InSPiRe Lab Collaborations

The InSPiRe lab is actively involved in real-world applied research across the interwoven domains of data analytics and machine learning, cyber-security and privacy, and software engineering.
Much of this research is done in collaboration with industry and/or government partner. The exact nature and focus of undertaken projects therefore varies over time and in scope with the needs, requirements, and domains of interest of these external collaborators.

Academic

The lab is currently involved in a number of projects including:

  • Quality of Service predictability within large-scale cloud deployed software systems
  • Approaches for identifying recycled components within the IC industry
  • Applications of AR technologies (Hololens) to data science
  • Data clustering within large-scale social media streams
  • Privacy and proprietary issues within data science
  • Understanding of the formal cyber-security limits within large-scale domains involving intelligent and capable adversaries
  • Implications of Deep Learning approaches to Engineered Systems with health and safety concerns.
  • Data analysis for the onset detection of wild fires via remote sensing

Past Projects include:

  • Understanding of resiliency and robustness within peer-to-peer botnets
  • Quality of service within large-scale cellular and WIFi networks
  • Quality of service within mobile ad hoc networks
  • Applications of dynamical systems theory to cyber-security
  • Scalable malware identification and classification (as applied to mobile apps)
  • Assessing the operation performance envelopes of industry-held distributed software systems
  • MITACS seed project: ”Gondwana: Towards Quantitative Security Metrics” (with 9 others across 5 institutions) [Awarded]
  • NSERC Strategic Network Grant: ”Interconnected Systems Security Network (ISSNet)” (with 15 others across 9 institutions) [Awarded]

Industry

The lab is actively involved in industry-collaborative research with a variety of companies including:

  • Tutela Technologies
  • EchoSec Systems
  • Certn
  • Tanka

As well the lab has on-going involvements and interactions with a number of high-tech startups including with:

  • Referral Saasquatch
  • Tutela Technologies
  • EchoSec Systems
  • Encepta
  • Pretio Interactive
  • Certn
  • Hayas

Government

The lab has also been involved in government associated research collaborations.

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