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CBCT dose planning for adaptive radiotherapy solutions

Adaptive radiotherapy (ART) consists of adjusting irradiation at each treatment phase in response to changes in the patient’s body (such as weight loss) or from the patient’s change in position. Indeed, since initial dose plans are determined from standard CT, the initial dose distribution may vary and yield sub-optimal dose delivery. Intra-procedural imaging such as cone-beam CT (CBCT) can be used to adapt plans on a daily basis, but requires real-time performance with the patient on the table. In this project, we propose a set of software tools based on deep learning to simplify the clinical workflow by automatically fusing the initial plan determined from CT, with the latest CBCT acquired right before treatment. We also plan to improve the delineation of the patient tumours using multimodal imaging. As a result of this project, we plan to streamline the radiotreatment process and improve patient outcomes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Samuel Kadoury

Student:

Partner:

Elekta

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Manufacturing

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Elaboration d’une analyse fonctionnelle technique pour un système de pompage constitué de plusieurs stations en réseau et pour un système SCADA appliqué aux stations de pompage d’eaux usées

Le présent travail de recherche vise à élaborer une analyse fonctionnelle technique pour un système de pompage constitué de plusieurs stations en réseau dans un environnement informatique spécifique dénommé SCADA appliqué aux stations de pompage d’eaux usées. Une synthèse bibliographique sera réalisée sur les études antérieures et les systèmes utilisés pour l’optimisation du fonctionnement des pompes, de même qu’une étude comparative sur les systèmes SCADA utilisés dans la gestion des infrastructures d’eau.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Musandji Fuamba

Student:

Partner:

Maid Labs Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Contribution de l’eau souterraine aux cours d’eau dans la région des Laurentides

Dans la région des Laurentides, plus de 40% de la population s’approvisionne en eau potable à partir de l’eau souterraine. La région est sillonnée d’un vaste réseau hydrographique. Toutefois, très peu de données sont disponibles sur la connectivité nappe-rivière dans cette région qui subit une forte pression environnementale en provenance du développement urbain et de la villégiature. Le but du projet est de fournir à l’organisme de bassin versant (OBV) Abrinord, et aux gestionnaires des MRC et des OBV voisins des nouvelles données sur les échanges entre l’eau souterraine et les cours d’eau. Les objectifs spécifiques sont 1) de développer de nouvelles méthodes de cartographie du degré de connectivité des cours d’eau avec les eaux souterraines et 2) d’appliquer cette méthode à l’échelle de la région des Laurentides. Quatre sous-bassins versants instrumentés seront utilisés pour tester l’approche. Des mesures de débits amont-aval et de 222Rn (un traceur de l’eau souterraine) permettront d’identifier les zones de connexion entre la rivière et la nappe. Les données topographiques de haute précision et les informations géologiques seront utilisées pour développer une approche cartographique de la connectivité nappe-rivière. L’approche sera testée sur les sous-bassins, puis appliquée à l’ensemble de la région.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marie Larocque

Student:

Partner:

Abrinord

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Studying Empathetic and Emotive User Interfaces for Data Collection During Disasters

In times of crisis or disaster, there is a need for software features and functions to be empathetic to the circumstances of the person who is using that software. Having empathetic software features and functions is particularly important when the software is being used to collect data about the health status and information needs of the person who is completing an online survey tool during a crisis such as a global pandemic. In this research we develop and validate design guidelines that can be used to make survey tools more empathetic to the circumstances of the user providing the information.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Elizabeth Borycki;Andre Kushniruk

Student:

Partner:

Tickit Health

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) from brine solution using electrochemical method

The demand for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is on the rise, mainly due to increased interest in portable devices, electric vehicles and grid-storage applications. The key component in such rechargeable batteries is lithium, which is trivial from the name itself as well, as lithium-ions shuttle back and forth during charging/discharging process. Consequently, lithium production demand has increased significantly as well over the past few decades. Lithium is usually extracted from minerals or water sources etc. Due to the limited availability of minerals and high-production cost. Therefore, most of the lithium is extracted from its water sources (such as salt lakes, seawater etc.). Likewise, most of the current industries extract lithium via solvent-evaporation method. This method takes a long time (12 – 18 months) to produce battery-grade lithium, which is inefficient, costly and highly weather dependent. Therefore, over the past few decades, new methods have been developed. Among them, using an electric force to capture and release lithium-ions selectively has gained interest of several investigators due to its simple operation, low cost and eco-friendly nature. Similarly, LiEP energy has recently used this technique to develop a cost-effective method to produce battery-grade lithium.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Venkataraman Thangadurai

Student:

Partner:

LiEP Energy

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Modélisation statistique de l’érosion de cavitation selon les paramètres d’opération des turbines hydrauliques

