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Salivary insulin profiles throughout the day in healthy humans

The hormone insulin rises in the blood after consuming food. Too high of an insulin response may be a sign of dysfunctional metabolism and has also been shown to promote weight gain. Thus, if insulin levels rise too high after a meal it may indicate that someone is metabolically unhealthy or is prone to obesity. Currently insulin is only measured in research studies using blood samples and costly, time consuming measurement techniques. This project aims to determine if saliva can be used to measure insulin in order to allow for non-invasive insulin measurement.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jonathan Little

Student:

Partner:

Light Heart

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Biotechnology

University:

University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Program:

Accelerate

High-fidelity robotic simulation framework for artificially intelligent medical robot

There is a great need and benefit to integrate artificial intelligence, robotic simulation, and robotics technology into Canada’s medical industry, hospital environment, and healthcare system. Robotic simulation technology, which has been successfully used for space rover missions such as NASA’s Curiosity rover and the Mars Pathfinder and Sojourner mission, provides the ability to create and test different types of robots with different hardware configurations, and develop their associated artificial intelligence systems. This project will develop a novel highly-accurate simulation framework specifically for medical applications in order to help realize and create real-world artificially intelligent medical robots. The project being proposed will use special algorithms and technology to advance the current state of robotic simulation research to new levels of detail, accuracy, and fidelity which ultimately will improve the healthcare of Canadians. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jinjun Shan

Student:

Partner:

Professional Studios Incorporated;Microsat Systems Canada Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Métallogénie et exploration (Au) de la propriété Ménarik, région d’Eeyou Istchee – Baie James

Le projet est une collaboration entre l’UQAM et la compagnie Harfang Exploration et sera réalisé dans la région administrative d’Eeyou Istchee – Baie James, au Québec. Harfang Exploration explore une propriété dans la région d’étude afin d’en déterminer le potentiel pour la découverte d’un gisement d’or. L’objectif de la recherche est d’identifier les principales caractéristiques des indices aurifères connus et de mettre en évidence les facteurs qui ont permis la concentration de l’or sur la propriété. L’étudiant stagiaire exécutera une série de travaux de cartographie et d’échantillonnage sur le terrain, ainsi qu’une caractérisation minéralogique et géochimique des échantillons sélectionnés. Ceci permettra de mieux évaluer le potentiel de la propriété et aussi de raffiner les modèles d’exploration pour l’or dans la région d’Eeyou Istchee – Baie James.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stéphane de Souza

Student:

Partner:

Harfang Exploration Inc

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Mining

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Conception d’oreilles artificielles dédiées à l’étude de l’atténuation et l’effet d’occlusion d’un bouchon d’oreille à partir d’images IRM

Au Québec, environ 360 000 travailleurs sont exposés quotidiennement à des niveaux de bruit susceptibles d’engendrer des problèmes d’audition. Les bouchons d’oreilles individuels sont souvent utilisés pour pallier ce problème. Cependant, l’inconfort lié à l’utilisation de ces protecteurs limite leur durée d’utilisation et donc leur efficacité. L’objectif de ce projet est de concevoir des outils capables d’évaluer cet inconfort. Des calculs assistés par ordinateur et des oreilles artificielles construites à partir d’images IRM d’une oreille réelle permettront d’estimer les principales caractéristiques influençant ce confort comme par exemple l’atténuation des bouchons d’oreille ou encore le frottement qu’ils exercent sur les parois du conduit auditif. Cette étude permettra à terme d’améliorer l’efficacité des protections auditives.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Olivier Doutres;Eric Wagnac

Student:

Partner:

Université de Sherbrooke

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Other

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Accelerate

Proximity detection using Bluetooth-enabled devices for mobile-based authentication

Mobile-based authentication is a strong authentication method as the password-based authentication is no longer adequate. Mobile-based authentication authenticates users based on proximity awareness to their Bluetooth-enabled devices and immediately locks the secure services (e.g., personal computers) when the users leave the vicinity with their devices. By exchanging the beacon signals and measuring the received Bluetooth power, we can detect the user movement. Nevertheless, developing proximity-aware applications is challenging due to the fluctuating Bluetooth signals. In this project, we aim to develop an energy efficient, reliable, and accurate proximity detection mechanism for Bluetooth-enabled devices. We will also prototype the mechanism and validate its performance through extensive experiments. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first mechanism that can achieve the reliability and accuracy required for secure authentication purposes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Vincent Wong

Student:

Partner:

Analyticy Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

The use of whole-body kinematic technology for optimizing current steering deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease patients

Patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD) may develop motor complications caused by Levodopa, the current drug used for treatment. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an alternative surgical treatment where electrodes are implanted in a specific brain region to deliver current to surrounding brain tissue which helps to alleviate motor symptoms of PD. Presently, there is a limitation to how the current is being delivered to the targeted brain region. Current steering (CS) is a novel DBS technique, unique to Boston Scientific systems, that accounts for this limitation. CS allows the ability to divide the current between electrodes to manipulate the shape of the electric field in the targeted brain region. With the help of Boston Scientific, we intend to validate the application of CS to DBS to improve motor symptoms effectively and efficiently. A motion capture suit will quantitatively assess changes in motor symptoms. TO BE CON’T

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mandar Jog

Student:

Partner:

Boston Scientific Ltd.

