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Visual comfort in a hedonic mobile multitasking context

The research problem of interest to EssilorLuxottica and to be addressed in this Mitacs Accelerate project with two M.Sc interns is the user experience of people who wear glasses in dynamic mobile contexts. Its significance for Canadians who wear glasses is due to the reality that smartphones have become an essential tool for interacting with service providers in the entertainment, relaxation and tourism sectors. The objectives are as follows: to better understand the challenges of these users in a natural context of dynamic vision, and identify the most and least comfortable moments as well as user behavior during these moments. The proposed methodology is to measure neurophysiological data with high temporal precision first in a controlled lab environment at Tech3Lab, HEC Montréal, and then in a semi-controlled experiment at an interactive Augmented reality exhibit at the Insectarium in Montreal, using an application developed by EssilorLuxottica for iPhone and mobile UX measurement tools from Tech3Lab

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Faculty Supervisor:

Pierre-Majorique Léger;Constantinos Coursaris

Student:

Partner:

Ville de Montréal (Espace pour la vie);Essilor

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

HEC Montréal

Program:

Accelerate

Analyzing Winter Wheat Growth Pattern using Remote Sensing.

The proposed research project focuses on improving winter wheat production in Northwestern Ontario, a region with a short growing season and unpredictable climate. Farmers must select optimal planting dates for winter wheat for maximum production and it is challenging due to the number of growing days and planting depth before winter. Hence, the project aims to analyze the growth pattern using remote sensing to develop standard procedure for the region. A multispectral camera attached to a drone will be used to capture images of the test area with a very high spatial resolution, which will then be processed using specialized image processing software and machine learning algorithm to obtain accurate information on crop growth dynamics. It is expected that this project will provide valuable information for improving production and efficiency in the region’s agriculture.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Muditha Heenkenda

Student:

Partner:

Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Technology; Environmental Science and Technology

University:

Lakehead University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Mapping and Modelling Tolerant Hardwood Species Regime Preferences across New Brunswick

Hardwood tree species provide many ecological and economic benefits to New Brunswick and across Canada. These benefits relate to biodiversity and habitat, high-quality timber products, and of course maple syrup. Understanding where these species thrive provincially will be necessary to help New Brunswick forests to withstand the challenges posed by climate change. Using relevant and advanced software such as ArcGIS pro (a mapping and spatial analysis software) in conjunction with provincially available and in-house created layers relating to environmental gradients, will be the keystone to this analysis. This allows for rapid application of provincial data to illustrate the locations across the province where hardwood trees (specifically sugar maple) will thrive. Having such a tool will allow the Northern Hardwood Research Institute to implement the most recent research in their management plans for clients to help maintain and create a robust hardwood tree community.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Paul A. Arp

Student:

Partner:

Northern Hardwoods Research Institute

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Agriculture; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of New Brunswick

Program:

Accelerate

Vers la personnalisation de masse par une stratégie de tarification dynamique en contexte de PME

Les PME manufacturières du Québec sont en constante évolution et doivent faire preuve d’agilité pour se
démarquer de la concurrence. La personnalisation des biens, une technique de production couramment utilisée
au Québec, est un des moyens empruntés pour faire sa place dans un marché compétitif. En revanche, la mise
en production de produits hautement personnalisée peut amener des coûts supplémentaires considérables.
Comment faire pour optimiser les revenus d’une entreprise offrant une multitude de combinaison d’un produit et
faisant face à des besoins variés ? Comme dans l’industrie touristique, les prix dynamiques tendent à suggérer
un prix de vente optimale en fonction de paramètres en temps réel. Mais quelles sont les variables à considérer
dans une entreprise manufacturière ? Quels sont les préalables à implanter avant l’utilisation d’une telle stratégie
? Les impacts de l’utilisation de prix dynamiques en entreprise seront mesurés afin de déterminer quels sont les
bénéfices sur l’augmentation de la rentabilité.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Sébastien Gamache

Student:

Partner:

Robovic

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Program:

Accelerate

Estimating Sugarcane Maturity Using Remote Sensing Techniques

Sugarcane is native to the warm temperate, tropical regions of the world and is highly weather dependent. Recent climate change has hampered its growth, resulting in reduced yields, forcing farmer to adapt different practices in Costa Rica. There are four main phenological and development stages in Sugarcane. This project is focused on the maturation process of the crop, which is influenced by several factors, including climate. Currently, sugarcane maturity is measured by ground sampling, which is a tedious, cost effective and not entirely practical methodology. Hence, it is necessary to develop time and cost effective method for identifying sugarcane maturity levels. The research aims to develop a method for estimating sugarcane maturity using remote sensing data. The expected outcomes will help to increase sugarcane management and competitiveness in order to mitigate the detrimental effects of climate change on sugarcane growth.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Muditha Heenkenda

Student:

Partner:

Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Agriculture and Food; Environmental Science and Technology; Technology

University:

Lakehead University

Program:

Globalink Research Award

Personalization with Integration of Sensor Signals in Cloud Architecture

This research project focuses on the integration anonymized signals from sensors. The capture of this data and application provides enhancement and personalization and additional clarity of information to optimize the value of benefits and features for FutureCite membership services.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Russell Greiner

Student:

Partner:

FutureCite Inc.

