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Runtime Monitoring of Web Service Conversations: Problems of Security, Data-Exchange and Liveness

Increasingly, global business relies on the exchange of information between web services. It is crucial that these services correctly exchange messages. A computer science student from the University of Toronto will work with IBM at their Toronto Centre for Advanced Studies on a research tool that monitors "conversations" between web services to ensure that the sets of messages exchanged are correct. The project will study the possibility of extending this tool to check security and data-dependant properties of these conversations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Marsha Chechik

Student:

Jocelyn Simmonds

Partner:

IBM Toronto Lab

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Low Power Design for Ambulatory Physiology Platform

Biopeak Corp, a medical device company, is developing a non-invasive, integrated, sensing platform that would allow people to be monitored for multiple parameters continuously day and night. This presents some major challenges in terms of wearable electronics that can survive several days of use, including size, power management, ease of use and comfort. All these issues require technological innovation. The research to be performed as part of this internship work will be to focus on one of the subsystems in this product. The research group will study and compare alternative approaches in implementing power management appropriate for small wearable biomedical devices. The goal will be to deliver a functional prototype by the end of the 4-month internship period. This effort will require new and innovative research work, and is highly relevant to the development work at Biopeak.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Adrian Chan

Student:

Emile Richard

Partner:

Biopeak Corporation

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Light-weight Monitoring of DB2

The desire to offer on-demand, 24/7 services means there is pressure to quickly identify and resolve problems in a database management system (DBMS). Problem determination tools rely on the existence of sufficient monitoring data to support analysis but monitoring introduces overhead and so causes decreased application performance. The proposed research seeks to provide effective light-weight tools for monitoring and analysis to support problem determination in DBMSs. We propose to view monitoring data as a continuous data stream and to apply algorithms and techniques from data stream mining to the data. In the short term the proposed project will develop a prototype of a problem determination tool that can be of benefit for IBM DB2 customers. In the long term, the proposed project will provide valuable insights into the viability of applying data stream techniques to system monitoring.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Patrick Martin

Student:

Jing Huang

Partner:

IBM Canada

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Queen's University

Program:

Accelerate

European market analysis for SpeechBobble Inc.

The intern will undertake research with SpeechBobble, a start-up company that focuses on social computing data analysis. The goal of the internship is to perform an extensive analysis on social computing in Europe. This entails mapping out the current status of social computing by determining what factors impact adoption and usage of social computing and whether or not there are significant differences between the various countries. SpeechBobble will benefit from this research by gaining a thorough understanding of the European market for social computing and this knowledge can be used for both its own international expansion and for its consulting practices.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Wendy Cukier

Student:

Rinck H. Sonnenberg

Partner:

SpeechBobble Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Digital media

University:

Ryerson University

Program:

Accelerate

Delayed Polynomial Arithmetic and its Applications

The main component of this project with MapleSoft, Inc., a software development and business consulting firm, will be to design a high performance implementation (in C) of a set of procedures the intern has created in Maple language. These procedures provide an environment for doing polynomial arithmetic in a ‘lazy’ way. That is, they allow the team to compute in a way where polynomial algebra is done only when absolutely necessary. Computing in this fashion will allow the researchers to approach the implementation of several computer algebra algorithms in a novel way. It is my hope that in doing so I will be able to improve these algorithms.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Michael Monagan

Student:

Paul Vrbik

Partner:

MapleSoft Inc.

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Credit Risk Optimization

Risk and portfolio management models arising in finance can be formulated and solved as optimization problems. Credit risk models are especially challenging for practical implementation due to the fact that the portfolio’s loss distribution is not known exactly. To solve such problems, special mathematical, algorithmic and implementation techniques are required. This internship project with Algorithmics Inc., a financial risk management software provider, plans to investigate solving credit risk optimization models using modern optimization algorithms. The intern will work specifically on solving large-scale linear and quadratic optimization problems where problem structure can be exploited to speed-up the solution time. Presence of integer variables in some of the optimization problems requires looking at their relaxations. The intern plans to develop algorithmic and software tools for credit risk analysis, benchmark existing techniques and design new variants specifically within Algorithmics framework, analyze and test these methodologies on real large-scale data. Special attention will be paid on multi-objective optimization for credit risk and portfolio management problems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Tamás Terlaky

Student:

Oleksandr Romanko

Partner:

Algorithmics Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Finance, insurance and business

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate

Modelling of Placement of Multiple Fluids of Different Rheology and Polydispersed Proppant into a Fracture

