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May 6th 2020
News
AI is a Big Idea for Energy Futures Lab
Amii Machine Learning Advisor Hossein Shahandeh, also a Fellow of the Energy Futures Lab (EFL), recently spoke to a crowd of nearly 60 attendees at the “Five Big Ideas for Alberta’s Economic Recovery” virtual conference.
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Apr 29th 2020
News
Amii Researchers dig deep at renowned international conference ICLR 2020
Amii is proud of our researchers' work being featured at ICLR 2020, running online this year from April 26 to May 1. ICLR is the premier gathering of professionals dedicated to advancing the branch of AI called representation learning, also referred to as deep learning.
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Apr 9th 2020
News
Recommended Reading: Computers Already Learn From Us. But Can They Teach Themselves?
Richard S. Sutton, Chief Scientific Advisor at Amii, recently took the opportunity to sit down with Craig S. Smith of the New York Times as part of their Artificial Intelligence special report.
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Mar 11th 2020
News
AlbertaWomen.AI in action: an interview with Program Coordinator Destani Engel
With two AlbertaWomen.AI sessions now complete, we sat down with Program Coordinator Destani Engel to see how it’s going and what the future could hold for the program.
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Dec 16th 2019
News
Amii launches Machine Learning Technician Certification
In keeping with our goal to grow machine intelligence literacy in Alberta, Amii is pleased to announce the launch of our Machine Learning Technician Certification!
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Dec 9th 2019
News
Five more Canada CIFAR Chairs in AI appointed
Amii and UAlberta are pleased to welcome five new Canada CIFAR Chairs in AI to our family: Rupam Mahmood, Lili Mou, Nathan Sturtevant, Csaba Szepesvári and Adam White.
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Nov 27th 2019
News
Meet Ana, the AI companion counteracting elder loneliness
Osmar Zaïane, Amii Fellow at the University of Alberta, is leading a team to improve elder care using machine intelligence; Ana is a chatbot designed to converse with elderly individuals living at home.
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Oct 18th 2019
News
Celebrate Edmonton Startup Week 2019 with Us
From October 21 to 25, 2019, attend workshops, socials, and events geared towards building momentum and opportunity around Edmonton’s unique entrepreneurial identity, startup community and culture of innovation.
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Sep 12th 2019
News
Media Release: Amii Innovates launches, guides AI adoption in Alberta businesses
Amii is pleased to announce the launch of Amii Innovates, a program which guides teams and businesses on the path to AI adoption.
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Aug 16th 2019
News
Wrapping up an exciting two weeks of AI excellence in Alberta: 2019 DLRL Summer School
This amazing and inspiring two weeks brought together the world’s brightest graduate students, post-docs and professionals to cover the foundational research, new developments and real-world applications of deep learning and reinforcement learning.
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Aug 15th 2019
News
Two Coursera AI Specializations launched
Amii is pleased to announce the launch of two massive open online courses (MOOCs) on Coursera! Take top-tier AI courses taught by leaders in the field.
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Jul 24th 2019
News
Media Release: DLRL Summer School – World’s Top AI Talent Convenes July 24 – Aug 2
Classes are now in session at the CIFAR Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning Summer School (DLRL Summer School).
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Jun 20th 2019
News
COLIEE 2019: Applying AI to legal reasoning
By building a community of practice regarding legal information processing and textual entailment, COLIEE has been able to steadily advance the understanding of the process of applying AI to legal reasoning.
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Jun 4th 2019
News
Catch us at Inventure$ 2019
This “unconference,” held from June 5-7 at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary, joins together entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, researchers and thought leaders to discover and share the latest in innovation.
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Apr 9th 2019
News
Amii welcomes two additional Canada CIFAR AI Chairs
Together with the University of British Columbia, Amii is pleased to welcome two additional Canada CIFAR AI Chairs to our family: Mark Schmidt and Kevin Leyton-Brown.
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Mar 22nd 2019
News
UCLA School of Law professor & co-organizer talks inaugural Summer Institute
Summer Institute brings together experts, grad students and researchers of all backgrounds to explore the societal, governmental, and ethical implications of AI. Read our interview with one of the co-organizers, UCLA School of Law professor Edward Parson.
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Mar 11th 2019
News
Summer Institute on AI and Society – July 21-24, 2019
What will Artificial Intelligence (AI) mean for society? That’s the question scholars from a variety of disciplines will explore during the inaugural Summer Institute on AI and Society.
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Mar 8th 2019
News
Interview with Anna Koop: International Women’s Day 2019
We are fortunate to have many fascinating and talented women to celebrate in the Amii office, including Anna Koop, Managing Director of Applied Science. We spoke with Anna about what led her to her current position, and how her gender has affected her journey.
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Feb 1st 2019
News
School’s in for summer: Students talk Deep Learning & Reinforcement Learning Summer School 2018
Get a taste of what to expect at this year’s DLRL Summer School! Three of last year’s attendees tell us about their experiences and what they found valuable.
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Dec 3rd 2018
News
Amii welcomes four Canada CIFAR AI Chairs
Together with UAlberta and Simon Fraser University, Amii is pleased to welcome four new Canada CIFAR AI Chairs to our family: Angel Chang, Alona Fyshe, Martha White and James Wright.
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