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Cloud based hybrid low-cost appliance control and monitoring system

The proposed research project “Cloud based hybrid low-cost appliance control and monitor system” is an appliance automation system consisting of an arrangement of different channels of communication. The main idea behind the proposed work is to provide a real time control and monitoring for industrial appliances located in workplaces where internet accessibility is not immediate. The focus of this project is to record the important parameters of operation for an electric motor and then provide data driven smart recommendations to help improve the efficiency of an electric motor. The motor can be automated or manually stopped if the safe threshold limits are crossed. The expected benefit to the partner organization lies in the fact that organization can commercialize this research by involving the real end clients. This will help organization to establish itself as a technologically strong player in the marked by providing novel solutions to industrial clients and thus bringing in financial benefits.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brent Peterson

Student:

Partner:

Ismoip Services Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

L’effet des salons du livre sur les ventes

L’étude vise à explorer l’effet des salons littéraires sur les ventes en librairie et aux collectivités. Malgré l’importance symbolique des foires du livre et leur impact économique et social potentiel, peu d’études ont examiné leur effet. Cette étude comble cette lacune en examinant l’effet des salons littéraires sur les ventes de livres dans l’ensemble du réseau de distribution. Un modèle de série chronologique interrompue sera développé en utilisant une base de données unique grâce à un partenariat avec la BTLF.
En mesurant l’impact direct et indirect des salons littéraires, ainsi que les facteurs clés qui le modulent, notre recherche a le potentiel de contribuer de manière significative à la littérature scientifique. Les résultats obtenus peuvent avoir d’importante implication managériale; favorisant une vision d’ensemble pour le milieu de l’édition et de meilleures pratiques et en contribuant à l’optimisation de ces évènements.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Renaud Legoux

Student:

Partner:

Société de gestion de la BTLF

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Entertainment and Media; Commercial Services; Tourism

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Accroître la biodiversité en milieu urbain grâce aux pratiques horticoles durables

Nous connaissons actuellement un déclin sans précédent de la biodiversité, et l’urbanisation du territoire fait partie des principales causes de cet enjeu. Ce projet vise la sensibilisation et la mobilisation des municipalités et des acteurs de la filière de l’horticulture ornementale, environnementale et nourricière autour des pratiques horticoles favorisant la protection et l’accroissement de la biodiversité végétale et faunique en milieu urbain. Pour ce faire, il sera nécessaire de compiler les connaissances quant à l’impact des certaines pratiques (infrastructures végétalisées, gestion différenciée, etc.) et au potentiel des différents végétaux pour la biodiversité. Le projet prévoit l’organisation d’un forum sur la biodiversité, la rédaction et la publication d’un état des lieux, la création d’un répertoire de végétaux recommandés ainsi qu’une vaste campagne de diffusion.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marie-Hélène Brice;Danielle Dagenais

Student:

Partner:

Québec Vert

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Universal ultrasound transmission pipeline and database development

Wosler’s mission is to “To improve accessibility and reliability of high-quality healthcare for all”. In order to achieve this we must be able to provide high quality imaging services to those in rural and remote areas. The ability to transmit high quality ultrasound images to a remote computer is an integral step for the development of systems that can support remote ultrasound services through traditional telecommunication or telerobotics. The goal of this project is to develop and evaluate a universal system capable of transmitting and recording ultrasound data. The development of this system will allow Wosler to extend the reach of ultrasound services by enabling the continued development of a robotic ultrasound scanner as well as other telecommunication-based solutions. Additionally, the database that will be developed as a result of this project will be useful to Wosler over the long-term as it enables the ability to integrate artificial intelligence into our future work.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peng Seng Benjamin Tan

Student:

Partner:

Wosler Corp.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

The Evaluation of Risk and Return for Community Impact Investments

The ‘Evaluating Risk and Return for Community Impact Investments’ projects seeks to engage one masters level student intern for one semester to work with the partners in designing a new evaluation tool or framework for the risk and return of community impact investments. The intern will gain an understanding of the investment policies and risk tools in place at the partnering organizations and will research how other organizations are evaluating the risk and return on impact investments. With this research, best practices will be summarized and an evaluation tool will be created. Vancity Community Foundation and Vancity Credit Union will benefit from this project, as they would like a more systematized evaluation tool for their own community impact investments.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sean Markey

Student:

Partner:

Vancity Community Foundation;Vancity

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Finance and Insurance; Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other services (except public administration)

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Developing Standards of Procedure for Germline and Somatic Variant Interpretation for the Kids Cancer Sequencing (KiCS) Program at the Hospital for Sick Children.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Joseph Ferenbok

