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Whether it’s pushing boundaries in science, helping companies strategically adopt AI or building individuals’ AI capabilities, there’s always something happening at Amii.
Whether it’s pushing boundaries in science, helping companies strategically adopt AI or building individuals’ AI capabilities, there’s always something happening at Amii.
Nov 7th 2024
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Amii Fellow and Canada CIFAR AI Chair Russ Greiner and University of Alberta researcher and collaborator David Wishart were awarded the Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering from the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
Nov 7th 2024
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Amii partners with pipikwan pêhtâkwan and its startup company wâsikan kisewâtisiwin, to harness AI in efforts to challenge misinformation about Indigenous People and include Indigenous People in the development of AI. The project is supported by the PrairiesCan commitment to accelerate AI adoption among SMEs in the Prairie region.
Nov 6th 2024
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Amii founding member Jonathan Schaeffer has spent 40 years making huge impacts in game theory and AI. Now he’s retiring from academia and sharing some of the insights he’s gained over his impressive career.
Oct 29th 2024
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In the latest episode of Approximately Correct, reinforcement learning legend Rich Sutton (Amii Fellow, Canada CIFAR AI Chair & Chief Scientific Advisor) talks about what he thinks is holding AI research back.
Oct 23rd 2024
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Amii Fellow, Canada CIFAR AI Chair and co-lead at BLINC Lab Patrick Pilarski is leading the team to compete in the 2024 Cybathlon, an international competition advancing leading-edge assistive technologies for individuals with limb differences.
Oct 23rd 2024
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Read our monthly update on Alberta’s growing machine intelligence ecosystem and exciting opportunities to get involved.
Oct 23rd 2024
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On Sept. 13, Cory Efird — an MSc. student in the Computing Science Department at the University of Alberta — presented “Contrastive Decoding for Concepts in the Brain" at the AI Seminar.
Oct 11th 2024
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Amii Fellow and Canada CIFAR AI Chair Osmar Zaïane will be honoured for his significant achievements in advancing the science of machine learning.
Sep 27th 2024
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In the latest episode of Approximately Correct, Andrew Butcher, co-founder of Artificial Agency, joins hosts Alona Fyshe and Scott Lilwall to discuss how his company is pushing the boundaries of AI in game development.
Sep 25th 2024
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Read our monthly update on Alberta’s growing machine intelligence ecosystem and exciting opportunities to get involved.
Sep 18th 2024
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Amii partners with Visionstate, a facility management solutions company, to tackle the complexities of staff and task scheduling in dynamic facility management. The project is supported by the PrairiesCan commitment to accelerate AI adoption among SMEs in the Prairie region.
Sep 17th 2024
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Meet the 16 Canadian startups in Level Up cohort 4! From healthcare to agriculture, these startups are driving innovation across the nation.
Sep 11th 2024
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Amii is pleased to partner with Medtronic, Rehabtronics and a consortium of healthcare innovation experts to launch PressureSmart, a $22M project that aims to leverage AI-powered depth-sensing cameras to transform the prevention and management of pressure injuries in Canadian healthcare settings.
Sep 11th 2024
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Learn more about the research and work of Amii Fellow and Canada CIFAR AI Chair Matt Guzdial and his work on artificial intelligence and investigates how artificial intelligence can support human creativity.
Sep 5th 2024
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Martha White — an Amii Fellow and Canada CIFAR AI Chair — has been admitted to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists by the Royal Society of Canada for her research accomplishments in artificial intelligence.
Aug 29th 2024
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Amii partners with SpectraCann to enhance THC drug detection by harnessing AI and quantum optics. The project is supported by the PrairiesCan commitment to accelerate AI adoption among SMEs in the Prairie region.
Aug 28th 2024
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Get a glimpse at how reinforcement learning is being used to improve water treatment. In this episode of Approximately Correct, we’re looking at real-world RL and off-policy learning with Amii Fellow and Canada CIFAR AI Chair Martha White.
Aug 28th 2024
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Read our monthly update on Alberta’s growing machine intelligence ecosystem and exciting opportunities to get involved.
Aug 15th 2024
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Amii partners with ZeroSound to address noise pollution in complex environments by leveraging the best in AI and sound engineering. The project is supported by the PrairiesCan commitment to accelerate AI adoption among SMEs in the Prairie region.
Aug 6th 2024
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Amii partners with the Google for Startups Cloud Program to help founders scale and grow. Participation in the Google for Startup Cloud program is open to any existing startup that has participated in Amii’s ML Exploration program or Level Up: Amii’s CTO Coaching program in the last 12 months or intends to do so in the future.
Jul 30th 2024
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Amii partners with Ambyint to reduce emissions in the oil and gas sector. The collaboration aims to mitigate up to 90% of methane emissions. The project is supported by the PrairiesCan commitment to accelerate AI adoption in the Prairie region.
Jul 24th 2024
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How do we get the best results when AI and human beings work together? In this episode of Approximately Correct, we’re looking into Human-In-The-Loop AI with Amii Fellow and Canada CIFAR AI Chair Matt Taylor.
Jul 22nd 2024
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Read our monthly update on Alberta’s growing machine intelligence ecosystem and exciting opportunities to get involved.
Jul 18th 2024
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Amii announces work with Communitech, a Waterloo Region innovation hub, to empower startup founders with the AI tools and resources they need to integrate AI and build in-house capabilities successfully. The collaboration will leverage Amii’s leading AI expertise and resources and be centred around Amii’s Machine Learning Exploration (ML Exploration) program.
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