Posted on Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017
Dancing Data Visualization
1st Place Winning Project
A data visualization tool built to create seamless data animations at the click of a button. This tool allows large data sets to showcase relationships that are often lost in multi-dimensional forms. We call these animations ‘Dancing Data’.
Presenters: Edmer Buen; Shannon Wilson; Geemakun Storey; Weikai Li
Project Facilitator: Adesh Shah
Project Manager: Theodore Mirtchev
Industry Partner: Global Advantage Consulting
Big Data for Small Places
2nd Place Winning Project
BD4SP is a project that’s at its core is to supply small business and small places with the right tools to make better decisions in order to create growth. At the center piece of this project, we focused on Frontenac County, which struggled to make sense of all the information it had to pin point: where they should invest their money? Where are the healthy hamlets? What are the social demographic issues that affect those factors? And many more. This project is meant to give visual representation, make sense of the data that’s being supplied and help Frontenac make more calculated predictions in the its future.
Presenters: Robert Taracha; Anton Antonenko
Project Facilitator: Adesh Shah
Project Manager: Theodore Mirtchev
Industry Partner: Big Data for Small Places
Masterpeice VR/Exchange Integration
3rd Place Winning Project
MasterpieceVR is the world’s first collaborative 3D painting, sculpting and modelling program for virtual reality. Create works of art, colourful characters, and objects with ease. Connect with people anywhere in the world and create together in real time, teach an art class, or share your creation.
Presenters: Kari Ball; Mitchum Drury; Morgan Morrell-Frewn; Alex Papineau; Arin Poray; Devin Shepherd
Professor: Greg Beaton
Industry Partner: Brinx Inc.
Posted on Monday, August 21st, 2017
Paid Student Researcher Positions with Algonquin’s Office of Applied Research and Innovation
Renewable full- and/or part-time contracts are now available.
The Office of Applied Research and Innovation is building Algonquin’s brand new Data Analytics Centre. We are looking for skillful, knowledgeable developers who will be thrilled to learn new technologies and tackle real industrial problems.
Responsibilities:
- Engage in real, practical, industry-driven applied research and development.
- Collaborate closely with clients and teammates – developers, UX designers, testers – to guarantee the success of the project.
- Design and develop custom software using both new and proven technologies and best practices.
- Debug and troubleshoot data, code and workflows.
Requirements:
- Students with various skill sets will be hired on a project-by-project basis. Experience with many of the following areas of ‘mainstream’ software engineering will be expected:
- Python, Java, JavaScript, Node JS, C#, Linux bash shell scripting
- Back- / Front-end / Full-stack web development.
- HTML5, CSS, PHP, RESTful APIs, responsive web-design
- Database design and administration, SQL, Apache server / MySQL…
- Mobile app development, iOS, Android, cross-platform development
- Thirst to learn new things and to constantly improve your work, problem-solver mentality
Preference will be given to students with some experience in cloud-based technology (Amazon Web Services, MS Azure, IBM Bluemix, Google Cloud APIs…), non-relational databases/NoSQL/MongoDB, parallel GPU programming and data sourcing, processing and visualization.
Please contact Dr. Theo Mirtchev (mirtcht@algonquincollege.com, 613 727 4723 / 6080) with your resume and a brief expression of interest.
Posted on Tuesday, June 13th, 2017
Algonquin College on Monday morning formally announced that it will receive $2.3 million over five years ($460,000 per year) to fund a new Data Analytics Centre which will work with local and national partners to harness the power of big data for the purposes of data mining, machine learning for predictive analytics, and distributed intelligence. This initiative is the first of its kind in the Canadian college system, and will join Algonquin College’s six applied research centres under its Office of Partnerships, Applied Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship.
MP Anita Vandenbeld was on hand to make the announcement.
