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Advanced Data Science Research for Social Good II

Municipal governments and urban centres across Canada are being inundated with data—data that have potential to improve public service. Despite this, local governments do not have enough data expertise to extract insight from these overwhelming datasets. Simultaneously, high-quality personnel (HQP) in the domains of data science and urban analytics lack opportunities to work closely with local government to address this gap. Thus, the “Data Science for Social Good” program at the University of British Columbia seeks to mentor and train HQP to solve data intensive, high-priority urban research projects identified by local government. These projects aim to adapt and advance existing data science tools to assess the quality of existing municipal data sets, inform the design of new datasets, and extract actionable insight on topics such as transportation, education, public safety, and economic development. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Raymond Ng

Student:

Cody Griffith

Partner:

Microsoft Canada

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Regulating Abnormal Connectivity in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder via Real-time fMRI Neurofeedback – Year two

Patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are characterized by decreased prefrontal cortex (PFC) regulation on hyperactive emotion generation regions, such as the amygdala. Real-time (rt)-fMRI neurofeedback allows for localized brain regions to be self-regulated through neuroimaging signal feedback. Recently within our lab, learning to decrease amygdala activation via neurofeedback was shown to normalize the neural circuitry maintaining PTSD, which was negatively correlated to symptoms. However, an intervention has not yet been developed to strengthen connectivity between emotion regulation regions (PFC) and emotion generation regions (amygdala), where an urgent need for novel treatment interventions exists particularly among military members and first responders. The objective of the current proposal is to determine if an increase in the strength of connectivity between the PFC and amygdala can be achieved via rt-fMRI neurofeedback. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ruth Lanius

Student:

Andrew Nicholson

Partner:

Homewood Research Institute

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Elevate

Development of Functional Nanoparticles for Targeted Biomaterial Cell Delivery

Genetic engineering has proven to be a useful approach for gene therapy and transformation of value-added agricultural plants. However, the current available technologies suffer from several limitations. These include relative low delivery efficiency with difficult-to-deliver cells or complex constructs and limit freedom-to-operate. Considering advances have been made in the applications of nanotechnology to life science and plant biology, particularly in the realm of gene editing technology, improving delivery efficiency is urgently needed. We propose to develop functional nanomaterials, which will provide an innovative, efficient, and low-cost alternative for conventional methods of biomolecule delivery. It will also accelerate the development of targeted therapy and value-added plants.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jie Chen

Student:

Anh Nguyen

Partner:

Hidaca Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - biomedical

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Effective Remediation in Porous Systems with Fractures and Heterogeneities: Experimental and Modelling Study

Dispersion of various solutes in porous media has been investigated experimentally and theoretically for different scientific purposes. The study of this phenomenon can provide fundamental knowledge of solvent (or gas) flooding in enhanced oil recovery, groundwater contamination, and catalyst-based chemical processes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sohrab Zendehboudi

Student:

Shokufe Afzali

Partner:

Advanced CERT Canada

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Oil and gas

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Mobile Application Support for an Outdoor Agriculture Expo’s Temporary Cluster Functions

The Agriculture and Agri-Food System of Canada (AAFS) is an important component of the Canadian economy. Outdoor agricultural shows have moved from their simple marketplace roots to places that facilitate increased productivity, accelerated innovation and business formation. Central to these functions is the geographic concentration of stakeholders. With the growth in show size, supporting effective communication between participants to maximize the potential of this concentration is important and challenging. This project will identify and address the challenges of a large outdoor venue to test the effectiveness of a mobile application in supporting knowledge transfer and participant interaction. Glacier Farm Media will benefit from this project through the ability to offer new services that benefit both the participants and guests of agricultural expos.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Susan Blum

Student:

Corey Janzen

Partner:

Glacier Farm Media

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Forestry

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Characterizing the role of probiotics in physiologically relevant ex vivo and in vivo models of infectious colitis

In the intestines of people living with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), the balance of beneficial bacteria is shifted. Instead, the intestine is overloaded with potentially harmful bacteria – a phenomenon known as dysbiosis. This shift in bacterial populations is believed to be among the key contributors to the onset of inflammation observed in IBD patients.
Bioactive bacteria that help to re-establish equilibrium in the intestine are known as probiotics. They work by promoting the growth of beneficial bacteria while simultaneously warding off harmful bacteria. Importantly, probiotics may alleviate intestinal injury and inflammation and thereby reduce some symptoms of IBD. However, less is known about the precise ways in which probiotics act on cells lining the intestine, and how this might contribute to improved IBD outcomes. Answering these questions is the underlying goal of the proposed research. TO BE CONT’D

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Faculty Supervisor:

Philip Sherman

Student:

Shaiya Robinson

Partner:

Lallemand Health Solutions

Discipline:

Visual arts

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Decision making with rich ontologies for minerals exploration

Resource extraction, including mineral exploration and mining, is an important part of Canada’s economy. There is currently a great interest in finding the minerals that are needed for batteries; arguably the lack of minerals is the biggest impediment to cutting the price of electric vehicles and weaning society off fossil fuels. Artificial intelligence has great potential in all aspects of minerals exploration. The project has two aspects, the first is to learn symbolic descriptions of lineaments (e.g., faults) from sensor data, and the second is to use such symbolic descriptions (from sensor data and from human observations) to make better informed decisions. The is challenging because the observations use technical terms from multiple ontologies, and parts of the world are described at multiple levels of abstraction (in terms of subtypes) and detail (in terms of parts), and the descriptions often include missing data.

