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Scalable quantum computer for simulating nature

QV Studio specializes in creating and de-risking startups exclusively in the field of quantum innovation. The studio is deeply involved in transforming groundbreaking quantum technologies into commercially viable solutions, playing a key role in the creation, growth, and commercialization of quantum ventures. This is achieved through tailored programs and strategic collaborations with funding organizations, research facilities, and market experts, ensuring that each project has the tools and support needed to succeed. The technology challenge that will be explored in the plan is the development and investigation of quantum circuits suited for quantum computation, focussed on materials and chemistry simulation, specifically, fabrication of the chips, and experimental characterization of the chips, as detailed below. The anticipated benefits for QV Studio include the successful creation of a portfolio of commercially viable quantum companies, generating significant economic returns and solidifying its role as a central hub in the quantum ecosystem.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Joseph Salfi

Student:

Partner:

QV Studio

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Public administration

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Drinking Water Treatment Infrastructure: Responding to Climate Change and Increasingly Variable Source Water Quality – Year two

As a result of climate change and other pressures that result in “extreme events” like wildfire and flooding, many
drinking water utilities are at risk of potentially catastrophic failure and need treatment adaptation strategies to
prepare for increasingly variable and potentially rapid deterioration in source water quality. Currently there are no
recognized tools for evaluating the anticipated impacts of such events on water treatment plant operations. This
research will enable Stantec Consulting Ltd. to become a leader in this area by 1) optimizing the performance of key
processes within a typical drinking water treatment plant facing these risks, 2) identifying water quality parameters of
critical import and their anticipated extremes, 3) optimizing key processes to address deterioration of water quality
while maintaining excellent baseline performance, and 4) developing a process optimization and costing tool to allow
“real time” assessment and process adjustment to maintain treatment plant compliance and performance.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Monica Emelko

Student:

Partner:

Stantec Consulting (Kitchener, ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Elevate

herluma

herluma is a digital platform being developed in close collaboration with shelter staff in the homelessness serving sector and the unhoused community in the capital region of British Columbia. This digital platform enables shelter staff to manage bed availability, waitlists, and anonymous demographic data in real time.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniela Damian

Student:

Partner:

Alliance to End Homelessness in Capital Region

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Deuxième étape du développement commercial chez Ivesco

Ce projet s’inscrit comme la deuxième étape d’un mandat amorcé chez Ivesco, une entreprise spécialisée dans les additifs pour carburants. Après avoir élaboré une stratégie marketing et mis en place des outils de communication visant à structurer la prospection et à améliorer la relation client, cette nouvelle phase vise à concrétiser et étendre les actions engagées. Elle consiste à renforcer la présence commerciale de l’entreprise dans des marchés internationaux à fort potentiel, notamment en Amérique latine, en Asie et en Afrique francophone, tout en optimisant les outils de vente et de suivi client. Je travaillerai ainsi à structurer une approche plus systématique du développement d’affaires, à mettre en place un système CRM adapté aux besoins de l’entreprise et à adapter les présentations techniques aux différents contextes culturels et commerciaux. Ce projet permettra à Ivesco d’accroître l’efficacité de sa prospection, de mieux fidéliser sa clientèle et de consolider sa croissance à l’international, tout en me permettant de développer des compétences pratiques en marketing B2B, en stratégie commerciale et en gestion de projet dans un contexte multiculturel.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jessica Darveau

Student:

Partner:

Ivesco Inc

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Drinking Water Treatment Infrastructure: Responding to Climate Change and Increasingly Variable Source Water Quality

As a result of climate change and other pressures that result in “extreme events” like wildfire and flooding, many
drinking water utilities are at risk of potentially catastrophic failure and need treatment adaptation strategies to
prepare for increasingly variable and potentially rapid deterioration in source water quality. Currently there are no
recognized tools for evaluating the anticipated impacts of such events on water treatment plant operations. This
research will enable Stantec Consulting Ltd. to become a leader in this area by 1) optimizing the performance of key
processes within a typical drinking water treatment plant facing these risks, 2) identifying water quality parameters of
critical import and their anticipated extremes, 3) optimizing key processes to address deterioration of water quality
while maintaining excellent baseline performance, and 4) developing a process optimization and costing tool to allow
“real time” assessment and process adjustment to maintain treatment plant compliance and performance.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Monica Emelko

