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Ciena OPn – WP 2.1.2 Advanced, Intelligent, Analytics Driven Apps for Software Defined and Functionally Virtualized Networks

Ciena, the network specialist, is collaborating with Universities and SMEs in Ontario and Québec in order to develop an ecosystem that accelerates advanced research and development activities in the fields of highcapacity optical transmission systems, software defined networks, business intelligence and process automation. A steady-state of over 50 Masters, PhD and Post-Doc students per year, supervised by 25 researchers from 9 universities and in close collaboration with 5 SMEs, is proposed. The program is expected to stimulate advanced research and intellectual property production in Canada and have a significant impact on the development of highly qualified resources as well as on Ciena’s next generation of products. This research project is in the field of software defined networks.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nathalie Japkowicz

Student:

Partner:

Ciena Canada (Ottawa, ON)

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Complying With Privacy Legislation in a Globally Connected Technological World: Challenges and Solutions

The goal of this project will be to develop a privacy policy and procedures manual for Cyanic Automation in order to help them understand the privacy laws that protect the personal information they collect while doing business. Canada has several pieces of privacy legislation that can be confusing to understand, so one of my goals is to help Cyanic Automation learn which laws could apply to them, why it is important for them to make sure personal information is kept secure, and how they can go about doing that.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael McNally

Student:

Partner:

Cyanic Automation Ltd

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE MANITOBA MEDIA PRODUCTION SECTOR IN THE DIGITAL MULTIPOLAR GLOBAL LANDSCAPE

This research aims to contribute to improving business strategies to leverage the Manitoba Media Production Sector (MPS) position at the global level. The project structures itself on a synergetic partnership between On Screen Manitoba, a NFP industry association and the Geopolitical Economy Research Group from the University of Manitoba, directed by Radhika Desai and former principal economist from the Greater London Authority Alan Freeman. The background for this project is the shift that the MPS is currently facing due to: (i) advances in digital technology that have changed the way media is produced, marketed, distributed, consumed and financed (ii) the increased focus on selling to international markets, which, in turn, is leading to an increased volume of new opportunities and international co-productions with players from developing contexts. The key objective is to provide critical inputs to enhance decision-making processes for On Screen Manitoba, its member companies and provincial policymakers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Radhika Desai

Student:

Partner:

On Screen Manitoba

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

The Semaphorins, a role Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) includes both Crohn’s disease (CD), and ulcerative colitis (UC). Approximately 230,000 Canadians are affected by these diseases and they have important repercussions on quality of life and on both personal and societal direct and indirect costs. The cause(s) are poorly understood, and treatment is largely symptom-based and not curative. Commonly used drugs may have potentially important adverse effects such as cancer and serious infections. Moreover, some patients are resistant to these drugs. Therefore, safer and more efficient therapies are needed.
There is some indication that a group of molecules implicated in immune cell attraction named semaphorins can regulate inflammation in the gut. This study aims to determine how semaphorin can be harnessed to reduce intestinal inflammation and ultimately serve as a safe therapeutic target in IBD. Our studies will use clinical, physiological and molecular tools to identify how a specific semaphorin, semaphorin3E is involved in targeting an antigen presenting cells called dendritic cells, in the inflammatory bowel disease states in humans and animal models. In summary, we will explore a new pathway implicated these cells response during intestinal inflammation that will provide a basis for possible new treatments of IBD. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Eric Ghia

Student:

Partner:

Crohn’s and Colitis Canada (MB)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluating the impact of the BC Dairy Association Food Explorers program on willingness to try new foods in children

Eating a variety of foods from the four food groups is part of a healthy diet and is important for supporting the growth and development of children. Avoidance of new foods (neophobia) and familiar foods (pickiness) are common in children and limit food quantity and quality. The BC Dairy Association developed the Food Explorers program that introduces new and familiar foods to children in kindergarten and grade 1 classrooms. The goal is to increase the willingness to try new foods and ultimately positively impact diet. The program is widely delivered in BC but has not been evaluated. The researchers will determine the effectiveness of the program as well as the strengths and weaknesses. The findings will be vital for the partner to optimize the program and increase the number of classrooms that participate in the program.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Rachel Murphy;Louise Masse

Student:

Partner:

BC Dairy

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Agriculture and Food

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Smartphone Device – Level Policy Enforcement

Smartphone use continues to grow rapidly. With this growth, come significantly more challenging security and privacy threats than preceding generations of mobile devices given that they exist as completely developed computing platforms running established operating systems. Smartphones, therefore, are largely subject to similar malware and attack vectors that have grown to be commonplace within standard computer systems, potentially disrupt and possibly take down carrier’s mobile networks. The purpose of this internship is to research and develop a prototype solution for introducing a mobile device-level control and measurement software as a solution to aid in addressing these issues. This research would be focused on pushing down and enforcing network-level carrier policy directives at the smartphone device-level. The result of this internship will be a proof of concept system illustrating a system implement on an Android OS and a research paper documenting the processes and results of the research.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Thomas Darcie

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education; Management of companies and enterprises; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Aeration of hydraulic turbines for increased dissolved oxygen

