of bacteria, viruses and fungi).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Abbas Sadeghzadeh Milani

Student:

Partner:

Waterplay Solutions Corp.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

SafePath User Interface Development

Sidewalks, pathways and bike lanes are a vital part of cities, they act as conduits for pedestrian movement and access, they enhance connectivity and encourage non-personal vehicle transportion. Having safe, accessible and proper sidewalk and bike lane maintenance is a fundamental necessity for cities to enhance their citizens public health, happiness and maximize their social capital. Many obstructions, hazards and safety issues regarding sidewalks are unpreventable and, on occasion, necessary for city development. The major culprits for sidewalk inaccessibility and safety issues arise from three general categories: construction, environmental hazards and safety adverse areas.
Pedestrians with mobility and vision issues face these obstruction and safety issues head on putting their lives in danger and deal with unsafe wayfaring. Inaccessible and hazardous sidewalks are a top problem for pedestrians with accessibility needs. Without knowing what sidewalks are safe and hazard free it is difficult to decide what the optimal route is to take or when it is safe to use sidewalks, pathways and bike lanes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pawan Lingras

Student:

Partner:

Optimize AI Technology Solutions

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Saint Mary's University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Hybrid Focused and Ultrafast Ultrasound Beamforming HDL Coding for FPGA Deployment

Nicholas’ research will be used to help Daxsonics Ultrasound develop state-of-the-art ultrasound imaging by utilizing new techniques to rapidly generate and capture high resolution image frames. By capturing high-resolution frames ‘ultrafast’, Nicholas will generate high quality, real-time images, that are capable of visualizing slow blood flow in microvasculature.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Geoff Maksym;Jeremy Brown

Student:

Partner:

Daxsonics Ultrasound Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Computer Application to Assess the Reliability of Existing Structures using Adaptive Kriging

A major challenge involved in assessing the reliability of degrading structures relates to the extraordinary computational cost required to conduct the reliability simulation considering the spatial variability of the structural degradation process (such as damage due to mechanical and environmental effects). The objective of this research is to develop a user-friendly computer application using an innovative mathematical procedure to conduct structural reliability simulation for complex structural configurations subjected to severe deterioration efficiently. The computer application will be employed to assess reliability of degraded structures in real-life engineering projects.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yi Liu;Fadi Oudah

Student:

Partner:

NOEL Consultants

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Structured Assets’ Value-at-Risk: Measurement and Sensitivity Testing

This project aims to measure the credit risk of Sun Life structured assets portfolio. The objective is to evaluate the accuracy of different methods to assess the credit risk of these types of financial instruments and to evaluate their advantages and limitations. Two methods are proposed to assess structured finance assets risk: Loan Equivalent Approach and Look Through Approach. The former is a practical representation of the structured asset as a traditional debt instrument. The problematic is to test and understand to which extent this representation could diverge from the risk profile of the structured financial asset. A second objective is to implement the chosen model – through identifying the required parameters, assumptions, data and process – and integrate it into the company credit risk framework and insure its reliability and accuracy. By the end of the project/internship, we expect to have in place a fully operational model and procedure to measure securitized assets credit risk

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Lozinski

Student:

Partner:

Sun Life Financial

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

La culture québécoise et la consommation énergétique des familles avec enfant propriétaires d’une maison avec cour : étude monographique de la socialisation, de situations, de scènes et de représentations sociales sur trois sites comparés

Une transition vers une consommation de l’énergie électrique plus sobre, efficace, flexible ou raisonnée doit notamment être pensée dans la réalité de jeunes parents manquant de temps, stressés, endettés par un premier achat immobilier. Leurs trajectoires et leurs aspirations d’établissement, ainsi que leurs manières de se déplacer, d’habiter et de s’approprier des lieux dispersés, expliquent leur propension à adopter ou pas des comportements d’achat et de consommation écoénergétiques. Avec le Laboratoire des technologies de l’énergie d’Hydro-Québec, nous proposons une enquête par entretien semi-dirigé (individuel ou de couple) visant à mieux décrire et comprendre la culture québécoise de la consommation énergétique dans les dynamiques des parcours d’établissement et des vies familiales de parents de jeunes enfants qui sont propriétaires d’une maison avec cour.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dominique Morin

Student:

Partner:

Hydro-Quebec

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Energy and Utilities; Sustainability & the Environment; Green/Alternative Energy

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

La résistance aux changements organisationnels dans les entreprises pendant la pratique du management de projets

Les adaptations, transformations et changements sont nécessaires dans la vie des organisations, il est admis chez les chercheurs et praticiens que ces changements se réalisent à travers des projets et des programmes, ils servent à garder une synchronisation avec l’environnement des organisations. Les individus ont tendance à résister aux initiatives de changements, ce qui s’applique aux changements liés à la pratique du management de projet. La résistance des employés au changement menace le développement de l’entreprise et son existence sur le marché. Le but de cette recherche est d’explorer ce chez les employés et le fait modérateur de l’adoption des référentiels et bonnes pratiques de management de projet, afin de comprendre ce qui se passe réellement et détecter pourquoi les gens résistent au développement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christophe Bredillet

Student:

Partner:

Arseno Balayage

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Accelerate

Quel rôle pour les Pessamiulnuat dans la gestion de la réserve de biodiversité Uapishka?

