Partners

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

FINLY TECHNOLOGY CORP. - MDS Vancouver

Find Me the Better Product!

Questrade Financial Group - MDS Okanagan

Leveraging Machine Learning to Predict Directional Price Changes for Financial Securities

BC Ministry of Environment and Parks - Site Remediation Program

Classifying Contaminated Sites Records

Capstone Projects

    AgriGates

    Machine Learning Pipelines for Wearable IMU-Based Behavior Classification (Auto-Coding)

    ALS Global

    Rethinking Recruitment: Let LLMs Find the Right Fit

    BC Centre for Disease Control

    Uncovering Opioid Poisoning and Dependence Patterns in Emergency Care Data

    BC Children's Hospital

    Uncovering the Impact of Computerized Ordering on Pediatric Laboratory Testing

    BC Children's Hospital Research Institute (UBC)

    Reproducible Framework for Multi-Omics Analysis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

    BC Parks

    Image Analysis of Park Infrastructure

    Beaty Biodiversity Museum

    Reconciling Data Authorities

    Boreal Avian Modelling Centre, Biodiversity Pathways

    Boreal Bird Dashboard: Model Insights for Improved Conservation

    Clarius Mobile Health

    Scanning the Landscape: Predictive Analytics of External Factors on Clarius Scanner Sales 

    Department of Fisheries and Oceans

    • Project #1: From Data to Decisions: Automating Weekly Barkley Sound Salmon Stock Assessment Bulletins
    • Project #2: Streamlining the West Coast of Vancouver Island Chinook Salmon Run Reconstruction

    ETS

    Equity by Design: Smarter Visuals for Smarter Decisions

    GOcxm

    • Project #1: Image Forensics & Fraud Detection AI
    • Project #2: Retail Display Compliance Automation Model

    IOTO International Inc.

    Goverlytics

    Justice Institute of British Columbia

    Modeling Costs of JIBC Tuition Programs

    Kai Analytics International Inc. and the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)

    Beyond the Balance Sheet: Linking Student Outcomes to Financial Sustainability

    Klick Health (Applied AI Team)

    From Posts to Personas: Data-Driven Patient Segmentation from Social Media

    Litefarm / University of British Columbia

    Integrating Advanced Sustainability Analytics Into the LiteFarm Dashboard

    PavePal Technologies Inc.

    • Project #1: Evaluating Vision-Language Models for PASER-Based Asphalt Pavement Assessment from Imagery
    • Project #2: Grounded AI for Road Maintenance Decisions: Evaluating Retrieval Quality and Failure Modes

    Providence Health Care - Foundry BC

    Building Foundry Youth Journey Map

    ResponsiveAds

    Data-Driven Generation of Digital Ad Creatives

    Seaspan Corporation

    Automation of Data Extraction from Sustainability Documents for Regulatory Compliance

    Square One Insurance Services

    • Project #1: Content2Conversion - linking content themes to sales impact
    • Project #2: Predicting Home Attributes from Satellite Imagery

    Stellar Education Vancouver

    AI Student Progress Tracker

    Tandem Research

    Adverse Patient Outcome Prediction with Multimodal Data

    TeejLab

    Machine Learning Classification of APIs in Code Repositories

    Trilemma Foundation

    • Project #1: Delivering Elite European Football (Soccer) Analytics
    • Project #2: Improving Institutional Bitcoin Accumulation Strategies

    UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems - Animal Welfare Program

    MooVision: Automated Detection of Cross-Sucking in Dairy Calves Using Computer Vision

    UBC's Department of Statistics

    How Data Scientists Use LLMs
     

    Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute

    • Project #1:Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities [MedDRA] Autocoder
    • Project #2: Data Integration of 35 years of vaccine preventable disease surveillance with IMPACT

    Vancouver Whitecaps FC

    ChatVWFC – Player Search for Scouting
     

    Vrify

    Deep Learning–Based Prediction of Soil Geochemistry Using Multi-Source Raster Data

    Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD)

    Data Visualization Tool for AMD PSO Vulnerability Knowledgebase

    EmberCure Solutions Inc.

