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Engineering - chemical / biological

Climate change and genotype variations impacts on human health properties of wheat

Recent consumer interest in controlling and preventing chronic diseases through improved diet has promoted research on the bioactive components of agricultural products. Wheat is an important component of the human diet, providing energy, due to its high content of carbohydrate, and protein. In addition, wheat contains high levels of secondary metabolite (bioactive) compounds such as antioxidants. Wheat genotype, the environment, and possibly interactions between the genotype and environment are known to strongly influence the levels of these bioactives. The effects of genotype, growing location, and genotype-environment interactions on bioactive levels of Canadian wheat, and specifically Manitoban wheat has not been yet studied. The proposed research aims at filling the existing knowledge gap in this field. Furthermore, the need to understand the impacts of such changes on health related properties of wheat is also well accepted. Hence, antioxidant and antidiabetic effects of wheat bioactives will be investigated in this research.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Peter Jones

Student:

Maryam Shamloo

Partner:

Haplotech Inc.

Discipline:

Agriculture

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Manitoba

Program:

Accelerate

Bulk Data Transfer among Cloud Data Centers: Online Algorithms and SDN Implementation

This project studies efficient online optimization algorithms for large-scale data transfer among data centers in a geographically-distributed cloud system, as well as their SDN (Software Defined Networking)-facilitated implementation. Big data analytics, content distribution, and various web applications (social networking, search engine) have become dominating applications on today’s cloud platforms. Moving bulk volumes of data from one data center to a remote one is common in these applications, for aggregation of distributed datasets for processing by a MapReduce-like framework, replication of video contents to be closer to viewers, migration of virtual machine images for failure resilience, etc. The data transfers are commonly associated with different deadlines, depending on their delay sensitivity. In this project, we seek to design efficient online algorithms for
dynamic, globally-optimal bulk data transfer in a geo-distributed cloud system, and engineer the solution practically in an emerging SDN network.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Zongpeng Li

Student:

Ruiting Zhou

Partner:

Hidaca Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Calgary

Program:

Accelerate

Production of bioactive peptides through high ydrostatic pressure assisted enzymatic digestion of egg white

Egg yolk contains IgY antibodies that target various infectious disease and food allergens. IGY Inc is a company focused on utilizing chicken immune system for antibody production. IgY antibody contains 0.64% of total wet egg yolk, after cracking each egg IGY Inc generates 60-70g of liquid egg white which has a low commercial value. Egg white is a rich source of dietary protein and also known for its biological activities. Therefore the primary objective of this study is to develop a pragmatic technique to hydrolyze egg white to produce peptides with biological activity. Later on the anti-oxidant activity of the hydrolysate will be tested to identify the most potent hydrolysate. Thus the results from this research project will provide information to develop a new Natural Health Product (NHP) for future pre-clinical studies.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Hoon Sunwoo

Student:

Bharti Singh

Partner:

IGY Inc.

Discipline:

Pharmacy / Pharmacology

Sector:

Pharmaceuticals

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

Comparative assessment of NH3 production and utilization in transportation systems for Ontario

Alternative fuels and energy resources play a key role in both the short and long term sustainable development of transportation. Ammonia (NH3) is the only carbon-free chemical energy carrier (other than hydrogen) suitable for use as a transportation fuel. NH3 can be produced using either fossil fuels, or any renewable energy source, using heat and/or electricity. Comparative analysis related to ammonia production and ammonia based applications such as transportation options will be undertaken. A scenario analysis using “Life cycle assessment (LCA)” methodology will be conducted to investigate environmental performance of the ammonia production methods and ammonia based transportation systems and to compare the environmental impact results with conventional systems. Hydrofuel Inc. will have a detailed report for conventional and green ammonia production technologies and a comparative life cycle assessment of processes in addition to lowest cost electricity requiring methods determination and highest efficient usage of ammonia in transportation systems.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ibrahim Dincer

Student:

Yusuf Bicer

Partner:

Hydrofuel Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

Ontario Tech University

Program:

Accelerate

Design for Situation Awareness in Future Power Grid Operations

The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) coordinates electricity generation and transmission to ensure a reliable and stable electricity supply for the province of Ontario. Human operators monitor the power grid with the help of automated energy management systems. Increasing amounts of data, electricity demand, and renewable generation mean these operators need new tools to help them monitor and manage grid reliability. These tools include displays that consolidate data, support operator decision-making, and reduce the likelihood of human error. The goal of this project is to improve the design of control room displays for operators, so that the IESO can meet their objectives of maintaining near- and long-term grid reliability and stability.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Greg Jamieson

Student:

Antony Hilliard

Partner:

Independent Electricity System Operator

Discipline:

Engineering - mechanical

Sector:

Alternative energy

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Designing a healthy lifestyle platform : Investigating the use of gamification to promote enduring healthy lifestyle choices

Past research has examined whether game mechanics can be used to motivate people to change their behaviour in the short-term. However, it is currently unclear how game mechanics can be used to motivate behaviour that persists long after people have stopped playing a game. This research project will explore how game mechanics, such as narrative and avatar creation, can be hamessed by a game-based health intervention to create meaningful experiences and memories in order to promote long-tenn healthy lifestyle choices. This research will contribute to the scientific community by providing insights into how game mechanics can be used to promote positive long-tenn behaviour outside of game environments, and will also allow the industry partner to develop a more effective healthy lifestyle platform.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Neil Randall

Student:

Deltcho Valtchanov

Partner:

Ikkuma Inc.

