The Master of Data Science program at UBC works with an extensive network of partners including start-ups, government, higher education, IT, finance, etc.... These partners were key contributors to the design of the program, and also continue to provide students with the opportunity to get real-world experience in a variety of different roles and industries through their eight-week capstone project.
Featured Capstone Projects
Neotoma Paleoecology Database (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Finding Fossils in the Literature
Siemens Healthineers - MDS Okanagan
Anomaly Detection in Biosensor Waveforms
BC Stats - MDS Computational Linguistics
Improving BC Data Catalogue with NLP Techniques
Vancouver
ALS GoldSpot Discoveries Ltd.
Towards Decentralized Training of Machine Learning Models for Bone Cancer Detection
Analytika
Production Line Robotics Arms Vision Recognition
Autozen Technology
Autozen Recommendation Engine
Boeing Digital Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Jeppesen
Navigation Chart Change Detection
Canucks Sports & Entertainment
Ticket Pricing Analysis of the Vancouver Canucks
Changing Ocean Research Unit, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, UBC
Can You Afford Sustainable Seafood in the Future Under Climate Change?
Faber Connect
Predicting No-Shows and Job Success in Construction
Illuminex AI
Airfield Hazards: Bird Tracking at Airports
Impact Canada (Impact and Innovation Unit, Privy Council Office)
Measuring Innovation Through Knowledge Production
Litefarm / University of British Columbia
Empowering Agriculture: Enhanced GHG Emissions Modeling
Rio Tinto Exploration
Project #1: FaultSENS
Rocketbrew Inc.
Generative AI Icebreaker - Wildcard Clickbait
Seahorse Strategies Inc.
Seahorse Strategies: UBC Stock Portfolio Allocation Formula
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AI-Driven Real Estate Insights: Revolutionizing Pre-Construction Sales
SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc.
Project #1: Benchmarking Tailings Facility Risks
Strait of Georgia Data Center
Survival Analysis System for Salmon in the Salish Sea
University of British Columbia
Checklists and LLM prompts for Efficient and Effective Test Creation in Data Analysis
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Project #1: The Global Game: Ranking Soccer Clubs Worldwide
Westland Insurance
Augmenting Customer Retention Modelling with NLP Feature Engineering
Okanagan
Broadsight Technology
Data Visualization for Media Interactions
Craver Solutions
Understanding Success in Local Business Mobile and Web Apps
DIVISIN AI
Secondary Rental Housing Supply Intelligence
Greenspace Mental Health
Project 1: Benchmarking and Predicting Mental Health Assessment Scores
Siemens Healthineers
Characterization and Optimization of Biosensor Waveforms
Computational Linguistics
British Columbia Investment Management Corp. (BCI)
Topic Modeling on SEC 10-K Filings
Calgary Police Service
Call Type X99- Miscellaneous
Dialpad
Language Modeling for Code-Switched Speech Recognition
Gerontology and Diabetes Research Laboratory (GDRL)
AI Screening of Spontaneous Speech to detect Alzheimer's
MyLivingCity
MyLiving City Community Discussion Platform (i.e. MyLiving City App)
Past Capstone Projects
aDolus - MDS Vancouver
2023: Can AI Spot Risky Software in Critical Infrastructure? 2020: Unearthing Hidden Vulnerabilities in Mission Critical Software
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - MDS Okanagan
2023: Project #1: Develop a Dashboard for the Existing Data and Fruit Photographs Project #2: Image Analysis for Apple Fruit Scans for Flesh Density Measurement 2022: (Science and Technology Branch): Exploring Optimal Machine Learning Models for Predicting Crop Yield at Township Level 2020: Improving Cherry Grading
Analytika - MDS Vancouver
2021: Transforming Customer Experiences
2020: Project #1: Smart Agriculture
2020: Project #2: Wells Timelines
Autozen Technology - MDS Vancouver
BC Centre on Substance Abuse - MDS Vancouver
2021: Using Data Science to Identify and Visualize Novel Compounds in Illicit Drug Checking Samples
BC Stats - MDS Vancouver
2021: Understanding Voting Method Choices in the 2020 BC General Elections
2020: Text Analytics: Quantifying the Responses to Open-Ended Survey Questions
2019: Quantifying the Responses to Open-Ended Survey Question
2018: Discovering Thematic Categories from Survey Comments
2017: Empowering Employee Engagement through AI - Government of BC
BCMEA - MDS Vancouver
2019: Improving Labour Forecasting to Promote the Competitiveness of BC Ports
Better Dwelling - MDS Computational Linguistics
2020: Does News Report Manipulate Financial Markets
BGC Engineering - MDS Computational Linguistics
2022: Social Landslides: Improve NASA Global Landslide Catalog with Automated Social Media Mining
BGC Engineering - MDS Vancouver
2023: Predicting the Largest Floods in Canadian Rivers 2020: Project #1: How high’s is the water mama?…Data Driven Flood Forecasting 2020: Project #2: Undisclosed Tailings Dams…Automated Tailings Dam Detection from Satellite Data 2019: Automated Landslide Detection and Delineation from LiDAR Images 2018: Anomaly Detection and Flood Forecasting using Real-time Hydrometric Data
Biba Ventures - MDS Vancouver
2020: Using Machine Learning to Predict Playground Usage
British Columbia Investment Management Corp. (BCI) - MDS Computational Linguistics
2022: What Can SEC 10-K Textual Disclosures Tell Us About Climate Risk?