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of Alberta

Program:

Accelerate

AIDOX – Document Verification System

To validate structured trade contracts for language and economic term correctness, the existing document understanding systems use machine learning methods, natural language understanding, and text analysis, to extract data elements from financial documents. This can be expanded to a wide variety of financial documents, especially customer-provided reference material. The project focuses on document information extraction to extract the key data elements from financial documents and validate this data against the internal source of record.
The existing OCR-based approach has issues of error propagation (especially with noises), slow processing time due to the large model size, as well as the need for retraining for new document classes. To improve this, the first approach is to improve OCR engine performance by exploring OCR engines with pre-processing and post-processing techniques. The second objective is to implement OCR-less models which learn jointly with image and text contexts.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Gerald Penn

Student:

Partner:

Scotiabank

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Finance and Insurance

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

COMmunity-based nutrition RISK in Indigenous communities (COMRISK-Indigenous)

Poor nutrition is common in older adults and may be even higher in Indigenous communities than the general population. Yet, nutrition risk is rarely assessed as part of a health check-up. In this project, a First Nation and an interdisciplinary team will work in partnership to determine how to address poor nutrition in that community. The Mitacs intern will collate, interpret and communicate outcomes in order to generate a pathway for moving forward.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Steven Johnson;Catherine Chan

Student:

Partner:

Alberta Health Services;Canadian Nutrition Society

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Public administration; Retail trade

University:

Athabasca University

Program:

Accelerate

Readying For Change: Supporting Sustainability Progress Through Inner Transformation

There is increasing urgency to accelerate sustainability progress and address growing social and environmental challenges. Current approaches to solving these complex issues, such as new technology and governance, are failing to support the kinds of changes needed to collective wellbeing. Interest is growing around how individual values, worldviews, beliefs, and consciousness can be transformed so that they align with sustainability requirements. The project examines: i) what kinds of skills and capacities would be most helpful for enabling positive change, ii) how these approaches could challenge old ways of thinking and doing that are detrimental to people and planet, and iii) how new skills could be nurtured to support present needs. This is the first project to develop and test a novel readiness assessment tool and therefore offers immense value to the fields of sustainability and social innovation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Daniel McCarthy;Derek Armitage;Sharon Stein

Student:

Partner:

Musagetes Foundation

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Waterloo

Program:

Elevate

Decolonizing diagnostic assessments in mathematics

The overall purpose of this research is to explore the ways diagnostic assessments enable or disable growth in mathematics understanding for children most impacted by colonialism, in particular Black and Mi’kmaw children in Mi’kma’ki or what we now call Nova Scotia. This research stems from ongoing
collaborative relationships in local Mi’kmaw and Black communities that have focused on strategies for decolonizing pedagogy and content in mathematics classrooms. Yet, we recognize the disabling and dehumanizing power of current diagnostic assessment practices that contribute to the opportunity gap (otherwise referred to as an achievement gap) for students in mathematics achievement, resulting in
higher rates of individualized program plans (IPPs), streaming into nonacademic courses and lowered
expectations for Black and Mi’kmaw children. Much has been written about how these mathematics assessments are not culturally relevant or enabling, yet there is limited literature on how to create more appropriate diagnostic tools. Diagnostic assessments should be useful for educators, students, and their families to understand the underlying reasons for mathematics difficulties and create plans to support student learning….

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Faculty Supervisor:

Conor Barker

Student:

Partner:

Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Mount Saint Vincent University

Program:

Accelerate

Examining a Nature-Based Mindfulness-Compassion Intervention Delivered Via Virtual Reality: Applications for Older Adults

The global population is aging at an unprecedented rate, increasing the necessity for effective interventions targeting the mental health needs of older adults. The proposed research project is a partnership between Dr. Khoury’s mindfulness research lab at McGill (PhD Intern: Isabel Sadowski) and Super Splendide. We seek to investigate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of a 4-week nature meditation program offered via a multi-user 360°-HD video virtual reality (VR) application, called Toujours Dimanche. This program aims to support older adult mental health through incorporating elements of nature, mindfulness, and compassion. If successful, Toujours Dimanche has the potential to promote geriatric mental health through the use of a technology that is accessible, as well as safe. This project will also support Super Splendide in the effect development, market validation, and scaling of Toujours Dimanche.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bassam Khoury

Student:

Partner:

Super Splendide inc.

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Information and cultural industries; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Accelerate

Un nouveau regard sur les protéines et le microbiote intestinal afin de mieux comprendre les bienfaits des produits laitiers sur la santé.

La composition en nutriments a été traditionnellement considérée comme un point clé pour justifier et recommander la consommation de certains aliments. En ce qui concerne les produits laitiers, les guides alimentaires de nombreux pays ont principalement insisté sur le lien calcium-lait selon lequel un nombre minimal de portions quotidiennes de lait et produits connexes devrait être consommé pour maintenir une santé osseuse adéquate. Au-delà de ce constat, la recherche sur les produits laitiers au cours des dernières décennies a également documenté une relation bénéfique entre la consommation de produits laitiers et le risque de développer des problèmes de santé tels que le diabète de type 2 et l’obésité. Dans un tel contexte, le calcium s’est de nouveau avéré être un acteur important bien qu’il ait également été établi que les protéines sont importantes. Cette demande propose donc une continuation de cette preuve de concept qui devrait montrer qu’au-delà de la quantité, les protéines laitières peuvent faire la différence dans le contexte de la prise en charge clinique de l’obésité.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Angelo Tremblay;André Marette;Claudia Gagnon

Student:

Partner:

Dairy Farmers of Canada

Discipline:

Life Sciences

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology; Education

University:

Université Laval

Program:

Accelerate

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