    AI-Driven Wildfire Detection: Building Accurate and Scalable ML Models

    Fujitsu Intelligence Technology

    Suspicious Behaviour Detection in Security Footage

    Happipad

    Optimizing Housing Outcomes and Matching Efficiency

    Hyper Hippo Entertainment

    ChurnSoon Prediction Model

    TerraSense Analytics

    Benchmark Test Dataset Creation for Balanced Classification of Targets in Image Database

    UBC Department of Planning and Institutional Research (PAIR)

    GradPaths: Mapping Alumni Careers

    UBC Okanagan Office of the Provost and Vice President Academic

    Applying NLP Techniques to Automate High Impact Processes at UBC Okanagan

    UBC Department of Psychiatry

    Integrating Voice and Other Modalities for A Cancer Navigation Chatbot

    Canadian Sexual Understanding & Education for Digital Equity (SUEDE) Society

    A Bot NOT Named S.U.E. - Expanding AI Personas in Sexual Health Education

    Consulting Governance Industry (CGI)

    • Project #1: Recruitment Optimizer
    • Project #2: RFP Intelligence Analyzer

    Ednoda Education Inc.

    Curriculum-Aligned ESL Sentence Recommendations

    Jeppesen ForeFlight

    Analyzing ATC Voice Communications for Enhanced Aviation Insights

    Tandem Research

    Minimizing Hallucination in Conversational AI and Summarization

    UBC Cancer Department of Physical Therapy

    Chatbot-Supported Cancer Rehabilitation

    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

    AgriGates - MDS Vancouver

    2025: Advancing and Exploring Video Annotation and Auto-Annotation Models for Animal Behavior Studies.

    AIQ Technologies - MDS Okanagan

    2024: AI Investment Agents

    ALS - MDS Vancouver

    ALS GoldSpotDiscoveries
    • 2024: Towards Decentralized Training of Machine Learning Models for Bone Cancer Detection
    • 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
      • 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
    ALS GeoAnalytics
    • 2025:
      • Project #1: A Framework for Carbon Emissions in AI Models
      • Project #2: Explainable AI for Obtaining Mineralogical Insights: Visualizing Predictions in Deep Learning Models

    Analytika - MDS Vancouver

    • 2024: Production Line Robotics Arms Vision Recognition
    • 2021: Transforming Customer Experiences
    • 2020:
      • Project #1: Smart Agriculture
      • Project #2: Wells Timelines

    Autograph Analytics - MDS Vancouver

    2025: Online-to-Offline Attribution with Vehicle Sales and Digital Marketing

    Autozen Technology - MDS Vancouver

    • 2024: Autozen Recommendation Engine
    • 2023: Autozen Valuation Guru

    Bayes Studio Inc. - MDS Vancouver

    • 2025:
      • Project 1: AI-Driven Wildfire Prediction and Data Integration Platform
      • Project 2: AutoML CI/CD/CT: Continuous Training and Deployment Pipeline

    BC Centre on Substance Use - MDS Vancouver

    2021: Using Data Science to Identify and Visualize Novel Compounds in Illicit Drug Checking Samples

    BC Children’s Hospital - Digital Lab

    MDS Vancouver
    2025: Automated Medical Image Segmentation for Precision Orthopedic Surgery

    MDS Computational Linguistics

    2025: A Safety-focused AI Tool for Hospital Discharge Support

    BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit - MDS Vancouver

    2025: Creating Online Interactive Injury Data Visualizations

    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

    MDS Computational Linguistics

    • 2023: Improving BC Data Catalogue with NLP Techniques

    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
    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

    Boeing

    MDS Vancouver
    2024: Navigation Chart Change Detection

    MDS Computational Linguistics
    2025: Automating National Flight Data Digest Data Parsing for Jeppesen Updates

    Brilliant Automation - MDS Vancouver

    Predictive Maintenance of Manufacturing Machinery

    British Columbia Investment Management Corp. (BCI)

    MDS Vancouver

    • 2021: What Can SEC 10-K Textual Disclosures Tell Us About a Firm’s Earnings Quality and Future Stock Returns?

    MDS Computational Linguistics

    • 2023: Topic Modeling on SEC 10-K Filings
    • 2022: What Can SEC 10-K Textual Disclosures Tell Us About Climate Risk?