British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) - MDS Vancouver
2021: What Can SEC 10-K Textual Disclosures Tell Us About a Firm’s Earnings Quality and Future Stock Returns?
Calgary Police Service - MDS Computational Linguistics
Identification and Classification of Interactions between Police and Persons with Mental Disorders/Illnesses (PWMI)
Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey and UBC - MDS Vancouver
2022: Impact of COVID-19 on Student Mental Health: Lessons from the CCWS
Cenovus - MDS Vancouver
2021: Using Time Series Temperature Data to Determine Well Productivity
City of Kelowna - MDS Okanagan
2019: Preparing for the Next Chapter of Culture in Kelowna
Citysage by Reliance Foundry - MDS Vancouver
2023: Noise Pollution: Spatial Modelling and Visualization of Urban Sound Levels 2022: LiDAR Object Detection and Classification for Cities
Coast Mountain Bus Company - MDS Vancouver
2017: Bringing clarity to transit congestion
Corporate Finance Institute Education Inc. - MDS Computational Linguistics
2022: Course Writing Style Analysis / Learner Feedback Analysis
Corporate Finance Institute Education Inc. - MDS Vancouver
2022: Project #1: Recency, Frequency, and Monetary Value Analysis (RFM)
2022: Project #2: Sales Forecasting
CRIM - MDS Computational Linguistics
2020: Discovering Words by Their Neighbours: a Dissimilarity-Based Concordance
CultureFoundry - MDS Computational Linguistics
2022: Ojibwe Conjugator Python Rewrite
Cymax Group Technologies - MDS Vancouver
Defined Finance Ltd. - MDS Vancouver
2022: DeFi Dashboard: Follow and Forecast the Money
Destination British Columbia - MDS Vancouver
2018: Predicting Conversion Rates for Tourism Advertisements on Facebook and Instagram
Dialpad - MDS Computational Linguistics
Dialpad - MDS Vancouver
Project #1: Detecting Emerging Topics, Trends and Anomalies from Call Center Transcripts
Project #2: Understanding & Predicting Customer Satisfaction Using Vocal Features
E-Comm 9-1-1 - MDS Vancouver
2020: SOP Consolidation to Save Lives and Property
2019: Saving Lives and Protecting Property with a Predictive Staffing Model
Finn AI - MDS Vancouver
2018: Helping AI Recognize Intent
Fleetmetrica Inc. - MDS Okanagan
2021: Developing a Fleet Risk Model Using a Machine Learning Approach
2020: Driver Risk Assessment Model Using Telematics Data
Fresh Prep - MDS Vancouver
2019: Predicting Customer Order Probabilities
Gerontology and Diabetes Research Laboratory (GDRL) - MDS Vancouver
2021: Project #1: Machine Learning Approaches to Diagnosing Lipohypertrophy at the Bedside
2021: Project #2: Machine Learning Approaches to Falls Prediction in Long Term Care
GetintheLoop - MDS Okanagan
2019: Customer Engagement Factors for Online Marketing
Glentel - MDS Computational Linguistics
2021: Voice of Employee and Customer
Glentel - MDS Vancouver
2022: Project #1: Practical People Analytics for Predicting Employee Performance
2022: Project #2: Practical People Analytics for Predicting Retention
2021: People Analytics
2020: Making sense of people data
Goldspot Discoveries - MDS Vancouver
2023: A Study on the Effects of Representation Bias on AI Performance and Methods of Mitigating it 2022: Project #1 Detection and Mitigation of Data Drift and Model D 2022: Project #2: Panorama Stitching of Core-Photos 2021: Automated Drill Core Logging Through the Lens of Machine Learning and Deep Learning 2020: Core Photo Analysis
Government of Canada Web Analytics Team - MDS Computational Linguistics
2021: Capturing What Users go to Canada.ca to Do
Government of Canada Web Analytics Team - MDS Vancouver
2021: Determining the Use Cases Across Data Science Sub-Fields for the Government of Canada's Web Analytics Operations
Heyday by Hootsuite - MDS Computational Linguistics