Avec la demande croissante d’énergie renouvelable et l’ouverture des marchés de l’énergie,
on observe une augmentation de la sollicitation des équipements et un changement dans le
mode opératoire des centrales. Il devient ainsi primordial pour les producteurs de caractériser
la durée de vie des turbines et de cibler précisément les délais pour l’arrêt, la maintenance et
la réparation de celle-ci. La cavitation, phénomène d’érosion dû à l’éclatement de bulles d’air
près des parois, est un des modes principaux de dégradation des turbines. Le projet de
recherche proposé vise à aborder la caractérisation de ce phénomène par le biais d’un
modèle probabiliste : on cherche à comprendre de quelle manière modéliser le phénomène
en s’appuyant sur les conditions opératoires de 4 groupes turbine-alternateur comme
l’ouverture de vannage, le débit et la puissance, et à en quantifier l’incertitude. La mise au
point d’un tel outil aidera à prédire la progression de la dégradation due à la cavitation et…

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean-François Angers

Student:

Partner:

Institut de Recherche Hydro-Québec

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Optimisation d’une phéromone sexuelle pour piéger la punaise terne dans des cultures de fraises

La punaise terne (Lygus lineolaris) est un insecte causant de lourds dommages aux récoltes de fraises, entre autres. Pour limiter les dommages, il faut détecter les infestations d’insectes rapidement. Ainsi, l’agriculteur appliquera un traitement efficace, si nécessaire. L’utilisation d’une phéromone sexuelle (substance émise par les femelles afin d’attirer les mâles pour l’accouplement) permet de piéger certains insectes sélectivement. À l’été 2020, le stagiaire MITACS optimisera la préparation au laboratoire, de la phéromone sexuelle de l’insecte. Cet appât sera utilisé dans des pièges placés en milieu de culture fraisière et l’efficacité des captures sera comparée à des pièges témoins, sans phéromones. Dans ce projet collaboratif, le Prof. Chapdelaine trouve une application aux petites molécules organiques, le CRAM développe de nouveaux dispositifs de détection des infestations et enfin, l’étudiant développe des expertises variées : chimie organique et analytique, comportement animal et agronomie.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel Chapdelaine

Student:

Partner:

Centre de recherche agroalimentaire de Mirabel

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Real-time acoustic detection on mobile devices to support the deaf and hard of hearing with situational awareness

Hearing loss individuals face apparent as well as subtle, systematic, and safety challenges every day in a world predicated on hearing. Traditional hearing assistive solutions are not readily available in some environments. Hence, Lisnen is exploring opportunities to leverage available tools, such as mobile devices, to act as a hearing assistive device to provide situational awareness. These devices will identify relevant and vital sounds, both indoors and outdoors spaces using deep learning models. However, running deep learning models, while continuously streaming audio input at the same time, increases energy consumption. For this project, we want to explore ways to improve the performance and design networks that reduce mobile GPU power consumption.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tiago H Falk

Student:

Partner:

Lisnen

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Accelerate

Equity Research Intern

COVID-19 has significantly impacted our business and we have taken the following steps to mitigate this impact:
applied to and received funding from the government’s CEWC (Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy) program; decreased
full-time, permanent headcount; eliminated non-essential expenses, and; prioritized planned new hires, rescinded offers,
and delayed start dates.

Interns are important to the future success of our company as they will contribute to the workflow and output necessary to
fulfill an influx of client requests, ultimately reducing customer churn during uncertain financial and economic times.

Scope: Work directly with Analysts across sectors and gain in-depth knowledge of the financial markets in the US and Canada

Key responsibilities & activities:
· Gain broad sector knowledge through our smallcap generalist team
· Create detailed financial models on both existing and new coverage and update current financial models for new results
· Conduct historical financial statement analysis and future period forecasting
· Work to improve current models and create summary output sheets for company comparison purposes
· Coordinate, generate and maintain research reports, presentations and database
· Preparing documentation for analysts and portfolio managers to explain how we handle adjustments, non-GAAP results, restatements, and other accounting principles
· Identifying inconsistencies in accounting across the database and implementing processes to correct them

Key activities to restore/modify business ops: Interns will be part of our strategic plan to increase the amount and degree of support, we’re providing existing clients, and offering to potential clients in order to increase the growth of ARR (after a significant decline in that growth as a result of COVID).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

Canalyst

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Doggy Bathroom Internship

The project will combine aspects of strategy, business development, and marketing. Research will include conducting market research and analysing past financial statements in order to help elaborate on a five year growth strategy plan that the company will be using. Additionally, marketing strategies will be researched and implemented during the project. Results will then be measured in order to determine success. These marketing ideas will help the company grow and maintain customer loyalty.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Eric Morse

Student:

Partner:

Doggy Bathroom

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Assistive Applications for Smartphones

The proposal is for two projects designed in conjunction with Nokia and CanAssist in the
research theme of assistive applications for smartphones. The first project focuses on support
for the growing senior population/ designed to help seniors retain independence for as long as
safely feasible. The second focuses on support for individuals with visual disabilities/ designed
to use smartphones to convert the visual information into voice information for way finding
and navigation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fayez Gebali;Sudhakar Ganti

Student:

Partner:

Nokia (BC);CanAssist

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Business Strategist

ScalableHR needs assistance with the commencement of its new and confidential subsidiary that is scheduled for launch by September 2020. It requires recommendations on its marketing, pricing, resourcing and strategic business plan as it will be an industry-changing business that will cause disruption to how competitors operate.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Helsley

Student:

Partner:

Scalable HR

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Business Strategy Internship