Hydraulic fracturing technology is one of the most used and efficient methods of oil reservoir stimulation. A way to improve this technology is the consequent pumping of several different fluids containing different concentrations of different proppants (solid spherical particles). This project with Schlumberger, one of the largest international companies in oilfield services, aims at developing a mathematical model describing this technology. The numerical model will predict the fluids’ and proppants’ location is reduced to formulating and solving numerically a different equation. As a result, the pressure distribution in a fracture will be obtained as a function of time. At the first stage, the clear fluids’ motion will be determined. At the second one, the equations describing proppant motion will be coupled with the fluids’ motion equations and solved.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Oleg Vinogradov

Student:

Alexander Lakhtychkin

Partner:

Schlumberger Canada Ltd.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

User Modelling and Feature Selection for Personalized Local Search

Search engines, such as Google, have revolutionized the way we search for electronic information, providing a user with a ranked list of documents most relevant for a particular query. This project with GenieKnows R&D, a search engine company, concerns an extension of this basic technology, in which the goal is to incorporate geographic constraints into the search (e.g. find coffee shops near the Halifax Citadel). An additional challenge is to learn and incorporate user preferences when ranking the results returned. Thus a search for “restaurants in downtown Halifax” might return Thai, Sushi, and Chinese restaurants if the user was known to prefer Asian food.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Drs. Hugh Chipman & Pritnam Ranjan

Student:

Shujie Li

Partner:

GenieKnows R&D

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Acadia University

Program:

Accelerate

Ultrasonic Non-Destructive Testing of Advanced Fiberglass Reinforced Polymer Composites

Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites has been widely used in many sectors of industry since 1960s. To ensure the quality and structural integrity of FRP, it is important to evaluate their physical quality and composition both during manufacture and while in use. For this purpose, a number of standardized tests have been developed to evaluate strength, flexibility, extent of wear, and so on. However, most of these tests require destroying the material to obtain relevant information. For this reason, non-destructive ultrasonic tests are now being developed that can be performed without damage to the material, or even without removing the material from its job. This project with Physical Plant Improvements Inc. involves researching and applying ultrasonic non-destructive testing technology to determine the properties of fiberglass-reinforced laminates, and comparing these properties to results obtained from conventional destructive tests. It is expected that ultrasonic methods can be used to obtain nearly identical data in cases that would normally require destructive testing.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Zheng Hong Zhu

Student:

Mark A. Post

Partner:

Physical Plant Improvements Inc.

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

The Importance of Traditional Kwakwaka’wak Management on the Productivity of Estuarine Root Gardens

The internship will be conducting two research projects related to historical Kwakwaka’wakw root gardens. The first experiment will measure the effect of traditional management on the productivity of one of the native roots (silverweed or potentilla anserine ssp. pacifica) grown in these gardens. The intern will test the effect of two traditional management activities, tilling and weeding, on the length, diameter, and mass of silverweed roots. The second experiment will explore the variables that affect the flavour of silverweed roots. Some silverweed roots are bitter and little is known about why. Bitterness is an impediment to the renewal of silverweed roots as a food source. The intern will experiment with different genetic strains, soils types, root ages, and harvest season to determine what factors are associated with bitter roots. He will also have specimens sent to a nutritional chemistry lab to try and determine the nature of the bitter constituent. Both the traditional management experiments and the palatability experiment are designed to help the Kwakwaka’wakw restore food sovereignty and cultural identity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Nancy Turner

Student:

Abe Lloyd

Partner:

Tsawataineuk First Nation

Discipline:

Resources and environmental management

Sector:

Fisheries and wildlife

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Accelerate

Implementing and Expanding a Public Bicycle System in Metro Vancouver

This project with TransLink, the Greater Vancouver transit authority, will develop a map to encourage cyclists to navigate Vancouver using a proposed public bicycle system. The map will show riders the best routes to take, based on hard data such as road grade and quality as well as soft data such as aesthetics and viewpoints. The research will include conducting a survey, as well as administering interviews to gain insight into potential cyclist’s views on a public bicycle system. Further, the research will include a trip to Paris to study the Velib system, a successful public bicycle system recently launched.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Lawrence Frank

Student:

Adam Cooper

Partner:

Translink

Discipline:

Urban studies

Sector:

Automotive and transportation

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

High Voltage DC Transmission Using Voltage-Source Converters

Voltage-source converters (VSC) that use self-commutated valves have been used for such applications as electric motor drives. Recently with the development of switches with high voltage and current ratings, these converters have been considered for high-power transmission as well. This internship with Manitoba Hydro, Manitoba’s major energy utility, aims at developing accurate computer simulation models for DC transmission systems using voltage-source converters. Such models will then be used to design proper control strategies and structures in order to fully utilize their capability in transmitting power while ensuring stability and smooth operation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dr. Shaahin Filizadeh

Student:

Mohamed M. Zakaria Moustafa

Partner:

Manitoba Hydro

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Energy

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

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