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Automating Cloud Data Center Operation – Year two

Manual performance, configuration and fault management of Cloud Data Centers is vulnerable to human intervention and therefore subject to human errors. One way to circumvent this problem is to use automation of the Cloud Data Center operations based on advanced technologies which may include Machine Intelligence.
As it is known in mobile industry applications/systems are being virtualized. Therefore some applications will require to run sometime in a central Data center and also closer to the user in order to meet certain characteristics. The last can be refered as an Edge cloud where services will require to be run closer to the users in order to meet certain characteristics. Ericsson develops cloud or Data Centers management products were these services and applications will reside. Therefore the automation of the service management of cloud or Data Center resources is a key.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Foutse Khomh

Student:

Partner:

Ericsson Canada Inc (Montreal, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Elevate

Automating Cloud Data Center Operation

Manual performance, configuration and fault management of Cloud Data Centers is vulnerable to human intervention and therefore subject to human errors. One way to circumvent this problem is to use automation of the Cloud Data Center operations based on advanced technologies which may include Machine Intelligence.
As it is known in mobile industry applications/systems are being virtualized. Therefore some applications will require to run sometime in a central Data center and also closer to the user in order to meet certain characteristics. The last can be refered as an Edge cloud where services will require to be run closer to the users in order to meet certain characteristics. Ericsson develops cloud or Data Centers management products were these services and applications will reside. Therefore the automation of the service management of cloud or Data Center resources is a key.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Foutse Khomh

Student:

Partner:

Ericsson Canada Inc (Montreal, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École Polytechnique de Montréal

Program:

Elevate

Testing and Characterization of next-gen PiezoMUMPS sensors

This project involves the testing and characterization of new piezoelectric vibration sensors developed by the research group led by Prof. Bahreyni at the Intelligent Sensors Laboratory. These piezoelectric sensors have now been combined with another type of sensor – one with a capacitive transduction mechanism to improve the low-frequency sensitivity and noise performance. I shall first and foremost have to design an interface circuit for each sensor and then appropriately combine these signals to generate the final output signal. This shall be followed by noise analysis involving the modeling of different noise sources that shall contaminate the actual signal for e.g, the structural housing, the electronics structure, the contributions due to the interface electronics and other environmental noise sources. Following this, mechanical characterization like resonance frequency characterization needs to be done because, if the device is used near these frequencies then rapid mechanical damage shall ensue. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Behraad Bahreyni

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Technology; Nanotechnology

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Computational fluid dynamics modelling of heat pipes for cooling applications

The proposed project aims to develop numerical models using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to understand and predict the performance of heat pipes in the context of cooling applications. Heat pipes are a type of enhanced heat transfer device that uses a continuous cycle of boiling and condensing a fluid to transfer heat at a very high rate. The industry partner designs and manufactures heat pipes that are used extensively in the cooling of molds for making automotive parts. This project will allow them to better understand and predict the performance of their products and provide comprehensive simulation results to potential customers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christopher DeGroot

Student:

Partner:

Acrolab

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Automotive; Advanced Manufacturing; Technology

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Enabling and Accelerating Fragment-based Drug Discovery – An Excellent Opportunity To Combine Innovation and Education

One of the most promising strategies for discovering our future medications is via fragment-based lead discovery (FBLD). FBLD involves the screening of libraries of small molecules to first identify weak binders to essential target proteins of diseases. These binders are then synthetically matured to larger, more potent inhibitors/leads via medicinal chemistry design efforts. However, there are major bottlenecks to achieving this critical step which have discouraged many pharmaceutical scientists from pursuing this approach. This is because experimental techniques are notoriously unreliable at properly characterizing weak binders at the required high concentrations. We propose to tackle this issue, and exploit educational opportunities, by redefining the fundamental techniques at each step of FBLD. Libraries will be designed, new NMR screening strategies implemented, analysis software will be developed, and an innovative NMR Kd–SAR cycle will be introduced. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steven LaPlante;Pierre Talbot;Steven LaPlante

Student:

Partner:

NMX Research and Solutions Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Accelerate

A Vision-based system for intelligent monitoring of gait poses in dementia

Impairments of gait and balance often progress through the course of dementia, and are associated with increased risk of falls. Regular assessment of gait and balance could therefore be informative in tracking changes in functional status, and identifying individuals at a high risk of falling to allow for preventative measures. We have developed a technology, called AMBIENT, which enables the frequent, accurate, unobtrusive, and cost-effective measurement of gait and balance parameters. The objectives of this project is to improve the technology of the AMBIENT for pose estimation; to replace the depth sensor of AMBEINT with RGB camera; and to concurrently validate the accuracy of the estimated Gait parameters by the camera-based version of the AMBIENT. One important outcome of this study will be the advancement of technology to allow unobtrusive monitoring of changes in mobility in older adults with dementia.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Babak Taati

Student:

Partner:

Riverview Health Centre Foundation

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Long-Term Prevention of Catheter Infections using Chemical Coatings

Infections acquired through long-term catheter use are a major problem for nearly 20% of all patients. This project seeks to apply Econous Systems’ anti-fouling MEG-OH coating to biomedical plastic catheters to see if they prevent the 3 most common microbes: E. coli, C. Albicans and S. Aureus, from growing. This will initially involve in vitro testing using a flow-through model to simulate blood flow, monitoring first static and then dynamic microbe growth using fluorescence microscopy. In vivo testing will follow using rats as a preclinical model.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Benjamin Hatton;Peter Carlen

Student:

Partner:

Econous Systems Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Élaboration d’un programme de suivi des ouvrages de gestion des eaux de ruissellement du bassin versant du lac Saint-Charles à Québec

Le lac Saint-Charles est le principal réservoir d’eau potable pour 300 000 citoyens de la ville de Québec. Le développement résidentiel et routier important dans son bassin versant affectent la qualité de son eau. Pour contrer cette situation, plusieurs ouvrages de gestion des eaux de ruissellement ont été mis en place au cours des dernières années : marais épurateurs, fossés végétalisés, bassins de rétention, etc. La performance réelle de ces ouvrages reste cependant méconnue. Dans une optique d’implantation de mesures supplémentaires sur le bassin, il est essentiel de démontrer l’efficacité de celles déjà en place. Pour y arriver, l’APEL et l’INRS-ETE, en collaboration avec la Ville de Québec et Polytechnique Montréal, entendent élaborer un programme de suivi rigoureux des performances de plusieurs de ces ouvrages en place.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alain Mailhot

Student:

Partner:

Agiro

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Water; Sustainability & the Environment; Environmental Science and Technology

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Accelerate

Micelles de copolymères à blocs, synthèse et caractérisation

Le projet de recherche à entreprendre repose sur la chimie des polymères. Il s’agit d’une recherche qui se penche sur les polymères de nanoparticules. Ces polymères, portant des groupements fonctionnels précis, peuvent réagir avec des acides donnés. La fonctionnalité des produits de ces réactions comporte des caractéristiques intéressantes qui feront l’objet de l’étude. Plus précisément, ces molécules permettent le ciblage actif dans le domaine de la médecine. En effet, l’acide d’intérêt permet de réagir avec des groupements spécifiques sur les cellules cancéreuses. D’un autre côté, cet acide peut aussi réagir avec d’autres types de ligands tout aussi intéressants pour le ciblage actif.
Le projet inclut la synthèse des polymères et des nanoparticules ainsi que leur caractérisation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dominic Rochefort

Student:

Partner:

University of Helsinki

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Mastering Light

The manipulation of light has been a key driving factor in human progress since the beginning of our species. Each industrial advance in the world has successively become more and more dependent on the manipulation of light and concomitant advances in our understanding of related phenomena: advances and discoveries in electricity, electromagnetic technology, wireless communications, lasers, and computers have all been driven by new understandings regarding the nature of light and what it is possible to do with it. The main focus of this project is to attract the best new researchers and inventors in metamaterials science and offer them opportunities to carry out basic research and development in light manipulation. The work will span different areas of applications, including: Absorption enhancement of solar cells using metamaterials; Light emission enhancement for light emitting diodes (LED); Developments of optical filters based on metamaterials; Improvements of medical diagnostics using metamaterials.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ian Hill

Student:

Partner:

Metamaterial Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Simulation of Transient Over-Voltages for Overhead Transmission Lines via Electromagnetic Transients Programs

The candidate will utilize his knowledge and experience in transmission line modelling to implement test cases required for the Transient Over-Voltage studies. The simulations will be performed using well-known computer packages available at BC Hydro and Power labs at UBC as well as programs written by the candidate to implement the recently developed line model in his PhD work. Simulation results will be compared with the simulations previously performed by BC Hydro. In case of agreement between these results, BC Hydro will be able to use the confirmed data and standards to design and set protective devises to moderate the effect of transient over-voltages on the overhead transmission lines existing in the province of British Columbia.

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Faculty Supervisor:

José R Marti

Student:

Partner:

BC Hydro

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy and Utilities; Environmental Science and Technology; Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Chitosan-derivatives as a platform for drug and protein delivery

Triozan™ is a safe, biodegradable and biocompatible hydrophilic and highly quaternized biopolymer with advantageous physicochemical properties that enables an efficient encapsulation and protection of drug molecules against degradation while simultaneously maintaining therapeutic integrity. We propose to encapsulate three drug candidates into nanogels formed from Triozan to enhance their therapeutic application and overcome multiple barriers such as multi-drug resistance phenomenon present in bacteria and in cancer cells as well as biological barriers such as the hematoencephalic barrier

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dusica Maysinger

Student:

Partner:

Ovensa Innovations Inc.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

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