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Cartographie des énergies renouvelables et leur chaîne de valeur sur le territoire québécois

Le stage a pour objectif de mettre à jour et de bonifier la liste des sites de production d’énergies renouvelables (incluant coordonnées GPS et caractéristiques techniques) sur le territoire québécois. Il visera également à identifier et géolocaliser les fournisseurs de biens et services de chacune des filières technologiques (hydro, éolien, solaire, bioénergies) afin d’identifier l’impact économique de chaque source d’énergie verte dans les différentes régions du Québec

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mathieu Arès

Student:

Partner:

Association québécoise de la production d’énergie renouvelable

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Utilities

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Development of deep learning pipeline for automatic segmentation and classification of cardiac magnetic resonance images

Heart disease is the main reason of death worldwide. One way to understand better and detect heart diseases without need for biopsy via surgery is by using medical imaging such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Cardiac magnetic resonance is a specific kind of MRI which allows great visualization of inner parts of the heart and can be used for measuring the size of the heart and its chambers, which can be very useful for understanding blood flow and other potential markers of disease. One problem with modern technologies for measuring parts of the heart is that they are often unreliable because of the data complexity. In this project, we use advanced artificial intelligence techniques to solve that problem. Our techniques are going to be used to obtain better representations of the internal chambers of the heart which can be useful for assessing several kinds of heart diseases.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Richard Frayne

Student:

Partner:

Circle Cardiovascular Imaging

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Bringing Personalized Recommendation to the Legal Domain

Machine Learning has just started to be applied to the Legal Domain. ROSS Intelligence makes it possible for legal professionals to work faster and more effectively. Advanced Recommender Systems have not been previously applied in the Legal Domain. Yet state of the art models such as ones using Deep Collaborative Filtering have proven to be very effective on very sparse datasets. This project will evaluate the effectiveness of state-of-the-art Recommender System techniques applied to the legal domain in the hopes of improving the precision and recall of the current Q&A system.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Scott Sanner

Student:

Partner:

ROSS Intelligence Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Coupled human-salmon-bear systems of coastal British Columbia

The Raincoast Conservation Foundation pursues conservation initiatives in coastal British Columbia through science, outreach, and sustainable economies, such as ecotourism or community-driven fisheries management informed by local knowledge and ecology. The success of wildlife viewing ecotourism greatly depends on knowing areas and time periods predictably used by target species. The goal of the proposed research is to inform initiatives of Raincoast and its ecotourism partners (e.g. Spirit Bear Lodge, Wuikinuxv First Nation, Nimmo Bay Resort) by research on commercially-valuable wildlife. We will monitor places and times where grizzly bears eat salmon; identifying critical habitat. This information will let ecotourism operators focus their efforts and expenses on predictably high bear-use locations, which in turn supports conservation-based economies. This information can also inform the Wuikinuxv Nation of how their local fisheries, and the proposed re-opening of commercial fisheries, may affect bears’ access to salmon and in turn, potential ecotourism opportunities.TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chris Darimont

Student:

Partner:

Raincoast Conservation Foundation

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

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

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Réalité virtuelle,

Le déploiement d’environnements de réalité virtuelle permettant l’immersion physique

des participants repose sur un ensemble intégré de technologies. Ces systèmes sont

généralement très coûteux, peu flexibles et mal adapté au travail des chercheurs en

communication ou à celui d’artistes qui désireraient développer des expériences

immersives physiques

Ces systèmes appelés CAVE 1 nécessite notamment l’emploi de systèmes de projection

vidéo intelligents permettant la reconstruction d’environnements synthétiques interactifs,

de systèmes “tracking” visuel ou gestuel permettant à un interacteur d’affecter des

composantes de ces environnements ainsi que de systèmes audio permettant la

l’attribution de sons à certains éléments de ces environnements.

Ce projet de recherche vise à employer des technologies développées par VYV dans le

domaine de la projection intelligente pour le monde du spectacle dans un contexte de

recherche en communications. Cette application transversale des savoirs entre le

monde du spectacle technologique et de la recherche en communication permettra le

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jean Décarie

Student:

Partner:

VYV Corporation

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Analyse du cycle de vie de la clientèle de Énergir

L’objectif de ce stage de recherche est de déterminer le cycle de vie de la clientèle de Énergir. Ces clients sont de type résidentiel ou industriel. Pour caractériser le comportement de sa clientèle, des outils statistiques issues de la littérature scientifique seront utilisées. Le projet permettra à l’entreprise de mieux cibler sa clientèle et en augmenter sa rétention. La stagiaire fera une étude approfondie des données internes de l’entreprise et travaillera également sur la mise au point de modèles prédictifs concernant les différentes décisions que le client pourrait prendre.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Denis Larocque

Student:

Partner:

Énergir

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Mining; Transportation and warehousing; Utilities; Wholesale trade

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Generating realistic customer purchase baskets using Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN)