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Faculty Supervisor:

David Poole

Student:

Amin Aghaee

Partner:

Minerva Intelligence Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Natural resources

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Supporting Social Inclusion and Well-Being in Metro Vancouver

Social relationships are important for our physical and mental health. In 2012, the Vancouver Foundation conducted a survey to measure how connected and engaged residents are in Metro Vancouver. They found that 1 in 4 Metro Vancouver residents report being alone more often than they would like. Of even greater concern, 1 in 10 residents report they do not have someone they can depend on well enough to ask for help. The overarching objective of this study is to evaluate and support social inclusion, well-being and community involvement in neighbourhoods across Metro Vancouver. The findings from this study will identify neighbourhoods where United Way may want to focus their efforts and provide recommendations to support social inclusion in the communities in Metro Vancouver and across Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Stephen Wright

Student:

Kate Hosford

Partner:

United Way of the Lower Mainland

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Management of companies and enterprises

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Towards a Universal Polymer Crosslinker

A crosslink is a chemical bond that links one polymer chain to another. Adding crosslinks can enhance the strength of polymers, and can improve performance at high temperatures. In this collaboration between Epic Ventures Inc and the Wulff Research Group at the University of Victoria, we are inventing a new family of chemical crosslinkers that will literally work with any polymer that contains carbon–hydrogen bonds. This includes plastics like polyethylene and polypropylene that are usually considered to be chemically inert.
As an added benefit, these novel crosslinking agents will function as universal adhesives, allowing us to “glue” inert plastics together with strong carbon–carbon bonds. Additionally, we will be able to add functionality (dyes, sensors, etc.) to previously inert plastic materials. The potential applications for this new technology range from ballistic fabrics to medical implants and “smart” bandages.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jeremy Wulff

Student:

Mathieu Lepage

Partner:

Epic Ventures

Discipline:

Chemistry

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Program:

Accelerate

P4 SDN testbed integration

The research will consist of exploring a new language as well as a new paradigm shift in the orchestration and analytics involved in operating a Fiber optical infrastructure equipped with IP routers and Computers. These computers will be equipped with programmable devices that will allow further instructions and detailing about the next generation of internet’s emerging services. These services require more automation and more analytics to become more adaptive if not autonomous. We will research how autonomous can these networks get by involving this new programmable language called P4. We will start by exploring point to point services and then we will move on to point to multi point services and explore the programmable autonomy of these new emerging services as well as collect meaningful statistics to properly define their beginning, their stability as well as their end so that the network can become a programmable reusable service, or device

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Faculty Supervisor:

Changcheng Huang

Student:

Mathieu Sicard-Gagne

Partner:

Ciena Corp.

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Dinosaur bonebed amber: paleoecological and paleoenvironmental reconstructions

Amber, or fossilized tree resin, is a natural trap that provides a valuable source of palaeontological data on insects in ancient ecosystems. The chemistry and composition of the amber itself can also be used to explore which trees produced each amber deposit, and what conditions these trees lived under. Western Canada contains multiple amber deposits near the end of the Cretaceous period (66 million years ago), and small quantities of amber have been found in the sediments of dinosaur bonebeds. The proposed project will sample amber from two dinosaur bonebeds in Saskatchewan (the quarry of “Scotty” the T. rex, near Eastend), and Alberta (the Pipestone Creek Pachyrhinosaurus Bonebed near Grande Prairie). This amber will be used to learn about conditions in the surrounding terrestrial habitats, and will help fill in a gap in the fossil record of insects that occurs near the end of the Cretaceous.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ryan McKellar

Student:

Pierre Cockx

Partner:

Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum

Discipline:

Biology

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Development of a guideline of best police practices in locating lost persons with dementia

Three out of five Canadians with dementia wander, raising concern as to how it can be managed. Current information describing best practices to find missing persons living with dementia however, is inconsistent and can cause police difficulty in choosing search and rescue strategies for this population. The purpose of this project is to develop and promote the exchange of best practices to quickly find a lost person with dementia through the development of a guideline. It will involve a literature review and surveys with police across Ontario. The information collected from these two activities will be used to develop the anticipated guideline. The Alzheimer Society of Ontario wants to be a leader, enhancing the reputation of the Finding Your Way program, and reduce the risk of people with dementia going missing. Partnering with researchers, such as the intern, to have credibility and have police partnerships will help make that happen.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lili Liu

Student:

Noelannah Neubauer

Partner:

Alzheimer Society of Ontario

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Medical devices

University:

Program:

Accelerate

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