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A container Approach for Isolation in a Multi-Tenant Internet of Things Platform

Internet of Things (IoT) is a topic that many enterprises including Ericsson are pursuing to find innovative ways of providing a better and futuristic service to the clients. The large amount of CapEx and OpEx related to IoT infrastructure deployment and operation and humongous amount of data generated by IoT devices on the edge and in the center demands creative ways of sharing the IoT infrastructure between clients and effective ways of transferring/handling the generated/processed data. In this proposal we will identify the need for a multi-tenant IoT environment, and we will provide a set of hypothesis to address the issues of multi-tenancy isolation, service availability/continuity, and storage back-end auto-tuning for optimized data operation. For multi-tenancy isolation, we propose a container approach for fast deployment of tenants code and also for code/data isolation. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Abdelouahed Gherbi

Student:

Fereydoun Farrahi Moghaddam

Partner:

Ericsson Canada

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Elevate

Signal Parameter Estimation and Tracking During Atrial Fibrillation Using a Bayesian Time-Delay Estimator

AF is an irregular heart rhythm resulting from abnormal electrical impulses and is the most common cardiac arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice. Ablation therapy has been used to eliminate areas responsible for maintaining the arrhythmia using radiofrequency energy. Targeting the culprit regions usually require accurate estimation of activation times in IEGM recordings. The conventional time domain methods fail to present a precise activation detection method and depend on parameters set by an operator. We propose a novel frequency based method for accurate activation time detection of IEGM recordings which does not require parameter initialization by the operator. This will increase the accuracy of ablation therapy and can lead to improved treatment of AF.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Damian Redfearn

Student:

Habib Hajimolahoseini

Partner:

St. Jude Medical

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Variable selection for uplift modeling

Insurance companies heavily fund marketing campaigns such as, for instance, customer retention or cross-sell initiatives. Uplift modeling aims at predicting the causal effect of an action such as medical treatment or a marketing campaign on a particular individual by taking into consideration the response to an action. Typically, the result of an uplift model is used to call customers for marketing some products based on important attributes of a customer. The general objective of the research project is to develop an automatic method that will enable practitioners to save time and to follow precise guidelines in order to choose attributes of a customer.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alejandro Murua

Student:

Mouloud Belbahri

Partner:

TD Insurance

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Protection and control of hybrid LCC-VSC multi-terminal HVDC transmission systems against DC faults

Two High Voltage DC (HVDC) transmission technologies, the mature Line Commutated Converter (LCC) and newer Voltage Source Converter (VSC) technologies have their own pros and cons. For a HVDC transmission system carrying power from a single generation center to multiple load centers, by using a multi-terminal LCC-VSC type hybrid HVDC configuration, advantages of both technologies can be exploited. There is also the possibility of tapping into existing point-to-point LCC transmission lines using this hybrid configuration to supply intermediate locations. Despite the apparent benefits, hybrid LCC-VSC multi-terminal topology is not well understood. Thus, this study aims to understand the DC side fault behavior of a hybrid LCC-VSC multi-terminal HVDC transmission system, and develop a satisfactory protection methodology that can retain high reliability. TO BE CONTD

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Faculty Supervisor:

Athula Rajapakse

Student:

Naushath Mohamed Haleem

Partner:

Manitoba Hydro

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Improvement of the fire resistance of Discontinuous Long Fiber Thermoplastic Composites for gas turbine engine applications

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is interested to further investigate the use of novel Polymer Matrix Composites (PMC’s) technologies, in order to improve their products by reducing weight and increasing performances of their engines. Current applications of PMC’s in P&WC’s engine are mostly limited to cold section parts (< 100°C), nonstructural external components, and nacelle skin panels. Most of the parts are manufactured using a traditional hand lay-up process, and are consolidated using autoclaves, which involves high cost and long manufacturing time. Thermoplastic composites are an interesting alternative to reduce the processing time, and manufacturing costs of complex engine parts. Recent development showed that thermoplastic composites with Discontinuous Long Fibers (DLF) manufactured by compression molding can lead to significant weight and cost savings. TO BE CONT"D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pascal Hubert

Student:

Gilles-Philippe Picher-Martel

Partner:

Pratt & Whitney Canada

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

Program:

Elevate

Improving obesity prevention and management in primary care: Patient experience of personalized assessment and care planning and impacts on patient self-management

Over 14 million Canadians live with overweight or obesity. Patients want conversations with their primary care team about weight and create personalized plans to improve their health. Primary care clinicians want to have these conversations too, but don’t know how. This project partners with an interdisciplinary primary care team (ESPCN) and the Canadian Obesity Network (CON) to create an intervention for personalized obesity assessment and care planning, and study how it supports patients in their everyday lives. We will work with 20 patients to understand their experience of the intervention and its impact on their everyday efforts to improve health. Findings will be used to refine intervention and resources, which will improve the ESPCN’s approach to obesity care, their training of interdisciplinary clinicians, as well as contribute to the vision of CON to improve the lives of people living with obesity.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Denise Campbell-Scherer

