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Neural Network Model for Predicting NBA Shot Outcome

To fully exploit the information in the SportVU dataset, the analytic team at the Raptors wanted to move beyond summary statistics and utilize state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms for dealing with dataset of this magnitude. Specifically, one task of interest is “shot outcome prediction”. Given all the information up to the release of shot, can we give a calibrated probability of whether or not the player will make that shot? To achieve this, in the previous internship, we have used neural network models that optimized the data likelihood. Compared to the algorithm that the Raptors analytics team was using before the internship, this new model did better in both interpolation within seen data and extrapolation to unseen data. Towards the end of the previous internship, we started to develop models that could modulate the prediction by the player identity. In this proposed internship, we aim to polish that approach and develop new models that can incorporate and exploit complex interactions of the shooter with the other players and the game situation. Another objective of this research is to develop a time-series model that can extract interesting features, possibly not recognized as significant by the human experts, from the raw tracking data.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Richard Zemel

Student:

Partner:

Raptors

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

The benefits of hemp protein supplementation during resistance training

Hemp powder is an increasingly popular supplement with body builders. Hemp contains many of the essential building blocks of proteins (i.e. amino acids) and also contains oil helpful to prevent swelling. It may also be beneficial for building muscle mass and increasing bone health. Despite these possible benefits, the effectiveness of hemp powder during a strength training program has never been assessed. Our study will determine the effectiveness of hemp for building strength and muscle mass, preventing inflammation and fatigue, and preventing the breakdown of bone during an 8-week strength training program. We will recruit 40 physically active men and women between the ages of 18-45. Half will be given hemp powder during the training program and compared to half taking soy powder. This research will provide new evidence about hemp benefits and will also allow the partner organization (Naturally Splendid® Enterprises) to increase the market for its hemp-based nutritional supplements.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Philip Chilibeck

Student:

Partner:

Naturally Splendid Enterprises

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Accelerate

Mexico-Cuba Bilateral Relations After El Bache: The Role of International Visual Art Exhibitions.

During my 12-week stay in Mexico City I aim to obtain and analyze archival material pertinent to the exhibition Cuba: Imagen y Posibilidad, a large Cuban photographic exhibition viewed by three million visitors to Mexico City’s Galerias Abiertas de las Rejas de Chapultepec during 2009. This exhibition is central to my doctoral research, as it outlines the complexities of Cuba-Mexico bilateral relations as established through the’ employment of international visual art exhibitions. Documents
chronicling the communication between Cuban and Mexican officials regarding the organization, display and political function of Imagen y Posibilidad are housed at the archives of Galerias Abiertas de las Rejas de Chapultepec and Universidad Autonoma de Mexico. My main objective is to access, copy and analytically dissect these jocuments under the supervision of Dra. Laura Castaneda from the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, and the cooperation of Deputy Director of Galerias Abiertas de las
Rejas de Chapultepec Jose Manuel Rodriguez Ramirez.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Catherine Krull

Student:

Partner:

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Model Development and Experimental Investigation of Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Materials for H2 Production and Scale-up Design Considerations.

Hydrogen (H2) is produced from renewable energy using a solar-driven hybrid photoelectrochemical (PEC) reactor. This project aims to develop the theoretical model of a scale-up process for practical applications requiring higher H2 yields. The basis for the scaleup
system design is an experimental reactor comprising PEC and chloralkali electrolysis processes that has been designed, built, and is presently being tested in the Clean Energy Research Lab (CERL) at UOIT under the supervision of Dr. Ibrahim Dincer. The Mitacs Globalink research project at Marmara University will take place in the laboratory of host supervisor, Dr. Atif Koca, where we will theoretically and experimentally investigate the performance of various photoactive materials with respect to solar utilization and H2 yield. Through this study, we will identify potential photoactive materials to integrate with the current reactor design at UOIT, and develop theoretical models to assess performance of a scale-up solar-H2 production process based on experimental results.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ibrahim Dincer

Student:

Partner:

Marmara University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Synthesis, Characterization, and Experimental Investigation of New Photoactive Materials for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production

The aim of this project is to use solar energy to produce hydrogen in a hybrid photoelectrochemical (PEC) reactor to increase the solar spectrum utilization and H2 production yield as well as converting the byproducts into commercially valuable commodities. For this purpose, a system consisting of semiconductors, electrocatalysts, and ion selective membranes to carry out a PEC combined with a chloralkali electrolysis process has been developed and tested at Clean Energy Research Laboratory (CERL) at UOIT. The current system has an active membrane photoelectrode assembly (MPEA) and PEC H2 production performance and solar activity of the setup has been tested and verified experimentally at UOIT. During the Mitacs project, by working at Dr. Atif Koca’s laboratory, new photoactive materials will be synthesized, characterized, and tested which will then be used in our reactor at UOIT for higher solar H2 production efficiencies and yields.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ibrahim Dincer

Student:

Partner:

Marmara University

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Survey on the Culture of Lawfuless

The proposed research project will examine the relationship between firms and the culture of lawfulness of the environment in which they are embedded. Specifically, the societal and cultural features that undermine the rule of law by promoting the normalcy of rule-breaking will be studied in terms of both how firms understand and are affected by them. I will be collaborating closely with the host country supervisor in reviewing the extant literature pertaining to relevant topics such as corruption, the rule of law, and the cultural and societal environment in order to create a theoretical framework from which to approach an in-depth study of the topic. The theoretical framework will guide the creation of a survey that will be administered to over two thousand Mexican firms in June of 2015 that examines their relationship with the culture of lawfulness – how it affects the behavior of firms, how it can create advantages and disadvantages, and more generally how firms understand the cultural environment in which rule-breaking becomes the status-quo The survey results will serve as a dataset that I will use for my dissertation. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Crane

