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Machine learning augmented simulation of urban wind flows

Engineers that design and enhance buildings widely rely on computer simulations to understand wind flows. Wind flows around buildings can affect human safety, comfort, structural safety, and the surrounding environment.
Therefore, accurate and fast simulation of urban wind flows is critical to ensure safe, comfortable, and sustainable designs. If architectural engineers have access to a fast and accurate tool for simulating urban window flows, they can rapidly iterate and design the most energy efficient and sustainable buildings. Though robust, the current methodology for fast urban wind flow simulations often is inaccurate, meaning that slow and expensive simulations are required, slowing down the design process. The goal of this project is to use machine learning to improve current fast methodologies, thereby giving architectural engineers enhanced capabilities to design the safer and more sustainable buildings of the future.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fue-Sang Lien

Student:

Partner:

Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Design and Analysis of a Platform to Connect Patients, Providers, and their Social Networks

The healthcare system in Canada and world-wide is suffering increased pressure due to an aging population and increased rates of chronic disease. Research shows that self-management and social networks are key indicators for reducing utilization and cost and improving outcomes of healthcare systems. Lifeguard Health Solutions Inc. has developed a mobile health application that uses technology to connect patients with their providers, their trusted support network, and their peers to improve self-management and social network strength. Through a before and after pilot study in a select disease patient group, we will analyze the effects of the application on patient education,
patient satisfaction, and levels of adherence and compliance to prescribed care plans.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hannah Wong

Student:

Partner:

Lifeguard Health Networks Inc

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

Extrapolating Lessons Learned from Mitigating Emerging One Health Disease Threats: Avian Influenza, African Swine Fever and Foot and Mouth Disease

Many lessons from previous pandemics help to guide future outbreaks. This project reviews the avian influenza outbreak in Canada and applies some of the lessons learned to help mitigate the potential outbreaks of African swine fever and foot and mouth disease using a One Health approach.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Cathy Bauman;Tracey Chenier

Student:

Partner:

Animal Health Canada

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Guelph

Program:

Accelerate

Un cadre pour faire progresser l’intelligence d’affaires et analytique dans les PME

Le projet de recherche vise à étudier comment les actions liées à la mise en œuvre et au développement des pratiques d’intelligence d’affaires et d’analytique (BI&A) peuvent créer de la valeur commerciale au sein des petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) manufacturières dans le contexte de l’industrie 4.0. Grâce à une approche méthodologique mixte combinant des éléments de recherche qualitative et quantitative, basée sur la recherche en sciences de la conception (DSR), la recherche vise à explorer l’utilisation de la BI&A par les PME au Québec, en analysant les pratiques et les technologies BI&A utilisées pour collecter, analyser et interpréter les données, en plus de la façon dont cela influence la prise de décision stratégique, l’efficacité opérationnelle et l’avantage concurrentiel des entreprises. Trois étapes principales seront développées : (i) Analyse et description de la mise en œuvre de la BI&A ; (ii) Collecte de données ; (iii) Analyse intégrée. La recherche vise également à étudier les principaux défis et opportunités liés à l’utilisation de BI&A par les PME, à travers une analyse des facteurs et des technologies qui influencent la capacité d’adaptation et d’innovation…

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Faculty Supervisor:

William de Paula Ferreira

Student:

Partner:

Universidade Federal Fluminense

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

École de technologie supérieure

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Détection thermique acoustique du mammifère marin par drone

Ce projet a pour objectif de développer un système d’intelligence artificielle avancé capable de détecter et de classifier les baleines dans des images capturées par un drone équipé d’une caméra thermique. Pour atteindre cet objectif, il utilise des techniques de pointe telles que les réseaux neuronaux convolutionnels (CNN), la segmentation d’images, l’extraction de caractéristiques et les méthodes d’ensemble. Les réseaux neuronaux convolutionnels sont utilisés pour extraire des caractéristiques clés des images, permettant une identification précise des baleines. La segmentation d’images permet de délimiter avec précision les contours des baleines, facilitant leur analyse détaillée. L’extraction de caractéristiques joue un rôle central dans la classification et la reconnaissance des baleines. Des propriétés telles que la texture, la forme et les descripteurs de couleur sont utilisées pour former des modèles d’apprentissage automatique traditionnels tels que les machines à vecteurs de support (SVM) et les forêts aléatoires. Les méthodes d’ensemble sont également employées pour améliorer la précision et la robustesse du système, en combinant les prédictions de plusieurs modèles avec différentes architectures ou hyperparamètres.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Noureddine Barka;Tawfik Masrour;Ibtissam El Hassani

Student:

Partner:

Merinov (Gaspé, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Université du Québec à Rimouski

Program:

Accelerate

Wartime Policy Making and Governance: Ukraine and Canada Higher Education Alliance

Involving some of the smartest students in Ukraine, the research project and partnership will enrich the Master of Global Affairs and Master of Public Policy programs at the Munk School. KSE students will provide Munk community a window into the Ukrainian policymaking process as well as a more general understanding of governance during conflict. Simultaneously, student presentations to senior Canadian officials will offer the Canadian government an in-depth perspective into key policy questions facing Ukraine. This will improve Canadian government capacity to assist Ukraine.
The KSE-Munk students-will examine different models of policymaking in wartime and identity appropriate models for the Ukrainian context. For their final output students will make policy proposals and write up a 10-page policy brief.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lucan Way

Student:

Partner:

Kyiv School of Economics

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Historical Wildfire Regimes and Contemporary Wildfire Risk in Stswecem’c Xget’tem Territory

