Bird-aircraft strikes pose a significant safety hazard to aircraft, pilots and passengers. In order to address this hazard, Illuminex AI worked with a group of UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Vancouver students to develop a robust object detection pipeline to identify birds in images around airfields in real-time.
For Faber Connect, a significant operational challenge is the unpredictability of worker attendance and worker quality. To mitigate this issue, Faber turned to a group of UBC’s Master of Data Science (MDS) Vancouver students to develop a data pipeline that predicts worker job success.
Ocarina Studios’ Dream QuiZzz is an adventure/trivia game, currently being powered by a database of approximately 30,000 manually-written questions. In order for the database to expand efficiently and effectively, Ocarina Studios worked with a group of UBC Master of Data Science in Computational Linguistics students on a data pipeline project that will generate question-answer (QA) pairs, without the need for human intervention, through the use of machine learning and linguistic techniques.
For their Advanced Corpus Linguistics project, a group of UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Computational Linguistics students created a corpus of social media content and comments to help understand and keep up with new slang terms.
To help navigate the complexities of today’s job search, a group of UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Computational Linguistics students worked on a project to help job seekers find the right role for their career aspirations while also being confident about job stability.
True North Sports and Entertainment worked with a group of UBC Master of Data Science Okanagan students to create a ticket pricing model from scratch using Jets ticket sales data from the past decade.
BC Stats collaborated with a team of UBC Master of Data Science – Computational Linguistics students to enhance user experience and adoption of BC Data Catalogue by implementing advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques. The primary focus was to help users find the datasets they needed and understand what datasets were available.
The University of Toronto’s Future of Law Lab worked with two groups of Master of Data Science Computational Linguistics students to help answer the following question: Why do judges allow or deny eviction orders in Ontario's Residential Tenancy Board?
To reduce the amount of manual review, ICBC tasked a group of UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Vancouver students to develop a pipeline capable of accurately reading odometers from dashboard photographs to assist with its low-kilometre discount program.
The Neotoma Paleoecology Database is a National Science Foundation funded, open source, community-led database that contains records of over 10 million ice age fossils. However, data entry of new records is a time-consuming process, and is often a barrier for researchers submitting their data. Neotoma worked with a group of UBC Master of Data Science Vancouver students to develop a full-text journal search using NLP tools to both identify articles of interest to Neotoma’s team of data stewards, and to extract relevant data from the journal articles to reduce the barrier for data upload.
Bird-aircraft strikes pose a significant safety hazard to aircraft, pilots and passengers. In order to address this hazard, Illuminex AI worked with a group of UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Vancouver students to develop a robust object detection pipeline to identify birds in images around airfields in real-time.
For Faber Connect, a significant operational challenge is the unpredictability of worker attendance and worker quality. To mitigate this issue, Faber turned to a group of UBC’s Master of Data Science (MDS) Vancouver students to develop a data pipeline that predicts worker job success.
To reduce the amount of manual review, ICBC tasked a group of UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Vancouver students to develop a pipeline capable of accurately reading odometers from dashboard photographs to assist with its low-kilometre discount program.
The Neotoma Paleoecology Database is a National Science Foundation funded, open source, community-led database that contains records of over 10 million ice age fossils. However, data entry of new records is a time-consuming process, and is often a barrier for researchers submitting their data. Neotoma worked with a group of UBC Master of Data Science Vancouver students to develop a full-text journal search using NLP tools to both identify articles of interest to Neotoma’s team of data stewards, and to extract relevant data from the journal articles to reduce the barrier for data upload.
The Canadian Campus of Wellbeing Survey (CCWS) wanted to explore the effects of the pandemic on Canadian post-secondary students, in particular on vulnerable learning groups (e.g., learners with disabilities, and racialized learners). The CCWS teamed up with a group of UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Vancouver students to explore the impact of the pandemic on students’ mental well-being.
Sitewise Analytics, a Software-as-a-Service company, specializing in developing site forecast models, sales impact assessments, and actionable market strategy plans for leading restaurant, retail, real estate, and healthcare chains, partnered with Master of Data Science (MDS) Vancouver students to understand which specific factors drive success (and failure) for certain restaurant brands.
In partnership with the Animal Welfare Program at the UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems, a group of MDS Vancouver alumni created a visualization dashboard to monitor the feeding, drinking and social behaviours of dairy cattle. Accurately visualizing and monitoring aids with the early detection of health problems and improves cattle welfare.
