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Transitioning from Print to Interactive Digital Publishing

PUBLIC is an innovative art journal published by Public Access exploring the intersection between art, technology and contemporary culture. This fellowship develops PUBLIC’s open access interactive web platform, PUBLIC:PORTAL, using information visualization and design to showcase the journal’s cutting-edge collaborative and cross-disciplinary work. Working with the Sensorium Centre for Digital Arts and Technology at York University, PUBLIC’s information designers, as well as Public Access’s network of artists and researchers, the fellow will develop the pilot issue of PUBLIC:PORTAL. This project designs and tests graphical user interfaces and visualization strategies to investigate how abstract and complex information can be conveyed through intuitive design. It will also generate new data on effective information design of cultural content and the application of interactive visual exploration in online publishing. PUBLIC:PORTAL will capitalize on the unique potential of the digital platform to construct a responsive and adaptive infrastructure to facilitate collaborations between researchers and artists/designers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Longford

Student:

Partner:

PUBLIC Journal;York University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

New and Digital Media; Information and Communications Technology; Technology

University:

York University

Program:

Elevate

Design of an Interface for the Intuitive Control of a Unmanned Air Vehicle fleet in Emergency Situations

The project consist of developing a novel interface to control a fleet of quadcopters in an emergency situation. The interactive system will have to interpret the user intent in such a way that minimum cognitive resources are required. Humanitas products target non experts in robotics whom need to maximize their concentration on medical support and logistic, thus they require an intuitive and not monopolizing control interface. It will also be required that feedback information can be sent to the user without using the visual feedback of their application control screen. The sensors selected to gather relevant data on the user intents will also serve to enhance the situation awareness of the crew and be shared over the network to inform about each user state. The solution will rely on minimal low-cost hardware on each users and high-level behavioral algorithm to ensure the quadcopter fleet is autonomous.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Giovanni Beltrame

Student:

Partner:

Humanitas Solutions

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Elevate

Implementation and Evaluation of an Integrated Chiropractic Service for Musculoskeletal Conditions into the Canadian Forces Health Service – Year 2

Low back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide. The Canadian Armed Forces (CF) has a greater incidence of LBP than the general population. LBP is responsible for a large proportion of medical releases in the CF with many cases resulting in lifelong pain and disability. Improved early access to evidence-based care could help prevent chronicity and recurrences, and reduce health care costs. The purpose of this project is to implement and evaluate a new inter-disciplinary, patient-centred health care service that includes chiropractic services for the management of LBP in the CF. The main outcomes are clinical (e.g., level of pain and function), and return to duty of CF members who require care for LBP. If successful, the partner organizations would benefit in fulfilling their mission to serve their members and the public by advancing the understanding and use of chiropractic care.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pierre Cote

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Chiropractic Association;Ontario Tech University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program:

Elevate

Implementation and Evaluation of an Integrated Chiropractic Service for Musculoskeletal Conditions into the Canadian Forces Health Service

Low back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide. The Canadian Armed Forces (CF) has a greater incidence of LBP than the general population. LBP is responsible for a large proportion of medical releases in the CF with many cases resulting in lifelong pain and disability. Improved early access to evidence-based care could help prevent chronicity and recurrences, and reduce health care costs. The purpose of this project is to implement and evaluate a new inter-disciplinary, patient-centred health care service that includes chiropractic services for the management of LBP in the CF. The main outcomes are clinical (e.g., level of pain and function), and return to duty of CF members who require care for LBP. If successful, the partner organizations would benefit in fulfilling their mission to serve their members and the public by advancing the understanding and use of chiropractic care.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pierre Cote

Student:

Partner:

Canadian Chiropractic Association;Ontario Tech University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program:

Elevate

Multi-Criteria Supply Chain Design and Management Tool for Food Convergent Innovation in Dairy Business – Year 2

This project will develop new operational management systems by combining the elements of Lean, Agile, Green, Resilient and Nutrition (LAGRN) management of the dairy supply chain. The supply chain of Parmalat Canada will be used as a case study. This study is particularly significant for a company like Parmalat Canada, as it is trying to accommodate the conflict and convergence of elements of LAGRN aspects of the supply chain. However, the convergence of the different elements in dairy supply chain design and management is made particularly challenging by both the diversity of its products in terms of perishability/shelf life in particular, and by the supply-managed nature of the domestic sector as international supply chains and markets are spreading worldwide.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Laurette Dube

Student:

Partner:

Parmalat Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McGill University

Program:

Elevate

Multi-Criteria Supply Chain Design and Management Tool for Food Convergent Innovation in Dairy Business

The project will develop a firm-level multi-criteria supply chain design and management tool for Parmalat that will accommodate conflict and convergence between requirements for lean, agile, green, resilient, and nutrition characteristics that are all needed for convergent innovation (CI) in the dairy sector supply chain. A three-pronged program of activity is proposed in this project that comprehends: (1) a multi-layered supply chain analysis for four of the core product categories at Parmalat (yogurt, hard cheese, drinking milks and ingredients/whey protein), with methods anchored in lean production principles and progressively adding considerations of agile, green, resilient and nutrition characteristics; (2) an institutional analysis of the supply management context in the Canadian dairy sector to identify constraints and possibilities for food manufacturing companies in domestic and international markets; (3) a multi-stakeholder, multi-criteria decision making process for the firm-level tool development per se.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Laurette Dube

Student:

Partner:

Parmalat Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McGill University

Program:

Elevate

EARtrode, a wireless in-ear custom-fitted intelligent brain computer interface – Year 2

Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) can directly translate human intentions into discrete commands, bypassing the motor system. Most non-invasive BCI systems currently in use are based on electroencephalography (EEG) recording technology. While traditional EEG-based BCIs achieve high information transfer rates, these systems have two major limitations. First, they cannot be used in daily life as they do not tolerate natural movements. Second, the equipment, a cap or headband and electrodes, would be inadequate for social settings. Thus, the goal of this project is to develop a wireless EEG-based BCI system able to both tolerate natural movement and record brain signals using miniaturized electrodes placed unobtrusively in and around the ear. The specific goals of this project include the adaptation of existing in-ear EEG device to fulfill the functional requirements of the project, the validation of the quality of the EEG signals recorded and the design of the new paradigms for real-time experimentation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jérémie Voix

Student:

Partner:

EERS Global Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

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

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Elevate

EARtrode, a wireless in-ear custom-fitted intelligent brain computer interface

Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) can directly translate human intentions into discrete commands, bypassing the motor system. Most non-invasive BCI systems currently in use are based on electroencephalography (EEG) recording technology. While traditional EEG-based BCIs achieve high information transfer rates, these systems have two major limitations. First, they cannot be used in daily life as they do not tolerate natural movements. Second, the equipment, a cap or headband and electrodes, would be inadequate for social settings. Thus, the goal of this project is to develop a wireless EEG-based BCI system able to both tolerate natural movement and record brain signals using miniaturized electrodes placed unobtrusively in and around the ear. The specific goals of this project include the adaptation of existing in-ear EEG device to fulfill the functional requirements of the project, the validation of the quality of the EEG signals recorded and the design of the new paradigms for real-time experimentation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jérémie Voix

Student:

Partner:

EERS Global Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

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

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Elevate

Investigation of cohesive-bed erodibility and water quality in semi-alluvial rivers

Rivers in much of eastern Canada flow through regions comprised of cohesive glacial sediments, including glaciomarine clays and glacial tills. Given the glacial history of Canada, many if not most of its rivers can be characterized as semi-alluvial.
Management of these rivers in terms of sediment load is a difficult challenge, because relatively little is known about their stable channel geometry. The proposed research plans to improve and evaluate both laboratory and field techniques to estimate critical shear stress of cohesive river bed sediments and monitor suspended solids concentration in correlation with observed erosion in semi-alluvial rivers in Eastern Canada.
The proposed research will strategically improve techniques to estimate critical shear stress of cohesive river bed sediments. Both laboratory and field techniques to measure these parameters will be developed, tested, and utilized by the intern and partner organization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Colin Rennie;Majid Sartaj

Student:

Partner:

AATech Scientific Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Study of Ultra-High By-Pass Ratio turboengine integration and noise reduction with Large Eddy Simulations. – Year 2

Jet noise is still the main contributor in airplane noise at take-off, which has been shown to induce health problems in the residents near airports that are now embedded in most large cities such as Toronto or Montreal. Engine manufacturers are now considering the Ultra-High Bypass Ratio (UHBR) type engine to further reduce noise. Yet the UHBR is a large shrouded fan configuration, having strong interactions with wings while integrated into the airframe. Large-Eddy Simulations (LES) of jet noise combined with acoustic analogy have shown great predictions during the last twenty years, but are usually limited to single jet configurations. The present project proposes to extend the most accurate and efficient turbulent flow solver AVBP to tackle the integration of the UHBR complex configurations at realistic operating conditions. This will help Mecanum extend its expertise in the development and applicationof computational aeroacoustic tools.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stéphane Moreau

Student:

Partner:

Mecanum Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Elevate

Study of Ultra-High By-Pass Ratio turboengine integration and noise reduction with Large Eddy Simulations.

Jet noise is still the main contributor in airplane noise at take-off, which has been shown to induce health problems in the residents near airports that are now embedded in most large cities such as Toronto or Montreal. Engine manufacturers are now considering the Ultra-High Bypass Ratio (UHBR) type engine to further reduce noise. Yet the UHBR is a large shrouded fan configuration, having strong interactions with wings while integrated into the airframe. Large-Eddy Simulations (LES) of jet noise combined with acoustic analogy have shown great predictions during the last twenty years, but are usually limited to single jet configurations. The present project proposes to extend the most accurate and efficient turbulent flow solver AVBP to tackle the integration of the UHBR complex configurations at realistic operating conditions. This will help Mecanum extend its expertise in the development and applicationof computational aeroacoustic tools.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stéphane Moreau

Student:

Partner:

Mecanum Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Elevate

Long-term response of boreal forest bird community to changes in habitat structure and configuration due to forestry and other land uses

Long-term effects of forest harvest and other land uses on boreal forest birds are unknown, because most studies of forestry practices on boreal birds occur over short periods, while effects of habitat fragmentation may be realized over longer periods and affected by climate change. I will analyze >20 years of forestry treatment and bird abundance data from Alberta forest sites that were revisited yearly to survey birds, and use results from these analyses to predict bird abundance within future land use scenarios created by timber supply and land use simulation software. These analyses will help me to predict how boreal birds respond to long-term changes in forest structure, area, and configuration, and will enable the Mitacs partner (Al-Pac) to create long-term plans balancing timber and pulp supply with conservation needs of boreal forest birds and other wildlife like caribou.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Erin Bayne

Student:

Partner:

Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

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