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Projects by Category

Automating Residential Construction Cost Estimation Using Machine Learning: Enhancing Accuracy, Efficiency, and Decision-Making in the Prefabricated Building Industry

This research project aims to revolutionize construction cost estimation by developing machine learning models
for automating residential cost estimation in a prefabricated building company. The project focuses on two goals:
creating a revenue forecasting system for business intelligence and automating core processes in the cost
estimation department for efficiency and accuracy. The project involves comprehensive data collection,
preprocessing, and the use of state-of-the-art algorithms to ensure accurate and scalable results. Overall, it
advances cost estimation practices in the industry.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Xinming Li

Student:

Partner:

Landmark Group of Companies Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Construction and infrastructure

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Smart railway: automated defect detection and predictive maintenance for resilient railway infrastructure

Railway systems play a vital role in modern society by rapidly and safely transporting cargo, goods and passengers. The project will build an intelligent railway infrastructure monitoring platform, and develop multi-scale railway maintenance algorithms to improve railway network safety and security, and promote a resilient infrastructure from disruptive events and climate changes. By developing technologies and practices, the project will advance Canadian railway system to remain safe and effective, support economic growth and improve the supply chain efficiency. The forefront of research also strengthens Canadian infrastructure resilience and sustainability pathways, and synchronize the goals to the best effects on more safe, reliable and resilient railway system and infrastructure.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mohamed Zaki Hussein;Yili Tang

Student:

Partner:

ApoSys Technologies

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of Western Ontario

Program:

Accelerate

Commercial Viability Project (version 2)

This project focuses on assessing the commercialization viability of Rogers Communications’ investments in 5G technology, with a specific focus on smart buildings, smart cities, and smart healthcare. The project aims to support ongoing innovation projects in partnership with the University of Waterloo by evaluating their commercialization potential through qualitative research. The project will benefit Rogers Communications by providing them with a better understanding of how to leverage their 5G research findings to develop and productize innovative solutions that can be deployed at scale to serve their customers.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Marc Hurwitz;Christopher Holt

Student:

Partner:

Rogers Communications Inc.

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Energy and Utilities

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Understanding the Indigenous School Attendance Gap: Perspectives from an Educational Program Supporting Inuit Youth

In Canada, First Nation, Métis and Inuit (FNMI) students experience higher rates of absenteeism and lower rates of school success compared to non-FNMI students. However, little research has explored this issue from the perspective of FNMI communities. This study aims to conceptualize attendance and absenteeism among a group of urban Inuit students in Ottawa who attend a culturally responsive alternative learning program. In partnership with the program’s organization, we will be investigating the students and their parents understanding of attendance through sharing circle focus groups. General themes will be generated based on the conversations and experiences participants share. These findings will contribute to a greater understanding of the experience of school attendance among urban Inuit youth and can help guide strategies to engage and improve Inuit youths’ experiences at school.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jessica Whitley;Maria Rogers

Student:

Partner:

Inuuqatigiit Centre for Inuit Children, Youth and Families

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Accelerate

Choosing the game and the stakes in a casino: A service pricing problem with many substitutable services

At any given time, a casino has to decide which table games to present to its customers and what betting limits to place on those tables. Understanding that a table games is a service and that the table limit is pricing, this is a classic service pricing problem. However, the number of tables and the fact that we can assign many different games to them leads to the novel research question: How do you which services to offer at what prices when customers have different preferences for each option? The resulting problem has the standard complications of a service problem with congestion but suffers from additional combinatorial challenges. The central goal of this project is to find efficient algorithms to answer this question.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael Pavlin

Student:

Partner:

Tangam Systems Inc

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

The Intersection of Critical Tech and Educational Social Innovation

The intern’s primary objective is to conduct extensive market research on the intersection of critical technology and education in Canada. The aim is to identify potential strategic partnerships and areas for further development. The intern will also create documents, papers, and presentations to investigate the use of critical tech in the Canadian education space, raising awareness of commercial opportunities, and promoting sector growth in Canada. The project will be conducted in partnership with the Cansbridge Fellowship (partner organization) and Dr. Heather Sheardown (academic supervisor). They will identify viable strategic partnerships for Canada by considering commercial needs and alignment with Canadian policy goals. The academic supervisor will provide a wealth of knowledge on strategy and strategic partnerships, while the partner organization will offer mentorship and a global alumni network to support interdisciplinary research across industries. The partner organization’s primary benefit is to achieve its mission of fostering global collaboration and attracting Canada’s global-minded youth to the program.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Heather Sheardown

Student:

Partner:

Cansbridge Fellowship

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Education; Other services (except public administration)

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Développement d’un algorithme de retrait de la voix dans une trame audio pour la génération de signaux haptiques

L’entreprise D-BOX oeuvre dans le domaine du divertissement et de la réalité augmentée grâce à ses sièges avec rétroaction haptique qui offrent une expérience sensorielle plus riche, que ce soit pour l’industrie du cinéma ou celle des jeux vidéo. Bien qu’il soit possible d’annoter manuellement la trame haptique pour une scène de film, il est désirable de générer automatiquement un signal haptique à partir de la trame audio, notamment dans le contexte d’un jeu vidéo ou une diffusion télévisuelle en direct. La présence de parole dans les trames audio nuit cependant à l’extraction des caractéristiques audio utiles pour la génération de signaux haptiques. L’objectif de ce projet consiste à concevoir un algorithme permettant de réduire, voire éliminer, le signal de parole présent dans un mélange audio. Cette nouvelle technologie permettra à l’organisation partenaire de générer automatiquement du contenu haptique pour les industries du cinéma et des jeux vidéo.

