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Finding graph minors in the D-Wave hardware graph

D-Wave’s quantum computer is good at solving a specific type of problems known as Ising spin problems. However, in order to solve one of these spin problems, you must first solve another hard problem—embedding the spin problem on D-Wave’s quantum processor.
From the land of discrete mathematics, this embedding problem falls into a well studied branch of graph theory known as graph minors. Being that this problem is difficult in and of itself, D-Wave has developed a heuristic solution. This project’s main aim is to help improve this embedding process. This project will help improve D-Wave’s current heuristic solution as well as devise new approaches to the problem.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Matthew DeVos

Student:

Partner:

D-Wave Systems Inc.

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Technology; Quantum Science

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Deep learning-based drug discovery and molecule generation

The project aims to facilitate the research and development of new drugs by exploring deep learning methods to process molecules and to generate new molecules. The deep learning models that will be experimented include few shot learning, generative adversarial network, and variational autoencoder. We would like to improve these methods specifically for pharmacological datasets, which are vastly different from many common, public dataset used in academic research on the aforementioned models. We would like to leverage heterogenous datasets, and learn molecule semantics representation with GAN, VAE, or other representational learning neural networks to facilitate efficient molecule generation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Yoshua Bengio

Student:

Partner:

Valence Discovery Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals; Technology; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

A flexible non-enzymatic lactate sensor with long shelf life to detect anastomotic leaks post-surgery

Development of leaks in abdominal cavity following surgery cause acute complications that have a high mortality rate and lead to expensive corrective procedures. These leaks are mostly detected following the development of complications as currently there is no method for their early detection and hence timely intervention which can save lives is not possible. In this aspect, lactate is a crucial bio-marker that is excreted from the leak site prior to the development of a full breach and hence its monitoring will lead to early detection of such leaks. Under this project a lactate sensor will be developed that can be integrated with a catheter that has been developed by NERv technologies for monitoring of such leaks in the abdominal cavity following a surgical procedure. The developed lactate sensor will hence be a crucial component for monitoring the post-operative health of the patient and timely detection of such leaks. The development of this sensor will significantly enhance the ability of catheter made by NERv towards monitoring of such post-operative applications. The developed technology will also lead to filing of patent and hence contribute to the Canadian economy.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vivek Maheshwari

Student:

Partner:

FluidAI Medical

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Nanotechnology; Other

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Upgrading of heavy and high heteroatoms containing Hydrofaction™ Oil, to fuel blendstocks via Hydroprocessing and in-situ hydrogen production

The Project’s objective is to continue with development and optimization of the promising HTL biocrude upgrading approach that has been executed during the previous MITACS Converge/Accelerated project. The activities are going to be focus on in-situ hydrogen production to limit external cost of hydrogen and process optimization for the obtention of Jet and Marine fuel blend-stocks for transportation fuels. The main challenge in upgrading Hydrofaction™ Oil is not only oxygen removal and minimization of residue fraction (>550°C) but also elimination of phenols and maximization of in-situ hydrogen generation. The pathway of choice is the combination of hydrotreating with catalytic steam cracking/steam reforming steps. The upgraded oil should achieve low heteroatoms content, low total acid number and a maximum of 7% of residue fraction. Through the proposed Project, Dr. Pereira’s and Steeper Energy’s teams will expand expertise on upgrading biomass-derived hydrocarbons and potentially scale-up this competitive-driven process cost.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pedro Pereira-Almao

Student:

Partner:

Steeper Energy Canada Limited

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

3D Active SLAM for Mobile Mapping of the Interior of Floating Roof Fuel Tanks

Mapping of pipelines and tanks is the first step toward providing an inspection service. Until now, this has been a manual process that is very time and resource consuming. The research proposed would allow for an unmanned vehicle to map the area without the need for humans. It will result in the creation of a hardware and software platform that can be used to map an enclosed space efficiently and accurately. The approach taken will allow for upgradeability as new technology emerges. ROSEN Group is the partner organization for this group. They benefit by having a core procedure for their business automated. Without human involvement, the safety of the procedure is also improved.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Homayoun Najjaran

Student:

Partner:

ROSEN

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan; University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

First Nations Philanthropy Engagement Research Project

Post-secondary education, if community-led and projects-based, has the potential to transform education, food and housing policy, as well as build capacity locally in Brokenhead First Nation compared to two First Nations lacking road access. This partnership will explore optimal solutions to resolve development challenges through applied participatory research, community engagement, community development and the establishment of two rural Indigenous community foundations. By conducting participatory action research we will collaborate to leapfrog Indigenous development and community economic development from colonially imposed to self-determined and community-led Indigenous Foundations. Community s of programming and surveys of community foundation knowledge.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shirley Thompson

Student:

Partner:

The Winnipeg Foundation

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Développement d’un outil d’aide à la sensibilisation au handicap via la réalité virtuelle

