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La Grande Tournée

Dans ce projet de recherche, l’organisme partenaire, le Regroupement des Maisons de Jeunes du Québec vise à dresser, avec le soutien de la chercheure principale et de la stagiaire, un portrait des instances régionales de gouvernance dans les 16 régions desservies et à qualifier l’intervention qui se déroule dans les maisons de jeunes afin de démontrer dans quelle mesure les intervenants communautaires contribuent au développement de jeunes actifs, critiques et responsables. Dans les efforts de prévention du décrochage scolaire, le développement de l’autonomie et des sentiments de compétence et d’appartenance a une influence positive sur la persévérance et la réussite. Il s’agit ici de démontrer la complémentarité de l’intervention communautaire avec les efforts de prévention qui ont cours dans le domaine scolaire.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Anne Lessard

Student:

Partner:

Regroupement des maisons de jeunes du Québec

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Edge-Twin based Framework for Real-Time AI Applications for Vehicular Scenarios

Edge computing is expected to play a transformative role for future AI applications in 5G networks by bringing cloud-style resource provisioning closer to the devices that have the data. Instead of running resource-intensive AI applications at the end devices, we can consolidate their execution at the edge, which brings many benefits, such as eliminating the redundant task processing, running machine learning (ML) tasks with sizeable data sets and running ML tasks in a spatial context that is shared by many devices. The downside of using edge computing for AI is the latency of transporting the data from the end device (e.g., a vehicle) to the edge servers and processing it there and getting the results back to the end device. This project will focus on developing a novel edge twin concept that extends the digital twin idea to maintain computing state at edge computing systems. The objective of edge twin is to model and control a complex system of IoT in a highly responsive manner. To achieve this objective, we will investigate many ideas, and one of them is time shifting.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Muthucumaru Maheswaran

Student:

Partner:

Ericsson Canada Inc (Quebec)

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Good Pharmacovigilance Practices (GVP) Challenges for Canadian-based Pharmaceutical and Natural Health Product (NHP) Manufacturers: A Small Business Perspective.

There are several drugs on the market whose overall safety may not be fully known. Drug safety monitoring is important in identifying previously unknown side effects. This activity is not exclusive to drugs, but also applies to natural health products. Patient awareness of product safety is a major concern in Canada. Only about 5% of side effects experienced by Canadians are reported every year. This could be a danger to public health. Agencies, such as Health Canada, have specific rules in ensuring product safety. On the other hand, their requirements are sometimes repetitive and make it difficult for small companies to comply without incurring significant expenses. Therefore, companies need to have properly organized drug safety systems as well as experienced professionals, to comply with these rules the right way, and avoid repeating unnecessary, pricey tasks. This will avoid the risk of important products becoming unavailable. The purpose of this project is to evaluate challenges that small Canadian-based Pharmaceutical and NHP Manufacturers face in front of this reality.
In order to achieve this goal, the intern will use a hands-on approach that will expose him to the day to day reality of the work involved in monitoring drug safety, while analyzing the

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Faculty Supervisor:

Grégoire Leclair

Student:

Partner:

Euro-Pharm International Canada Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Unsupervised dimension reduction for data clustering and improving signal-to-noise-ratio

Recently, machine learning has been used in every possible field to leverage its amazing power. In this project we employ and advance machine learning algorithms for analysis of networks log data due to extraction of informative features. These data, which are recorded every millisecond, are usually high dimensional and imbalanced where no class label is assigned to them. We propose to realize data analysis through simultaneous performing of dimensionality reduction and data clustering incorporating local characteristics of the sample space to handle data imbalancity and variations. The proposed approaches for dimension reduction and clustering will be great assets in design, optimization and operations of the partner organization operational system. They also can improve the signal-to-noise-ratio and anomaly detection.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Narges Armanfard

Student:

Partner:

Ericsson Canada Inc (Quebec)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Attitudes, beliefs and knowledge of Canadian physicians and patients towards medical cannabis 18 months after the legalization of cannabis in Canada

