Master Theses & Projects: Recent submissions
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A heart rate and skin response module for adaptive difficulty in virtual reality
(2022-09-01)Virtual Reality (VR) is becoming an ubiquitous technology currently being in many areas as it offers simulated realistic environments suitable for training. Despite the advances in VR technology, one-size-fits solutions ... -
A nonlinear and nonlocal model for animal aggregation
(2022-09-01)An aggregation model is a kind of model used to show the dynamics of the distribution of the population of organisms. Mathematically, we can use a partial differential equation to model the density of an organism at different ... -
Discrete optimization of upgrade scheduling
(2022-08-01)A primary objective of the mission to meet climate change goals of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is to transition from fossil fuels to zero-emission energy. Fossil fuel production and transportation account for ... -
Brønsted acid-catalyzed stereoselective allylation of exo-glycals with allyltrimethylsilane
(2022-08-01)Quaternary stereocenter on carbohydrate scaffolds is an important motif due to its presence in natural products and biologically active compounds. However, the preparation of C,C-glycosides is a challenge, and to date, ... -
Investigating proteomic profiles of skin mucus and blood plasma of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to low concentrations of waterborne nickel
(2022-08-01)The Ontario Ring of Fire located in the James Bay Lowlands is a nickel rich ore with ongoing mining proposals. This raises the possibility of nickel contamination in one of Ontario’s most precious freshwater regions and ... -
Aiding the experts: how artificial intelligence can augment expert evaluation with PathOS+
(2022-07-01)Within games user research (GUR) predictive methods like expert evaluation are good for getting easy insights on a game in development but may not accurately reflect the player experience. On the other hand, experimental ... -
Development of upper limb customized non- isomorphic VR interact ions for reaching, grabbing, and placing objects
(2022-08-01)Virtual Reality (VR) is becoming adopted in education, training, and entertainment due to its growing affordability. The variability of user preferences and physical capabilities in VR requires configurable settings in ... -
Simulation and modelling to develop a nanopore-based device for ricin detection
(2022-08-01)Nanopore-based protein detection represents an exciting opportunity to develop ultrasensitive diagnostic devices that are both portable and affordable. Aptamer-encoded nanopores detect target molecules by binding to them ... -
Single magnetic resonance image super-resolution using generative adversarial network
(2022-08-01)Super-Resolution is the process of converting given low-resolution images into corresponding high-resolution ones. The resolution enhancement process applied to medical images can potentially improve diagnostic accuracy ... -
Multi-scale local explanation approach for image analysis using model-agnostic explainable artificial intelligence (XAI)
(2022-08-01)The recent success of deep neural networks has generated a remarkable growth in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research, and it received much interest over the past few years. However, one of the main challenges for the broad ... -
Magic Pen: automatic pen-mode switching for document annotation
(2022-08-01)Traditional digital pen interfaces use menu buttons to change pen modes, resulting in time and cognitive load spent on round-trips and potential errors from tapping small mode selection buttons. This thesis presents Magic ... -
Proportional-integral control in the evaluation of glucose homeostasis and Type 2 Diabetes
(University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2022-06-01)Mathematical modelling of blood sugar dynamics has been explored since the early 1960s. For most of these models, measurements of hormones such as insulin and glucagon are required to find parameter values that yield ... -
Interfaces for alternatives, difference visualizations and collaborative authoring of behavior trees
(2020-12-01)A visual behavior authoring framework for exploring and comparing multiple game AI behavior alternatives is presented. A mixed method study revealed participants rated it higher compared to the control framework. Mostly ... -
Generative models for multi-modality image inpainting and resolution enhancement
(2022-04-01)Recently, deep learning methods specifically generative adversarial networks (GANs) have been used to rapidly improve a wide range of image enhancement tasks including image inpainting and image resolution enhancement also ... -
Novel electrode materials and advanced electrochemical diagnostics for electrochromic devices
(2022-04-01)Electrochromic materials (ECMs) are a class of “smart” materials used in a variety of applications due to the ability to alter their optical properties with the application of a potential. For these applications, ECMs are ... -
A big data and online health analytics framework extended to integrate clinical and countermeasure decision support
(2022-03-01)Computing frameworks that utilize big data analytics to support Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) have proven to impact human lives in applications on Earth and in space. In the application of Space Medicine Decision ... -
Parsing genetic models
(2022-01-01)Applications of computer vision have seen great success recently, yet there are few approaches dealing with visual illustrations. We propose a collection of computer vision applications for parsing genetic models. Genetic ... -
Video game livestream spectator: motivations and behaviours
(2021-12-01)In recent years, video game livestreams have seen tremendous growth, resulting gaps of knowledge regarding studies on the motivations and behaviours of livestream spectators. This thesis presents two studies that intend ... -
Predictive analytics for maintenance activities in nuclear power plants: a feasibility study
(2021-12-01)Nuclear power plants are known for their use of legacy systems and processes. As plants age, the amount of maintenance increases while resources remain finite, leading to unwanted delays, affecting the health of assets and ... -
The synthesis and in vitro evaluation of short interfering RNA containing triazole functionalized sphingolipid-based derivatives
(2021-12-01)RNA Interference (RNAi) is a natural cellular process that silences the expression of a target gene in a sequence-specific manner by mediating targeted mRNA degradation. One of the main challenges in RNAi research is ...