A group of UBC MDS Vancouver students were asked by a global, private investment firm to answer a single question for their capstone project—could they detect deception in earnings calls using data science? After establishing a meaningful proxy for deception, engineering linguistics features to map deception, evaluating their worth, and identifying anomalies, the team supplied the firm with a reproducible report to build upon.
Together with the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU), students from UBC’s MDS Vancouver program developed an interactive DrugSense dashboard interface for the BCCSU’s website. The goal of the project was to give those who use drug-checking services a way to visualize and explore key trends and statistics related to specific drugs and an ever-changing and unregulated drug market, while providing opportunities to learn more.
Working with the Vancouver Whitecaps, Vancouver’s professional Major League Soccer team, a group of UBC MDS Vancouver students analyzed players physical performance to build a model for player fatigue and fitness. The students developed a data pipeline which can help the Whitecaps analyze and understand training loads for each session and closely examine the players' physical outputs during training sessions and matches.
True North Sports and Entertainment worked with a group of UBC Master of Data Science Okanagan students to create a ticket pricing model from scratch using Jets ticket sales data from the past decade.
In the past, Statistics Canada developed network accessibility measures based on the distance of driving and walking to compute proximity scores for various types of amenities. However, the importance of public transit as a primary mode of travel has not been included and accessibility measures based on time using transit have never been incorporated into proximity scores.
With more and more primary care physicians using electronic medical records (EMR), extracting insights from it to improve patient care is complex. That is why JustPractice, a BC company using high quality EMR data analysis to help physicians manage their patients, enlisted the help of students from the UBC’s Master of Data Science Okanagan program, to improve the identification of patient care gaps through the analysis of EMR data.
Agri-Food Canada enlisted the help of a team of students from the University of British Columbia’s Master of Data Science Okanagan program to help AAFC improve the overall efficiency of the tree fruit breeding process by providing unbiased and precise data on sweet cherry traits in an expedited fashion, while avoiding cost arising from unproductive procedures and human errors.
In partnership with Statistics Canada, students of UBC’s Master of Data Science Okanagan program used clustering methods, principal component analysis and principal component regression to provide greater insight into the spread of COVID-19 among of long-term care homes. The project showcased how leveraging various open data sources can produce comprehensive and meaningful results.
In partnership with the City of Kelowna, students of UBC’s Master of Data Science Okanagan program trained machines to uncover trends and insights into the community’s cultural needs. The knowledge gained not only helped inform the City’s Cultural Plan, it helped the local government connect in a real way with its citizens.
Ocarina Studios’ Dream QuiZzz is an adventure/trivia game, currently being powered by a database of approximately 30,000 manually-written questions. In order for the database to expand efficiently and effectively, Ocarina Studios worked with a group of UBC Master of Data Science in Computational Linguistics students on a data pipeline project that will generate question-answer (QA) pairs, without the need for human intervention, through the use of machine learning and linguistic techniques.
For their Advanced Corpus Linguistics project, a group of UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Computational Linguistics students created a corpus of social media content and comments to help understand and keep up with new slang terms.
To help navigate the complexities of today’s job search, a group of UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Computational Linguistics students worked on a project to help job seekers find the right role for their career aspirations while also being confident about job stability.
BC Stats collaborated with a team of UBC Master of Data Science – Computational Linguistics students to enhance user experience and adoption of BC Data Catalogue by implementing advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques. The primary focus was to help users find the datasets they needed and understand what datasets were available.
The University of Toronto’s Future of Law Lab worked with two groups of Master of Data Science Computational Linguistics students to help answer the following question: Why do judges allow or deny eviction orders in Ontario's Residential Tenancy Board?
With the rise of ChatGPT, for their Advanced Corpus Linguistics course, a group of MDS Computational Linguistics students wanted to develop a model that can distinguish between human text and A.I. generated text.
For their Advanced Corpus Linguistics project, a group of MDS Computational Linguistics students wanted to apply the Bechdel Test to the works of Jane Austen.
Looking for a way to improve the conjugation tool for nouns and verbs within various Indigenous languages, such as Ojibwe, CultureFoundry turned to a group of UBC Master of Data Science (MDS) Computational Linguistics students, who created an Ojibwe conjugator and API (Application Programming Interface) to tackle this task. This tool will allow language learners to smoothly and efficiently navigate the many possible forms each word can take, giving them greater authority and confidence in building their language skills.
As part of their Advanced Corpus Linguistics project, four MDS Computational Linguistics students wanted to investigate the specific emotion in Goodreads book reviews.
For their Advanced Corpus Linguistics project, a group of MDS Computational Linguistics students decided to track all the spells mentioned in the Harry Potter book series.