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Application of deep learning in perception and navigation of mobile robotics

Mobile robotics are playing an increasing important role in many areas such as delivery, house cleaning, homecare, etc. How to increase the capability of robotics in perception and navigation is an on-going problem for decades. Due to the dynamic and uncertain chrematistics of the environment, it is still challenging for real application. In recent years, deep-learning has significantly changed the world in many sectors. It greatly enhanced the development of visual perception, object detection, speech recognition, natural language processing, etc. It provides an end to end learning structure that captures representations from big training data. In this project, deep learning techniques will be investigated and used to improve the current approaches for visual perception, path and motion planning of robotics to achieve satisfactory performance for real application.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Clarence W de Silva

Student:

Partner:

Vestorch Technology Ltd

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Sparse Multivariate Polynomial Factorization

Factoring large polynomials is one of the main tools provided by mathematical software packages like Maple. It is used by scientists, engineers and mathematicians directly to simplify and study large formulas. It is also used inside Maple to do other tasks such as solving systems of polynomial equations. This project proposes to dramatically improve the speed of polynomial factorization so that larger polynomials can be factored and factored quickly, for example, in minutes instead of
days. The project proposes to integrate the new algorithms into the Maple software package so that this capability may be easily accessed by Maple users.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Monagan

Student:

Partner:

Maplesoft

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Faecal sludge desiccation rates for optimal design of passive ventilation sanitation systems

VIP latrines and the Aerosan emergency toilet demonstrate tremendous potential for achieving in situ faecal sludge treatment objectives in volume reduction, odour control, etc. In order to determine the potential to scale, lab-based studies and field validation are required to optimize the design. This project seeks to optimize faecal sludge desiccation by simple enhanced passive ventilation to reduce the waste to be taken off site by 75% in volume. By reducing the desludging frequency this project would substantially reduce the costs of desludging an quantities of faecal sludge that requires handling. Thereby, this project would be addresssing knowledge gap with regard to faecal sludge a volume reduction in emergency settings with benefits for latrine users in urban, peri-urban areas, and refugee/IDP camp contexts.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Caetano Dorea

Student:

Partner:

Aerosan

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Upgrading of heavy and high-contaminant Hydrofaction™ Oil, to fuels blendstock with the use of Catalytic Steam Cracking

The Project’s objective is to continue the upgrading work executed in the previous MITACS Converge project with a larger focus on more challenging biocrude oils such as heavy fractions, high viscosity, high nitrogen, high ash oils that are produced from feedstocks such as “feed gate residues” in the form of manures, biosludges and organics from municipal waste. The performance objective remains to optimize and scale up the upgrading of Hydrofaction™ Oil to blendstocks for transport fuels. The main challenge in upgrading Hydrofaction™ renewable crude Oil from such sources is not only the oxygen content of the oil but also the high viscosity, sulfur, and inorganic contaminants. Catalytic Steam Cracking is the pathway of choice in this Project for removing this oxygen and contaminants. The upgraded oil should achieve low Total Acid Number (TAN), low oxygen, low nitrogen, low minerals content and an improved distillation profile. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pedro Pereira-Almao

Student:

Partner:

Steeper Energy Canada Limited

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Privacy Preserving Federated Learning

5G, cloud and IoT confederation vision is to revolutionize the internet by fostering billions of interconnected mobile and embedded devices, sensors, and services, exchanging information in order to build smart, self-conscious autonomous environments. Yet, the ubiquity and value of connected devices and their applications cannot hide their security and privacy challenges. The enormous amount of data sensed and communicated over a fusion of heterogeneous networks, became an increasingly attractive target for cybercriminals. Meeting security requirements is challenging due to devices limited computational capabilities and scalability of massive connected terminals. Likewise, privacy preservation, authentication and authorization are crucial as exchanged data creates more entry points for hackers, leaving sensitive information vulnerable. Ericsson takes an overall approach to bring a comprehensive portfolio of security services, products and solutions to address an enormous need in the market. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Chamseddine Talhi

Student:

Partner:

Ericsson Canada Inc (Montreal, QC)

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Elevate

VAL-083 combination therapies in chemo-resistant pediatric CNS cancers

More children die from brain cancer than from any other disease in the western world. Many anti-cancer drugs are unable to cross the blood-brain barrier to reach the tumor and certain genetic mutations in the tumor cells increase resistance to chemotherapeutics. The novel chemotherapeutic drug VAL-083 readily crosses the blood-brain barrier and accumulates in brain tumor tissues and has documented activity against pediatric brain tumors in historical clinical trials. VAL-083 has a distinct mechanism of action that enables it to overcome common chemo-resistances, as well as work synergistically with drugs of the topoisomerase inhibitor family. This project aims to identify topoisomerase inhibitors that display maximum synergy with VAL-083 in selected pediatric CNS tumors and examine the tolerability of these combinations. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mads Daugaard

Student:

Partner:

Del Mar Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Développement des procédés d’extraction des métaux présents dans les peintures résiduelles à base d’eau