“With this technology Algonquin College will have new methods of providing applied research support to local businesses and industry. Companies will benefit from access to college expertise and resources; faculty will gain new knowledge and insights to integrate into the curriculum; college students will benefit from a real world, engineering experience,” said MP Vandenbeld, “In short, our government’s funding and this cutting edge technology will further anchor Algonquin College’s position as one of Canada’s premiere institutions.”
The funding was awarded following a successful application to NSERC’s College and Community Innovation program. Partners of Algonquin College’s centre include regional innovators such as Gnowit, Global Advantage, CHEO, Newborn Screening Ontario, Ocular Mobile Innovations, Community Ingenuity, Gymtrack, Contextere, IBM, Cumulus Dental, Paradigm Technologies, GaitTronics, RealDecoy, bitHeads, TyQuest, Discoverly, Mitel, Carleton University, The University of Ottawa, Invest Ottawa, Ontario Centers of Excellence, CANARIE, and Research Data Canada.
The Data Analytics Centre will be located inside the Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Learning Centre once construction on that project concludes next year. This is Algonquin College’s fifth successful application to NSERC’s CCI funding program.
Read the full article here
If you have plans in ‘Big Data’ as either an adopter or a provider, or if you could use assistance on data research, data analytics product development, testing, and commercialization, please contact:
Theo Mirtchev, Ph.D. | Project Manager | Applied Research & Innovation | Algonquin College | 613-727-4723 ext. 6080
Posted on Friday, June 9th, 2017
The Office of Applied Research and Innovation at Algonquin College would like to congratulate everyone involved in the “Rainy Daze” application. Rainy Daze was recently Awarded the Silver “Prix d’Excellence” by the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE). The application was created entirely by Algonquin College students, in partnership with the Office of Applied Research & Innovation, and the Umbrella Project.
Rainy Daze is a harm reduction application intended to inform the user about harm reduction and harm reduction techniques. The app features a series of mini games built around specific harm reduction concepts. The game is targeted directly to the college student demographic and addresses specific situational awareness and provides the user non-judgmental feedback and positive reinforcement of established harm reduction approaches.
Try the game for yourself on the Umbrella Project website – Play Rainy Daze
See the official results here
Screenshot of Rainy Daze
Posted on Friday, May 19th, 2017
Data Analytics Center First of its Kind
Companies in Ottawa seeking support with big data technologies now have a new resource, thanks to funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Algonquin College.
NSERC today announced the College will receive $2.3 million over five years ($460,000 per year) to fund a new Data Analytics Centre (DAC) which will work with local and national partners to harness the power of big data for the purposes of data mining, machine learning for predictive analytics, distributed intelligence, and Internet of Things. This initiative is the first of its kind in the Canadian college system, and will join Algonquin College’s six applied research centres under its Office of Partnerships, Applied Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship.
Read the full article here
The Ottawa Business Journal also covered the story – Read about it here
If you have plans in ‘Big Data’ as either an adopter or a provider, or if you could use assistance on data research, data analytics product development, testing, and commercialization, please contact:
Theo Mirtchev, Ph.D. | Project Manager | Applied Research & Innovation | Algonquin College | 613-727-4723 ext. 6080
Posted on Thursday, April 13th, 2017
Introduction to Arduino
1st Place Winning Project
This project’s goal is to create interactive Arduino labs for students in the library and to create an information technician program at Algonquin College. These labs are aimed at early users, with a range from simple labs for children to more interesting labs for others.
Presenters: Andrew Moon; Enias Gengezha; Yitagusu Shiferaw
Principal Investigator: Cynthia Ough-Underwood
Static Load Testing Cell
2nd Place Winning Project
This static load testing cell is designed and built on the basis of functionality, accuracy, and ease of operation in order to allow the client to accurately test their products to ensure they meet the required standards and specifications.
Presenters: Andrew McDonald; Casey Foley; Angus Wilson; Nathanael Slow; Flint Gleeson
Principal Investigator: Sandra Brancatelli
Industry Partner: HealthCraft Products
Expense Tracking App
3rd Place Winning Project
The goal of this project is to create a mobile application designed for tracking travel expenses for business trips. The application encompasses the pre-approval, expense tracking and claims submission processes.
