Amii is proud to announce that Fellow and Canada CIFAR AI Chair at Amii Martha White (Assistant Professor, University of Alberta) is a recipient of the 2020 Killam Accelerator Research Award.

The Killam Trusts provide scholarships, fellowships and prizes to post-graduate scholars at Canadian universities, supporting research with a focus on social impact, accessibility, diversity, and making the world a better place. Killam Awards are prestigious and competitive; so far, the organization has provided more than $1 billion in funding.

“ At a high-level, I work on systems that autonomously make decisions and constantly adapt to the world around them ,” Martha said in an interview with the UAlberta Faculty of Science news . “ My primary research area is machine learning, where the goal is to understand and develop algorithms that improve prediction and decision-making capabilities with experience. ”

The Killam Accelerator Research Award was established in November 2018 to address the needs of an underserved group of researchers that merits targeted investment. Martha will receive $225,000 over three years to continue her leading-edge research in the field of machine learning.

“ It's an honor to be selected among so many great researchers at the University of Alberta, ” she remarked. “ My research is pushed forward by an amazingly talented group of graduate students. We are a collaborative team, and this award will directly fund several of those researchers, allowing them to focus on these hard and important research questions. ”

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Amii Fellow and Canada CIFAR AI Chair Martha White Receives Prestigious Killam Prize

Amii is proud to announce that Amii Fellow and Canada CIFAR AI Chair Martha White, also an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta, has been awarded the 2020 Killam Prize – Research Accelerator.

The Killam Trusts provide scholarships, fellowships and awards to graduate students at Canadian universities to support research that focuses on social impact, accessibility, diversity and initiatives to make the world a better place. The Killam Prizes are prestigious and highly sought-after; to date, the organization has awarded more than $1 billion in funding.

“At a high level, I work on systems that make autonomous decisions and constantly adapt to the world around them ,” Martha said in an interview with the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Science newsletter. “My main area of ​​research is machine learning, which is about understanding and developing algorithms that improve prediction and decision-making capabilities through experience.”

The Killam Prize – Research Accelerator was established in November 2018 to address the needs of under-funded researchers who deserve targeted investment. Martha will receive $225,000 over the next 3 years to pursue her cutting-edge research in machine learning.

“It is truly an honour to be selected from among so many distinguished researchers at the University of Alberta,” she added. “My research is being advanced by a very talented team of graduate students. We work closely together, and this award will directly fund many of these researchers, allowing them to focus on complex and fundamental research topics.”

Learn how Amii is advancing cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence and machine learning by visiting its research page .