    Broadsight Technology - MDS Okanagan

    Data Visualization for Media Interactions

    Calgary Police Service - MDS Computational Linguistics

    • 2024: Call Type X99- Miscellaneous
    • 2023: 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

    Canucks Sports & Entertainment - MDS Vancouver

    • 2025: Analyzing Ticket Buyer Trends to Identify Potential Season Ticket Member
    • 2024: Ticket Pricing Analysis of the Vancouver Canucks

    Cenovus - MDS Vancouver

    2021: Using Time Series Temperature Data to Determine Well Productivity

    Changing Ocean Research Unit, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, UBC - MDS Vancouver

    2024: Can You Afford Sustainable Seafood in the Future Under Climate Change?

    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.

    • 2022 (MDS Vancouver)
      • Project #1: Recency, Frequency, and Monetary Value Analysis (RFM)
      • Project #2: Sales Forecasting
    • 2022 (MDS Computational Linguistics): 
      • Project: Course Writing Style Analysis / Learner Feedback Analysis

    Craver Solutions - MDS Okanagan

    Understanding Success in Local Business Mobile and Web Apps

    Creative Destruction Lab Vancouver - MDS Vancouver

    2025: From Application to Graduation: Uncovering Patterns of Venture Success

    CRIM (now Luqia Montreal) - MDS Computational Linguistics

    2020: Discovering Words by Their Neighbours: a Dissimilarity-Based Concordance

    CultureFoundry (now Language Foundry) - MDS Computational Linguistics

    2022: Ojibwe Conjugator Python Rewrite

    Cymax Group Technologies - MDS Vancouver

    2023: Product Knowledge Graph

    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 Vancouver
    • Project #1: Detecting Emerging Topics, Trends and Anomalies from Call Center Transcripts
    • Project #2: Understanding & Predicting Customer Satisfaction Using Vocal Features
    MDS Computational Linguistics

    DIVISIN AI - MDS Okanagan

    Secondary Rental Housing Supply Intelligence
     

    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

    Faber Connect - MDS Vancouver

    2024: Predicting No-Shows and Job Success in Construction

    Fathom - MDS Vancouver

    2025: Dialogue2Data (D2D) - Transforming Interviews into Structured Data for Analysis

    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
      • Project #2:  Machine Learning Approaches to Falls Prediction in Long Term Care

    MDS Computational Linguistics

    • 2024: AI Screening of Spontaneous Speech to detect Alzheimer's 
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    GetintheLoop - MDS Okanagan

    2019: Customer Engagement Factors for Online Marketing

    Glentel

    MDS Computational Linguistics

    • 2021: Voice of Employee and Customer

    MDS Vancouver

    • 2022
      • Project #1: Practical People Analytics for Predicting Employee Performance
      • Project #2: Practical People Analytics for Predicting Retention
    • 2021: People Analytics
    • 2020: Making sense of people data

    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

    MDS Computational Linguistics

    • 2021: Capturing What Users go to Canada.ca to Do
       

    Greenspace Mental Health - MDS Okanagan

    • 2024:
      • Project 1: Benchmarking and Predicting Mental Health Assessment Scores
      • Project 2: Model Pipeline for Predicting Patient Interventions
      • Project 3: Therapeutic Alliance

    HCL Technologies - MDS Vancouver

    • 2025:
      • Project #1: AI-Based Visual Guidance System for the Visually Impaired. Image and Video Analysis Model for Safe Navigation in Building Premises
      • Project #2: Evaluating Large Language Models for Incident Resolution

    Heron Law Offices and AIMICI [civil society organization] (joint venture) - MDS Vancouver

    2025: Increasing Public Data Transparency for Immigration Law in Canada

    Heyday by Hootsuite - MDS Computational Linguistics

    2022: Is it “Yes” or “No”: Negation-Aware Named Entity Recognition in the E-commerce Domain

    heymate! Rewards Inc. - MDS Vancouver

    2025: Customer Retention, Supercharged

    Hockey Canada - MDS Okanagan

    2022: Growth and Retention Strategy – Data and Research Analysis

    Hootsuite - MDS Vancouver

    2021: Customer Segmentation Using Hootsuite Product Usage Data

    Illuminex AI - MDS Vancouver

    Airfield Hazards: Bird Tracking at Airports

    Impact Canada (Impact and Innovation Unit, Privy Council Office)