Presenters: Ryan Doiron; Sercan Kum; Anton Antonenko; Hjalmar Ayestas Leclair; Matthew Saab; Caleb Lalonde-Sauvé
Principal Investigator: Gerald Hurdle
Industry Partner: Canadian Commercial Corporation
Posted on Thursday, April 13th, 2017
Paid Student Researcher Positions with Algonquin’s Office of Applied Research and Innovation Renewable full- and/or part-time contracts
Starting this April, Applied Research will be establishing Algonquin’s brand new Data Analytics Centre. We are looking for skillful, knowledgeable developers who will not be afraid to learn new technologies and tackle real industrial problems.
Responsibilities:
- Engage in real, practical, industry-driven applied research and development.
- Collaborate closely with clients and teammates: UX designers, developers to guarantee the success of the project.
- Design and develop custom software using both new and proven technologies and best practices.
- Debug and troubleshoot data, code and workflows.
Requirements:
Students with various skill sets will be hired on a project-by-project basis. Experience with many of the following areas of ‘mainstream’ software engineering will be expected:
- Java, Python, JavaScript, Node JS, C#, Linux shell scripting
- Back- or Front-end or Full-stack web development.
- HTML5, CSS, PHP, RESTful APIs, responsive web-design
- Database design and administration, SQL, Apache server / MySQL…
- Mobile app development, iOS, Android, cross-platform development
- Thirst to learn new things and to constantly improve your work, problem-solver mentality
Preference will be given to students with some experience in cloud-based technology (MS Azure, IBM Bluemix, Google APIs…), non-relational databases/noSQL and data sourcing, processing and visualization.
Please contact Dr. Theo Mirtchev (mirtcht@algonquincollege.com, 613 727 4723 / 6080) with your resume and a brief expression of interest.
Posted on Tuesday, March 28th, 2017
A new study, launched in partnership with the Victim Justice Network, is trying to learn what makes victims of violent crime resilient. The study, conducted by researchers from Algonquin College and the University of Ottawa, is asking participants how they coped after trauma and tragedy, and how they found support and inner strength.
The findings of the study, supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, will be shared widely and will be formally integrated into the curriculum of the graduate victimology program at Algonquin College, Barkley says.
Read the full article
Posted on Wednesday, March 8th, 2017
The Office of Applied Research and Innovation is looking for volunteer judges for the Applied Research Day competition on April 12th, 2017.
Every year, student teams work on applied projects in which they apply knowledge and skills acquired through their field of study. The majority of these projects are showcased on the main Applied Research Day event in April each year. Read more >
Posted on Wednesday, March 1st, 2017
WordPress Developer
Paid Co-op / Student Researcher Position
4 – 8 months with potential for permanent placement at firm
$15 per hour / 20hrs – 37.5 hours per week
Gnowit is seeking a WordPress developer to design, develop and maintain a WordPress plugin to cleanly integrate several of Gnowit’s information aggregation and analytics products into WordPress powered web sites.
Responsibilities
- Develop custom and interactive WordPress Plugins using proven technologies and best practices
- Collaborate closely with designers, developers, product managers and the marketing teams to effectively productive the Gnowit plugin on the WordPress app store and other trade publications
- Optimize the WordPress plugins for speed and conversion
- Troubleshoot bugs and fix them in a timely and non-disruptive manner
Requirements
- 1+ years of WordPress Experience
- 2+ years of HTML, CSS, JS, PHP and MySQL experience
- (Bonus) Expertise with modifying and managing themes and plugins
- Understanding of WordPress code
- Thirst to learn new things and to constantly improve your work
- Problem Solver mentality – whether load times are slow or the plugins are conflicting, you won’t stop until things are running smoothly
- Understanding of cross-platform and cross-browser issues
Please contact Dr. Shahzad Khan (shahzad@gnowit.com) with your resume and a brief description of relevant experiences to set up an interview.