L’AQLPH (Association Québécoise pour le Loisir des Personnes Handicapées), sensibilise actuellement divers publiques aux difficultés que font face des personnes en situation d’handicap, mais le tout est couteux à faire opérer et exige une équipe sur place. Ce projet de recherche vise à développer une application pouvant opérer à peu de frais et partout sans exiger des experts. Nous préconisons se servir d’outils de réalité virtuelle (RV) pour simuler les difficultés quotidiennes de ces personnes. Notre objectif premier est alors une application qui mettra en fonction des principes de conception universelle impliquant une interface multimodale simulant les obstacles rencontrés. La simulation sera organisée autour de tâches quotidiennes posant des difficultés et permettra à l’utilisateur de modifier le profil d’handicap et le contexte (lieu) en plus de la tâche à accomplir. Cette application sera ainsi extensible éventuellement pour simuler une plus grande gamme de taches et de profils d’handicap.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hélène Carbonneau

Student:

Partner:

Association Québécoise pour le Loisir des Personnes Handicapées

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services; Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Accelerate

Evaluating the Quality of Special Olympics Canada’s Active Start and FUNdamentals Programs

The proposed research project aims to better enable positive sport experiences for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities by improving the quality of sports programs offered. In order to accomplish this objective, the study will evaluate the quality of two sport programs – Active Start and FUNdamentals – within the largest intellectual and developmental disability sport organization in Canada, Special Olympics. To provide an extensive program assessment the project will incorporate perspectives from athletes, caregivers, program providers, leaders within the organization and researchers to determine gaps and areas of improvement. Furthermore, this study will not only be beneficial Special Olympics Canada by offering evidence-informed program changes but disability sport organizations in general as it can be used as a tool to guide effective program evaluation and implementation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amy Latimer

Student:

Partner:

Special Olympics Canada

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

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

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

The Investigation of a Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic (LTCC) Fabrication Process for the Design of Advanced Millimeter-Wave Components for 5G Communication Technology

The main objective of this project is to design and test millimeter-wave RF front end components for applications in 5G new radio communication systems utilizing the thin-film multilayer LTCC fabrication process developed at ACAMP. With these fabricated and characterized prototypes, ACAMP will be able to showcase its specialized LTCC fabrication process and provide support to potential Canadian technology clients and companies looking to develop technology for the upcoming 5G mobile communications market. The project will provide the intern an opportunity to gain knowledge in the design and testing of millimeter-wave antennas and filters for advanced communication systems, as well as to network and develop contacts through ACAMP’s clients within the 5G mobile communications industry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Douglas Barlage

Student:

Partner:

Alberta Centre for Advanced MNT Products

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Procedural Character Animation for Heavy Equipment Training Simulation

The proposed research project will improve CM Labs’ operator training simulators with animated human characters that interact and respond to the underlying physical simulation. This will relay important dynamical cues to the trainee about the safety and correctness of the procedures. Furthermore, the developed animation controllers will allow objects to be manipulated in a realistic and plausible manner, thus improving the overall quality of the training simulation. This will expand the animation capabilities of their current software toolkit and reduce the dependence on third party software used for the animation of 3D characters.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sheldon Andrews

Student:

Partner:

CMLabs

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

An optimization model for scheduling the efficient flow of waste material in an underground gold mine

In an underground gold mine, the movement of ore and waste material occurs on a massive scale and short-term excavation activities should be scheduled so that that the right proportions of these materials are moving through the mine in order to meet production targets. In the proposed project, a mathematical optimization model will be formulated and tested on-site, in order to improve the short-term excavation scheduling activities, resulting in the desired balance of ore and waste material flowing through the mine. This model is to be used by GoldCorp managers as a decision support tool in order to ensure that the efficiency of scheduled operations are optimized. The intern funded by this project will be a highly qualified person, capable of making a major contribution to Canada’s international competiveness in the mining industry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kevin Crowe

Student:

Partner:

Newmont Goldcorp (Balmertown, ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Mining

University:

Lakehead University

Program:

Accelerate

Advancing Adjoint-Based Aerodynamic Design Optimization for Industrial Cases

The primary objective of this collaborative research project is to further advance an established industrial strength framework for the aerodynamic design optimization of Advanced Aerodynamic Systems. A major expense during a three-dimensional aerodynamic shape optimization (ASO) is the cost of obtaining design sensitivities or gradients at each design iteration. The computational cost grows rapidly as the number of cost functions and design variables are added. The aim is to implement new constraints to allow for more realistic design considerations and a mesh adjoint capability to improve the computational cost of the underlying numerical framework. The development of new software tools that will allow BA to explore new paradigms in their aircraft design will enable the Canadian Aerospace industry to aggressively compete in this market segment.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Siva Nadarajah

Student:

Partner:

Bombardier Aerospace Inc (Dorval, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Transportation and warehousing

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

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