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Signal recognition with machine learning using wavelet features

The emerging techniques of machine learning and artificial intelligence are making revolutionary changes in all kinds of the industrial world. As a high-tech business solution company, Quartic.ai uses these modern techniques to help industrial manufactory companies work more efficiently. One of the challenging problems is to make the computer automatically recognize the status and behavior of the machine from the data collected by different sensors, so that people can record the history of the machine and conduct further analysis. This project tries to develop some algorithms to achieve this goal using the state-of-the-art machine learning technology. The algorithms developed will help the computer learn the patterns of the sensor data first, and recognize/detect the behaviors of the machine automatically.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bin Han

Student:

Partner:

Quartic.ai Canada Inc

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Factors Related to Braille Acquisition Among Adult and Senior Learners: Establishing Evidence-Based Practice

The ability to read carries important implications for overall self-esteem and independence, as reading is necessary to perform many daily tasks (making grocery lists, reading prescriptions, following recipes). Rehabilitation professionals provide training and support to adults and seniors who are born with visual impairments or who acquire it later in life due to age-related conditions. Within this context, reading related difficulties are among the most common reasons for referral to vision rehabilitation services. Braille, a tactile system of reading for the blind, is one option for individuals who are unable to read print; however, very little is known about the impact of aging on braille learning and usage. The goal of this research is to explore the impact of age-related declines on the ability to read braille, and to investigate the influence of emerging technologies on the training outcomes of older adults who learn braille. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Walter Wittich

Student:

Partner:

Canadian National Institute for the Blind

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Accommodation and food services; Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Amélioration d’un outil de surveillance en ligne non-intrusif pour le diagnostic des disjoncteurs à haute tension au SF6

L’une des principales grandes orientations de développement d’Hydro-Québec concerne les disjoncteurs à haute tension, essentiels au fonctionnement sûr d’un réseau d’énergie électrique. En service, les opérations de manoeuvre/commutation peuvent imposer de sévères contraintes aux disjoncteurs à haute tension. Cela, en raison des contraintes diélectriques et mécaniques fréquentes qui peuvent entrainer des défaillances compromettant la sécurité du personnel et l’équipement.
Il s’agit dans ce projet de recherche de contribuer au développement de nouvelles techniques de diagnostic non invasives pour les disjoncteurs à haute tension. La recherche inclut l’étude des phénomènes d’amorçages multiples dans un disjoncteur et l’amélioration d’un modèle numérique du phénomène d’amorçage multiple en se basant sur la théorie, ainsi que sur les nombreuses données enregistrées en réseau.
Les résultats de la recherche proposée permettraient d’obtenir systématiquement de nouvelles connaissances sur le diagnostic des disjoncteurs à haute tension, en plus de préparer la compagnie à leur utilisation à grande échelle.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Issouf Fofana

Student:

Partner:

Institut de Recherche Hydro-Québec

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Program:

Accelerate

Vancity – Incentives for Social Purpose Businesses

Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is undergoing major changes and is the last major place in the downtown peninsula to be redeveloped. How can this change be inclusive of existing residents and community members? This project will look at the role of businesses in the area in creating social benefits for the community and value beyond financial gains. It will create a business case for why it is in the best interest of private property owners and managers to provide monetary incentives to commercial tenants that have a social purposes guiding their operations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Thomas Hutton

Student:

Partner:

Vancity

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Étude numérique de l’effet des nanoparticules sur l’amélioration de stockage d’énergie

Le projet de recherche qui sera entrepris pendant le stage portera sur l’étude numérique de l’effet d’une nouvelle classe des matériaux à changement de phase, nommée Nano-MCP, sur les performances du stockage d’énergie. Par définition, un nano-MCP est un mélange des nanoparticules de haute conductivité thermique avec des MCPs conventionnels, tel que le paraffine et les acides gras. Le potentiel de l’ajout des nanoparticules dans le but d’améliorer les propriétés thermiques des MCPs de base, tels que la conductivité thermique, la chaleur spécifique et la chaleur latente, sera exploré. Dans le cadre de ce projet, on propose une approche à bas coût via l’utilisation des nano-MCPs adéquats capables d’augmenter la capacité de stockage thermique dans plusieurs processus industriels

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sébastien Poncet

Student:

Partner:

Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology; Nanotechnology; Energy and Utilities

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Dual eye tracking for assessment of team cognition

Current assessment tools for teamwork are based on subjective assessment forms in general, objectively assess teamwork is a challenging task in the operating room. Laparoscopic surgery is a type of surgery that requires the surgeon and assistant to work cohesively, since the surgeon’s view is provided by the assistant consistently maneuvering the camera. We used eye tracker to track both the surgeon and assistant’s eye gaze in a simulated laparoscopic environment. We are interested in testing dual eye tracking technology’s feasibility to measure team cognition and apply dual eye tracking to surgical team training in laparoscopic surgery. Cross recurrence analysis will be used to analyze gaze synchronization. The outcome of this research is to validate whether dual eye tracking is a valid way to measure team synchronization. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bin Zheng

Student:

Partner:

University of Eastern Finland

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

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

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Cold Dark Joy: Learning to Thrive in Winter

