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SOTI Snap Analytics

Currently, data analytics services are not only expensive, but also often require days of delay for the data analytics report to be generated. The project focuses on making use of a user’s voice query as an input to create a data analytics response by aggregating data from a database. The successful implementation of the project suggests a novel way of providing data analytics services which significantly improves its accessibility. For example, if a user asks “What is my company’s revenue in the last two months?”, the model should be able to handle the query and automatically create an analytic response. To achieve such performance, the model needs to understand the semantics of query and knows how to identify and assemble desired data in a database.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Scott Sanner

Student:

Partner:

SOTI Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Seasonal Change in Roosting Ecology in the Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)

Silver-haired bats are common species of bat found in North America. They use cavities in trees and space under loose bark to roost, or rest and raise young. The silver-haired bat is thought to migrate south over the winter. Despite this, we have found them in parts of British Columbia during the winter, suggesting they may not migrate in these areas. Our work will help support a MSc student who will investigate how silver-haired bats are using trees in areas where they overwinter in British Columbia and compare with how they use trees in the summer. We will capture bats and track them to identify the tree roosts. Once located, we will record how long the bats stay at each tree, and tree features to identify patterns in tree use. Our partner, the Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada has identified this area of research as a high priority conservation action. The results from this project will be used to plan bat-friendly forestry practices by identifying trees that are suitable as winter and summer roosts for silver-haired bats.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Erin Baerwald

Student:

Partner:

Wildlife Conservation Society Canada

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Northern British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Évaluation du potentiel de croissance et de rendements d’une culture de tomates biologiques cultivées dans une serre climatisée à l’aide d’un système géothermique.

Deux serres expérimentales de tomates biologiques cultivées en plein sol sont utilisées dans le cadre de ce projet. La serre témoin est refroidie et déshumidifiée par ventilation naturelle tandis que la serre prototype utilise un système de géothermie. L’objectif du présent projet est de comparer et de quantifier les performances agronomiques des deux régies de culture. Les données de croissance des plants, le rendement, le calibre ainsi que certaines données physico-chimiques des fruits sont mesurés régulièrement pendant deux saisons de culture consécutives. Ces données serviront à vérifier l’hypothèse selon laquelle la production de tomates biologiques cultivées en plein sol peut être améliorée tant au niveau de la qualité que du rendement des fruits en utilisant un système de climatisation par géothermie. Si les résultats s’avèrent concluants, cette étude pourrait mener à l’instauration d’un système de refroidissement et de déshumidification par la géothermie aux Serres Jardins Nature.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Damien de Halleux

Student:

Partner:

Les Serres Jardins Nature

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

VIRTAS – VIRtual Design and Testing of Aircraft Structure

The goal of the project is to develop an improved design process and tools for an aircraft structure based on digital simulation and artificial intelligence.
In order to minimize costs and improve the reliability of numerical simulations, we plan to reduce the number of physical tests, while optimizing the instrumentation. This will result in better quality data. An efficient method of processing this data and a decision support system in the event of measurements deviating from those simulated will also be developed.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ilyass Tabiai;Martin Levesque

Student:

Partner:

Bombardier Aerospace Inc (Dorval, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Dynamique de la pessière noire à peuplier faux-tremble de la plaine argileuse abitibienne : Une approche dendroécologique.

Ce projet vise à comprendre la dynamique forestière des peuplements d’épinette noire et de peuplier faux-tremble dans la pessière à mousse de la plaine argileuse abitibienne. Spécifiquement, il vise à comprendre si les peuplements se remplacent après feu sans changement d’espèces (dynamique cyclique, c’est-à-dire le peuplier est remplacé par du peuplier, et l’épinette noire par de l’épinette noire) ou si les forêts montrent une succession après feu du peuplier vers l’épinette noire avec le temps. Dans un secteur de 2000 km2 sélectionné dans la région écologique 6a2 (Plaine du lac Matagami), on procédera d’abord à caractériser la variabilité naturelle de la composition forestière à l’aide de données existantes et de travaux de terrain. Certains sites seront ensuite sélectionnés et échantillonnés afin de faire une reconstitution de leur développement à l’aide de la dendrochronologie.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Simard

Student:

Partner:

Norbord Inc (La Sarre, QC)

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

La participation des dirigeants au capital-actions a-t-elle une influence sur la performance de I’entreprise et sur son prix en bourse?

Le projet de recherche qui se tiendra chez Montrusco Bolton Investments tentera de faire la lumiere sur l’influence que les achats et ventes d’actions poses par la direction ont sur Ie prix en bourse de leurs entreprises. Cela tout particulierement au niveau des transactions d’inities, c’est-a-dire lorsqu’une personne a l’interieur de l’entreprise achete ou vend des portions de cette meme entreprise sur la bourse. Plusieurs etudes anterieures ont ete effectuees dans d’autres pays et sur d’autres variables. Par contre, cette recherche s’ avere unique et propose de regarder de nouvelles variables et de se baser sur un marche particulier, soit celui du Canada. En utilisant de nouvelles variables et un marche unique, on s’attend a de surprenantes conclusions qui valent largement la peine d’etre etudiees. Le sujet est d’ailleurs tres en vogue dans Ie domaine de la finance.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alix Mandron

Student:

Partner:

Placements Montrusco Bolton inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Estimation the cost of metal manufacturing

