CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
2.2 billion people worldwide live with vision impairment, yet no existing assistive device offers a true level of independence in real-world conditions. VisionIQ is an AI-powered wearable bu…
Software Design
Living alone should not mean dying alone, yet loneliness and unattended deaths continue to rise as global isolation increases; research shows a 32% increase in mortality among solitary indiv…
Technology Enhances the Arts
This project uses polling datasets to create micro-projections on how voters will behave during the 2026 United States Midterm Election and the 2028 United States General Election. These pro…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Silver Medal
Each year, 82,000 Canadians die from heart disease and stroke, 40,000 experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, 100,000 are hospitalized due to falls, and 4.3 million live with undiagnosed…
Systems Software
This study investigates the application of OpenAI's Whisper Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) model, fine-tuned to improve speech recognition accuracy for individuals with moderate to mild…
Systems Software
Throughout synthetic biology among other domains, artificial neural networks (ANNs), through the replication of biological neural networks, have aided and automated several applications. Wit…
Systems Software
To stimulate regional economic growth by attracting nearly one billion globally active seniors favoring wellness-oriented long-term travel, we propose an intelligent cycling tourism applicat…
Systems Software
This study introduces a system that works seamlessly and automatically for lung pathology analysis, including fibrosis pattern categorization and lung cancer nodule detection in CT scans. In…
Systems Software
Approximately 10% of people in the world are legally blind & 2% of those are totally blind. This can lead to accidents happening in this population's everyday life. Current tools available t…
Technology Enhances the Arts
The purpose of this project is to find a mathematical process to enhance images of a subject, deriving results purely from data in the subject being observed rather than relying on AI assump…
Systems Software
Gray Leaf Spot (GLS), caused by the fungal pathogens Cercospora zeae-maydis and Cercospora zeina, represents a significant challenge in corn production, resulting in annual economic losses a…
Systems Software
This investigation evaluates lattice-based threshold signature schemes against HMAC (hash-based message authentication code) to secure message authentication in preparation for Y2Q, which is…
Systems Software
PDF-based stegomalware is a growing cybersecurity threat that disguises malicious payloads within the tree structure of PDF documents, exploiting features like embedded JavaScript, metadata,…
Systems Software
Fault tolerant quantum computing (FTQC) provides huge promises for industrial and scientific progress, such as in drug discovery and cryptography. Part of the technology stack required for F…
Systems Software
A critical goal in robotics and autonomy is to teach robots to adapt to real-world collaborative tasks, particularly in automatic assembly. The ability of a robot to understand the original…
Systems Software
The purpose of this engineering design project is to create and optimize an AI-based tool that uses a patient's textual descriptions of symptoms to predict the potential severity of their co…
Systems Software
Alzheimer's disease presents a real challenge for caregivers, often leading to high stress and mental strain, as shown by Kim et al., 2021, Vu et al., 2022, and Hosseini, 2022. Informal care…
Systems Software
With the rise of Generative AI (Gen AI), academic dishonesty in the classroom has skyrocketed, with over 90% of students now admitting to using it for schoolwork. While Gen AI offers various…
Systems Software
Efficient traffic navigation algorithms are vital for reducing congestion, emissions, and delays in modern cities. Yet, existing systems use “selfish” routing — optimizing individual travel…
Systems Software
This paper introduces QyberShield, a new algorithm that integrates the strengths of blockchain technology and recent advancements in quantum computing. The algorithm is designed to leverage…
Systems Software
BlueScript is an open-source software designed to provide accessible and effective dyslexia treatment through scientifically backed training modules aimed at improving visual perception and…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Tens of millions of individuals worldwide, including those with locked-in syndrome, advanced ALS, and coma, are unable to communicate due to motor paralysis. BrainSync introduces a novel mul…
Systems Software
Due to the inherently noisy and error-prone nature of modern quantum hardware, optimizing quantum circuit (QC) layouts is a fundamental challenge in quantum computing. Modern industrial opti…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Natural Language Processing has led to the development of voice recognition technology, and taking speech analysis further can lead to the development of technology to aid in treatment of sp…
Technology Enhances the Arts
This project explores a color-to-haptic feedback system designed to assist individuals with visual impairments in perceiving color through touch. A wearable glove equipped with a Red, Blue,…
Systems Software
Sabre fencing is a sport of split-second decisions, where in 60% of points, both fencers land touches within milliseconds of each other. In such cases, determining who earns the point is ent…
Systems Software
Individuals with conditions such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or paralysis often face significant barriers in communicating speech and mobility limitations. These challenges necess…
Systems Software
Distracted driving represents an escalating public safety crisis, with its role in motor vehicle collisions and resulting fatalities steadily increasing. Despite advances in distracted drivi…
Systems Software
This project detailed the development of NLC (Natural Language Compression), a text encoder optimized for natural language (NL). Efficient NL encoding is most valuable for satellite-based te…
Technology Enhances the Arts
Braille illiteracy remains a critical barrier to equality for the visually impaired. Globally, over 70% face employment discrimination—not due to their disability, but due to systemic barrie…