Innovative Projects Realized

Digital Media Products Associate

Yalty Software is a start up aiming to resolve pain points in the e-commerce ecosystem. We have been working with student teams from CDM and BCIT to create parts of our total platform. We had been in the process of a funding round in February/March when the uncertainty caused by COVID-19 slowed or stopped investment into start ups like ours. However, we feel that time to market is important so we have been continuing our work. Our ability to hire talented staff iskey to helping us get our product to market and will solidify our ability to raise funds in the future. Our platform will eventually integrate with Shopify eRetailers through the Shopify platform. We expect this solution to take an extended period of time. Short-term, we will create up to ten Shopify e-retailers to prove the business model and generate revenues. The intern will be responsible for delivering the final result: ten operating Shopify stores together with the various social media marketing devices that would be considered typical.

Forest Stewardship Group Development

For the past six years, Ecotrust Canada has managed a group licence for FSC Canada
(http://ecotrust.ca/ fsc) . This group licence allows smaller woodlot owners and chain of custody
businesses to have FSC certification at a much lower cost. The program has proven to be very
successful but has not yet reached a break even financing level.
The project will build off of recommendations provided in Ecotrust’s 2012 FSC group certification
business plan, and look at identifying where added values (costs, benefits and differentiation
strategies, etc.) exist for new potential members. Recommendations for how Ecotrust and its
members can gain broader exposure, improve accessibility to consumer market, create alliances with
relevant organizations, and raise awareness about the benefits of supporting sustainable business
practices will be developed. Opportunities for Ecotrust to provide additional consulting services to its
members will also be identified.

Autonomous Mission Planning and Simulation Software Design for Unmanned Surface Vehicles

Ocean industries and researchers need the on-site oceanographic and environmental data, but collecting that data is costly, challenging, and time-consuming. Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) offer a promising solution for marine data collection. Equipped with oceanographic sensors, cameras and communication devices, the USV Data Xplorer developed by Open Ocean Robotics can voyage for extended periods thanks to the additionally generated solar energy from the USV’s solar panels. Mission range and the travel path for fulfilling the specified task will be dependent on the geographical location of the task area, energy management of the USV, and environmental conditions. Therefore, research on autonomous mission planning based on various practical factors is desirable and will play an instrumental role in the USV product development. An offline mission planner will be designed to predict and schedule a feasible task considering the following factors: the energy generated by the solar panels, power consumption of the USV, and impact of mission-specific environmental conditions including prevailing wind speeds, average currents, sunlight level, etc. A simulation software will be developed by integrating the above-mentioned algorithms and modules.

Analyse adaptative de flux de trafic réseau pour la cybersécurité

Malgré les efforts consacrés à la détection des problèmes de sécurité dans les systèmes informatiques, de nombreux défauts s’échappent sur le terrain, provoquant de graves défaillances et d’énormes pertes financières. Pour identifier la nature des problèmes, les développeurs de logiciels s’appuient fortement sur l’analyse des journaux (logs), générés lors des exécutions du système. Les logs sont également utilisés dans la détection des intrusions de sécurité, l’analyse des performances et le diagnostic des pannes. Cependant, les logs ont toujours été difficiles à utiliser.

L’objectif de ce projet est d’explorer l’utilisation de l’analyse des logs et des techniques d’apprentissage machine (spécialement algorithmes Random Forest et apprentissage par renforcement) pour la détection précoce d’anomalies de sécurité dans le trafic réseau et étudier si et comment ces nouveaux algorithmes peuvent être appliqués aux logs de Devicom. Nous nous concentrons en particulier sur les flux de trafic IP. Ceux-ci contiennent souvent assez d’information pour déceler une attaque en cours, mais le problème du volume intraitable de données est particulièrement saillant.

Nous examinerons également la pratique de l’exploitation de logs et proposerons des recommandations.

Induction Heating Supply

Electrical heating of oil sands allows for production in situ in a mode similar to conventional liquid oil production. This avoids disturbing and redistributing the overburden and production sands. A further advantage of electrical heating is that the power consumption can be matched to the availability of sources such as wind power.

Marketing and Project Managers

Founded in 2018, The En Lab Coworking Space is headquartered in Richmond BC, and the business scope mainly covers three aspects: Coworking Space Rental, Management Consulting, and Investment. The Marketing and Project Manager/Intern works closely with the CEO of the corporation and the business development team. The position is considered entry-level to start, with providing of extensive training in marketing strategies, direct advertising, promotional techniques, consumer market research, marketing and business management, public relations and public speaking, customer service, and sales.

Business Analyst

Due to disrupted supply chains, there is a supply shortage for the increase of COVID-19 related medical devices and accessories. Our company can provide on demand manufacturing at mass in order to combat these supply shortages, as a result of the pandemic, we are receiving a wide variety or orders and need assistance in order to grow and meet the demands. In this role you will be working closely with the production team as well as the administration team to assist with financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting.

Business Analyst Intern

COVID has delayed in-market development activities by 1-2Q, possibly more. Medical practice workflow and anticipated patient volumes for elective procedure have been significantly disrupted. The intern is to assist with market research being performed by internal and external means to increase our understanding of opportunities, challenges and mitigations in response to COVID. The intern is to perform and assist with market research to increase company’s understanding and response to COVID. The intern is to work closely with external consultants and advisors, such as Green & Associates, a pharma – device market advisory firm, and others.

Talent and Marketing Associate – Virtual Events

Talent Bureau connects some of Canada’s best talent – athletes, authors, speakers, entertainers with opportunities that enhance their career – speaking engagements, personal appearances, and ancillary opportunities that include brand partnership, literary, podcasting, and television deals. My role is to help implement a new offering from Talent Bureau – VirtualSpeakers.ca by exploring SEO and marketing strategies. Beyond that I will also be helping the Marketing manager with her initiatives and also conduct a brand positioning audit.

Marketing Development Associate

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Complex Biotech Discovery Ventures has had a marked decrease in sales. The company is composed predominantly of skilled scientists that create products and services, and they identified the most pressing lack of skills was in marketing and sales areas. The MBA intern will work with the VP of Operations and Business Associate to develop a professional marketing strategy and sales funnel to improve sales.

thisforest: Developing A Forest Products Traceability Program for the Coast of British Columbia

The research will look at how the ‘thisforest’ program advances the proposed traceability of timber, to
provide a value-add to relevant industry stakeholders, including members of Be Wood and the Be
Log & Timber Building Industry Association . The determination needed concerns the social and
contextual value-added from forest traceability and how same will create revenue for such
stakeholders and to what degree. Alternatively, there is the desire for the creation of a benchmark for
current timber tracking methods and the cost comparison with the thisforest traceability system.
This research will provide landowners, producers, timber brokers, and members Be Wood and of the
Be Log & Timber Building Industry Association with data to make better informed decisions on their
timber traceability needs.

Brand Manager – Marketing Assistant

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected WOW Real Estate Group’s tenants’ ability to pay rent, conduct sale showings, and other industry-stopping challenges in the real estate market. I will be assisting WOW Real Estate Group to target new customers to help keep the company’s rentals filled and completed homes getting sold. I will be conducting an analysis of current sales and current marketing initiatives including social media and the use of brand assets in order to make recommendations on an actionable marketing plan for the company moving forward.