Recent studies have demonstrated the efficacy of medical cannabis (MC) to treat certain conditions like chronic pain. However, surveys conducted before 2018 have revealed that physicians were more reluctant than patients to use MC. According to physicians, a major barrier to the use of MC was insufficient information. In this project, we want to describe the attitudes towards MC of the Canadian doctors and patients 18 months after cannabis legalization in Canada. To do this, an electronic survey will be sent to physicians and patients. The ultimate goal is to identify the remaining barriers to the use of MC and make recommendations for medical community and public education on MC.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Grégoire Leclair

Student:

Partner:

Tetra Bio-Pharma (QC)

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals; Other

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

The spatial distribution and host partitioning of the European strain of Echinococcus multilocularis in Western Canada

Echinoccocus multilocularis (Em) is a deathly parasite that can affect humans and is considered as a global emergent pathogen. Recent findings indicate that the parasite is expanding its geographic range in North America and that the highly pathogenic European strain is the most prevalent in Western Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan). Therefore, I will assess the genetic diversity, spatial distribution and host partitioning of the European strain in Western Canada to investigate the invasion processes of this strain and assess the role of the two main hosts coyotes and foxes in the transmission of the strain. I expect to find evidence of multiple introduction events of the European strain related to a recent introduction. Additionally, being the coyote a naïve host, this species could be more susceptible to the European strain and harbor more parasites compared to the fox, which is a co-evolved host; thus, having a predominant role in the transmission of the parasite. This project will help to understand the invasion process of the European strain in North America, specifically its origin, evolution, ecoepidemiology and the potential risk that the presence of this strain represents for humans and dogs in western Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marco Musiani

Student:

Partner:

University of Pisa

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Nouveau cadre d’évaluation de l’INESSS : impact sur les recommandations et l’accès aux médicaments

Le monde de l’économie de la santé est en constante évolution entre autres en raison des nouvelles sortes de traitements et de l’importance, qui peut s’avérer parfois urgente, de l’accès aux médicaments. Ainsi les agences d’évaluation des technologies de la santé essayent de s’adapter au mieux à ces changements. En juillet 2018, l’INESSS a apporté une modification importante à son mode d’évaluation des dossiers de remboursement. Ceci a impacté plusieurs aspects du dossier de remboursement soumis par les fabricants. Le but de ce projet est de faire une première évaluation de l’impact de ce changement sur ces dossiers en faisant une comparaison des aspects inclus dans les dossiers avant et après la modification. Cela permettra donc de savoir ce qui doit être inclus dans les dossiers de soumission, depuis cette modification de l’INESSS, et permettra aussi de monter les dossiers de remboursement futurs en conséquence, de façon à éviter les délais et être plus efficace.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Grégoire Leclair

Student:

Partner:

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Canada Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

La naturalisation de l’épistémologie kantienne : étude sur la normativité

D’un point de vue historique, le projet de recherche s’intéresse aux études produites lors du renouveau de la philosophie kantienne dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle en Allemagne. D’un point de vue thématique, le projet porte sur le cadre logique et psychologique qui déterminent et limitent les connaissances auxquelles peuvent prétendre accéder les êtres humains. Autrement dit, il s’agit ainsi de définir non seulement la manière dont la perception et les jugements qui en découlent se réfèrent à leur objet externe (ontologie), mais aussi la manière dont se constitue la connaissance humaine à travers la relation des représentations sensibles particulières et concrètes aux jugements abstraits et généraux (épistémologie). Cette double définition doit enfin prendre en compte l’opposition entre les théorèmes nécessaires de la logique et les hypothèses contingentes développées par l’étude de l’organisation psychophysique humaine.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Hyder

Student:

Partner:

Universität Trier

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Chemical Modification of Lignin for Bio-based Materials