    MDS Vancouver

    • 2024: Measuring Innovation Through Knowledge Production

    MDS Okanagan

    • 2024: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

    2023: 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

    • 2023: Medical Free-Text Data Analysis Through Natural Language Processing
    • 2022: Juma - Image Import
    • 2021: Identifying Patient Care Gaps Through the Analysis of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Data

      Related Article

    Kai Analytics and Survey Research Inc. - MDS Computational Linguistics

    2023: 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

    2023: Intelligent AI Based Car Descriptions

    LexSelect Technologies Inc. - MDS Computational Linguistics

    2025: Automated Litigation Chronology Generation

    Litefarm / University of British Columbia - MDS Vancouver

    • 2025: Interactive Dashboard for Real-Time Agricultural Insights
    • 2024: Empowering Agriculture: Enhanced GHG Emissions Modeling

    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

    MyLivingCity - MDS Computational Linguistics

    2024: MyLiving City Community Discussion Platform (i.e. MyLiving City App)

    Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forest Service - MDS Vancouver

    2025: Remote Sensing for Forest Recovery

    Nautical Crime Investigation Services - MDS Vancouver

    2025: Semi-supervised vessel trajectory analysis for unregulated fishing activity detection

    Neotoma Paleoecology Database (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

    2023: Finding Fossils in the Literature

    Newsly Technologies Inc. - MDS Vancouver

    2021: Audio Listening Preferences

    Ocarina Studios - MDS Computational Linguistics

    2025: QA Dataset Retrieval - Infinite Knowledge for Fun
    2024: Dream Database

    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

    Pacific Salmon Foundation - MDS Vancouver

    2025: Pinniped Monitoring Machine Learning and Data Visualization Tools

    PaybyPhone - MDS Vancouver

    • 2021: Anomaly Detection
    • 2020: Crowdsourced parking locations

    Population Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Branch, Office of the Provincial Health Officer, Province of British Columbia - MDS Vancouver

    • 2025: Forecasting Excess Mortality Due to Extreme Temperatures in British Columbia, Canada
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    • 2022: BC Chronic Disease Visualization and Trend Analysis with R Shiny

    Projectlink - MDS Okanagan

    2021: Market Analytics

    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 Synthesis
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    • 2019: Estimate the Value of Key Local attributes used in buying decisions

    Rio Tinto

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    MDS Vancouver

    • 2024:
      • Project #1: FaultSENS
      • Project #2: ProjectDrillSense
    • 2023: Clean Sat
    • 2017: Tools for Analyzing Mining Drill Data

    MDS Computational Linguistics

    • 2024: MetaSense
    • 2023: Event Scraper

    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 Vancouver
    • 2024: Generative AI Icebreaker - Wildcard Clickbait
    • 2022: Creating (figurative) ecommerce shopping aisles with ML 
    MDS Computational Linguistics
    • 2024:
      • Project #1: Finding Patterns of Success - Magic Evaluation
      • Project #2: Personalized Magic- Generative AI Icebreaker 
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    • 2023: Automated E-commerce Window Shopping via NLP

    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

    • 2024: Seahorse Strategies: UBC Stock Portfolio Allocation Formula
    • 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
    • 2021: Happiness in One Model: Cross-Lingual NER for Low-Resource Languages

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    Seaspan Corporation - MDS Vancouver

    2023: 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

    2025: Is it Me or Is There Someone in My Head?
    2022: Decomposition of Muscle Activity for Sensorimotor Neuroscience

    Side. - MDS Vancouver

    2024: AI-Driven Real Estate Insights: Revolutionizing Pre-Construction Sales

    Siemens Healthineers - MDS Okanagan

    • 2024: Characterization and Optimization of Biosensor Waveforms
    • 2023: Text Analysis of Biosensor Manufacturing Data
    • 2022: Anomaly Detection in Biosensor Waveforms 
    • 2021: Image Classification of Biosensor Prints

    Sitewise Analytics - MDS Vancouver

    • 2023: Restaurant Segmentation Analysis
    • 2022: Determining Restaurant Sales Performance Drivers through Feature Selection
    • 2019: Forecasting Restaurant Sales with Mobile Device Location Data