Student:

Partner:

Tecnológico de Monterrey (Monterrey Campus)

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

University:

York University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Design for Situation Awareness in Future Power Grid Operations

The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) coordinates electricity generation and transmission to ensure a reliable and stable electricity supply for the province of Ontario. Human operators monitor the power grid with the help of automated energy management systems. Increasing amounts of data, electricity demand, and renewable generation mean these operators need new tools to help them monitor and manage grid reliability. These tools include displays that consolidate data, support operator decision-making, and reduce the likelihood of human error. The goal of this project is to improve the design of control room displays for operators, so that the IESO can meet their objectives of maintaining near- and long-term grid reliability and stability.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Greg Jamieson

Student:

Partner:

Independent Electricity System Operator

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Utilities

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

The prevalence of lameness and associated risk factors on dairy farms in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Through this project, I hope to identify the prevalence of lameness and the associated risk factors on dairy farms in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. A cow that is lame is characterized by having an abnormal gait or stance, often caused by some form of pain or discomfort that the animal is experiencing. It is a serious issue that impairs the welfare of the animal and can have negative consequences for farmers (for example, decreased milk production and reproductive success). We predict that lameness will be highest on highly confined farms with little or no access to pasture for grazing, with grazing-based farms having very low incidences of lameness. The results
of this project have the potential to show local farmers how to manage their herds to minimize lameness. In this way, the results of the project are two-fold: they help improve the welfare of dairy cows as well as benefit local farmers in the western part of Santa Catarina, Brazil.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marina von Keyserlingk

Student:

Partner:

Federal University of Santa Catarina - to merge

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Water Privatization in India: The social, cultural and political implications of contemporary Indian water management

For the purpose of this research, I will be going Northern India to the Punjab state in order to study the way in which water is and the perceptions by local communities to these strategies. The rationale for Northern India is based on the dynamic changes to how water is
accessed in the region. Water privatization has been promoted throughout India by both federal authorities and external agents, and as such the State of Punjab is looking to privatize water in the state in phases. By conducting field research in the region, I will be able to provide a first glimpse into the future for the region and the (potential) future of the whole country should water privatization continue as a water management strategy. While there I will conduct interviews and focus groups on the experiences of water management in Northern India with various community members and stakeholders. I expect that a neoliberal ideology has governed the decisions made
about how to deal with scarcity, drought, and water access more generally and this is why privatization has become a legitimate option even though it contradicts constitutional laws in India.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Simon Springer

Student:

Partner:

Panjab University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Bargaining with the state: street vending, urban resistance and thepolitics of everyday life and survival in Hanoi, Vietnam

In Hanoi (popn. 6.5 million), the capital city of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the majority of vendors are rural to urban migrants, often women, who lack access to more durable livelihoods due to limited formal education, financial capital or social networks, who are now being pushed off their household land by the state’s development plans. Simultaneously, government efforts have sought to restrict the use of public space for vending. Although by trading, vendors can be fined, arrested, and have their goods confiscated, vendors can be seen plying their trade throughout the city. The aim of my research is therefore to better understand the coherences and contradictions between state urban planning and the livelihood survival strategies of urban vendors in a post-Socialist city, Hanoi, Vietnam. To do so, I will draw on a total of 12 months fieldwork, spanning five years (2010-2015). This is the first study to consider the impacts of the 2008 on vending livelihoods and will contribute in-depth understandings of post-socialist economies and emerging pressures on urban and periurban populations that arise out of rapid state-led urbanization and modernization.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sarah Turner

Student:

Partner:

Vietnam National University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

McGill University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Distributed hybrid simulation test of typical high-speed railway construction in China

The proposed research project is to conduct remotely controlled experiment with the Central South University (CSU) in China to study the structural behaviour of typical concrete piers for high-speed railways. The student will be in China for the physical tests while command signals to run the experiment in China will be sent by a computer in Canada. Such an experiment shares the resources between the University of British Columbia and CSU. The project will first validate the control framework developed at UBC. Second, the experiment will show structural behaviour of a typical pier that is otherwise impossible to obtain without expensive shake-table testing. Third, the comparison between solid and hollow concrete piers is essential to understand the pros and cons of each design. With the results, accurate numerical models can be constructed and calibrated to conduct design optimization and cost-benefit study of future concrete piers for high-speed railways.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tony Yang

Student:

Partner:

Central South University (China)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Religion and Post-Secularism in Michel Foucault’s Herméneutique du Sujet

The question of post-secularism – that is, the status of the religious experience within modern inviduals and modern society – is a prevalent one in contemporary philosophical discussion. In this project, I consider the insight of 20th century French philosopher Michel Foucault on this subject, in “L’Herméneutique du Sujet”, a recently published manuscript of Foucault’s lectures at the Collège de France. In this text, Foucault considers the history and experience of being an individual, or a subject. Through this inquiry, the author considers the many ways in which religious experience has framed such discourse – and as such, ways in which religion, despite the current post-secular context, is fundamentally constitutive of our lived experience. By using Foucault’s ideas, I plan to further explore the intricate relationship between religion and lived experience in the modern world.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Caruana

Student:

Partner:

Istanbul Bilgi University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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