Mental Health

Develop innovative technology-based solutions to improve mental health awareness, treatment, and prevention in smart cities, addressing issues such as accessibility, affordability, and stigma associated with mental health services. Solutions can leverage AI, VR, mobile apps, wearables, and other technologies to support individuals, mental health professionals, and organizations working in the mental health field. View More...

Smart Health

This challenge set aims to identify innovative approaches to healthcare delivery that leverage emerging technologies and improve patient outcomes. This challenge set prioritizes human-centered design and welcomes a broad range of ideas and approaches to strengthen the healthcare system. View More...

Smart Businesses

A Smart Self-Checkout System is an automated checkout solution used in retail stores that allows customers to scan and bag their items themselves, without the need for a cashier. Smart Self-Checkout Systems are becoming increasingly important in today's retail industry as they offer several benefits to both retailers and customers. They help reduce labor costs for retailers, improve checkout speed and convenience for customers, and provide valuable data and analytics on customer behavior and purchasing patterns. This challenge set aims to find innovative solutions to automatic checkout to allow customers to walk out of a store without having to interact with any kind of cashier. The objective is to develop a system that can identify the goods in a shopping cart and allow customers to walk out of the store without having to checkout. View More...

This challenge set invites participants to develop a smart vehicle pricing recommendation system for the Canadian car rental market. Participants will use large datasets and market trends to optimize pricing models that balance competitiveness and profitability and address the problem of inconsistent car rental pricing in smart cities across Canada. View More...

The Mircom Group of Companies, a global designer, manufacturer, and distributor of Intelligent Building Solutions, is sponsoring a challenge to develop a smart quotation tool for their sales representatives. The tool should be user-friendly, scalable, and allow for different levels of access to modify prices, discounts, and margins. Participants can choose any technology to develop the solution and are encouraged to submit a working prototype, demo video, and technical document explaining their technology stack. The incentive for participating is the possibility of obtaining a CO-OP internship in Mircom's engineering or product management department. View More...

Data Privacy and Security

This challenge set is aimed at developing an AI-based solution to detect and prevent phishing, fraud, and digital scams. Participants can develop a solution that identifies fraudulent activities in real-time and is easy to use, scalable, and integrates seamlessly with popular digital platforms. View More...

Develop a secure and legally compliant solution that identifies the appropriate parties to confirm a person's death and allows the designated trustee to begin processing the deceased person's will, assets, ids, and digital ids. Design a system that can efficiently collect the necessary information from the identified parties, verify the deceased person's identity, and ensure secure communication while notifying the trustee upon obtaining the required information. View More...

Student Experience

The challenge set is to develop innovative and feasible solutions to tackle the problems faced by international students studying in Canada, such as adjusting to a new social environment, financial issues, language and cultural barriers, and mental health concerns. Participants can provide an implemented solution or a design solution. View More...