2022: Is it “Yes” or “No”: Negation-Aware Named Entity Recognition in the E-commerce Domain
Hockey Canada - MDS Okanagan
2022: Growth and Retention Strategy – Data and Research Analysis
Hootsuite - MDS Vancouver
2021: Customer Segmentation Using Hootsuite Product Usage Data
Impact Canada (Privy Council Office) - MDS Okanagan
Using Open Databases to Explore Feasibility and Relevance of Investment Analysis for Impact Canada Challenges
Indeed - MDS Computational Linguistics
2021: Automatic Inference of Reader Attributed from Blog Content
Informed Opinions - MDS Computational Linguistics
2020: NLP for Social Change – The Gender Gap Tracker
Insurance Corporation of BC - MDS Vancouver
Image Recognition of Vehicle Odometer Readings
Interior Health - MDS Okanagan
2020: Patterns of drug checking service use and results associated with a music festival in BC’s Interior region
2018: Determinations of Populations affected by Fatal and Non-fatal Overdoses
JustPractice Technologies Inc. - MDS Okanagan
Kai Analytics and Survey Research Inc. - MDS Computational Linguistics
Research and Development of New Topic Clustering and Sentiment Models for Web-based Qualitative Analysis Application (Unigrams)
Katalon Inc. - MDS Computational Linguistics
2022: Autonomous Software Testing Generation
Kelly Klee Insurance - MDS Okanagan
2020: Predictability of Kelly Klee Customers
KonectAi - MDS Computational Linguistics
Intelligent AI Based Car Descriptions
MDA - MDS Vancouver
2020: Image Captioning of Overhead Earth Observation Imagery
Merchant Growth - MDS Vancouver
2020: Merchant Score: Intelligent Credit Decisioning for Risk Management
Microsoft - MDS Vancouver
2018: Web traffic Prediction for msn.com
Minerva Intelligence - MDS Computational Linguistics
2020: Mineral Occurrence Text Extractor
MNP Technology Solutions - MDS Okanagan
2021: E-commerce and it's Challenges
Newsly Technologies Inc. - MDS Vancouver
2021: Audio Listening Preferences
Okanagan Planning and Institutional Research - MDS Okanagan
2019: Using Machine Learning for Sentiment Analysis in Survey Text Responses
Olyns - MDS Vancouver
2023: The Price Is Right! 2022: Prune CNN Models to Help People Go Green
OraQ AI - MDS Vancouver
2022: NLP to Untangle the Complex Web of Dental Conditions
Orbis Investments - MDS Vancouver
2021: Earning Calls Deception Analysis
PaybyPhone - MDS Vancouver
2021: Anomaly Detection
2020: Crowdsourced parking locations
Population Health Surveillance and Epidemiology, Office of the Provincial Health Officer, Province of British Columbia - MDS Vancouver
2022: BC Chronic Disease Visualization and Trend Analysis with R Shiny
Projectlink - MDS Okanagan
Properly Inc. - MDS Vancouver
2021: Image Processing: Quantifying the Home Condition from Property Images
Providence Health Care Providence Health Care - MDS Vancouver
2019: Forecasting of Staffing Needs
Quebec Iron Core - MDS Vancouver
2019: Project #1: Rock Predictor 2019: Project #2: Implementing a CNN to Segment Rock Types
QxMD - MDS Vancouver
2019: Project #1: Generate cross-product recommendations
2019: Project #2: Delivering Better Care Through Education
2018: Building a Recommendation System for Medical Research Papers
Realtor.com - MDS Vancouver
2021: Project #1: Identifying Real Estate Investment Opportunities Using Machine Learning
2021: Project #2: Will They, or Won't They? Return User Prediction
2020: Photo-realistic Neighborhood Image SynthesisRelated Article
2019: Estimate the Value of Key Local attributes used in buying decisions
Rio Tinto - MDS Computational Linguistics
Rio Tinto - MDS Vancouver
2023: Clean Sat 2017: Tools for Analyzing Mining Drill Data
Riversol - MDS Vancouver
2022: Forecasting the Success of Online Lead Generation
2020: E-Commerce Domination in Highly Competitive Markets Driven by Data Science