    Slalom Consulting - MDS Vancouver

    2023: Power Price Prediction - a Short-Term Forecast

    SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. - MDS Vancouver

    • 2024: 
      • Project #1: Benchmarking Tailings Facility Risks
      • Project #2: Developing Novel Methods for Liquefaction Prediction

    Statistics Canada - MDS Okanagan

    2023
    • Project #1: Exploring the Use of the Real-Time Local Business Conditions Index to Forecast Economic Trends (Real-time Local Business Conditions Index)
    • Project #2: Data Exploration and Integration Lab, Statistics Canada: Segmentation of the Statistics Canada’s Set of Proximity Measures – A Clustering Algorithm Approach (Centre for Special Business Projects - Business Accelerators and Incubators Database)
    2022
    • Project #1: Assessing Google Trends Data
    • Project #2: Innovating with Web-Scraped Data to Inform Impact Canada’s Challenges
    • Project #3: Analysis of Rural Business Performance
    2021
    • Project #1: Assessing Google Trends Data
    • Project #2: Innovating with Web-Scraped Data to Inform Impact Canada’s Challenges
    • Project #3: Analysis of Rural Business Performance
    2020
    • 2020: Bringing Understanding to the COVID-19 Outbreak in Ontario 

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    Strait of Georgia Data Center (Pacific Salmon Foundation) - MDS Vancouver

    2024: Survival Analysis System for Salmon in the Salish Sea

    Suncor Energy Inc. - MDS Vancouver

    2022: Modelling Heat Exchanger Units to Optimize Cleaning Schedules

    Takeoff - MDS Computational Linguistics

    AI Replica for Jobseekers

    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

    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

    The Valuation Standard - ViRA360 - MDS Vancouver

    2025: Quant AI-Powered IP Valuation

    The Whole SHEbang: Sexual Health Education - MDS Computational Linguistics

    The Question Bot: Comprehensive Sexual Health Answers To Any Question

    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
      • Project #2: “Why is my bus late?” Understanding Bus Delay in Metro Vancouver
      • Project #3: Optimizing Transit Stops

    Trilemma Capital - MDS Vancouver

    2025: Forecasting Bitcoin Transaction Fees

    TRIUMF - MDS Vancouver

    • 2024: AI CALRICH
    • 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
      • 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
    • 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 Cybersecurity - MDS Vancouver

    • 2025: Sniffing for Phishing
    • 2021: Defend UBC

    UBC Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences - MDS Vancouver

    2023: 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 Mood Disorders Centre, Department of Psychiatry - Computational Linguistics

    Building a Safe and Interpretable Guideline-Based Chatbot to Guide the Treatment of Depression

    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 Department of Statistics - MDS Vancouver

    2025: Diverse Data Repository for Data Science Education (Katie Burak)
    2024: Checklists and LLM prompts for Efficient and Effective Test Creation in Data Analysis (Tiffany Timbers)

    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

    2023: Why do Judges Allow or Deny Eviction Orders in Ontario's Residential Tenancy Board?

    Unbounce

    MDS Vancouver

    • 2018: Using Survival Analysis to Finding Leading Indicators of Customer Churn

    MDS Computational Linguistics

    • 2020: Closing the Feedback Loop: Identifying Customer Pain Points through NLP

    University of Helsinki - MDS Vancouver

    2025: Development of a Machine Learning Tool to Identify Biochemical Features of Proteins

    Urban Logiq - MDS Vancouver

    2020: Project #1: Analysis of Connected Vehicle Driving Behaviour as a Predictor of Accidents
    2020: Project #2: Contextual analysis of amenity gaps in at-risk communities

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    • 2025: Solving Set Pieces
    • 2024:
      • Project #1: The Global Game: Ranking Soccer Clubs Worldwide
      • Project #2: Predicting Physical Performance of Football Players
    • 2023:
      • Project #1: Finding Football Talent with Wearable Technology Using PlayerMaker sensors to understand academy player performance
      • 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

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    • 2020: Project #2: Winning the Goal Differential Race

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    2022: Decision Support: Choose your Best Career Path
     

    Visier - MDS Vancouver

    2018: Automated Human Resources Insight Discovery

    Westland Insurance - MDS Vancouver

    • 2024: Augmenting Customer Retention Modelling with NLP Feature Engineering
    • 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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