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Project Leader(s): 

Dr. François Anctil, Université Laval

Project team: 
Dr. Anne-Catherine Favre, Université Laval
Dr. Vincent Fortin, Environment Canada
Dr. Christian Genes, Université Laval
Dr. Barbara Lence, University of British Columbia
Dr. Peter Yau, McGill University
Funding period: 
October 1, 2021 – March 31, 2021

The goal of this project is to evaluate if mesoscale (35 km) meteorological ensemble forecasts coupled to a short-range hydrological forecasting system can lead to improved forecasts, and thus help maximize hydropower production and minimize flood risks. Positive results would pave the way for a full project which would aim to design an efficient short-range hydrological ensemble forecasting system adapted to the climate and hydrology of the Great-Lakes and Saint Lawrence River basin.

Project Leader(s): 

[url=mailto:[email protected]]Dr. Jean-Marie Dufour[/url] , Université de Montréal

Project team: 
Dr. Marine Carrasco, Université de Montréal
Dr. Jérôme Detemple, Boston University
Dr. Rene Garcia, Edhec Business School
Dr. Silvia Gonçalves, Université de Montréal
Dr. Lynda Khalaf, Université Laval
Dr. Nour Meddahi, Université de Toulouse
Dr. Benoit Perron, Université de Montréal
Dr. Éric Renault, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Dr. Marcel Rindisbacher, University of Toronto
Non-academic participants: 
Funding period: 
February 25, 2022 - March 31, 2021

This project deals with the mathematics of risk modeling and resource management. Using mathematical and statistical methods, the team develops new tools to help the financial services industry make better decisions about when to trade and at what price based on the available financial data. During the past year, the team focused on the development of statistical methods for measuring volatility and assessing asset pricing models in financial markets.

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Project Leader(s): 

Dr. Irène Abi-Zeid , Université Laval

Project team: 
Dr. Belaïd Aouni, Laurentian University
Dr. Luc Lamontagne, Université Laval
Dr. Pascal Lang, Université Laval
Dr. Patrick Maupin, Defence R&D Canada
Dr. Bruno Urli, Université du Québec à Rimouski
Non-academic participants: 
Funding period: 
October 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021
Project Leader(s): 

Dr. François Soumis, (École Polytechnique de Montréal)

Project team: 
Dr. Guy Desaulniers Guy, (École Polytechnique de Montréal)
Dr. Pierre Baptiste, (École Polytechnique de Montréal)
Dr. Jacques Desrosiers, (HEC Montréal)
Dr. Alain Hertz, (École Polytechnique de Montréal)
Dr. Sophie D’Amours, (Université Laval)
Funding period: 
April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021
Project Leader(s): 

Dr. Kim McAuley, Queen's University

Project team: 
Dr. Thomas Harris, Queen’s University
Dr. James McLellan, Queen’s University
Dr. James Ramsay, McGill University
Dr. David Campbell, Simon Fraser University
Dr. Amos Ben-Zvi, University of Alberta
Dr. Carl Duchesne, Université Laval
Funding period: 
April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021

Engineers use mathematical models to describe the production of plastics and other chemicals. The models contain unknown parameters that are estimated from plant data. In the past year, the research team analyzed several criteria that modelers use to decide how complex or how simplified their models should be. They showed that one popular model-selection criterion, the corrected Akaike Information Criterion, tends to select very simple models, and that another, the adjusted coefficient of determination, tends to select models with many parameters.

Project Leader(s): 

Dr. Paul Myers , University of Alberta

Project team: 
Dr. Frederic Dupont, Université Laval
Dr. Michael Foreman, University of British Columbia
Dr. David Greenberg, Fisheries & Oceans Canada
Dr. Guoqi Han, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dr. Daniel Le Roux, Université Laval
Dr. Julie Pietrzak, University of Calgary
Dr. Francis Poulin, University of Waterloo
Dr. Jennifer Shore, Royal Military College of Canada
Funding period: 
October 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021
Project Leader(s): 

Dr. Bernard Gendron , Université of Montréal

Project team: 
Dr. Jean-François Cordeau, HEC Montréal
Dr. Sophie D’Amours, Université Laval
Dr. Jacques Ferland, Université de Montréal
Dr. Jean-Marc Frayret, École Polytechnique de Montréal
Dr. Michel Gendreau, Université de Montréal
Dr. Luc Lebel, Université Laval
Dr. Gilles Pesant, HEC Montréal
Dr. Louis-Martin Rousseau, École Polytechnique de Montréal
Non-academic participants: 
Funding period: 
October 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021

The forest industry is an extremely important sector of Canadian economic activity as it represents the largest part of Canada’s trade surplus and 3% of its GDP. Canadian forests sustain an industry that continues to support a significant number of jobs. The worldwide increase in competition and excess production capacity have considerable implications for the situation of the Canadian forest industry and threaten its position in international markets.

Project Leader(s): 

Dr. Fahima Nekka , Université de Montréal

Project team: 
Dr. Jerome del Castillo, (Université de Montréal)
Dr. Renée Bergeron, (Université Laval )
Dr. Jacques Bélair, (Université de Montréal)
Dr. Jacques Turgeon, (Université de Montréal)
Dr. Sylvain Quessy, (Université de Montréal)
Dr. Jun Li, (Université de Montréal)
Funding period: 
April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2021
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