Student:

Partner:

The Hospital for Sick Children

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Public administration

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Documentation et analyse des enjeux et besoins d’une structuration de la représentation collective du secteur émergent de la baladodiffusion indépendante québécoise

Ce projet vise la documentation et l’analyse des besoins et modalités possibles de la structuration de la représentation collective du secteur de la baladodiffusion indépendante au Québec, secteur en émergence s’il en est, à travers à la fois des rencontres avec les acteurs et actrices du secteur et une étude de structures de représentation collective comparables implantées au Québec mais aussi des structures de représentation du secteur de la baladodiffusion sur des territoires tels que la France et la Belgique. Les objectifs de la recherche sont l’analyse de la mise en place d’une représentation collective du secteur de la baladodiffusion indépendante québécoise et la définition de ses modalités de succès et, plus largement, l’analyse de la manière dont peut se structurer de manière collective un secteur en émergence des industries culturelles et créatives ainsi que les rôles et besoins que doivent idéalement combler une structure de représentation collective dans un tel cas de figure.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Laurent Simon

Student:

Partner:

XN Québec

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

AI-Driven Benchmarking Tool for Emission Reduction in Canadian Dairy Farms

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Faculty Supervisor:

Suresh Neethirajan

Student:

Partner:

Net Zero Atlantic

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Artificial Intelligence; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Accelerate

Our Mutual Friend: Developing collaborative tools to increase researcher & practitioner networking.

This project will create three online tools to help researchers initiate collaborations, decrease the hassles of project management during collaborations, and reduce the time spent applying for research grants. The first tool will help researchers find new partners for collaborative efforts by asking them a series of questions about their research interests and collaborative style, then suggesting collaborators and offering to initiate contact between researchers. The second tool will offer a simple, free-to-use, web-based tool that veers away from systems such as SharePoint. The main draw here is a low-learning curve “project management on one page” that can be used across disciplines. Finally, we will be creating a grant autocomplete form- one that pulls researcher information from their site profile, and populates a grant form with it. This serves to save time for researchers, since filling out one profile can then be applied to multiple grants.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mark Roseland

Student:

Partner:

Affinity Bridge Consulting Ltd

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Informer et former les étudiant·es à l’esprit critique face aux grands défis contemporains : changements climatiques et popularisation de l’IA générative

Le projet «Former à l’esprit critique face aux défis contemporains» se situe à un carrefour essentiel, où la crise climatique et l’avancée de l’intelligence artificielle (IA) redéfinissent notre société.

Le projet se propose de contrer l’influence des médias alternatifs et la baisse de confiance envers les médias traditionnels en s’appuyant sur des recherches récentes. L’ascension des médias alternatifs et la baisse de confiance envers les médias traditionnels, couplée à la prédominance des réseaux sociaux, ont en effet créé un terrain propice aux infox (Rae, 2021; Reuters Institute, 2022; Schimmele et al., 2021).

En collaboration avec l’Agence Science-Presse, il a pour but d’éclaircir les tactiques de désinformation sur les réseaux sociaux et d’évaluer l’impact de formations sur les pratiques informationnelles des étudiant.

Le projet se fixe plusieurs objectifs :
1. Synthétiser les relations entre les étudiants du postsecondaire et l’information.
2. Développer et tester une formation pour sensibiliser à la désinformation scientifique.
3. Documenter la réception de la formation et son impact sur les perceptions et pratiques des étudiants.
4. Établir une collaboration durable entre l’Agence Science-Presse et le milieu académique pour des interventions d’éducation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Florent Michelot

Student:

Partner:

Aix-Marseille Université

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

Université de Moncton

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Optimizing Biobanking Workflows: Evaluation of Laboratory Information Management Systems for Medium-sized Biobank

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Faculty Supervisor:

Joseph Ferenbok

Student:

Partner:

The Hospital for Sick Children

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Public administration

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Enhancement of stain remover product for dry cleaning purposes

Ensuring fabric longevity involves effective stain removal in both wet and dry cleaning. While wet cleaning is eco-friendly, it can damage fabric and consume resources. Dry cleaning, though superior for certain stains, poses environmental and health risks. This study seeks to enhance Vilimont Inc.’s oil and tar-based stain removers by 40-60%, with a focus on dry cleaning. We aim to incorporate less toxic additives, promoting efficiency, user-friendliness, and environmental responsibility in the industry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Haniyeh (Ramona) Fayazfar;Matthew Kaye

Student:

Partner:

Vilimont Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Program:

Accelerate