In warm climates warm temperatures cause thermal stratification in hydropower reservoirs inhibiting mixing and leading to deoxygenation of waters at depth (hypolimnium). Turbines withdrawing water at depth result in low dissolved oxygen (DO) in the downstream flow having a large negative impact on the downstream riverine ecosystem. Legislation in the USA and elsewhere now requires hydropower operators to guarantee meeting minimum DO limits in downstream flows. Andritz Hydro Canada has initiated this project to optimize the elbow deflectors used in draft tube aeration, which is a technological retrofit approach not excessively impacting operation schedules. The main deliverables will be the optimization of the elbow deflectors, through a parametric study of the design parameters involved in maximizing bubble surface area and bubble concentration to result in an increase in dissolved oxygen concentration, and a set of data for validation of Andritz’s Computational Fluid Dynamics model.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Susan Gaskin

Student:

Partner:

ANDRITZ Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy and Utilities; Environmental Science and Technology; Water

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Innovative design of a sound numerical model calibration process: from lab tests to input data

Geomechanica Inc. develops simulation software (Irazu) for rock engineering applications. This numerical software has been used in several peer-reviewed research publications in the rock mechanics field. A key challenge in the numerical modelling of rock masses is the selection of appropriate input parameters. The objective of this work is to develop a solution to streamline the laboratory testing and integration of the results into Irazu models. As a result, the time needed to build a model will be significantly reduced and the uncertainties in the model inputs will be mitigated. The proposed R&D project is expected to bring Geomechanica closer to a full geomechanics solution offering to clients by providing the inputs needed for numerical simulations, and provide engineers and researchers with reliable, predictive tools for analyzing complex rock mechanics problems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Karl Peterson

Student:

Partner:

Geomechanica Inc;University of Toronto

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Recherche sur la dynamique de transport de la pomme de terre au Québec

Le projet vise à développer un outil évolutif permettant une analyse concrète de la dynamique du transport nord-américain de la pomme de terre (en vrac, emballé et transformé) en support à la prise de décision stratégique des producteurs et des emballeurs ainsi que d’autres acteurs de la filière québécoise. Analyser les «zones d’influence» des principales régions productrices de pommes de terre compte tenu des coûts du transport et de leur compétitivité sur le marché ainsi que les types de transports appropriés en relation à leurs coûts dans le but de fournir aux producteurs une source d’information supplémentaire et complémentaire lors des négociations des conventions de mise en marché avec les acheteurs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-Francois Cordeau

Student:

Partner:

Patates Dolbec Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Social and informational strategies for reducing electricity and natural gas consumption in multi-unit residential buildings

The proposed research will attempt to help residents reduce energy use in apartment buildings. The intern will provide residents with energy use feedback that shows their building’s energy use compared to a neighboring building. Buildings that reduce energy use will receive encouragement to continue conserving. The intern will work with two partnering utilities companies, FortisBC and BC Hydro. These partners will help provide energy use data for each building during the project. Because high demand for energy can stress the existing energy infrastructure, FortisBC and BC Hydro will benefit from discovering low-cost techniques that reduce demand for energy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jiaying Zhao

Student:

Partner:

FortisBC;BC Hydro (Vancouver, BC)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Utilities

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Hardware in the loop simulation for model scale wave energy converters

Ocean wave energy converters (WECs) are devices that utilize ocean energy to produce electricity or fresh water. A key stage in developing these devices is scale model testing in wave tanks, as it allows the power generation capabilities of a design to be evaluated at a much lower cost and with no environmental risk compared to full scale testing in the ocean. One of the challenges with designing scale models of WECs is the power take-off (PTO) system which can be infeasible to implement at small scales. An alternative approach is to perform hardware-in-the-loop testing of scale model WECs where the behaviour of the PTO is emulated using a linear motor controlled by a computer model of the physical PTO system. The proposed research project aims to develop a PTO emulator capable of simulating a variety of PTO systems, including hydraulic and pneumatic PTOs. Cascadia Coast Research will utilize the resulting system to perform hardware-in-the-loop testing of scale models for various WEC developers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bradley Buckham

Student:

Partner:

Cascadia Coast Research Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Recovery as a signal – understanding long term ecological change with discrete disturbances

Global climate change is altering the conditions in which our ecosystems exist. As those conditions gradually shift, ecosystems may cross critical points and experience irreversible collapse. Managers need tools to identify those points before they are crossed. This project will test one potential tool in the bogs of British Columbia. At the verge of collapse, ecosystems are thought to slow down in how they respond to disturbance or damage. We are trampling bog ecosystems and measuring how plant communities respond based on whether they are experiencing long term drought or not. The results will inform whether predictive tools can be used to prevent ecosystem-level collapse. In coordination with the Hakai Institute, the project will link ecological theories with the expanding knowledge of Central Coast bog and forest. The study will give us a better overall understanding of the ecosystems in which we live and research.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brian Starzomski

Student:

Partner:

The Hakai Institute, part of the Tula Foundation

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Forestry; Environmental Science and Technology; Life Sciences (not health)

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

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