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Meta-information Extraction from Large-scale Streaming News for Entity-level Media Intelligence and Reporting

Gnowit is an Ottawa-based information services company that employs artificial intelligence and machine learning to automate the process of monitoring web sources at scale to provide real-time briefings and notifications for the purposes of competitive intelligence, evidence-based policy research and media monitoring. The company currently monitors more than 40 thousand web sources and generates atleast 1.2 million fully analysed documents daily. Gnowit’s customers currently only employ traditional Boolean full-text queries and simple meta-information-based filters to extract documents that are of interest to them. The current technology allows an undesirable quantity of noise and requires substantial improvement. Our main goal is to create (i) new set of customer-facing filters based on the geographic location of news publications, genres, central topics and themes (ii) extract meta-information that can be applied to web-sources, individual articles and segments of documents and (iii) develop entity-level analytics pipelines. Applying these tags to individual sources and documents is beyond the capacity of human effort, and so could benefit from techniques from the field of natural language processing and deep learning. Additionally, we will contribute to the field of machine learning research by developing innovative methods for tackling interpretability challenges associated with deep learning models.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Burak Kantarci

Student:

Haruna Isah;Tuerxun Waili

Partner:

Gnowit Inc

Discipline:

Engineering - computer / electrical

Sector:

University:

University of Ottawa

Program:

Elevate

Application development for use of “CLiC” single-molecule imaging in pharmaceutical sciences

In this project, the interns will develop a new set of tools and techniques to provide new scientific insights into the detailed interactions that occur between drug and target molecules in the human body. Understanding of these interactions is critical to design better, more effective, and more precisely targeted drugs. The problem is that current techniques for investigating molecular interactions make “ensemble measurements” over huge numbers of drug and target molecules and give researchers only an “average” measurement of the interactions. But this average measurement misses many important details of how one individual drug molecule interacts with one individual target molecule, and as drugs become increasingly sophisticated these “single-molecule” insights become critical. The interns will apply a new single-molecule microscopy technique being developed by the Canadian startup ScopeSys to investigate two new kinds of drugs: antisense oligonucleotide drugs, which are constructed from DNA and which target RNA, and nanoparticles, which are nanometer-sized particles that can be used to carry potent drug formulations through the human body

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Faculty Supervisor:

Bradley Siwick

Student:

Daniel Berard;Radin Tahvildari

Partner:

ScopeSys Inc.

Discipline:

Physics / Astronomy

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

McGill University

Program:

Impact of early life nutrition on nutrient utilization, physiology, and health status of piglets

An improved knowledge of the interaction between birth weight and early-life nutrition is necessary to improve growth performance and health status of piglets. Studies will be conducted that examine the physiological differences between low and normal birth weight piglets, the impact of early-life nutrition on nutrient use and growth performance, and the impact of nursery diet on health status and ability to resist disease challenge. The swine industry is an economically important industry in Canada and it is expected that the information generated from these projects will help to improve the economic, environmental, and social sustainability of the Canadian pork value chain.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Van Kessel

Student:

Michael Wellington

Partner:

Prairie Swine Centre Inc.

Discipline:

Animal science

Sector:

Agriculture

University:

University of Saskatchewan

Program:

Medication Adherence Using HomeEXCEPT’s Non-Intrusive Monitoring Platform

How do caregivers ensure that their patients take their medicine? For patients who are elderly and living at home, this requires a caregiver to make regular visits, which can be very costly and time consuming. HomeEXCEPT is a non-intrusive monitoring system that uses the internet to help make caregivers or family members aware of unusual or dangerous situations in the home that threaten the patient. The research will look at ways the HomeEXCEPT network can keep an eye on a patient’s medication schedules.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Michael LeBlanc;Yasushi Akiyama

Student:

Lerao Fang

Partner:

Home Except Inc

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Information and cultural industries

University:

Program:

Accelerate

COOL WORLD:Researching the intersections of community collaboration, technology, and social justice

This research project will examine the how digital networking technologies that use geo-targeted data can be used for social movement building. The project will analyze how grassroots community engagement can be optimized for online networks and digital technologies, and will engage with artists and activists who do this work, in a participatory relationship, in order to assess the viability of the technology, for social transformations.

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Faculty Supervisor:

John Paul Catungal

Student:

David Ng

Partner:

Hello Cool World

Discipline:

Gender and sexuality studies

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Decolonization, engagement and multi-sectoral collaboration from an urban Indigenous perspective.

The research project will look at how EndPoverty Edmonton has engaged with the diverse Indigenous population that lives in Edmonton on their interests and perspectives on eliminating poverty. Indigenous peoples and communities continue to experience social and economic inequality as compared to other Canadians. Their social and economic inequality can be linked to the impacts colonization which has marginalized Indigenous peoples and require them to conform to the cultural values of mainstream society. Increasingly, Indigenous peoples are calling for increased control and influence over those issues that affect them. Potential benefits to EndPoverty Edmonton include understanding ways to incorporate Indigenous interests and perspectives in the development and implementation of their engagement strategies and in their collaboration with Indigenous peoples.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Fay Fletcher;Leo Wong

Student:

Lori Sokoluk

Partner:

United Way of Alberta Capital Region

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

Program:

Accelerate

Modeling of membrane fatigue in fuel cells

Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells are a clean source of energy and a promising candidate for replacing internal combustion engines in automotive applications. However, the commercial use of fuel cells in such applications faces significant challenges on cost and durability. This project aims to address the concerns around fuel cell durability with a focus on the degradation of the polymer electrolyte membrane, a key component of the fuel cell. Specifically, the aim is to develop a deep understanding of how the typical fuel cell in-situ conditions, such as temperature, relative humidity, and cell voltage govern the chemical and mechanical degradation of composite fuel cell membranes.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Erik Kjeang

Student:

Mohsen Mazrouei Sebdani

Partner:

AVL Fuel Cell Canada

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Simon Fraser University

Program:

Accelerate

Development of the library of nanoparticle contrast probes for tissue clearing 3D microscopy compatible with multi-modal imaging in fluorescence, dark field, MRI, CT and electron microscopy modalities

High resolution 3D microscopy is a rapidly growing area of biomedical research, which has high potential to replace traditional 2D histology used for the analysis of tissue biopsies of cancer and other diseases. However, currently there is a limited availability of contrast agents that can label organs, biological tissues, and cells in a live animal and are compatible with these techniques. Mitacs fellows will work to develop a commercial line of labeling probes which are fully compatible with the 3D microscopy. Furthermore, unique properties of nanoparticles will make these probes highly versatile, allowing the high resolution 3D microscopy to be combined with other imaging modalities, such as MRI, CT, and electron microscopy. This research will position Luna Nanotech as one of the leaders in the field of 3D microscopy and multi-modal imaging.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Leo Chou

Student:

Kyryl Zagorovsky;Mohamed Abdou Mohamed

Partner:

Luna Nanotech

Discipline:

Engineering - biomedical

Sector:

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Investigation of the therapeutic benefit of phytocannabinoids and Cannabis extracts in Alzheimer’s disease using a novel 3D in vitro model.

By the legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada in 2018 and continuing the legal use of medicinal cannabis, there is an emerging need for investigating the health aspect of cannabis products. Despite the memory difficulties that may cause by the long-term use of cannabis some research indicated the benefit of cannabinoids, the bioactive components of the cannabis plant, to manage agitation and aggregation in some people with dementia. However, there is no solid evidence for the therapeutic or toxicity of cannabis products for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This project aims to investigate the potential therapeutic benefit of cannabis products for people with AD by developing a valid model of neurons. This project also plans to design a standard method for screening the cannabis products that can be used for quality control and identify the bioactive compounds in cannabis.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Kagan Kerman

Student:

Soha Ahmadi Nadoushan

Partner:

Lupos

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Program:

Optimizing acclimatization of in-vitro produced Cannabis genotypes for enhanced survival and long-term performance

Micropropagation is a technique widely used in agriculture to rapidly produce genetically identical stock plants that are free from plant diseases. The recent legalization of Cannabis in Canada has prompted the need for licensed producers to access genetically stable plant material that produces a consistent yield and chemical profile. Micropropagation is a solution to replace vegetative propagation through a mother plant operation. One of the challenges for greenhouses and indoor cultivators to adopt micropropagation at an industrial scale is the high mortality that can occur when transferring plants to a new environment. The process of acclimating tissue cultured plants requires special attention to the root zone and leaf water loss. This project will explore different treatments that will increase the health of the plants when transferred from a lab to a greenhouse environment. Segra Biogenesis holds the first nursery for Cannabis micropropagation in Canada. This research will benefit the end user of Segra’s products– Canadian Cannabis growers – to successfully integrate new plant material into their operation.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Andrew Riseman

Student:

Roshanak Shahriary Ahmady

Partner:

Segra Biogenesis

Discipline:

Food science

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Best Practice Framework for Healthcare Innovation Infrastructure, Implementation and Learning Campus

This study focuses on identifying best practices to guide the development of the PHC healthcare innovation and learning campus. PHC and the UBC research team seeks to build a design structure matrix (DSM) to inform the PHC about governance, key process, organizing structures, operating practices, intellectual property (IP), partnering approaches, partnership agreements, and implementation plans for developing an innovation hub ecosystem. Through conducting environmental scans and qualitative interviews with key stakeholders, this internship will capture insights from partners across industry (e.g., health systems companies, research departments, academic researchers and government standards groups, including exemplar hospitals, physicians, other care providers, industry partners, systems companies, researchers, and the federal and provincial Minsters of Health and Canada Health Infoway) regarding key factors to develop an ecosystem to support innovative healthcare and health service delivery in the 21st century.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Barbara Marcolin;Eric Li

Student:

John Henderson

Partner:

Providence Health Care

Discipline:

Other

Sector:

Health care and social assistance

University:

University of British Columbia

Program:

Accelerate

Developing, Refining, and Implementing Specialty Additive Manufacturing Tool paths and Development of a Heat Transfer Framework for Bead Based Deposition Systems

New opportunities lead to new challenges. The additive Manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing process has created new opportunities as it has reduced advanced process planning times. However, this is not true for new multi-degree of freedom machines being introduced to fabricate complex metallic components. Research to facilitate AM CAD/CAM needs to be performed, and this research project focuses on developing advanced process planning solutions for bead based deposition systems. This research will support machine tool builders developing new AM equipment, and their customers. The Mastercam CAD/CAM software suite will be leveraged. This research will provide solutions novel software solutions to assist process planners in developing desirable build strategies for large, complex components.

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Faculty Supervisor:

Jeffrey Defoe;Jill Urbanic

Student:

Yeganeh Bahoo Torudi;Syamak Pazireh

Partner:

CAMufacturing Solutions Inc

Discipline:

Sector:

University:

University of Windsor

Program:

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