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A Collaborative Research Project by a Community of Practice on Harnessing Renewable Green Energy in Sustaining Community Greenhouse at Haliburton, Ontario

As part of the Masters of Arts in Sustainability Studies Program at Trent University, the graduate intern will engage in a community-based research group that looks into the local community needs at Haliburton, Ontario. Specifically, the graduate intern will work with a host partner organization, Abbey Gardens Community Trust, to understand the local food security needs arising from the harsh local climate, as well as to procure adequate project resources to implement a community greenhouse project with the host partner. Together with the research group, the graduate intern shall focus on designing, upgrading, and testing a unique ‘double-hooped’ green-tech passive greenhouse that is expected to improve and to extend the planting window of the existing greenhouses within the host partner farming site. This will allow the host partner to provide fresh green salads, herbs, small plants, tubulars, and other vegetable directly to the local Haliburton community across all four seasons.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Thomas Howard Whillans;Stephen Hill;Karen Thompson

Student:

Partner:

Abbey Gardens

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Trent University

Program:

Accelerate

Microservice-based NFV Framework

Network operators ubiquitously deploy hardware middleboxes such as firewalls, proxies, WAN optimizer, intrusion detection and prevention systems to realize different network services. These middleboxes are vertically-integrated, expensive, and proprietary hardware appliances with limited or no programmability and require specially trained personnel for deployment and maintenance, resulting in increased capital and operational expenditure for the network operators. Recently, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has proposed to move the network functions offered by these hardware middleboxes to software (also known as Virtual Network Functions (VNFs)) running on commodity servers to reduce cost and increase flexibility. However, a fundamental problem with existing VNFs is the existence of a large number of common functionalities (e.g., packet classification, payload inspection, etc.) repeated across different VNFs. This has several negative consequences, including redundant development of functionalities in different VNFs and coarse grained resource allocation and scaling imposed by the monolithic nature of VNFs among others.TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raouf Boutaba

Student:

Partner:

Inria Nancy - Grand-Est Research Centre

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Genome assembly and annotation for the North American mountain goat

The field of genomics is a rapidly developing field that offers many innovative insights into how living organisms function, adapt to their environment and evolve over time. Genomics studies genomes, i.e. complete sets of DNA present in every cell, and their functionality. In the proposed project I will refine the genome for the North American mountain goat that is currently in the final stages of completion. Mountain goats are unique alpine mammals, vulnerable to human disturbance, overharvesting and climate change. A quality reference genome is a requirement for subsequent genomic studies of population demography and adaptation. Following the assembly, I will annotate the genome, i.e. determine the location of coding and controlling regions of the sequence, genes and their predicted function. Genome annotation is essential for identifying the genetic adaptations an organism has to it’s environment, and consequently, it’s capacity to adapt to future changes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Aaron Shafer

Student:

Partner:

Université Lille1 - Sciences et Technologies

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

University:

Trent University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Software-Defined Network Monitoring

Monitoring is fundamental to network management. Accurate and timely statistics at different granularities (e.g., per-user, per-device etc.) are essential for many network management applications (e.g., traffic engineering, failure detection etc.). Contemporary monitoring solutions (e.g., Cisco Netflow) are proprietary, inflexible, and incur a large up-front licensing and setup cost. Alternatively, dedicated hardware devices for monitoring can be used but they export statistics using non-standard protocols, are expensive and difficult to upgrade. More recently, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) has been proposed to decouple the network’s control plane from data forwarding plane and implements the control plane as a logically centralized software with a global network view. The global network view available to SDN controllers facilitates the development of network monitoring applications that optimize monitoring frequencies and the placement of monitoring probes. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raouf Boutaba

Student:

Partner:

Inria Nancy - Grand-Est Research Centre

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Towards a complete ATM fraud detection scheme using advanced Video Analytics and Biometric Identification Technology

Solink Corporation is a video analytic company that transcribes video streams into searchable metadata. Their flagship solution, Searchlight, proactively monitors, identifies and alerts investigators of suspicious activity at ATMs to reduce fraud and improve customer experience. Solink’s current ATM Skimming detection product (Searchlight) analyzes both transaction and video at an ATM to detect suspicious activity and automatically generates an alarm in the event of fraudulent operations. Solink’s team is excited to collaborate with Dr. Andy Adler at Carleton University in order to develop new software and video analytics to address and detect ATM fraud in video surveillance. Our objective is to develop a complete solution that combines the power of video analytics and Biometrics, and that allows for detection of ATM fraud centrally using a 100% software solution. A mutual contribution with Carleton University will ultimately lead to new product development and groundbreaking technology, emerging in this competitive field.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andy Adler

Student:

Partner:

Solink

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Enhancing decision making around management and mitigation of forest invasive alien species using computer assisted risk models.