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Faculty Supervisor:

François Grondin

Student:

Partner:

D-BOX Technologies Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and Communications Technology; Entertainment and Media; Artificial Intelligence

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Accelerate

Optimisation d’un système de mise à jour de la cartographie routière basé sur les données géospatiales ouvertes

Le projet vise à intégrer, à optimiser et à adapter un système de mise à jour de la cartographie routière basé sur des données géospatiales ouvertes. Les objectifs incluent l’amélioration d’un algorithme de « map-matching » sur des données OpenStreetMap, et l’adaptation pour les plateformes embarquées de la compagnie E-Smart. Ce projet renforcera l’autonomie et la flexibilité du nouveau système, tout en optimisant la précision des limites de vitesse et en réduisant les données transférées lors des mises à jour cartographiques.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Mickaël Germain;Samuel Foucher

Student:

Partner:

E-SMART Control Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université de Sherbrooke

Program:

Business Strategy Internship

Immigration policies for students affected by conflict and war

The proposed research project aims to understand the experiences of Ukrainian students who are studying in Canada as the result of the war in their home country. The project will investigate how immigration and education are connected and examine the specific programs and initiatives that have been created to support these students. By conducting interviews with students and administrators from universities in the Greater Toronto Area, the research will provide valuable insights into the opportunities and challenges faced by these students. The expected outcomes of the project are threefold: to gain a better understanding of the relationship between immigration and education; to examine the recent experiences of students from Ukraine at universities in the Greater Toronto Area; and to assess the effectiveness of the programs implemented for these students. The research findings will be published in peer-reviewed, academic journals as well as public-facing reports of relevance will be produced for policy-makers, universities, and immigration officials.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Emily Gilbert

Student:

Partner:

Kyiv National Linguistic University

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education; Other

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Promouvoir l’audiodiversité : le droit à la (juste) représentation de soi dans les médias

Malgré leur nombre important (prévalence de 2-10 %), les personnes de l’audiodiversité (c.-à-d. ayant un handicap de la communication [HdlC], par ex. bégaiement, aphasie) sont peu ou pas représentées dans le contenu médiatique (culturel, télévisuel, etc.). Lorsqu’elles le sont, leur handicap est susceptible de faire l’objet d’attitudes discriminatoires et de préjugés, ce qui contribue à leur stigmatisation. Les médias étant d’importantes sources d’informations et de croyances, ils pourraient au contraire constituer un vecteur positif contribuant à l’inclusion des personnes avec un HdlC. Cependant, il manque de ressources pour les accompagner en ce sens. Ce projet vise à créer ces ressources par un processus d’inclusion des groupes concernés, appuyé sur la littérature. Au terme de ce projet seront développés, pour le compte de l’organisme Vocavie : 1) un guide des bonnes pratiques représentationnelles, 2) des services-conseils pour les réalisateur·trice·s, 3) un plan de communication pour la valorisation de l’audiodiversité.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lucie Ménard;Lisandre Labrecque-Lebeau

Student:

Partner:

Vocavie

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

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

University:

Université du Québec à Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Generative design to support complete community quantitative and qualitative analysis

Generative design to support complete community quantitative and qualitative analysis brings together growing computational practices in generative design with the urban design challenge of planning and building transit oriented complete communities using urban data analysis. This grant explores the importance of qualitative factors such as social cohesion in complete community design and the opportunity to translate these to quantitative measurement. It emphasizes the value of participatory design in identifying possible trade-offs.This Mitacs grant will interact with the larger iCity 2.0 Urban Data Science for Urban Mobility Project of which Autodesk is a significant partner. Generative design to support complete community quantitative and qualitative analysis will build on Autodesk’s recent exploration of the application of generative design to urban planning (Nagy & Villaggi, 2020) and make a significant research contribution in applying generative design within “Complete Community” guidelines and planning processes. OCAD U continue to build its research capacity in geo-spatial visualization the context of the Autodesk platform.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sara Diamond

Student:

Partner:

Autodesk

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Manufacturing and Construction; Transportation (excluding aerospace); Information and Communications Technology

University:

Ontario College of Art & Design University

Program:

Accelerate

Microplastic Atmospheric Deposition Assessment using Moss in Europe (MADAME)

Under the MADAME pilot project, collaborators from more than 30 European countries have collected samples of moss to evaluate their use as a biomonitor for the atmospheric deposition of microplastics. Under the Globalink Research Award, Mehriban Jafarova (PhD Candidate, University of Siena) will visit Trent University to collaborate with Prof. Julian Aherne on the extraction and identification of microplastics in moss samples obtained from collaborators across Europe (approximately 100 samples). These samples will be further analysed at Trent university to identify the microplastic polymer type using FTIR (Fourier transform infrared) spectroscopy. The MADAME project has three objectives: (1) to evaluate the use of moss as a biomonitor for atmospheric microplastic deposition, (2) to compare methods for microplastic extraction and identification, and (3) to assess the signature (abundance and type) of microplastic deposition across Europe. It is anticipated that the pilot project will lead to several (high-ranking) peer-reviewed publications and funding for a larger scale project.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Julian Aherne

Student:

Partner:

University of Siena

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Environmental Science and Technology; Sustainability & the Environment; Life Sciences (not health)

University:

Trent University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

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Mitacs is funded by the Government of Canada, the Government of Alberta, the Government of British Columbia, Research Manitoba, the Government of New Brunswick, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Government of Nova Scotia, the Government of Ontario, Innovation PEI, the Government of Quebec, the Government of Saskatchewan, and the Government of Yukon.