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Faculty of Science 2017 Year in Review

Unlocking
the Secrets
of Cannabis
2017 was an active year in Dr. Lesley
Campbell's NSERC-sponsored collaboration with Beleave Inc., an innovative
biotech company striving to become a
leading provider of medical cannabis
products in Canada. Working together,
they are advancing the state of knowledge
about the production of cannabinoids,
the diverse chemical compounds in
cannabis that act to alter neurotransmitter
release in the brain. Specifically,
Campbell and her team are developing
mathematical models and testing them
in hemp in order to understand how
plant DNA influences the transmission
of canabadial (CBD), one of the main
ingredients responsible for the benefits
of medical marijuana. Beleave, which
has already secured over $200M in
investment, hopes to use Campbell's
research to transform existing knowledge
about growing methods. "This is a
remarkable collaboration," says Campbell.
"My team and I work very closely with
the team at Beleave. It is extraordinary
to work with industry collaborators who
understand the value of a university."

Diagnosing What Ails
the IBM Cloud

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Along with the benefit to
our industry partner, this
collaboration enables us to
do research on a scale that
would never be possible
to create in an experimental
or theoretical context."
Dr. Andriy Miranskyy

Dr. Andriy Miranskyy is a software
engineering researcher with expertise in
mitigating risk, a skill set he applies across
a diverse range of industry collaborations.
Beginning in May, Miranskyy teamed
up with the IBM cloud computing group
to develop novel methods for analyzing
the log data generated by hardware and
software across the company's global
cloud network. The scale of the project is
significant given that the IBM cloud has
tens of thousands of computers, seven
data centres and, as of October 2017, has
generated annual revenue of $15.8B.

The project's goal is to enable IBM to
mine terabytes of information in real time
and provide insights about customer
satisfaction. Using software engineering
tools, Miranskyy is able to detect problems
with IBM cloud offerings by mapping
data from hardware and software logs
onto user actions, enabling IBM to
address problems in real time. The project
is currently sponsored by the IBM Centre
for Advanced Studies, and there are
applications underway to secure matching
grants from government agencies.



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