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How does one explain to various groups of people how highly complex hydrological phenomenon affect a given area? It’s a critical question, since the success of water management in any location rests on those involved in water management being informed o ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/innovatio/visualizing-impact-human-activities-water-resources

Analysing video images to improve traffic safety

February 15, 2016

Smile! You’re on camera – at the intersection. But it’s in the name of science and traffic safety. Professor Nicolas Saunier sets up video cameras at sensitive locations in terms of road safety, like intersections, and analyses the footage taken to assess ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/innovatio/analysing-video-images-improve-traffic-safety

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Toward streamlined healthcare

February 15, 2016

Professor Lahrichi believes that the patient-treatment process will be transformed within 20 years. She is working on the use of data in real time to maximize material and human resources in hospitals. ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/innovatio/toward-streamlined-healthcare

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Algorithms that diagnose early-stage tumours

February 15, 2016

Are medical imaging machines more accurate than physicians in detecting a tumour? ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/innovatio/algorithms-diagnose-early-stage-tumours

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Machine learning rides to the rescue of aging infrastructures

February 15, 2016

Many cities must deal with aging infrastructures. Public authorities don’t have the means to replace or massively upgrade antiquated infrastructures. So how to ensure the safety and sustainable management of these networks? ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/innovatio/machine-learning-rides-rescue-aging-infrastructures

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Fibres with the strength of spider silk

February 15, 2016

It’s between three and eight microns in diameter but five to ten times stronger than steel or Kevlar: spider silk is an exceptional material. Just imagine all we could build with a fibre that has those properties! ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/innovatio/fibres-strength-spider-silk

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An Optical Nose for Analyzing Gas Mixtures

February 15, 2016

Artificial “noses” that can detect specific gases already exist. But they cannot determine with any certainty the different gases within a mixture. To resolve this issue, Professor Yves-Alain Peter, a microphotonics expert, took it upon himself to assembl ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/innovatio/optical-nose-analyzing-gas-mixtures

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