Face aux lacunes des approches de conservation conventionnelles, la présente recherche sur les aires protégées et de conservation autochtones (APCA) vise les objectifs suivants :
– Définir une démarche pour la co-construction d’une vision commune de la réserve de biodiversité Uapishka, en termes de valeurs, d’objectifs et de besoins;
– Établir un cadre pour le suivi de l’intégrité socio-écologique avec la communauté innue de Pessamit;
– Identifier les facteurs facilitants et limitants le partenariat entre la communauté innue de Pessamit et la Réserve mondiale de la biosphère Manicouagan-Uapishka.
Cette recherche qualitative étudiera le territoire de la réserve de biodiversité. Ainsi, elle contribuera à la mise en place d’outils de gestion prenant en compte leurs valeurs, leur objectifs et leurs besoins autochtones ainsi qu’à favoriser l’implication autochtone dans les aires protégées. Pour les gestionnaires du réseau d’aires protégées et des parcs au Québec et au Canada, la recherche contribuera aussi à une définition plus complète des aires protégées « en santé ».

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Michel Beaudoin;Louis Bélanger

Student:

Partner:

Réserve mondiale de la biosphère Manicouagan-Uapishka

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Predicting Perishable Field Vegetables’ Supply Using Artificial Intelligence and Satellite Imagery

Uncertainty at the upstream supply of agricultural products has been a challenge for growers. This uncertainty governs the market of non-strategic crops such as perishable field vegetables by affecting suppliers (or growers), distributors, and consumers. It causes too much or too little supply and consequently unexpected price variations. The supply chain of perishable food is a complex puzzle made up of many elements. Among these elements, this project is focused on estimating the area under harvest of specific crops using Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning. Satellite images provide a wealth of information for decision-making in agriculture. This project applies Computer Vision to analyze satellite images from the vegetable fields to evaluate the area under harvest. This analysis could illustrate the concentration of farms growing a specific vegetable locally.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hamidreza Mahyar

Student:

Partner:

NetProCore Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a risk-prediction model

A quantitative risk prediction model is to be constructed. We need to determine if the available data will fit an existing model and validate the results or if a new statistical model is required. Each case will be allocated into one of three categories (low, moderate and high risk). This stratification must have clinical validity and utility. The cut-offs for the stratification will be established based primarily on clinical utility and on the availability of the data. The cut-offs will be optimized to achieve optimum AUC, NPV, PPV, sensitivity and specificity values. It is expected that a minimal number of variables (2 maximum) will be used in the risk-prediction model for both over fitting and clinical action reasons. This prediction algorithm will allow proteocyte to have in hand an exploratory model to continue its work in developing a robust test that can have clinical utility in stratifying premalignat oral lesions according to the level of risk of progressing to cancer.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lehana Thabane

Student:

Partner:

Proteocyte Diagnostics

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Building Capacity for Campus Suicide Prevention: A Policy Practice Partnership – Year two

Post-secondary student mental health is of great concern, with increased rates of anxiety, depression, feelings of isolation, and suicidality observed. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated mental health stressors and concerns about campus suicides, already on the rise. In response, the BC Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions has funded the BC Campus Suicide Prevention Initiative (CSPI), partnering with the Canadian Mental Health Association, BC division (CMHA BC) who will distribute funding and offer technical support to all 25 BC publicly funded post-secondary institutions. This HSIF project will evaluate the implementation and early impacts of the CSPI, identify where further support is needed, and provide recommendations for how the public health system can ensure long-term and sustainable impacts and national scale-up to improve post-secondary suicide prevention and overall mental health and well-being. This study has the following aims: 1. to monitor early outcomes across the CSPI program’s implementation; 2. to understand the mediating role of CMHA BC (program administrator and technical support coordinator) in the collaborative processes and outcomes of participating post-secondary institutions; and 3. to assess scalability and sustainability of the CSPI in BC and nationally.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Emily Jenkins

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Mental Health Association (British Columbia)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Elevate

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