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In this dissertation, we aim to make progress toward building embodied agents that coexist with humans and assist humans to perform various tasks physically. We focus on developing visual perception…

In understanding the construct of People Analytical Platforms (PAPs), its affordance for different user groups, and organizational practices to ensure equity, this research places particular emphasis…

How do people use their faces and bodies to test the interactive abilities of a robot? Making lively, believable agents is often seen as a goal for robots and virtual agents but believability can…

Multimorbidity—the co-occurrence of two or more chronic diseases, where one condition is not necessarily more important than the other(s)—is a significant global healthcare issue. This thesis…

This thesis studies the use of deep generative models to automate the pipeline of 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD). Many man-made objects are created using CAD software. This process usually requires…

Perennial watercourses in British Columbia are becoming intermittent from climate change. North American beaver (Castor canadensis) dams retain perennial flow while providing other ecosystem services…

Gaze-based text entry has seen success in both academic researches and commercial products. However, such solutions typically involve specialized hardware, limiting their scalability and feasibility…

Optoelectronics is a critical field that merges optics and electronics to develop devices capable of converting electrical signals into light and vice versa. This area allows for a variety of…

During the melt season, blooms of microalgae appear on alpine and polar snowfields. Chlorophytes that synthesize astaxanthin cause red snow, known globally as the phenomenon 'watermelon snow…

Twelve Churn Creek Protected Area wetlands were characterized to gain an understanding of the potential factors affecting their water loss. Monitoring consisted of pond area, depth, and temperature…

Ticks spend most of their life in moist off-host microhabitats, where they are protected from desiccation but susceptible to predators and entomopathogens. I investigated whether ticks avoid chemical…

The most commonly produced objects in proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are jets, collimated sprays of particles representing an initial quark or gluon from the collision.…

Efficient grid synchronization is crucial for integrating renewable energy sources and Flexible AC Transmission systems (FACTs) into power grids. This paper addresses the challenges faced by…

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) presents a significant public health challenge in Canada among people with uteruses (PWU) yet remains inadequately addressed within our healthcare system. This capstone…

This thesis delves into a locally specific case study of the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) in the City of Richmond, British Columbia, providing a detailed exploration of the complex factors shaping…

Deep learning has revolutionized computer vision, specifically image classification and segmentation, through the use of over-parameterized models. However, the utilization of over-parameterized…

We develop a self-supervised learning method that can predict the decision boundary between safe and unsafe high-level waypoints for robot navigation given the first-person view in the form of an RGB…

This paper examines the operational challenges and systemic barriers within Canada's food bank network, focusing on eligibility requirements and their impact on client accessibility and dignity…

"Qirsi" (ቅርሲ), translating to "heritage" in Tigrinya, encapsulates a deeply personal and creative effort to preserve and re-envision the cultural heritage of Tigray, Ethiopia,…

Snails play crucial roles in forest ecosystems, aiding in soil creation, seed dispersal, and fungal spore distribution. The Oregon Forestsnail, imperiled in Canada, exhibits habitat preferences,…