Cost estimation is a critical part of manufacturing. It has a significant role in determining the feasibility of decisions including design stage, planning and production methods. Especially, it is useful for subcontracting processes that GRAD4 conducts where the features of parts are submitted and bidding is the way of the deal between suppliers and buyers. We will investigate the historical cost and material data of parts and develop estimation methods utilizing statistical analysis and machine learning. The data includes features of the parts such as the operations needed, the geometry as well as the materials. The data particularly include three separate cost items: bending cost, laser cost, and material cost. The material cost has a deterministic feature that can be computed without variation. However, bending and laser costs has more complex nature which can be captured by pattern recognition applications. The final estimations would be in confidence interval form to enable the measurement of uncertainty and risk assessment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mehmet Gumus

Student:

Partner:

GRAD4 Inc;Axya Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Effect of exposure to hydrocarbons on reproductive functions in select marine organisms

The partner organization, Oceans Ltd, offers diagnostic services to detect and monitor the effects of environmental contaminants on marine ecosystems, mainly using fish as biomonitoring tools. The company wishes to seize an opportunity for capacity building and diversification by exploring new bioindicator technologies based on the effects of hydrocarbons on the reproduction of marine invertebrates. The Mercier Laboratory will provide key expertise on the general biology and reproduction of marine invertebrates, which will be instrumental in exploring this avenue. The intern will use this knowledge to assist Oceans Ltd develop indicators of oil exposure that relate to reproductive functions in selected cold-water species. Specifically, the intern will be involved in carrying out the hydrocarbon exposures and subsequent biomarker analyses as part of his graduate (MSc) studies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Annie Mercier

Student:

Partner:

Oceans Ltd;Petroleum Research Newfoundland & Labrador

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Accelerate

Modelling Increased Recognition in Unwitnessed Cardiac Arrest Using Wearable Sensors

In more than 75% of all Sudden Cardiac Arrests, no one is there to witness the event and call 9-1-1, and resultant survival is near 0%. Sudden Cardiac Arrest death is a significant and unrecognized epidemic in Canada, affecting over 20,000 people annually. We hypothesize that modelling the implementation of wearable sensors in the population will provide evidence that key clinical and system metrics in the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation system in British Columbia can be improved, and that such improvements will be worthwhile. We anticipate our models will forecast a significant increase in rates of survival to hospital discharge and survival with favourable neurological outcomes and will provide a framework for technology innovators and clinicians to develop clinical trials evaluating wearable sensors for impact on cardiac arrest outcomes. This project is strategically aligned with the goals of our partner organization, CHÉOS, which contributes to training the next generation of researchers and working cooperatively with other health research organizations, including those at the University of British Columbia and beyond, to develop and carry out research strategies that impact the health and wellbeing of Canadians.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brian Grunau;Joseph Puyat

Student:

Partner:

Providence Health Care

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Community Impact from Rural Sourcing

This study builds upon work to define the decision process firms use in deciding to move their IT Services work to less urban regions such as Atlantic Canada. This Mitacs project seeks to build upon this work and analyze the ancillary benefits of such projects within the community (beyond the direct economic benefits). Policy objectives from regional stakeholders as well as the effects of immigration will be studied. This work will help outsourcing organizations understand and articulate their full value to the community.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mike Smit;Benoit Aubert

Student:

Partner:

CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Upper limb exoskeleton performance during fatiguing overhead work tasks

Overhead work is the leading cause of shoulder fatigue and presents a large financial burden to employees and employers alike due to workplace injuries. Interventions must be implemented to reduce the onset of shoulder fatigue and injury. Two interventions are currently being used, overhead cycle time and passive upper-limb exoskeletons. However, little research has been conducted regarding their effects on fatigue. Overhead cycle time is a ratio of time spent working overhead to time spent working below head. Cycle times limit how long workers can work overhead throughout their work shift. Exoskeletons are wearable devices that support the body’s structure. Passive versions use a support arm with springs to support the arms when working overhead, which lowers the force required by the worker to hold their arms overhead. We plan to investigate the effects of three models of exoskeleton and two overhead cycle times on shoulder fatigue during overhead work.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nicholas La Delfa

Student:

Partner:

Cort Research and Innovation Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program:

Accelerate

Determination of phenolic content and bioactivity in the Winecrush puree developed from a grape pomace

The evidence provided by epidemiological and clinical studies is persuasive of protective effects of fruit and vegetable intake in chronic disease. The edible parts of many fruits and vegetables are a rich source of dietary compounds that impact human cell functioning. Those bioactive compounds are often lost during food production and processing. For example, skin and seeds of grapes that are the most abundant in bioactive compounds, are discarded of during wine production. Winecrush, an Okanagan company, collects those leftovers (so called a grape pomace) and creates a puree to enhance food. In the proposed project, we will study the amount and type of bioactive compounds in the puree, their activity and availability under various production conditions. Providing a deeper understanding of the composition and bioactive properties of the Winecrush puree will strengthen puree applications in food and nutraceutical formulations and open the door to novel approaches in utilizing the puree. Apart from health and food enhancing benefits, transforming wine derivatives into a bioactive product makes a positive impact on methane emissions and land resources by upcycling winery leftovers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Barbara Stefanska

Student:

Partner:

Winecrush

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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