Student:

Thea Luig

Partner:

1157178 Alberta Ltd

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Performance Evaluation of Timber I-Joists with Web Holes and Flange Notches – Experimental and Numerical Study

I-joists are composite timber beams mainly used in roof and flooring systems. They consist of oriented strand board (OSB) webs and timber flanges. For post-construction purposes, these beams are often drilled in the web or notched through the flange in order to pass the electrical/mechanical facilities through the openings. This can result in a significantly lower load-carrying capacity for these important elements. This study investigates the performance of I-joists with web holes and flange notches through experimental and numerical approaches. First, OSB and timber will be tested experimentally to develop their material constitutive models. S-FRAME finite element (FE) software will then be used to create a detailed FE model to predict the load-carrying capacity of I-joists. The model will be validated against data from full-scale experiments on selected I-joists. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Shahria Alam

Student:

Moein Shirazi

Partner:

S-FRAME Software Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Aerodynamic Study of Novel Long Range Cargo UAV

The Project contributes to the development of a field-ready and commercially useful long-range cargo unmanned aerial vehicle, including analyses of flight envelope and performance characteristics.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Metin Yaras

Student:

Chanon Pretorius

Partner:

Carleton University

Discipline:

Aerospace studies

Sector:

Aerospace and defense

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Municipal Climate Change Planning Guidance

The objectives of this research project revolve around the emerging world of municipal climate change policy, planning and implementation in an Ontario context. Specifically, this project will:
1. Assess and compare innovative policies and procedures that are being used by Ontario municipalities to integrate growth planning with climate and energy planning.
2. Assess the factors that support and define net zero community building in Ontario.
3. Improve understanding of political, economic, and regulatory barriers and opportunities that municipalities face when trying to integrate growth planning strategies with their climate mitigation and energy management strategies to build net zerocommunities
4. Facilitate knowledge diffusion to municipalities across the province about the lessons learned, innovative approaches, and ‘best practices’ of municipal innovators that have advanced integration of climate and energy into land use planning.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Winfield

Student:

Scott Harbinson

Partner:

Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Real Time Inverse Scattering for Optical Coherence Tomography – Year two

A critical challenge today in neuro-surgery is the determination of tumor boundaries intraoperatively. There are means of doing this using high-resolution MRI machines, however, these can be prohibitively costly. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) offers a promising, cheaper, label-free alternative. However, the basic models used for clinical, real-time OCT limit its usefulness and depth of focus. This work will develop a type of image reconstruction that includes digital focusing and anisotropic properties. This will extract more optical information than is currently possible, as well as improving focus using only computational techniques, all in real-time. This would significantly improve current OCT systems as well as their prospects for intraoperative tumor boundary detection.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kieran Murphy

Student:

Michael MacNeil

Partner:

University of Toronto

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Elevate

Understanding attitudes, beliefs, behavioural intentions, and behaviours related to sensitive environments

The proposed research project will take place on three nature reserves owned by the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) (Miscou, NB – 780 acres, Escuminac, NB – 630 acres, Salmonier, NL – 440 acres), where NCC wants to understand how the land is being used by the community, the motivation and beliefs of those using it, and options for behaviour change to prevent damage to sensitive habitats. The intent of the research is to understand the relationship between ATV and other land uses, and land conservation, including piping plover issues in NB, and to determine the management options that could be supported and most effective in each community. Each intern will gain necessary data collection, analysis and writing skills to complete a master’s thesis. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Alistair Bath

Student:

Jessica Hogan

Partner:

Nature Conservancy Canada

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Challenge for Change (C4C) Listening Projects

Building on Canada’s rich history as a participatory media producer, the project partners aim to use the democratic power and potential of media to help build a stronger, more inclusive Canada by creating opportunities for Canadians to talk and especially listen to each other: one-on-one, with friends, mothers, daughters, neighbours and strangers. In partnership with Challenge for Change (C4C), a national non-profit organization, facilitators will reach out to a number of cities, towns, communities and individuals across the country to host a series of ‘listening events’ and offer workshops on interviewing, audio recording and storytelling. With community support, they will encourage, facilitate and share these conversations in a variety of languages, formats and mediums. Conversations and deep listening are at the heart of this collaborative program evaluation. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Susan Harada

Student:

Karissa Gall

Partner:

C4C Canada

Discipline:

Journalism / Media studies and communication

Sector:

Digital media

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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