Wildfires are a complex and growing problem worldwide. In interior British Columbia, Canada, they are becoming larger, more frequent, and severe due to two centuries of settler land management and the impacts of climate change. Of the most affected by wildfire are rural Indigenous Peoples, as their communities are often surrounded by flammable forest and grassland fuels. Stswecem’c Xget’tem First Nation (SXFN) partnered with the University of British Columbia to co-generate western science on the past and present forests, fuel loads, and fire regimes close to their two communities. SXFN may use this knowledge in combination with their place-based multigenerational knowledge systems to lead forest stewardship that restores eco-cultural lands, adapts their Territory to climate change, and protects their communities and the lands and waters they rely on from severe wildfire.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lori Daniels

Student:

Partner:

Stswecem’c Xgat’tem Development Corporation

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Public administration

University:

The University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Développement d’une intervention préventive pour réduire les effets des risques psychosociaux sur la santé psychologique et l’absentéisme du personnel ouvrant dans le secteur des soins de santé et de l’assistance sociale

Certains aspects du travail et de l’organisation, comme le harcèlement et la charge de travail élevée, constituent des « risques psychosociaux du travail » (RPS) qui peuvent nuire à la santé psychologique et conduire à l’absentéisme. Des « facteurs de protection » peuvent réduire ces effets néfastes des RPS. Les connaissances actuelles ne permettent pas aux décideurs de déterminer quelles interventions préventives ciblant les RPS sont efficaces pour protéger la santé psychologique et prévenir l’absentéisme chez leurs travailleurs. Ce projet vise donc à développer une intervention préventive consistant à réduire des RPS et augmenter des facteurs de protection pour favoriser la santé psychologique et réduire l’absentéisme dans un secteur très touché par la problématique : le secteur des soins de santé et de l’assistance sociale (SSAS). Ce projet en trois phases sera réalisé en collaboration avec une « organisation participante » du secteur des SSAS. Phase 1 : une revue de la littérature scientifique permettra d’identifier des interventions pertinentes et de rapporter leurs impacts sur la santé psychologique et l’absentéisme dans le secteur ciblé.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Christine Genest

Student:

Partner:

IRSST

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Public administration

University:

Université de Montréal

Program:

Elevate

Assessing adminstrative workload in primary care

There are more doctors than ever in Canada, but Canadians are reporting it more difficult to access their primary care providers. The gap between the number of primary care providers available and the decline in services they offer is important to understand. One of the reasons for this gap is administrative tasks that providers must deal with. It’s been suggested that if primary care doctors in New Brunswick could reduce their unnecessary paperwork by 10%, they could see around 120,000 more patients each year. The proposal for the current research project will involve looking at how the amount of administrative work in primary care has changed over time. We plan on interviewing primary care providers and other team members. We will also gather information from various sources to document how services have changed since 2001/2002. The results of this research will help improve healthcare delivery by suggesting ways to cut unnecessary administrative tasks so that healthcare providers can do their jobs to the fullest.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ruth Lavergne

Student:

Partner:

Vitalité

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Elevate

Textile Sensor Development for an EMG muscle activity monitoring system

GestureLogic is building a product that optimizes athletic performance. The product is a wearable sensory network that monitors muscle activity. The goal of this research is to take this inherently complex muscle data that is acquired by the sensory network and translate it to useful biometrics for the consumer with the help of intelligent algorithms. The algorithms will help intuitively visualize important metrics such as strength of muscle contractions, heart rate and fatigue. The benefit to the partner organization is twofold. The research will help advance the organizations core product, increasing the organizations time to market. By solving some of the key problems associated with the product, the internship will also help de-risk the company’s product cycle for future investors.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Leonard MacEachern

Student:

Partner:

GestureLogic Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Technology

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Business Development Intern – BIOVECTRA Business Development & Expansion Project

This project will focus on supporting BIOVECTRA’s organizational goals of solving complex therapeutic challenges in collaboration with partners through contract development and manufacturing. This project will specifically focus on the current expansion challenges associated with a rapidly developing CDMO. This project will address the challenges of resource allocation and financial planning as the company continues to expand and transform. This will include the assessment and maintenance of positive cash flows and profitability, development of an appropriate scaling strategy to meet demand and client expectations, and the application of budget review and long-term financial projections to promote sustainability within a competitive, challenging and dynamic industry. This project will develop and utilize budget review, assembly, and projections to accurately analyze and predict strategy to ensure future success. Through this collaboration, BIOVECTRA will benefit from the skill sets of the intern and the academic supervisor, while also contributing to the training of HQP.
This project will result in the generation of three reports; including Report 1: 2023 Budget Review & 2024 Revenue Budget Assembly & Analysis, Report 2: Revenue projections for new Canadian Manufacturing Facility and Report 3: Long-term Revenue Forecast. These reports will serve as supporting materials to provide BIOVECTRA with functional financial metrics to appropriately analyze the 2023 and 2024 budget while determining long-term projections to ensure sustainable growth.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Dan Shaw

Student:

Partner:

BIOVECTRA Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Biomanufacturing; Pharmaceuticals

University:

Dalhousie University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Advancing Fisheries Adaptation to Climate Change in Canada

Climate-related changes are currently affecting ecosystems and fisheries across Canada, but Canada’s fisheries management system is lagging in assessing the scope of this challenge and developing adaptive solutions. This Mitacs research project will develop, refine and pilot test a scientifically rigorous ‘fisheries management under climate change’ survey tool and framework to assess how the management of Canada’s commercial fish stocks considers climate change and can be more adaptive to climate variability. The project outcomes will serve as a baseline to monitor progress towards incorporating climate change into Canada’s science and management processes and advance Nature United’s goal and the Canadian public’s interest in accelerating fisheries management climate adaptation actions and solutions.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Natalie Ban

Student:

Partner:

Nature United

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Victoria

Program:

Elevate

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