Discipline:

Psychology

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Accelerate

Social Privacy

Providing personalized content can be of great value to both users and vendors. However, effective personalization hinges on collecting large amounts of personal data about users. Give the exponential growth in online activities in social networking sites; they can be a great platform to gather and analyze such information. In spite of the considerable number of user profiles with publicly available data, previous studies have shown that social media users often face difficulties in specifying the privacy policies that are consistent with their privacy concerns and attitudes. Therefore, even when the data is available, it is necessary to employ other techniques to predict users’ privacy preferences. In this project, we aim to make use of users’ social profiles and activities to build predictive models and to automatically discover their desired privacy settings for purpose of personalization and direct marketing.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Lu Xiao

Student:

Taraneh Khazaei

Partner:

InfoTrellis

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Western University

Program:

Accelerate

The characterization of therapeutic cells from umbilical cord tissue to determine patient-to-patient variation and correlationof phenotype with therapeutic ability

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) treatment in model systems for wound healing, spinal cord injury and heart disease have demonstrated a greater versus the ‘vehicle’ treated group due to the cells ability to engraft and contribute to new tissue as well as decrease apoptosis and inflammation. All of these properties are associated with superior tissue healing. In this current study are investigating if there are differences in wound healing properties of MSCs from umbilical cord tissue from different donors. This will be important data as more people bank the cells from umbilical cord tissue. Cells banks will need to know if all donor cells have equal healing properties in order to better advise patients banking cells. Our partner, Insception Life Bank, a large cell bank, will use the data from this study to advise people whether the sample they are banking is suitable for use in future treatments regimens.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Ian Rogers

Student:

Vanessa Raileanu

Partner:

Insception LifeBank

Discipline:

Medicine

Sector:

Life sciences

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Design and secure implementation of a new white-box transform based on permutation polynomials

Irdeto has a need to create software that is protected in the white-box attack context, which means that attackers have direct access to the software, can execute it, modify it, and stop it to read the data being processed by the software. If attackers are able to modify software in ways that are useful to them, they can cause a wide range of problems including stealing data, gaining unauthorized access to systems, and stealing cryptographic keys. It is then the main goal of the project to design and implement new tools in the area of software protection to deal with security problems resulting from the current increasing demand on tech devices. This project, which emphasizes implementation and putting mathematical / computer science concepts to practical use, builds upon a recent, more theoretical, collaboration between Irdeto and the intern.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Qiang (Stephen) Wang

Student:

Aleksandr Tuxanidy Torres

Partner:

Irdeto Canada

Discipline:

Mathematics

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of Innovative Approaches to Assess Health Effects of Transportation Infrastructure Projects

The World Health Organization defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. The holistic nature of this definition provides the basis for an all-encompassing evaluation of health, which is the guiding principle behind health impact assessment (HIA). An emerging area of public concern in Canada is the assessment of the potential impact that transportation infrastructure has on human health. HIA is ideally placed for such an assessment. Broadly, HIA can provide an evaluation of the positive and negative impacts of transportation infrastructure projects on community health, and help inform and provide decision-makers with an opportunity to minimize adverse health outcomes and maximize health benefits. At Intrinsik Environmental Sciences Inc., our Mitacs intern will work closely with our professional scientific staff to research and develop a framework for conducting health impact assessments of transportation infrastructure projects in Canada.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jim MacLellan

Student:

Faiza Waheed

Partner:

Intrinsik Environmental Sciences Inc.

Discipline:

Environmental sciences

Sector:

Environmental industry

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

Methods for detecting Hardware Blu-ray player emulation, debugging or instrumentation

Blu-Ray Disk Framework offers content protection system which is intended to protect audio/video media against piracy. The Blu-Ray Content Protection System consists of three individually working components: Advance Access Control System, ROM-Mark and BD+. Each component works collaboratively with the other in order to protect high-definition content distributed on Blu-Ray discs. The ability of a Blu-Ray content protection system to detect unauthorized playback depends upon the protected information saved on the Blu Ray player, if an attacker is able to access protected information saved on player then it is possible to trick a player for unauthorized media playback. This research project will focus on the creation of a novel process that will be used to detect if an attempt to extract protected information from the player is being made. The result will be used to make the existing Blu Ray BD+ technology more secure.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Thomas Kunz

Student:

Pranav Pareek

Partner:

Irdeto Canada

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

Information and communications technologies

University:

Carleton University

Program:

Accelerate

Assessing the suitability of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for data collection

The research project intends to test various aspects of data collection using a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) in order to assess the suitability for small sites (~1 ha). Ideal conditions for UAV based mapping will be determined and compared to other traditional methods. To identify suitable conditions, the relationship between accuracy and several factors (the flying height, observational angle) will be assessed as well as limitations such as the effect of wind and distance to target. Various software will be utilized to address the accuracy of image stitching. Outcomes from the experiments will inform the partner organization (JD Barnes) of expectations and variability of the suitability of UAV mapping for small projects. In addition, the results will provide ideal parameters and best practices for data collection. The proposed research project assists JD Barnes in developing a strong working relationship with York University and the intern while building the foundation for future mapping work in more remote environments.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Tarmo Remmel

Student:

Emma Gunn

Partner:

J.D. Barnes Ltd.

Discipline:

Geography / Geology / Earth science

Sector:

Natural resources

University:

York University

Program:

Accelerate

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