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Natural Language Understanding and Generation

NLP techniques have been used and tested for several years in different environments and for different applications/domains. The performances of the Natural Language Understanding (NLU) toolbox are closely related to the quality of the text but also on the specific knowledge-domain. Social Media content typically use short sentences with simple grammar and tend to include specific jargon and abbreviations. Grammatical rules are not always respected and spelling errors are common. These characteristics are also common to the human generated military intelligence/tactical reports. The first objective of the project is to automatically generate “human-like” reports, in both French and English, based on “structured-data”. The second objective of this project is to create a knowledge extraction toolbox to be used with both social media reports and military intelligence reports (for both French and English).

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Faculty Supervisor:

Timothy J. O’Donnell

Student:

Partner:

Thales Canada Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Technology; Other

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Field testing of newly Blast resistant lightweight sandwich panel

The proposed project is to field test a full scale novel lightweight sandwich panel which consists of steel plate at the front, concrete panel at the back and number of helical springs in the middle. This newly proposed sandwich panel will be subjected to repetitive different ranges of blast load to ensure its blast resistant capacity and evaluate its ability to withstand repetitive blast loads. The idea of using this sandwich panel is to almost dissipate all the applied blast energy by the front steel plate and the helical springs layer which accordingly, prevents the damage of the back RC panel which is considered as the main structure. The construction of this lightweight sandwich panel is not costly, not time consuming and will reduce the additional loads which added by using traditional protection layers. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tony Yang

Student:

Partner:

Tongji University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing and Construction; Advanced Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Role of Semaphorin3A in nerve regrowth in muscle repair

While satellite cell (SC) activation underpins muscle repair, function requires reinnervation of new myotubes. During early differentiation in repair, SC-derived myoblasts also upregulate expression of a neural chemorepellent, semaphorin3A (Sema3A), thought to mediate axonal ingrowth toward regenerating myotubes. Recent findings indicate that disrupted timing of Sema3A expression (by early SC activation) delays the time-course of in vivo reinnervation and loss of muscle-specific Sema3A expression disrupts reinnervation. We hypothesize that a muscle-specific Sema3A-knockout will also disrupt the timing of Schwann cell function and expression as neurites grow toward nerve-muscle junctions (NMJs) and form axon terminals on new fibers during muscle repair. This work will expand our knowledge of Schwann cell function in muscle development and functional restoration of nerve supply during muscle growth in development and repair. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Judy Anderson

Student:

Partner:

Kyushu University

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Food Sovereignty in the City: Exploring Urban Agrarianism through Participatory Video in Brazil

Working with research partners in Brazil, my PhD research at UBC uses video ethnography and other qualitative methods to analyze perspectives of social movement participants, farmers and policymakers towards urban agriculture. The project investigates how urban agriculture may support ‘scaling up’ more sustainable food production, transportation and consumption practices both within and outside of the city. Outputs from this research include an ethnographic video, academic article and chapter of my dissertation. As a community-based project, a return trip to Brazil in September will enable participatory analysis and assessment of research results with stakeholders through focus groups and allow me to finalize the video in response to the focus groups, draft the accompanying manuscript with Brazilian partners and share the final video with participants and their networks.TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hannah Wittman

Student:

Partner:

Federal University of Santa Catarina - to merge

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment; Agriculture and Food; Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Artistic Voices: An Oral History Community Heritage Project at the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning, Kingston ON

Using oral history interviews, this collaborative project will document and explore the social history of the efforts made by the Kingston arts community to preserve the historic Morton Brewery and Distillery and to create the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning, a vibrant community arts hub. Supplemented by archival research, I will interview the artists, cultural organizations, and community members to document this community history and privilege the voices of those who worked so hard to create this space. While many projects in Kingston focus on the tangible, physical heritage of the city, this project seeks to highlight the “intangible community heritage” of Kingston’s arts community, focusing on the importance of the people rather than limestone, brick, and mortar, and the ways in which these disparate groups came together and became a community. TO BE CONT”D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jeffrey Brison

Student:

Partner:

Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Exploring the connection between design and computational thinking across industry and educational contexts

In today’s fast-paced, technologically-driven world, it is of paramount importance that we take advantage of different ways to solve problems, to generate the most efficient solutions. One way to accomplish this goal is to adopt different ways of thinking about how we solve problems. It may be of great value to base problem-solving that we teach in education using basics of design thinking and computer science, two existing disciplines. However, research has not yet assessed how these types of thinking may be related across different contexts, like education and industry. In this project, the intern will work with an academic expert and leading industry partner to develop and assess technology-enhanced educational materials. In doing so, the intern will gain experience collaborating with experts from education, business and robotics, and the industry partner will benefit from the intern’s research findings in developing curriculum-based educational materials.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Julie Mueller

Student:

Partner:

InkSmith Ltd

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Wilfrid Laurier University

Program:

Accelerate

La construction d’un écosystème pour l’innovation sociale

En s’attribuant la mission de faire la jonction entre une idée à impact social et sa mise en oeuvre, la maison de l’innovation sociale (MIS) va se positionner au coeur de l’écosystème d’innovation sociale à Montréal. C’est dans cette optique que s’inscrit notre projet de recherche. Il veut explorer le processus par lequel les différents acteurs, et principalement la MIS, contribuent à transformer l’écosystème dans lequel ils sont ancrés, et ce afin qu’une innovation sociale devienne génératrice d’impact et puisse être diffusée. En identifiant et analysant ce processus, notre recherche aura une contribution aussi bien théorique que pratique. Sur le plan théorique, elle va contribuer à améliorer notre compréhension des dynamiques régissant les écosystèmes d’innovation sociale. Sur le plan pratique, elle permettra à la MIS et à l’ensemble de l’écosystème d’avoir une cartographie des bonnes pratiques et des limites de la méthodologie adoptée pour une éventuelle réplication.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Luciano Barin Cruz

Student:

Partner:

Maison de l'Innovation Sociale

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Using commitment to reduce plastics waste in the marine environment

Given that plastic pollution in the marine environment has been a critical issue in Canada and in the rest of the world in recent decades, our project aims to provide a possible solution to mitigate plastic waste in the ocean. Previous findings have shown that asking people to make a commitment can effectively change their behaviours. In the current, we will ask people to make a commitment by signing a pledge to reduce their plastic waste. We hypothesize that people who signed the pledge will show a reduction in their plastic waste disposal, compared to those who did not sign. Thus, by reducing plastic consumption can eventually lead to a reduction of plastic waste in the ocean.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jiaying Zhao

Student:

Partner:

Ocean Wise

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation; Education; Other services (except public administration); Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Safe Harbour for Military, Veteran and Family Health Research Data

The Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research (CIMVHR), affiliated research partners at universities across Canada, and IBM Canada Ltd. have identified a significant and universal issue facing health researchers that applies to Canadian military, Veteran and family health (MVFH) research and health research for the Canadian population at large. Comprehensive and complete medical records for any given population are generally not available for research purposes due to the access challenges and strict privacy protection practices that are necessarily enforced by the organizations that store and maintain these health databases. This project proposes to explore a safe harbour environment that includes secure data extraction and linking components and that adheres to the strict policies that protect the access to the source data while facilitating creation of properly de-identified linked datasets from different sources to facilitate more complete future MVFH research.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrick Martin

Student:

Partner:

IBM Canada Ltd

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

WP 3.1.2 Next Generation Product Cost Tracking

Ciena would like to drastically improve its ability to track, analyse and forecast the cost of products. Building on experience with the current tool suite and business practices, Ciena aims to develop a next-generation product cost analytics solution that will run on its existing IT infrastructure and allow capture, analysis and modeling of historical as well as simulated material and transformation cost data.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stéphane Gagnon

Student:

Partner:

Ciena Corporation (St-Laurent, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Technology; Advanced Manufacturing

University:

Université du Québec en Outaouais

Program:

Accelerate

The Opportunity Equation

The Opportunity Equation is a multi-year research project that explores trends, dynamics and causes of income inequality in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The project aims to produce a comprehensive portrait of the changing income distribution and income gaps among key socio-demographic groups in the City of Toronto, York Region and the Region of Peel between 1980 and 2015. It looks beneath aggregated measures on inequality to investigate how much of an income gap exists among various socio-demographic groups and how these gaps change over time. Examining the income trajectories of different socio-demographic groups provides insights into the social factors structuring income distributions and in turn the basis of income inequality. This report will provide the most in-depth and up-to-date analysis of income gaps among different socio-economic groups in the GTA, using the most reliable data currently available.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gabrielle Slowey

Student:

Partner:

United Way of Toronto & York Region

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Projet d’analyse géotechnique et géomorphologique des risques de glissement de terrain et possibilité de faire reconnaitre le site de Saint-Jean-Vianney comme un GéoSite/GéomorphoSite

Le territoire de Saint-Jean-Vianney montre les cicatrices de deux glissements de terrain catastrophiques survenus en 1663 et en 1971. Le dernier s’est soldé par des pertes humaines et matérielles importantes pour la région du Saguenay. Le projet de recherche proposé se divise en deux projets de maîtrise qui serviront à répondre aux deux grands objectifs du partenaire local. Ainsi, le partenaire local désire développer une offre géotouristique sur le territoire de Saint-Jean-Vianney et il est nécessaire de connaître les futurs risques potentiels de glissement de terrain et d’évaluer le potentiel du territoire dans une optique de reconnaissance comme GéoSite/Géomorphosite. Le projet Mitacs se divise en deux sous-projets :
1) Le premier projet de maîtrise analysera les risques de glissement de terrain actuel du territoire de Saint-Jean-Vianney par le développement d’un modèle 3D afin d’étudier les risques géotechniques pour les développements prévus sur le site par le partenaire local. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ali Saeidi;Maxime Boivin

Student:

Partner:

Promotion Saguenay Inc

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

Program:

Accelerate

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