Les entreprises du secteur de peintures et revêtements sont des contributrices importantes de l’économie canadienne. Le futur de ces entreprises dépend de leur capacité à s’adapter rapidement au développement de nouveaux produits satisfaisant les besoins du marché. La consommation des peintures et revêtements génère de grands volumes de résidus, et leur gestion représente d’énormes défis environnementaux et économiques. La haute teneur en composés métalliques d’intérêt industriel permettrait de considérer ces résidus comme un gisement de matières premières pour la même industrie ou pour l’industrie chimique. L’extraction sélective de composés métalliques est basée sur des principes de l’hydrométallurgie (lixiviation, précipitation) de composés métalliques présents dans les solides de peintures résiduelles obtenus après leur conditionnement (déshydratation, séchage, dégradation thermique, lavage). Les solides métalliques récupérés pourront être utilisés par plusieurs secteurs industriels développant des chaînes d’approvisionnement circulaires de matières premières.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Satinder Kaur Brar;Antonio Avalos Ramirez

Student:

Partner:

Société Laurentide Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université du Québec : Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Program:

Accelerate

Content Delivery Networks to the Home

CONTENT Delivery Networks (CDNs) are large distributed infrastructures of replica servers placed in strategic locations. They deliver content to end-users with reduced latency by replicating content on surrogate servers. However they face a major challenge when content is delivered to end-users accessing a same content in home settings: inefficient bandwidth usage in the access network. There are as many streams from the replica server as end-users accessing the same content. It should be noted that although multicast is implemented on most routers, Internet Service Providers (ISP) generally do not enable multicast on their network. The ley reason is that RTP on multicast did not provide an attractive platform for delivery multimedia over the Internet for a host of reasons. This project aims at tackling the problem of inefficiency in bandwidth usage. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Roch Glitho

Student:

Partner:

Ericsson Canada Inc (Montreal, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University

Program:

Accelerate

Identification of medical marijuana cultivars with great potential for therapeutic application

The proposed project will use classical animal models to investigate the therapeutic effects and associated side effects of extracts from the whole plant of different strains of cannabis. The targeted medical conditions include pain and chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). Our data and results will play a key role in pre-screening of cultivars to obtain best candidates suited for particular medical conditions, or that have lower side-effect liability. Our partner, Cannevert Therapeutics Ltd, will use our data to get more resources to conduct related clinical trials, fund studies to research other potential medical indications, and develop cannabis based drugs. It’s hoped that this work will minimize the risk of failures and cost of clinical trials by our industry-standard preclinical models.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alasdair Barr

Student:

Partner:

Cannevert Therapeutics Ltd

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Mechanically compliant soft robotic grippers for automated harvesting

Automated harvesting of horticultural produce is an opportunity for Canadian farmers to improve the quality of yield, reduce labour costs, and increase revenues. The research project will focus on the design and development of soft pneumatically-driven robotic grippers that conform to the natural shape of delicate produce, such as mushrooms, in an effort to minimize crop damage during harvesting. The operating principle of the proposed grasping mechanism is based on the concept of a pneumatic artificial muscle. The soft gripper will be analyzed in terms of mechanical flexibility, pressure distribution on the target object, gripping response times, and damage to the picked produce (i.e. mushroom). The performance of the soft gripper will also be compared to the traditional passive vacuum cup grippers for picking fragile mushrooms in a large scale commercial growing bed.

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Faculty Supervisor:

George Knopf

Student:

Partner:

Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Technology; Energy and Utilities

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Investigating the Role of Cannabis Derived Phytocannabinoid Formulations for the Development of Novel Mental Health Pharmacotherapies

Cannabinoid phytochemicals derived from the marijuana plant are increasingly being recognized for their potential in treating a wide variety of mental health conditions. For example, specific compounds found in marijuana such as THC and cannabidiol (CBD) are showing promise as pharmacological treatments for disorders including schizophrenia, anxiety, depression and PTSD. However, very little is understood regarding the underlying neurobiological and molecular mechanisms by which these treatments may produce their clinical effects. Our collaborative project is examining how specific phytochemicals in marijuana, with a focus on THC and CBD, may serve to improve symptoms associated with these mental health problems, using a variety of pre-clinical, translational neuroscience research techniques. Together with our industrial partner, Algae Dynamics, the goal of our research is to identify and produce specific cannabinoid oil formulations with ratios of THC and CBD that selectively target specific symptoms associated with these complex diseases. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Laviolette;Walter Rushlow

Student:

Partner:

CanaQuest Medical Corporation;Bonify Medical Cannabis

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of Western Ontario; Western University

Program:

Accelerate

The role of dairy consumption on variations in response to lifestyle factors in youth and adults

Obesity has increased drastically since the late 1970s and unhealthy eating habits are just one of the causes. Some studies have shown that consuming dairy products such as yogurt helps control body weight in both adults and children. However, factors such as genetics and environment (e.g. dietary and lifestyle factors) may play a role in this response as children who have an obese parent or live in low-income neighborhoods are more likely to become obese adults. The aim of this research is to look at the relationship between dairy intake, body weight and composition and metabolic health in children and adolescents at risk of obesity (i.e. at least one parent with obesity) and to examine the role of dairy in response to exercise and weight loss on body weight and metabolic health parameters. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vicky Drapeau;Angelo Tremblay

Student:

Partner:

Alliance santé Québec

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

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