This project uses the purchase history data from loyalty member cards at the basket level (i.e., all items bought by a customer during a particular trip) for customers under the loyalty program of a chain drug store to develop a model that can generate a realistic future “customer shopping list” (i.e., customer baskets) using the novel machine learning technique of Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN). Specifically, the goal of this project is to use the above data to build a simulator that would predict for a given customer, multiple possible future baskets of items during his/her next four trips (one trip per week) conditioned on the previous weeks’ baskets. This project has significant potential applications to allow retailers to better predict demand and revenue potential at individual customer level including better supply chain and inventory management as well as more personalized promotion planning.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Saibal Ray

Student:

Partner:

Rubikloud Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

A New High-Speed Warehousing Cable Robot: Prototyping, Evaluation and Commercialization

As consumer preferences shift from shopping at brick and mortar stores to on-line shopping, there is an increased need for warehouses to use automated systems that fill orders quickly and accurately. This research project will design a warehouse robot that is adaptable to different platform systems and shelving configurations, providing a lighter, faster, and more cost-effective warehousing system. Key competitive advantages to our partner, Dematic, include (1) orders filled 30% faster than current systems, (2) the flexibility to adjust the robot for different weight/capacity requirements, (3) a smaller footprint with higher storage density, and (4) lower capital, running and maintenance costs.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Amir Khajepour

Student:

Partner:

Dematic Canada

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Transportation and warehousing

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Conservation et gestion des habitats de nidification de la sauvagine et d’autres oiseaux aquatiques en lien avec les changements climatiques

La sauvagine et d’autres espèces d’oiseaux aquatiques tels le plongeon huart font partie de notre patrimoine naturel et rendent de nombreux services écologiques, notamment la chasse sportive, la récolte de subsistance par les collectivités nordiques, la production de duvet et le plaisir retiré de l’observation d’oiseaux. En revanche, quelques-unes d’entre elles, comme la grue du Canada, peuvent causer des contre-services écologiques, par exemple des dommages aux productions agricoles. Ironiquement, on sait très peu de choses des effets anticipés des changements climatiques sur ces espèces et des outils d’adaptation pouvant assurer la conservation de leur diversité et la durabilité des services écologiques qu’ils rendent. Ouranos, un consortium sur la climatologie et l’adaptation aux changements climatiques, s’associe à des chercheurs pour prévoir les effets des changements climatiques sur la sauvagine et développer des stratégies d’adaptation efficaces tant au point de vue environnemental que socio-économique

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marcel Darveau;Marc Mazerolle;Nancy Gélinas;Steve Cumming

Student:

Partner:

Ouranos Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Accommodation and food services; Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Detection of THC using aptamer technology

The biologically active component of cannabis is known as THC. Detection of this component can be used as an indicator of cannabis use. Current test methods are sensitive enough to accomplish this but they are tedious, time consuming, and require specialized equipment and especially trained personnel to carry out. There is a need for a rapid and simple test for the detection of THC. This project aims at exploring the use of short DNA fragments, called aptamers, for the detection of THC. For the industrial partner, this project may provide technology for the future development of a rapid test for THC with significant commercial value.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mazen Saleh

Student:

Partner:

Pureleafmed Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Laurentian University

Program:

Accelerate

Évaluation de la rentabilité de la populiculture

La populiculture, ou culture du peuplier hybride, consiste en la plantation d’arbres à

croissance rapide, combinant des techniques agricoles et forestières. Même si le peuplier

hybride possède un potentiel de croissance inégalé au Québec, les investissements massifs

requis pour la mise en place d’une telle culture sèment un doute quant à la viabilité d’un tel

investissement. Ainsi, le principal frein au développement de la populiculture est l’incertitude

qui persiste au niveau de sa rentabilité. L’évaluation de la rentabilité de différents scénarios

de plantation de peupliers hybrides permettra d’identifier les conditions optimales de mise en

place de la populiculture en plus d’évaluer les différents risques financiers associés à la mise

en place de telles plantations. Nous évaluerons aussi la perception du milieu forestier sur la

rentabilité et le potentiel de développement d’une telle sylviculture à grande échelle au

Québec en consultant une panoplie d’experts sur le sujet.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Nancy Gélinas

Student:

Partner:

Domtar;Réseau Ligniculture Québec

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Agriculture; Manufacturing

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

Modeling and Measuring Insurance Risks Considering IFRS 17 Framework

The objective of the project is to design a model determining capital requirements associated with property and casualty insurance business lines for an insurer that is compliant with the new IFRS 17 framework (international accounting framework). Several subcomponents of the model will be developed such as a dynamic model embedding dependence for the evolution of incurred but not reported (IBNR) claims, a risk measurement component with risk measures and an allocation framework for capital requirements across the various business branches of the insurer.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Melina Mailhot;Frédéric Godin

Student:

Partner:

Eckler Ltd.,Conultants& Actuaries

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate