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Establishing baseline heart rate variability profiles for exercise prescription and health monitoring among Special Olympics athletes

The change in the time intervals between adjacent heartbeats is known as Heart Rate Variability (HRV). The HRV of a well-conditioned heart is generally large at rest, whereas low HRV has been associated with adverse outcomes/conditions, including congestive heart failure, diabetic neuropathy, depression, and hospital admissions. As beat-to-beat variation is desirable, there has been considerable interest in improving HRV in the general population but very little research attention among individuals with intellectual disabilities
This project will build on the existing data being collected by Special Olympics British Columbia (SOBC) during the Functional Fitness testing by adding two simple measures: heart rate monitoring and the Six-Minute Walk Test. The findings will help monitor the health of individuals with intellectual disabilities and help ensure safe prescription of exercise in this population.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Viviene Temple

Student:

Partner:

Special Olympics Canada

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Reconstitution des conditions paléoécologiques et paléohydrologiques en lien avec la dynamique du carbone des tourbières dans le bassin versant de la rivière Romaine, Côte nord

La région est caractérisée par un complexe de forêts, lacs et tourbières soumis à différentes perturbations naturelles et anthropiques dont les feux de forêts, les épidémies d’insectes et plus récemment la construction d’un nouveau complexe hydro-électrique dont la mise en eau de trois bassins (Romaine-1, 2 et 3) est déjà complétée. Le projet proposé vise à documenter l’effet des variations du climat et des événements de feux la dynamique du carbone des tourbières du bassin-versant et de comparer ces changements aux effets des perturbations anthropiques récentes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michelle Garneau

Student:

Partner:

Hydro-Quebec

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Technology; Sustainability & the Environment; Mining

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Étude de l’effet de l’expérience utilisateur sur l’intention d’utiliser un progiciel de gestion de la relation clientèle (CRM) dans une PME

Lorsqu’une entreprise fait l’acquisition d’un CRM, elle doit s’assurer que les utilisateurs en font une utilisation adéquate, sans quoi l’achat ne rapportera pas les bénéfices escomptés. Encore aujourd’hui, on remarque que plusieurs organisations n’utilisent pas leur CRM à son plein potentiel.
L’objectif de cette étude est donc de comprendre comment assurer une meilleure utilisation d’un CRM dans le contexte de PME. Cette étude sera menée en collaboration avec OVA, une jeune Start-up qui a récemment acquis le CRM Salesforce et qui éprouve présentement de la difficulté à en assurer une utilisation adéquate de la part de son personnel. Pour se faire, des tests utilisateurs seront effectués en laboratoire pour évaluer la réaction des utilisateurs, dans ce cas-ci les employés d’OVA, lorsqu’ils utilisent le CRM. En plus de contribuer à l’avancement des connaissances scientifiques, ce projet permettra à OVA d’obtenir des connaissances répondant à ses problématiques actuelles en matière de CRM.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pierre-Majorique Léger

Student:

Partner:

OVA Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

La mesure de la contribution des aménagements physiques, sociaux et technologiques à la performance des équipes de production de jeux chez Ubisoft

Dans l’industrie du jeu vidéo l’innovation est la règle et les investissements sont donc importants et fréquents. Conséquemment, les enjeux concernent le support à l’innovation et la capacité d’attirer et de garder les meilleurs employés. Dans les deux cas, la réponse passe par l’environnement physique, social et technologique des équipes de développement. L’objectif de cette recherche s’oriente autour des différents environnements (physiques, sociaux et technologiques) des équipes de production de jeu vidéo pour créer une méthodologie capable de guider les décideurs lorsque des changements sont requis.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrée De Serres;Hélène Sicotte;Pierre-Léonard Harvey

Student:

Partner:

Ubisoft Divertissement, Inc - to merge

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; New and Digital Media; Commercial Services

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Transborder Food Systems: Prospects for Regional Coordination in the Paso Del Norte

This project aims to discover how policies around food security circulate. It seeks to understand what makes certain policies attractive and other not. The relevant literature ackowledges that local territories react differently to projects, because every locality has a unique configuration of actors which influence policy outcomes. Because of the bi-national context of the regional economy of the Paso Del Norte (El Paso/Ciudad Juarez and Las Cruces), it offers opportunities to discover what factors are helping or hindering the implementation of “best practice” policies. This requires an analysis of local networks of actors and their spheres of influence, the linkages between these actors and the physical territory. Research will be primarily qualitative, involving interviews, ethnographies and both participant and non-participant observations. Databases of relevant contacts will be created to map out actor networks and to help promote collaboration and coordination between stakeholders seeking to inprove regional food security planning initiatives

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Faculty Supervisor:

Norma Rantisi

Student:

Partner:

El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Validation of a Machine Vision-based System for the Recognition of Indian Coins

Counting coins, with speed and accuracy, has been a challenging issue for banks and stores. People used to count coins manually before the arrival of coin counting machines. The process of counting coins manually is a very time consuming and tedious job. Moreover, mistakes are likely to occur due to various reasons such as fatigue, eye tiredness and too many coins of nearly same shape and size cause confusion in sorting and counting. Coin sorters are common in North America and can be found in most commercial banks and even some grocery stores. By contrast, they are not available in India, where the number and similarity of the coins make for a very challenging problem. The objective of this project is to determine whether advanced machine vision techniques are able to sort coins from India with acceptable speed and accuracy. If the answer is yes, then the outcome will be used to develop a machine that can recognize and count Indian coins, with Indian banks as the initial market.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brian Surgenor

Student:

Partner:

9293507 Canada Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Debugging, Tracing, and Monitoring of Real-time Embedded Software

Embedded software is the essence of our modern computerized standard of living. New functionality drives innovation of products in automotive, medical, avionics, and consumer electronics. To develop such new functionality, programmers must thoroughly test and debug the software until it is working correctly. This project surveys and evaluates current tools for debugging software.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sebastian Fischmeister

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

A Review of Doctoral Dissertation and Comprehensive/Candidate Exam Models in Canada in Relation to Learning Outcomes Relevant to Both Academic and Non-Academic Careers

The alignment of the dissertation and the CE in terms of preparing students as researchers in today’s environment or for innovative work outside the academy is in question. The purposes and structures of these basic PhD components have not changed significantly since the origin of the modern PhD, which was developed primarily as a vocational degree for the professoriate. Much work has gone into identifying the range of knowledges, intellectual abilities, competencies and attitudes required by graduates, especially those working outside the academy, yet these attributes have not necessarily been the focus of educational efforts or assessment in these core components.
The intern will work with and support two working groups established through CAGS, focused respectively on the dissertation and the CE and their purposes, forms, and assessment. S/he will contribute to an environmental scan of the current variations of the dissertation and CE and will facilitate extensive consultation, with a view to helping the groups identify and recommend innovations and models which promote the development of competencies relevant to academic and non-academic careers. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anthony Pare;Susan Porter

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Association of Graduate Studies

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education; Other services (except public administration)

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a novel robust clone for the manufacturing of AVID100 biosimilar

AVID100 is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) against a validated cancer target that is undergoing IND-enabling studies. Phase I clinical trials are scheduled for late 2016. The monoclonal antibody (mAb) portion of the ADC is currently manufactured using a recombinant CHO clone that fails to meet industrial production yield standards. In order to support clinical phases II and III as well as commercial supply a higher-expressing cell line must be developed. MAb product characteristics will need to be similar to the current clone, namely with regards to the N-glycan composition. We will thus develop an accelerated clone selection process using a fluorescence activated cell sorter combined with a high-resolution imaging system for monoclonality demonstration. A micro-bioreactor system will be used to rapidly compare multiple clones to select for stability, productivity and N-glycan profile. Manufacturing cost reductions and improved clinical supply risk mitigation are the partner’s intended benefits.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yves Durocher

Student:

Partner:

Formation Biologics Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Elevate

Radio Acoustical Virtual Environment: from Lab to Field – Year 2

In a world that is getting noisier and as more people are at risk of noise-induced hearing loss the NSERC-EERS industrial research chair in in-ear technologies (CRITIAS) and its industrial partner EERS, have joined forces to address the existing issues in hearing protection devices (HPD). Difficulties in communication is the most prevalent reason why HPDs are not worn in noisy environments. The goal of this project is to enhance communication for talkers wearing HPDs in noise. This is done by capturing speech from inside the occluded ear, denoising it and extending its frequency bandwidth. Once enhanced, the speech signal is sent to listeners within a spatial range of a talker. This range is determined by monitoring the vocal effort of the talker and the level of background noise. Such a Radio Acoustical Virtual Environment enhances the quality of communication in noise and encourages the continuous use of HPDs in noise.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jérémie Voix

Student:

Partner:

EERS Global Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

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

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Elevate

Radio Acoustical Virtual Environment: from Lab to Field

Verbal communication in noise while wearing hearing protection devices (HPDs) is often difficult. Recently, a “Radio Acoustical Environment” (RAVE) was developed within the EERS-ETS Industrial Research Chair in In-Ear Technologies (CRITIAS) to enhance communication for people wearing HPDs in noise. With RAVE, speech is captured from inside the ear, denoised, and enhanced to be sent only to listeners within a given spatial range. This range is determined based on the changes in the talker’s vocal effort and background noise level. Currently, RAVE is at its prototype stage. During this Postdoctoral Fellowship, the algorithms developed for RAVE will be implemented on DSP and optimized. Subjective intelligibility tests will be performed to benchmark the speech-based algorithms. Finally, realistic features will be added to transmitted signals to enhance processes such as localization and distance perception. This project in partnership with EERS will enable the completion of a very unique and innovative commercial project.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jérémie Voix

Student:

Partner:

EERS Global Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

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

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Elevate

Going beyond genomics: Applying gene editing to the bovine industry – Year 2

A new revolution in life science research is ongoing since the discovery of the CRISPR/Cas system. With this technology is now possible to specifically and efficiently manipulate the genome of cultured cells, embryos and animals. The technology has many applications in agriculture including the dairy genetic industry to generate the next generation of elite animals having improved traits. For example, using the CRISPR/Cas technology it is now possible to produce dairy cows of any bloodline having improved traits for health, welfare, production and management. L’Alliance Boviteq Inc. is a world leading company in the field of bovine genetics and reproductive biotechnology, and possesses the best in vitro technologies for bovine embryo production. Introduction of gene editing technologies will help L’Alliance Boviteq Inc. creating the best animals for the Canadian dairy industry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vilceu Bordignon

Student:

Partner:

L'Alliance Boviteq Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Elevate

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