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The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)聽today announced the inaugural cohort of聽29聽Canada CIFAR AI (CCAI) Chairs, including six from UU直播. These top academic聽researchers鈥攊ncluding 顿辞颈苍补听笔谤别肠耻辫聽and聽Jo毛lle鈥� Pineau鈥攁re named as part of the $125 million Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, and will help聽maintain Canada鈥檚 leadership in artificial intelligence research.聽The CCAI Chair Program represents an investment of $30 million at聽nine聽universities across the country.聽聽

Chairs are nominated聽by and will be affiliated with聽the聽Montreal-based聽national聽AI Institute,聽Mila.聽An聽international聽scientific聽advisory聽committee, including representatives from Google, DeepMind, Microsoft, Facebook, Stanford, Princeton, and the French National Center for Scientific Research, reviewed the CCAI Chairs.聽UU直播 Professors joining Pineau and聽Precup聽as CCAI Chairs are聽Marc Bellemare, Jackie Cheung,聽Blake Richards,聽and聽搁别颈丑补苍别丑听搁补产产补苍测.聽UU直播鈥檚 Chairs will work collaboratively with colleagues from聽Universit茅聽de Montreal, including聽驰辞蝉丑耻补听叠别苍驳颈辞, Scientific Director聽of Mila, as well聽as聽Jian Tang聽from聽HEC Montr茅al.聽聽

鈥淯U直播 has made a strategic commitment to research in AI, and specifically machine learning. As Canada CIFAR AI Chairs, UU直播鈥檚 research talent will apply their expertise in diverse areas, such as robotics and automated dialog systems as well as life sciences, medical imaging, clinical monitoring, and various other domains of scientific, social and commercial interest.鈥� --Martha Crago, Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation

In 2017,聽CIFAR was chosen by the federal government to lead the $125 million Pan-Canadian聽Artificial Intelligence Strategy in collaboration with artificial intelligence research centres in聽Edmonton, Montreal and Toronto. Support for the CCAI Chairs is one part of a larger strategy聽that includes training opportunities, research funding, and workshops on the societal聽implications of AI designed to build on Canadian leadership in聽the field.聽聽

鈥淲e are excited about these outstanding聽researchers taking up Canada CIFAR AI Chairs across the country. The Pan-Canadian AI聽Strategy has enabled us to retain those who laid the groundwork for AI and attract top scientists聽to Canada from abroad. This is a major step forward for Canada and an essential foundation for聽growing Canada鈥檚 global leadership in AI research and innovation." --Alan Bernstein, President and CEO of CIFAR

Of the 29 named Chairs, about half of the chairs are taking up their first faculty positions in Canada, and received training聽all over the world, including in the US, China, Iran and France. They work on a wide variety of聽applied and theoretical topics, including natural language processing, image recognition,聽reinforcement learning, cryptography, convolutional networks and medical diagnosis.聽聽

Complete list of UU直播 and collaborating Chairs affiliated with聽Mila聽鈥撀燤ontreal聽

惭补谤肠听叠别濒濒别尘补谤别听,聽Research Scientist, Google Brain; CIFAR Fellow, Program in Learning in聽Machines and Brains; Adjunct Professor, UU直播聽

驰辞蝉丑耻补听叠别苍驳颈辞聽, Scientific Director, Mila; Canada Research Chair in Statistical Learning聽Algorithms; Professor,聽Universit茅聽de Montr茅al; Co-Director, CIFAR Program in Learning in聽Machines and Brains聽

闯补肠办颈别听颁丑别耻苍驳聽,聽Assistant Professor, UU直播聽

础补谤辞苍听颁辞耻谤惫颈濒濒别聽,聽Associate Professor,聽Universit茅聽de Montr茅al; CIFAR Fellow, Program in聽Learning in Machines and Brains聽

Simon Lacoste-Julien聽,聽Assistant聽Professor,Universit茅聽de Montr茅al; CIFAR Fellow, Program in聽Learning in Machines and Brains聽

贬耻驳辞听尝补谤辞肠丑别濒濒别聽,聽Research Scientist, Google Brain; Adjunct Professor,聽Universit茅聽de Montr茅al;聽Associate Director, CIFAR Program in Learning in Machines and Brains聽

滨辞补苍苍颈蝉听惭颈迟濒颈补驳办颈蝉聽, Assistant Professor, Universit茅 de Montr茅al聽

颁丑谤颈蝉迟辞辫丑别谤听笔补濒聽,聽Associate Professor, 脡cole Polytechnique de Montr茅al;聽Adjunct聽Professor,聽Universit茅 de聽Montr茅al;聽Principal聽Research聽Scientist,聽Element聽AI聽

闯辞别濒濒别听笔颈苍别补耻聽,聽Associate Professor, UU直播; CIFAR Senior Fellow, Program in聽Learning in Machines and Brains; Research Scientist and Site Lead, Facebook AI Research,聽Montreal聽

顿辞颈苍补听笔谤别肠耻辫聽, Associate Professor, UU直播; CIFAR Senior Fellow, Program in聽Learning in Machines and Brains; Associate Scientific Director, Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives聽CFREF; Research Team Lead, DeepMind, Montreal聽

叠濒补办别听搁颈肠丑补谤诲蝉聽,聽Faculty Associate, Vector Institute; Assistant Professor, UU直播聽CIFAR Fellow, Program in Learning in Machines and Brains聽

搁别颈丑补苍别丑听搁补产产补苍测聽, Assistant Professor, UU直播聽

闯颈补苍听罢补苍驳聽,聽Assistant Professor, HEC Montr茅al聽

笔补蝉肠补濒听痴颈苍肠别苍迟聽,聽Associate Professor,聽Universit茅聽de Montr茅al; Research Scientist, Facebook AI聽Research, Montreal; CIFAR Associate Fellow, Program in Learning in Machines and Brains