The forests of Canada are under acute risk of been introduced to new non-native forest invasive alien species (FIAS) due to increase in free trade, climate change, anthropogenic activities, lack of natural enemies and environmental considerations that will limit the control and eradication process. In recognition to FIAS ability to threaten the country’s environment and economy, our current research, aims at investigating species specific invasive behaviors in changing climate conditions, dispersal patterns linked with genetic traits and transport networks and ultimately providing timely information of potential risk and distribution zones of the non-native FIAS enabling policymakers and land managers to prepare appropriate control and eradication strategies in advance.The study will form a basis for the development of non-native FIAS risk assessment strategies focusing on prevention of spread and establishment of FIAS in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Verena Griess

Student:

Partner:

Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Certifiable Fly-By-Wire Robust Control Laws for Flexible Civil Transport Aircraft : Structured H-Infinity Synthesis

New generation of civil transport aircraft can present aeroelastic coupling between flight mechanics and structural dynamics. The lower-frequency flexible dynamics can be perceptible by a fly-by-wire controller. This requires control law design that take into account the flexible dynamics. Robust control techniques have been investigated over the past 20 years for this purpose. They result in highly complex black box dynamical controller with a large number of states. It requires strong efforts to simplify the controller. This causes major challenges for industrial application and certification. Consequently, Canadian civil transport aircraft industry remained unconvinced that robust controller synthesis technique can lead to efficient and certifiable control law. However, most of industry concerns seem to be alleviated by the recent progresses at theoretical and tool levels. This project investigates if the new method can truly result in a certifiable control law for flexible civil transport aircraft by applying it to the tuning of certifiable control law considering a real flexible aircraft model.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Saussié

Student:

Partner:

Bombardier Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Transportation and warehousing

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Bidding in electricity day-ahead markets : a dynamic programming approach

Les marchés d’énergie dérégulés sont de plus en plus utilisés de par le monde pour gérer l’achat et la vente d’énergie. Ces marchés permettent à n’importe quelle compagnie productrice de participer à la vente et tentent de minimiser le prix de l’énergie pour les acheteurs. Chaque jour, les compagnies productrices souhaitant vendre sur le marché dérégulé doivent proposer des offres à l’opérateur de marché pour le jour suivant. Une fois les offres reçues, l’opérateur sélectionne celles qui sont les plus intéressantes et seront achetées le jour suivant.
La difficulté pour une compagnie productrice est de choisir comment placer ses offres en tentant de maximiser son profit et d’éviter de produire à perte. Ce problème d’offre contient des problèmes qui sont difficiles à résoudre séparément : planifier la production à moindre coûts pour une demande connue et fixer le prix de l’électricité en connaissant toutes les offres. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Patrice Marcotte

Student:

Partner:

Inria Lille - Nord Europe Research Centre

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Mapping land-based renewable energy production opportunities: a systematic approach for integrated land-use and energy planning

The initiative is best described as two interwoven threads: mapping renewable energy potentials at the landscape scale, and using these maps to engage local stakeholders in a dialogue to identify acceptable locations for particular kinds of RE development. The Project Team will use the Town of Caledon, located in the Region of Peel, and the City of Markham, located in York Region as pilot case studies for this initiative. The Town of Caledon was selected because it is a semi-rural municipality experiencing urban growth pressures that has articulated a goal to show leadership in the development of RE systems that are compatible with other land use planning objectives. The City of Markham was chosen because it has identified an objective of achieving net zero energy and carbon by 2050 as part of its municipal sustainability plan. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kirby Calvert

Student:

Partner:

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (Vaughan, ON)

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

New economic strategies for the design, analysis, and evaluation of international projects and development of teaching materials

The objective of the research is to provide international development agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with decision making and evaluation tools that are practical and, at the same time, are based on sound academic foundations. These tools are specific to a sector, such as nutrition, and a country, such as Guatemala. The resulting documents will assist analysts in design of international development projects as well as their assessment, monitoring, and evaluation. The immediate benefit of such practical guidelines would be their utilization by the partner organization in the analysis of ongoing projects.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Huw Lloyd-Ellis

Student:

Partner:

Limestone Analytics Inc

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cell for UAV Integration

The joint objective of the consortium is to undertake R&D necessary to produce a scalable, cost-effective combined hydrogen storage and fuel cell solution for UAV’s that addresses weight and volume and improves refueling logistics. The novel hydrogen storage system will be combined with a high-power density optimized fuel cell stack for UAV’s that integrates with the low pressure, volumetrically efficient, hydrogen storage solution.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Erik Kjeang;Byron D Gates

Student:

Partner:

Hydrogen in Motion

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Responses of lakes to experimental fertilization: harmful algal blooms and trace metal cycling

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) represent a global water quality issue of increasing importance. HABs, often dominated by cyanobacteria, produce unsightly growth, noxious compounds, and toxins that impair aquatic ecosystems for recreational and drinking water use. The drivers of HABs are not well characterized, which has led to the minimal success of management efforts to date. Evaluating multiple drivers, including nutrients, trace metals, and climate will help us to gain a greater understanding of HABs and how future management efforts can be applied successfully. This project will evaluate these potential drivers in concert through a partnership between University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, and IISD-ELA. The latter organization specializes in the use of whole-ecosystem manipulations to inform management of water quality impairments, presenting an opportunity for interns to conduct cutting-edge research in a world-class facility.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sherry Schiff;Jason Venkiteswaran;Jason Venkiteswaran;Sherry Schiff

Student:

Partner:

IISD Experimental Lakes Area Inc

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo; Wilfrid Laurier University

Program:

Accelerate

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