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The International Centre for Northern Governance and Development Masters Degree Cluster 2012-2013

The Master in Northern Governance and Development (MNGD) is a project-based, interdisciplinary program meant to build capacity among northerners in northern Saskatchewan through a blended delivery model including face-to-face, videoconferencing, online and international field school instruction. The 2012-2013 internship research project will contribute to the MNGD graduate students’ research through the examination of community-based responses to rapid change and the development of the local capacity to respond. The project will evaluate the current and potential capacity of northern stakeholders to engage in relationships and implement processes, policies and practices that build resilient and sustainable communities. This analysis will function at the level of the community, and thus, will be informed by their values and interests. Specifically, the objectives of this research cluster are to: assess current community-based, capacity-building programs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Doug Clark;Ken Coates;Carin Holroyd;Gary Wilson;Greg Poelzer;Bonita Beatty;James Irvine

Student:

Partner:

Cameco Corporation (Saskatoon, SK)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Mining

University:

University of Northern British Columbia; University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Remote Matching and Hiring

Remote Talent Matching for Fit:
The project will research the feasibility of a dynamic matching engine that will enable job seekers and employers to better predict the probability of fit to a specific role and context prior to face-to-face contact. The objective is not to replace human recruiting, but rather to provide a mechanism for pre-qualification that eliminates bias and allows each side to evaluate the other before proceeding. The project will test a new language of performance drivers, designed to describe the “hidden attributes” that cause people to excel in a particular job and work context. Alpha Insights, a Canadian executive search firm is working with Traustr Inc., a technology partner to develop the solution. Minoo Selseleh, a post-graduate student and Professor Mark Podolsky are the participants in this Mitacs sponsored research.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Podolsky

Student:

Partner:

Alpha Insights

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

York University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Towards Automating Ore Sorting with Rich Sensors

To make mining more efficient and environmentally friendly, transportation of rock should be minimized. Ideally we would only transport those rocks that contain economically extractable amounts of minerals. MineSense has developed sensors that can detect the level of minerals in rocks and, in particular, can detect very low levels with high accuracy. This proposal is to use MineSense’s sensing technology to make decisions about which rocks to keep, and which to discard, as they pass over an array of sensors via a moving belt. Part of the decision is to determine where the rocks are and how many there are. This project will apply some of the latest artificial intelligence techniques, in particular techniques from relational probabilistic modeling, to this problem.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Poole;David Lowther

Student:

Partner:

MineSense Technologies Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Mining; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University; The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

2020 MBA Internship with Amii

By working on the assigned project activities, the intern will have the opportunity to learn more about the AI/ ML industry, from the industry-specific knowledge to how Amii would be able to help solve business problems through many offerings that we have regardless of where the partner organization is in their AI/ML adoption journey, of which the intern will be able to familiarize themselves with and learn more about through having valuable conversations with many organizations which include startups, SMEs, and enterprises on what their problems are. Afterwards, the intern will work with the team to identify the immediate needs and how Amii will be able to support. Other than that, Amii also has available resources and subject matter experts that the intern will have access to. Through this collaboration, Amii would be able to gain fresh perspectives from the intern to identify and audit some of our current processes as well as have an increased capacity which will help contribute to higher efficiency and productivity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Maier

Student:

Partner:

Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

LinguAI

In this project our main goal is to conduct a comprehensive market research to understand the market better (i.e. size of the market, buyer’s persona, needs and gaps and analysis of competitors).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sylvain Perron

Student:

Partner:

LinguAI

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Analytics of Rehabilitation Medicine

The goal of this project is to address major knowledge and research gaps on the impact of gender in the practice of rehabilitation medicine. A gender analytical approach to rehabilitation medicine will be crucial to understanding stroke representation and improving quality of life outcomes for survivors. Focusing on the impact of gender can improve the generalizability and effectiveness of best practices. This research project involves developing a new approach to improving the strategy and processes around rehabilitation medicine through a gender lens. The project will use value chain analysis to better understand strategic and process improvement opportunities in rehabilitation medicine. Value chain analysis disaggregates an organization, such as rehabilitation medicine, into its strategically relevant activities to understand the behaviour of costs and the existing and potential sources of differentiation. The appropriate degree of disaggregation depends on the nature of the activities and the purposes for which the value chain is being analysed. The project will be unique in that it will use process improvement approaches in business, as well as strategic analysis to better understand the value that rehabilitation medicine gives its patients as well as the health system.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tom Cooper

Student:

Partner:

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (NL)

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

An improved pipeline for processing and analysis of facial surface images in medicine

This Mitacs proposal tackles several outstanding issues that must be addressed to complete development of a widely applicable pipeline for quantitative analysis of 3D facial shape in medicine. Here, we focus on specific applications of imaging pipelines in genetic syndrome diagnosis and facial surgery visualization and planning. The fellows will develop (a) cutting edge, deep learning models of 3D facial shape variation, (b) optimal strategies for defining boundaries between regions, (c) methods to infer high resolution skin color and texture from low resolution images, (d) and models that integrate 3D facial shape data with discrete and preference data for various purposes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Richard Hawkes;Benedikt Hallgrimsson;Nils Daniel Forkert

Student:

Partner:

AIndlit Medical Aesthetics

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Quo Vadis? Ontologies for Geospatial Question Answering and Consumer Behaviour

A geospatial query is a question where the concept of location is necessary for formulating the answer. Furthermore, we are not simply interested in spatial relationships, but also with the ways in which people can possibly move through space given the goals that they want to achieve. We therefore want to predict the behaviour of people moving through urban environments based on observations about their purchases. In this project, we will explore how can models of commonsense knowledge can be used for automated reasoning to answer geospatial queries and to infer consumer behaviour.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Gruninger

Student:

Partner:

Royal Bank of Canada

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Amelioration d’un code de mesure de champs de deformation par correlation d’images

Le but de ce projet de recherche est de poursuivre Ie developpement d’un code de mesures de deformations par correlation d’images. II s’agit d’une technique permettant d’evaluer les deformations subies par une piece sollicitee mecaniquement a partir d’images prises a di fferents instants. Le principe consiste a com parer chaque image deformee a une image de reference, et a calculer la transformation qui pennet de passer de I’une a l’autre. Cette methode a pour avantage d’etre adimensionnelle, sans contact, et d’etre applicable a des pieces reelles aussi bien qu ‘a des echantillons testes en laboratoire. Son objectifpremier est de mettre en evidence les heterogeneites de deformation. En lien avec d’ autres techniques de caracterisation, elle contribue a une meilleure comprehension des mecanismes a I’ origine de I’endommagement des pieces de structure, ainsi qu’a I ‘anticipation de leur fin de vie. Une premiere

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Faculty Supervisor:

Philippe Bocher

Student:

Partner:

Institut de Recherche Hydro-Québec

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

The Black Experience Project (BEP) in the Greater Toronto Area

This project provides the groundwork and covers the critical first steps of a multi-year research study that examines the lived experience of Black Canadians in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The purpose of this larger study is to better understand the nature of the challenges facing the Black community, through exploring the lived experiences of individuals within this community (focusing on values, identity, aspirations and experiences), and the factors leading to success or failure. The literature review will provide an analytical framework and will help to contextualize this project within the body of literature that has been written on the experiences of Black individuals in both Canada and the United States. The collection, organization, and synthesis of this literature will also help to shift attention from overt barriers, such as those “cultural/social phenomena that motivate discriminatory behavior” (Robinson, 2009, p. 98).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Wendy Cukier

Student:

Partner:

The Environics Institute

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Accelerate

The Saskatoon Society for the Protection of Children-Marketing and Rebranding

Saskatoon Society for the Protection of Children Inc. (SSPC), a not-for-profit organization, focuses on providing services to children and families that will allow for the safety of children and the healthy development of families. Previously, the organization was working on a professional rebranding, including a name change. Therefore, this project would include supporting SSPC to actualize and implement the new brand to increase visibility, including transitioning the agency through the name change and communicating with various stakeholders. Marketing the new brand to the public and donors is an important activity. The internship would allow SSPC to establish its messaging in the public view. The organization has resources to make it work, but does not have the knowledge base or manpower in the current staff complement. The internship will provide a strong foundation in this area for SSPC as it represents many hours in an intensive period. An effective marketing plan can help SSPC build its brand awareness and attract more sponsors. The sponsorship and a known brand enable SSPC to assist more families and vulnerable children in and around the Saskatoon area. Providing children with a pleasant environment will benefit our society in the long run.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marjorie Delbaere

Student:

Partner:

Saskatoon Society for the Protection of Children

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Testbed for New Energy-Efficient Data Center

Data centers are being deployed worldwide. They provide the fundamental computing and communication resources for both business customers and regular consumers. Different from traditional data centers, today’s data centers must have the capability to provide services to millions of users on a dynamic basis. New data centers are designed to deploy large number of commodity servers and low-cost Ethernet switches to achieve scalability and cost efficiency. Energy consumption is another major issue that must be addressed. This project is proposed to address the cost and energy efficiency issues by developing a new type of optical networks. It is well-known that optical networks are the most cost-effective communication networks in terms of the bandwidth they carry. However to make optical networks fit into the ecosystem of data centers, some changes are required. This project will develop a testbed that deploys new optical devices based on the passive optical network concept.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Changcheng Huang

Student:

Partner:

Viscore Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Wholesale trade

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

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