Rocketbrew Inc. - MDS Computational Linguistics
Automated E-commerce Window Shopping via NLP
Rocketbrew Inc. - MDS Vancouver
2022: Creating (figurative) ecommerce shopping aisles with ML
SAP - MDS Computational Linguistics
2022: ClearlyDefined: Intelligently Summarizing Software Licenses
SAP and Teejlab - MDS Vancouver
2019: Enhancing the Teejlab Analyzer for Data Service Agreements
Scotiabank - MDS Okanagan
2019: Sampling Methodology for Time-Dependent Data
Seahorse Strategies Inc. - MDS Vancouver
2022: Data Analytics for Stock Market Trading 2020: Seahorse Momentum Indicator (SMI) 2019: Predicting the Stock Market
Seasalt.ai - MDS Computational Linguistics
2023: TNITN for State-of-the-Art Speech Technologies 2022: Project #1: Bridging the Chasm: from Voice Data to Voice Intelligence 2022: Project #2: AMA About Your Business in a Mirror World Related Article
Seaspan Corporation - MDS Vancouver
Development of Operation and Maintenance Analytics Platform for Container Ships
Seekers Media - MDS Okanagan
2019: Marketing Campaign Visualization and Audience Impact
Semios - MDS Vancouver
2018: Binary Classification of Leaf Wetness Using Sensor Data
Sensing in Biomechanical Processes Lab (SimPL) - MDS Vancouver
2022: Towards a Simplified Method for Video Confirmation of Head Impact Events in Contact Sports
2021: Extracting and Visualizing the Human Brain State Using EEG Data
Sensorimotor Physiology Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, UBC - MDS Vancouver
2022: Decomposition of Muscle Activity for Sensorimotor Neuroscience
Siemens Healthineers - MDS Okanagan
2023: Text Analysis of Biosensor Manufacturing Data 2022: Anomaly Detection in Biosensor Waveforms Related Article 2021: Image Classification of Biosensor Prints
Sitewise Analytics - MDS Vancouver
2023: Restaurant Segmentation Analysis 2022: Determining Restaurant Sales Performance Drivers through Feature Selection
Slalom Consulting - MDS Vancouver
Power Price Prediction - a Short-Term Forecast
Statistics Canada (Real-Time Local Business) - MDS Okanagan
Exploring the Use of the Real-Yime Local Business Conditions Index to Forecast Economic Trends
Statistics Canada (Special Business Project) - MDS Okanagan
Data Exploration and Integration Lab, Statistics Canada: Segmentation of the Statistics Canada’s Set of Proximity Measures – A Clustering Algorithm Approach
Statistics Canada - MDS Okanagan
2022: Project #1: Assessing Google Trends Data 2022: Project #2: Innovating with Web-Scraped Data to Inform Impact Canada’s Challenges 2022: Project #3: Analysis of Rural Business Performance 2021: Project #1: COVID-19 - Canadian Employment Wage Subsidy: An Analysis 2021: Project #2: Incorporating Public Transit into Measures of Accessibility Related Article
2021: Project #3: The Effects of Proximity to Services on Canadians’ Housing Conditions 2020: Bringing Understanding to the COVID-19 Outbreak in Ontario Related Article
Suncor Energy Inc. - MDS Vancouver
2022: Modelling Heat Exchanger Units to Optimize Cleaning Schedules
TeejLab - MDS Vancouver
2018: Automated Legal Risk Assessment on Web Service License Changes
Teejlab Inc. and UBC Sauder - MDS Vancouver
2022: An Analytical Framework for Quantifying API Risks
Terra Sense Analytics Ltd. - MDS Okanagan
2022: Increase Performance of a Deep Learning Instance Segmentation Model Using Data Augmentation and Model Refinement
Tetrad - MDS Vancouver
2019: Forecasting Restaurant Sales with Mobile Device Location Data
The Deetken Group - MDS Vancouver
2020: Evolving Vancouver: Forecasting the Evolution of Vancouver's Business Landscape
The Sea Around Us - MDS Computational Linguistics
2021: Estimation of Worldwide MPAS Protection through a Novel Questionnaire