I recently received a SSHRC for my MFA in Creative Writing thesis titled “Cold Dark Joy: Learning to Thrive in Winter.” This creative non-fiction book explores the possibility of thriving in cold, dark landscapes, particularly in circumpolar regions. To best research the possibility of cultural happiness and well-being during dark winters, I will study the phenomenon of ‘hygge’ — a Danish philosophy of creating both physical and metaphorical warmth and light in dark times, as well as the cultural representation of winter, coldness, and darkness in Denmark. Specifically, I will study Danish folklore, art, design, and landscape via museums, libraries, art galleries, and public as well as wild outdoor spaces, in order to write about the Danish interpretation and representation of winter. My objective is to experience the positive representations of Danish wintering in order to propose a more positive cultural experience of winter to my home country of Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Timothy Taylor

Student:

Partner:

Aalborg University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

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

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Vela Canada; Building Social Capital

Research has shown that persons with disabilities have difficulty establishing relationships and becoming involved in their communities, which can generate barriers to generating and maintaining social capital. Microboards are small groups of people who have agreed to collaborate with an individual with a disability to form a person-centered ‘board’. Microboards have generated anecdotal attention for the positive impacts they can generate on the enhancement of social capital in persons with disabilities, but there is limited formal research to date on the impacts of Microboards on individuals and communities. The proposed qualitative research project will conduct 1 interviews with individuals involved in Microboard systems (persons with disabilities, board members, and community members) in the province of British Columbia. Participants will be invited to share their experiences with Microboards related to social capital outcomes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tim Stainton;Rachelle Hole

Student:

Partner:

Vela Microboard Association of British Columbia

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Investigating the Effect of Ironwood Clay on Skin Fibroblasts and Immune Cells

Clay has been extensively in use around the world for cosmetic and medicinal purposes. becoming increasingly popular as a rediscovered treatment for many different health and skincare conditions. Clays contain massive amounts of trace minerals, necessary for good health. This may explain many of the healing properties of clay. Ironwood Clay and its Glacial Oceanic extract are from the pristine source and are unique to the BC coast of Canada. This clay has been widely used for health and cosmetic purposes. However, there is no study or data available to indicate the effect of this clay or its minerals on skin cells. This study is to investigate whether Ironwood Glacial Clay or its minerals have any effect on inflammation or function of skin cells.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aziz Ghahary

Student:

Partner:

Ironwood Clay Company Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Mining

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

A nanostructural study of pyrite with links to trace element mobility: developing strategies for 2D and 3D analysis of naturally deformed metals

Pyrite is an important mineral known to incorporate significant amounts of precious-metals (i.e. gold) within its crystal structure. Previous studies have suggested that when pyrite is subjected to high temperature conditions and plastically deforms, it releases such metals that are remobilized and concentrated into important economic ore deposits. However, the plastic behavior of pyrite and the physiochemical processes occurring during deformation remain poorly understood. Through a synergetic collaboration between Canada and Germany, we will attempt to advance our understanding of these processes that lead to the concentration of metals within deformation-induced substructures (i.e crystal defects) of pyrite. At the core of the project is a developmental strategy to integrate new applications of 2D and 3D nanostructural and and geochemical mapping techniques to evaluate the model where metals are sourced from within the crystal structure and remobilized along deformation-induced defects.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Schneider

Student:

Partner:

Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Natural Resources; Mining; Nanotechnology

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Research on Multi-Platform Supported Realtime Locator for Transport/ Fleet Management Applications

The project is to conduct research on multi-platform supported Locator device by investigating an easy-to-port and extendible design to migrate a Locator firmware offered by WebTech wireless Company on alternative operating systems with more advanced features. The Locator firmware is currently run on the FreeRTOS operating system, which is known to be small and simple, but only with limited capacity to support complex applications and process large amount of data with high accuracy. We thus plan to migrate and refactor the firmware onto more advanced operating systems such as embedded Windows and embedded Linux operating systems. WebTech Company will benefit from the proposed research by gaining the Locator device with its firmware working on the embedded Linux and Windows operating systems. In addition, the developed refactoring design also helps enable fast provisioning for other operating systems, making the Locator device and its firmware more flexible and extendible to further enhancements.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Juangchuan Liu

Student:

Partner:

WebTech Wireless

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

L’espace public et le transport en commun à travers les yeux des adolescentes vivant dans les quartiers périphériques du Mexique

Partant des concepts de droit à la ville (Lefebre, 1968) et de justice spatiale (Soja 2010), cette étude considère les espaces publics (Paquot, 2015) comme une ressource urbaine, indispensable à l’utilisation du transport en commun (TC). Les adolescentes sont confrontées à l’exclusion, en particulier dans les villes du Sud: les filles sont responsables des tâches domestiques, elles ont moins de temps pour les loisirs, sont moins présentes dans les espaces publics (Brady, 2003). Cette exclusion affecte l’accès au TC, ce qui constitue un outil de mobilité précieux, en particulier dans les environnements les plus défavorisés.
Dans ce projet, la question générale de recherche est la suivante : dans une perspective d’autodétermination et d’égalité, quelle est l’expérience des adolescentes dans les espaces publics lors de l’utilisation du TC??

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Faculty Supervisor:

Juan Torres

Student:

Partner:

Universidad de Guadalajara

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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