Can combining deep learning (DL)ā a subfield of artificial intelligenceā with social network analysis (SNA), make social media contributions about extreme weather events a useful tool for crisis managers, first responders and government scientists? An interdisciplinary team of ±«ÓćÖ±²„ researchers has brought these tools to the forefront in an effort to understand and manage extreme weather events.
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Published on: 18 Jan 2021
For human beings, the ability to generalize ā to extract broad principles from our experiences of the world and use these principles to help us make decisions in new situations ā is an essential skill for navigating everyday life. But for those working in the field of artificial intelligence, getting machines to generalize in this way has been a notoriously difficult challenge.
Published on: 15 Jul 2020
February 14, 2020 |Rapid advances in facial-recognition technology have the potential for vast social consequences. In response to the scale and speed of these developments and the clear potential for harm, a movement has emerged to ban facial recognition. In this op-ed, Max Bell School professor Taylor Owen and Nasma Ahmed call for the need to move ahead with caution and deliberation, highlighting the urgency for regulatory frameworks.
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Published on: 20 Feb 2020
The power of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine lies in its ability to find important statistical patterns in large datasets. A study published today is an important proof of concept for how AI can help doctors and brain tumour patients make better treatment decisions.
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Published on: 7 Feb 2020
Open source app helps predict brain tumour malignancy and patient survival
The power of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine lies in its ability to find important statistical patterns in large datasets. A study published today is an important proof of concept for how AI can help doctors and brain tumour patients make better treatment decisions.
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Published on: 30 Jan 2020
New technique could be used to choose best therapies for patients and measure their effectiveness
Evaluating the effectiveness of therapies for neurodegenerative diseases is often difficult because each patientās progression is different. A new study shows artificial intelligence (AI) analysis of blood samples can predict and explain disease progression, which could one day help doctors choose more appropriate and effective treatments for patients.
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Published on: 28 Jan 2020
Congratulations to ProfessorsĀ Tal ArbelĢż²¹²Ō»åĢż Christophe Dubach who has just been named as two of the outstanding researchers to join theĀ prestigious CIFAR AI Program, the goal of which is to "recruit and retain in Canada some of the world's leading researchers in AI and provide them with long-term, dedicated research funding to support their research programs, and to help them train the next generation of AI leaders" (
Published on: 11 Dec 2019
CIFAR today announced its newest cohort of Canada CIFAR AI Chairs, which includes nine researchers from ±«ÓćÖ±²„, bringing the total number of ±«ÓćÖ±²„ researchers named to the program to 17. These top academic researchers are part of the $125 million Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, the worldās first national strategy of its kind. The Canada CIFAR AI Chair Program represents an investment of $30 million at nine universities, and mobilizes over 150 researchers across the country.
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Published on: 9 Dec 2019
Music, including songs with words, appears to be a universal phenomenon according to a paper published this week in Science. An international team of researchers involving musicians, data scientists, psychologists, political scientists and linguists, including one from ±«ÓćÖ±²„, reached this conclusion after five years of collaboration, bringing together a broad range of skills and tools to the question of whether music is universal.
Using broad datasets to arrive at deep conclusions about music
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Published on: 21 Nov 2019
ECE Professor Tal Arbel recently presented research at the āAI and the Future of Cancer Researchā (From the Goodman Cancer Research Centreās Public Lecture Series).
Professor Arbel spoke about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and specifically her research focus on computer vision, already showing clinical success in the fields of brain tumours and multiple sclerosis.
Published on: 13 Nov 2019
AI and virtual reality can determine neurosurgeon expertise with 90% accuracy
Machine learning-guided virtual reality simulators can help neurosurgeons develop the skills they need before they step in the operating room, according to a new study.
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Published on: 2 Aug 2019
Mila ā Quebec Institute of Artificial Intelligence officially inaugurated its new premises at the O Mile-Ex complex this week, in the presence of the Minister of Economy and Innovation for the government of Quebec, Pierre Fitzgibbon, and more than 200 partners and players in the Quebec artificial intelligence ecosystem.
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Published on: 30 Jan 2019
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)Ā today announced the inaugural cohort ofĀ 29Ā Canada CIFAR AI (CCAI) Chairs, including six from ±«ÓćÖ±²„. These top academicĀ researchersāincluding DoinaĀ PrecupĢż²¹²Ō»åĢżJoĆ«lleāÆ Pineauāare named as part of the $125 million Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, and will helpĀ maintain Canadaās leadership in artificial intelligence research.Ā The CCAI Chair Program represents an investment of $30 million atĀ nineĀ universities across the country.Ā Ā
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Published on: 3 Dec 2018
By Meaghan Thurston
For Joelle Pineau, becoming a medical doctor wasāin her wordsānot in the cards. However, this Associate Professor from ±«ÓćÖ±²„`s School of Computer Science is now the driving force behind promising research whose aim is to use AI to improve the treatment of cancer and heart disease.
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Published on: 1 May 2018
At the AAAI meeting, Peter Henderson, a computer scientist at ±«ÓćÖ±²„ in Montreal, showed that the performance of AIs designed to learn by trial and error is highly sensitive not only to the exact code used, but also to the random numbers generated to kick off training, and to āhyperparametersāāsettings that are not core to the algorithm but that affect how quickly it learns.
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Published on: 19 Feb 2018
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