Thomson Reuters - MDS Computational Linguistics
2021: Improving Search with Deep Learning for a Marketing Leading Accounting Research Platform
2020: Next Generation Conceptual Tagging
Translink - MDS Vancouver
2020: Project #1: Vision over Transit Incidents & Claims
2020: Project #2: “Why is my bus late?” Understanding Bus Delay in Metro Vancouver
2020: Project #3: Optimizing Transit Stops
TRIUMF - MDS Vancouver
2023: CALORICH AI 2022: RICH AI 2019: NA62 Particle Classification
True North Sports + Entertainment - MDS Okanagan
Ticket Pricing Model for the Winnipeg Jets
Trusting Pixels - MDS Vancouver
2023: Softening Filter Detection on Compressed Video 2022: Project #1: Image Comparison Analysis 2022: Project #2: Photo Within Photo Detection
Two Hat Security Research - MDS Okanagan
2020: Identification of Patterns and Metrics to Distinguish Toxic and Non-Toxic Reddit Communities
UBC (Urban Data Lab) - MDS Okanagan
2021: UBC Sustainability Performance Dashboard
UBC (Urban Data Lab) - MDS Okanagan
2020: Building Energy Use Profile Visualizations
UBC Animal Welfare Program - MDS Vancouver
2022: Cow Bonds: Visualizing and Assessing Changes in the Social Networks of Dairy Cows
UBC Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology - MDS Vancouver
2017: Visualizing massive open online courses
UBC Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences - MDS Vancouver
Data Science for Polar Ice Core Climate Reconstructions
UBC Digital Emergency Medicine - MDS Vancouver
Predictive Analytics to Support HLBC 8-1-1 and HEiDi Triage.
UBC Linguistics - MDS Computational Linguistics
2020: Phase One of a Universal Graded Reader
UBC Sauder School of Business - MDS Vancouver
2019: Extracting a Corporate Social Network from SEC Filings
2018: Extracting Features from Financial Documents for Predicting Firm Performance
UBC’s Peter A. Allard School of Law - MDS Computational Linguistics
2020: Analysis of BC Negligence Decisions over 20 years
UBC’s Peter A. Allard School of Law, Legal Hackers Ontario, and Future of Law Lab (UofT) - MDS Computational Linguistics
Why do Judges Allow or Deny Eviction Orders in Ontario's Residential Tenancy Board?
Unbounce - MDS Computational Linguistics
2020: Closing the Feedback Loop: Identifying Customer Pain Points through NLP
Unbounce - MDS Vancouver
2018: Using Survival Analysis to Finding Leading Indicators of Customer Churn
University of British Columbia - MDS Vancouver
Urban Logiq - MDS Vancouver
2020: Project #1: Analysis of Connected Vehicle Driving Behaviour as a Predictor of Accidents
Related Article
2019: Indicators of Crash Severity
Vancouver Whitecaps - MDS Vancouver
2023: Project #1: Finding Football Talent with Wearable Technology Using PlayerMaker sensors to understand academy player performance 2023: Project #2: Terrific Touch 2022: Project #1: Disruptive Defending – Using Optical Tracking and Event Data to Evaluate MLS Players’ Defensive Performance 2022: Project #2: Passing Perfection – Using Optical Tracking and Event Data to Evaluate MLS Player's Passing Tendencies 2021: Project #1: Football Fortune Telling: Predicting MLS Performance 2021: Project #2: Match Fit - Using Optical Tracking Data to Evaluate MLS Players’ Power, Fitness & Fatigue 2020: Project #1: Modelling the Physical Performance of the Vancouver Whitecaps Related Article
2020: Project #2: Winning the Goal Differential Race
Viewpoint AI - MDS Vancouver
2022: Decision Support: Choose your Best Career Path
Visier - MDS Vancouver
2018: Automated Human Resources Insight Discovery
Westland Insurance - MDS Vancouver
2023: Predicting Customer Conversion 2022: Predicting Customer Retention
World Bank - MDS Vancouver
2022: How Quickly Can South Asia Transition to a Green Economy?
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