Student:

Partner:

Stantec Consulting (Kitchener, ON)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Elevate

Développement d’un agent d’intelligence artificielle pour l’automatisation de la facturation et du suivi des paiements au sein des PME

Le projet consiste à développer un agent intelligent qui aide à automatiser la gestion des factures et des paiements dans un logiciel comptable appelé SAGE. Cet agent imitera les actions des employés : il lira les messages liés aux paiements, enregistrera les informations dans le système et assurera un bon suivi des opérations. L’avantage pour l’organisme partenaire, AROUET Technologies, est de pouvoir offrir aux petites et moyennes entreprises une solution simple et abordable pour améliorer leur productivité. Cela leur permettra de gagner du temps, de réduire les erreurs et de rendre plus efficace le traitement des paiements sans changer leurs habitudes de travail.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tarek Ould-Bachir

Student:

Partner:

Arouet Technologies Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Polytechnique Montréal

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Stage: Transport dans les cuprates dopés aux électrons, une étude sur les métaux étranges et la supraconductivité

La supraconductivité est un état quantique de la matière atteint à des températures frôlant le zéro absolu. Résistivité nulle, expulsion du champ magnétique et condensation des électrons sont autant de propriété émergent de la supraconducitivité qui sont exploité dans le développement de technologie comme les IRM, les trains magnétiques et les ordinateurs quantiques. Néanmoins, malgré ses applications multiples, la supraconductivité reste un phénomène mystérieux qui soulève beaucoup de question sans réponse chez les chercheurs.

Les cuprates, des matériaux dits: “supraconducteurs hautes températures”, forment une plateforme de base afin d’étudier la supraconductivité. En effet, ces oxides de cuivres ont l’avantage d’avoir de riches propriétés émergentes tout en étant relativement simples par rapport aux autres matériaux quantiques. Ces qualités en plus d’un état supraconducteur atteint à de haute température permettent aux chercheurs qui l’étudie de résoudre et d’étudier les différents problèmes qui à trait à la supraconductivité. Un de mystères les plus étudiés chez les cuprates est celui du métal étrange: une phase de la matière parente de la supraconductivité dont le comportement quantique est aussi étonnant que fascinant. Parmi ses propriétés, on compte notamment celle de diffusé les électrons d’une manière qu’aucune théorie ne peut prédire.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Louis Taillefer

Student:

Partner:

École Polytechnique

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Développement d’un processus de standardisation des données pour le secteur des arts et de la culture

Face à la surabondance de l’offre culturelle en ligne, les contenus québécois peinent à rejoindre leurs publics. Le projet vise à renforcer la découvrabilité de ces contenus grâce à une meilleure structuration des métadonnées – ces descriptions essentielles qui permettent de faire le lien entre les œuvres et les publics. Porté par Synapse C, ce projet accompagne des organismes culturels (musique, livre, arts de la scène, cinéma) pour harmoniser leurs données selon les référentiels existants au Québec. Il combine analyse des besoins, enrichissement des données, modélisation analytique et développement d’outils concrets pour favoriser une visibilité accrue des contenus culturels francophones en ligne et hors ligne. Un stagiaire appuyé par l’équipe de Synapse C et la professeure Joëlle Pineau contribuera à toutes les étapes, de la collecte à l’analyse, jusqu’au déploiement de solutions personnalisées.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Joelle Pineau

Student:

Partner:

Synapse C

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Imaging Biomarkers for Nanotherapeutics – Year two

Poor drug accumulation at tumor sites negatively affects the efficacy of many anti-cancer therapeutics. Development
of non-invasive strategies that can effectively monitor drug biodistribution is important, especially given the increasing
number and complexity of nanotherapeutic agents in clinical development. The use of positron emission tomography
in conjunction with a radiolabeled drug delivery system has the potential to achieve accelerated clinical translation.
Merrimack Pharmaceuticals focuses on the development of nanotherapeutic platforms for cancer therapy and
imaging. Their liposome-based chemotherapeutics have shown clinical benefit in breast and pancreatic cancer
patients. However, the overall efficacy of these compounds has been limited due to high inter-patient response
variability. Merrimack and our research group believe that the development of robust imaging-based methods to
quantify the drug distribution in patients can positively affect the therapeutic outcome as it allows for investigation of
patient-specific drug deposition and its potential for prediction of treatment response.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jinzi Zheng

