Mila inaugurates its new premises in Mile-Ex

Published: 30 January 2019

Mila – 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...

Six McGill researchers named Canada CIFAR AI (CCAI) Chairs

Published: 3 December 2018

The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) today announced the inaugural cohort of 29 Canada CIFAR AI (CCAI) Chairs, including six from McGill. These top academic researchers—including...

SCIENCE | Artificial intelligence faces reproducibility crisis

Published: 19 February 2018

At the AAAI meeting, Peter Henderson, a computer scientist at McGill University in Montreal, showed that the performance of AIs designed to learn by trial and error is highly sensitive not only to...

GAZETTE | RBC eyes AI opportunities in Montreal as the banking market changes

Published: 8 February 2018

First launched in Toronto and Edmonton in 2016, Borealis AI is RBC’s AI research lab. The Montreal location will be at the corner of St-Urbain and St-Zotique Sts, where an area formerly dominated...

McGill researcher to head Facebook’s new Montreal AI lab

Published: 15 September 2017

Facebook is opening a new Artificial Intelligence Research Lab in Montreal — FAIR Montreal. This is the company’s first research and development investment in Canada, and only its fourth AI...

Artificial intelligence predicts dementia before onset of symptoms

Published: 22 August 2017

Imagine if doctors could determine, many years in advance, who is likely to develop dementia. Such prognostic capabilities would give patients and their families time to plan and manage treatment...

A boost for artificial-intelligence research in Montreal

Published: 18 January 2017

To help spur artificial-intelligence research in Montreal, Microsoft will provide a gift of $1 million to McGill University.

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