The increasing need for environmental protection together with the concerns over the future availability of petrochemical feedstock have led to the design and development of new bio-based chemicals and materials using renewable resources. Lignin is the second most abundant natural renewable polymer after cellulose. The lignin content in woody stem various between 15%-40% and it is presented as a by-product of paper pulping and is considered a wast product (the annual generation is estimated at 50 million tons worldwide) and is often used as fuel for energy balance for the pulping process. In this present work, we aim to develop novel techniques to modify lignin by epoxidation – grafting epoxide on lignin, and copolymerization to bring up its molecular weight and increase its compatibility with other polymer materials. The epoxy-lignin-based materials will be cured and applied as formaldehyde-free adhesives for engineered wood products (plywood, oriented strand board, and medium density……TOBECONTINUED

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Faculty Supervisor:

Charles Xu

Student:

Partner:

Arclin Canada

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Automatisation du système de récolte DeLeaves

Le DeLeaves est un outil qui permet récolter des branches au sommet des arbres, peu importe leur hauteur, l’espèce ou la densité de la végétation avoisinante. Il décolle de la route ou d’éclaircies en forêt et se dirige de façon autonome vers un arbre présélectionné. L’opérateur procède ensuite à la récolte de la branche et finalement, le drone revient à son point de décollage de façon autonome avec l’échantillon. Le DeLeaves a été spécialement conçu pour effectuer cette tâche avec son mécanisme de coupe automatisé. Toutefois, afin que l’outil soit simple d’utilisation, deux technologies ont un potentiel de rendre les opérations plus faciles. Premièrement, un système de détection de branche utilisant la vision par ordinateur aura pour but d’identifier et de suivre les branches verticales. Deuxièmement, un système de stabilisation active de l’outil fixé sous le drone permettrait de faciliter l’approche de l’outil ver la branche sélectionnée.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Rancourt

Student:

Partner:

DeLeaves Drone

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Characterisation of subcutaneous buprenorphine depot (NSublocadeTM)-associated adverse events during the first months of use across Canadian populations; a comparison with US data

Ce projet consiste à recenser les effets secondaires et à caractériser le profil d’innocuité d’une nouvelle formulation d’un médicament bien connu et efficace dans le traitement de l’addiction aux opioïdes : SublocadeTM (buprénorphine à libération prolongée). Tout en agissant sur l’humeur, les opioïdes génèrent un sentiment d’euphorie et c’est pourquoi ils peuvent comporter un risque d’abus. La crise des opioïdes que nous connaissons présentement au Canada, se distingue par un nombre de surdoses élevé particulièrement dans les provinces de l’ouest du pays. Les origines de la crise sont complexes mais parmi les facteurs, on inclut un taux élevé de consommation d’opioïdes médicaux dans le traitement de la douleur et la prévalence d’opioïdes synthétiques puissant sur le marché des drogues illégales. L’addiction aux substances comme les opioïdes n’origine pas d’une faiblesse ou d’un manque de volonté. Il s’agit d’une maladie chronique qui s’explique scientifiquement. Il existe donc des médicaments pour traiter les patients dépendants aux opioïdes. La pharmacovigilance est une activité conduite après l’homologation d’une nouvelle drogue et qui continue durant tout le cycle de vie du produit.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Grégoire Leclair

Student:

Partner:

Indivior

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing; Retail trade

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Design of a real-time on-site biosensor system to monitor harmful pathogens and protect canola production

Canada is one of the largest canola producing countries. The industry contributes about $20 billion revenue to the Canadian economy. Currently, canola farmers rely on the weather forecast (temperature, moisture, etc.) to decide whether to apply a fungicide. As the Internet-of-Things and sensor technologies get more advanced, farmers are deserved to have better technologies for intelligent farming. In this project, we propose the design of Internet-of-Things devices to monitor Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, a deadly airborne spore for canola. The sensing chip is cheap (less than $10), easy-to-use and internet-connected. The device can perform real-time monitoring of spores on-site. By using such a device, farmers can reduce their use of fungicides. Soils get protected from the fungicide contamination, and consumers can avoid taking in chemically treated canola oil.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jie Chen

Student:

Partner:

Hidaca Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Biotechnology; Agriculture and Food; Nanotechnology

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

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