Student:

Partner:

Merrimack Pharmaceuticals

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Elevate

Custom Storage Engine for Scalable AI-Driven Estimating Infrastructure

This project will focus on the development and deployment of a custom storage engine for PataBid’s Quantify platform—an AI-powered estimating solution used by construction professionals across North America. The storage engine will be purpose-built to unify all platform data into a single object store, hosted within PataBid’s proprietary clustered hyper-scale environment. It will also be designed to store all AI training data and model weights in a tightly integrated data stream to support near-online training capabilities.

The current system, which relies on GlusterFS, is no longer supported and presents scalability and performance limitations that hinder platform growth. Replacing this legacy infrastructure is critical to maintaining Quantify’s competitive advantage and ensuring the long-term sustainability of the platform as data demands continue to grow. The preferred technology foundation for this new system is CEPH, a robust and open-source distributed storage solution known for its scalability, reliability, and flexibility.

The intern will work closely with PataBid’s CEO and lead developer, Melvin Newman, to analyze infrastructure bottlenecks, evaluate storage alternatives, and design a modern object storage architecture optimized for AI/ML workloads. The project will include building and testing a working prototype, conducting performance benchmarking, simulating real-world AI workloads, and developing a data migration plan from the legacy system.

The expected outcome is the successful creation of a cloud-native storage engine that significantly enhances platform performance, enables real-time AI model training, and supports PataBid’s growth into 2026 and beyond. Additionally, this project will contribute to the development of new intellectual property and business processes, while strengthening PataBid’s self-hosted infrastructure model—an increasingly valuable alternative to third-party cloud dependency in the Canadian tech sector.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Zeinab Teimoori

Student:

Partner:

Patabid Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Thompson Rivers University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Dynamiques de création, reprise et transmission des commerces de proximité en région

Ce projet vise à mieux comprendre ce qui motive ou freine les gens à créer ou reprendre un commerce de proximité dans les milieux ruraux, notamment celui de la région de Mégantic. À l’aide de groupes de discussion auprès des personnes intéressées par l’entrepreneuriat ainsi que de propriétaires de commerces qui songent à transmettre leur entreprise, nous cherchons à identifier les besoins, les défis rencontrés et les types d’accompagnement qui pourraient faciliter ces démarches, y compris des formes collectives. Pour la SADC de la région de Mégantic, ce projet permettra d’avoir une meilleure compréhension des réalités vécues sur le terrain, afin d’adapter ses services et d’encourager la relève entrepreneuriale. Cela aidera à préserver les services essentiels dans les villages, à éviter les fermetures d’entreprises et à maintenir une vie économique dynamique dans la région.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Étienne St-Jean

Student:

Partner:

SADC Mégantic

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Accelerate

Camel milk at air-water interfaces

This project aims to study the unique behaviour of camel milk proteins, especially how they function at the air-water interface to create and stabilise foams, which are important in foods like lattes, whipped desserts, and dairy-based drinks. Unlike cow’s milk, camel milk lacks certain proteins and contains others in much higher amounts, which may give it special properties such as better foam stability and potential health benefits. The intern will use specialised equipment to study how camel milk proteins and their mixtures with natural food ingredients form films at interfaces. These studies will help us understand how to improve the texture and shelf life of new milk-based products made with camel milk.

The project will be hosted at UBC, where the intern will receive training from experts in food and interfacial science. The collaboration brings together the intern’s home university and UBC, both of which are actively researching protein functionality. By working closely together, the institutions will build stronger research ties and share complementary expertise and tools. The results of this project will not only help develop healthier, more functional milk alternatives but will also support Canada’s innovation goals by expanding its research leadership in dairy alternatives and protein functionality.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vasileios Kontogiorgos

Student:

Partner:

The University of Queensland

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Globalink Research Award