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Lawson Health Research Institute; Western University

Program:

Accelerate

Développement d’outils pour l’évaluation opérationnelle des flux de nutriments dans les petits bassins versants alimentés par les eaux souterraines

La qualité des eaux souterraines au Canada se dégrade et impacte la qualité des eaux de surface qui leur sont connectées. Étudier l’eau souterraine est complexe. La recherche universitaire a développé des méthodes efficaces pour comprendre d’où viennent l’eau et les pollutions et quels sont leurs parcours, mais elles ne sont presque jamais appliquées aux études environnementales standards.
Ce projet propose d’établir une passerelle entre le monde académique et les besoins du terrain, en faisant collaborer une université (UQAM) et un organisme de bassin (OBV) (COBAMIL). Il permettra de créer des outils opérationnels d’aide à la compréhension des systèmes lacs-eaux souterraines, utilisables par un OBV pour mettre en place des politiques de protection et de gestion. Ces outils pourront être réutilisés par d’autres OBV pour d’autres systèmes lacs-eaux souterraines. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Florent BARBECOT;Paul Baudron

Student:

Partner:

Conseil des bassins versants des Mille-Îles

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Salmon Early Marine Survival Research Program

Salmon are inarguably one of the most culturally, ecologically, and economically important fish in British Columbia, however, their stocks have been declining since the 1990’s. The Cohen Commission of Enquiry expert panel emphasized that juvenile mortality during the first months at sea was the most likely cause of fishery declines. The two leading agents of mortality are hypothesised to be food availability for growth and pathogen / parasite infection. The Hakai Institute Juvenile Salmon Program is explicitly addressing these two hypotheses. The interns recruited to the program will research the food-webs that support juvenile salmon, sea lice prevalence, and the impacts of both of these on fish health and mortality. The wide spatial and temporal coverage of the Hakai programs and incorporation of new technologies makes this program well placed to meet these fisheries research needs, while contributing significantly to intern training.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Brian Hunt;Jonathan Moore;John Reynolds

Student:

Partner:

The Hakai Institute, part of the Tula Foundation

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Sustainability & the Environment; Aquaculture and Fishing; Technology

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Creating moments for shoppers: Impact of time on effectiveness of notifications

Over the last recent years, internet usage through mobile devices has grown rapidly and today, majority of the online traffic is coming from mobiles. This means that most of the time, a user uses his/her mobile to view the retailer website, review items or finish a purchase. Accord ingly, reta ilers have come to the idea of building a platform that would engage and re-engage users through pushing notification. However, there are multiple factors such as time of a day that a retailer would takes into account to send out notific.ation. A retailer requires to carefully analyze its users to avoid sending out spammy notifications. In this project, we aim to design a model that would recommend an optimal time to reach out different users in order to most effectively engage them.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sara Mostafavi

Student:

Partner:

Mobify Research and Development Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a validated model allowing strategic positioning of early-stage therapies in the pharmaceutical market

The proposed project consists of developing a validated Excel model allowing strategic positioning of early-stage therapies in the pharmaceutical market according to their attractiveness. This model can be used by investors or researchers and will allow them to see how their drug compares to other molecules already marketed, having failed, or in development, in a specific indication. Ultimately, this model will guide investors and researchers in making decisions based on the potential attractiveness of the molecule in the selected market. Results of the project will be used internally by AmorChem Financial Inc. to analyze future investment opportunities, but the strategic positioning model can be also used by different investors, researchers, and consultants interested in market access analysis.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michelle Savoie

Student:

Partner:

AmorChem Financial Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Comprendre les structures d’innovation au CHU Ste-Justine pour favoriser le développement de Hacking Health: recherche-enquête sur l’état actuel en vue d’un centre d’innovation

L’une des missions de Hacking Health est d’encourager le changement des façons de faire dans les institutions de santé pour favoriser le développement et l’adoption de nouvelles technologies. Le CHU Ste-Justine, en tant que première institution de santé partenaire de Hacking Health, est une pionnière dans le codéveloppement de structures d’innovation en collaboration avec Hacking Health. Ces nouvelles structures visent à ouvrir les processus d’innovation aux membres de l’hôpital ainsi qu’aux acteurs externes (par exemple, les spécialistes en programmation et les entrepreneurs numériques) pour améliorer en continu la performance, l’efficience, la pertinence et la qualité des services offerts à la population. Hacking Health souhaite faire l’état de la situation des structures et des outils qui ont été construits sur des initiatives locales pour les diffuser auprès de ses autres partenaires hospitaliers canadiens. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Réal Jacob

Student:

Partner:

Fondation Hacking Health

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Shoppers Persona Analysis: Statistical Learning of Shoppers’ Behaviour

The project is to break down shoppers into different groups. Shoppers have different preferences, for instance some shoppers tend to buy online in the morning, some might prefer purchasing online at night. If one could group together shoppers based on their different shopping behaviours, one would then be able to come up with personalized sales strategy that could better serve the customers, for example the retailer could send push notification in the morning to the group whose shoppers tend to buy in the morning. In return, this will provide advanced algorithms to help to generate more profit for the retail company. In this sense, this is a win-win project that will benefit both the retailers and the shoppers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

William J Welch

Student:

Partner:

Mobify Research and Development Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

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