Amii Monthly News - August 2024

Hi there,

One of our most important goals at Amii is to support world-leading research that forwards the field of artificial intelligence. 

We’re proud to announce that last week, a team of Amii researchers published a paper in the scientific journal Nature, exploring the problem of loss of plasticity. It’s a mysterious challenge that affects deep learning networks, and solving it could be a crucial step in building advanced AI that works in the real world. 

This month, we also announced a partnership with Google for Startup Cloud’s program. Amii will offer our coaching and expertise to help early-stage startups harness AI to accelerate their business. The program is open to anyone who has taken part in Amii’s ML Exploration program or Level Up: Amii’s CTO Coaching program recently or plans to in the future.

We’ll be at the All In conference in Montreal next month to meet with others and share all the exciting things going on in the AI community. I’ll be taking part in a panel on the first day to talk about how Canada is at the forefront of AI innovation. If you’re at All In, make sure to come by to say hi to the Amii team. 

Hope to connect with you soon.

August Highlights

Community & Industry Updates:

• The Amii team will be at the All In conference in Montréal on September 11-12, Be sure to connect with us there!
• Learn more about our partnership with Google Cloud for Startups. the program is open to anyone who takes part in our ML Exploration Program, which is accepting new applications until Sept. 8.
• Learn more about our work alongside ZeroSound, building AI-driven solutions to combat noise pollution. 
• Our Introduction to Applied Machine Learning course was ranked "Best Applied Machine Learning Course for non-technical professionals" by Class Central.

Research Updates:

• A new paper in Nature by Amii researchers explores a mysterious challenge in deep learning networks. Read more about their work and what it means for the future of AI.
• In this month's Approximately Correct podcast, we hear about how AI is increasing the efficiency of a water treatment plant from Amii Fellow and CIFAR AI Chair Martha White. She discusses how her new startup, RL Core Technologies, is making reinforcement learning.

Training Updates:

• Learn more about how AI can directly benefit your business with ML Explorations. Applications are open until Sept. 8.
• Registration is open for ML Foundations 1, a crash course in AI & machine learning. Sign up now for the Sept. 5 class.
• Build on that knowledge with a more technical focus in ML Foundations 2. Sign up for the Sept. 12 class.
• Build awareness of best practices in AI standards and governance with our AI Ethics 1 course.
• Get hands-on experience in building an ethics framework in AI Ethics 2.

Career Opportunities

• If you're interested in the application of generative AI and NLP in healthcare, apply for our 12-month Machine Learning Resident position. 
• We're also looking for a Machine Learning Resident to work on a project on ML and speech/voice processing in predictive medicine.
• The University of Alberta is looking for a postdoctoral fellow focused on machine learning in medicine.
• The University of Alberta is also searching for a postdoctoral position in Computational Psychiatry.
• Ready to push the boundaries of AI with your interdisciplinary research? Apply for a tenure-track role at one of Canada's largest centres for fundamental AI research! Learn more about these Amii and University of Alberta postings. We're currently searching for an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in AI-Enhanced Pharmacology Research.

Keep up-to-date on all of our open postings on our Career Opportunities page.