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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.
Sep 25th 2023
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Amii's Chief Scientific Advisor announces partnership with John Carmack to bring greater focus and urgency to the creation of artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Sep 15th 2023
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Amii is launching a new program to give students the AI knowledge they'll need in the future and other news from around the world of AI.
Sep 12th 2023
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The course aims to build fundamental AI literacy for an evolving digital world
Aug 24th 2023
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We're excited to announce that Bailey Kacsmar, Xingyu Li and Geoffrey Rockwell are joining the Amii team.
Aug 18th 2023
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Check out the research being presented by Amii scientists and students at this year's International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Aug 11th 2023
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In part two of our roundup of the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Conference, Amii's scientists talk about the trends they saw at this year's event and share their insights into the future of computer vision.
Jul 27th 2023
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Amii and Tourism Jasper announce one-year partnership to build AI capacity and explore applications of artificial intelligence that will support the success of tourism operators in Jasper.
Jun 27th 2023
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Tea Time Talks are back for another year. This summer lecture series, presented by Amii and the RLAI Lab at the University of Alberta, give researchers the chance to discuss early-stage ideas and prospective research. Join us for another series of informal 20-minute talks where AI leaders discuss the future of machine learning research.
Jun 27th 2023
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Tea Time Talks are back for another year. This summer lecture series, presented by Amii and the RLAI Lab at the University of Alberta, give researchers the chance to discuss early-stage ideas and prospective research. Join us for another series of informal 20-minute talks where AI leaders discuss the future of machine learning research.
Jun 19th 2023
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Learn how you can take your startup to the next level with AI, as well as more interesting news from Amii and the world of machine learning.
Jun 19th 2023
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Learn how Amii is helping build AI literacy in the plant-based sector, as well as more interesting news from Amii and the world of machine learning.
Jun 6th 2023
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The award is given out every year for "an outstanding masters-level thesis completed at a Canadian University in the field of Artificial Intelligence." Liu, who studies natural language processing (NLP), won for the paper "Non-Autoregressive Unsupervised Summarization with Length-Control Algorithms."
Jun 1st 2023
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Upper Bound, Amii’s signature event celebrating the best in artificial intelligence, has released the final talent bursary numbers awarded for the annual conference.
May 31st 2023
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A new paper presented this week by Amii scientists at the International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) details how they could use machine learning to significantly increase the efficiency of Attabotic's robotic warehouses and the promise the technology holds to transform supply chain logistics.
May 11th 2023
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Russ Greiner — Amii Fellow, Canada CIFAR AI Chair and one of the founding members of Amii — is being recognized for his outstanding contribution to furthering computing science with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Computing Science from CS-Can | Info-Can.
May 2nd 2023
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All are invited to attend the multi-day event, with diverse programming catered for AI researchers, industry leaders, pop culture enthusiasts and anyone who has ever been curious about artificial intelligence.
Apr 28th 2023
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Check out the advancements being presented by Amii researchers at this year's 2023 Eleventh International Conference on Learning Representation.
Apr 27th 2023
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Amii Fellows Bei Jiang and J.Ross Mitchell appointed as Canada CIFAR AI Chairs.
Apr 17th 2023
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Richard Sutton presents on preparing for the AI Revolution, and how we can keep our eyes on the prize. Check out his AI Week 2022 keynote.
Mar 30th 2023
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Do large language models like ChatGPT truly understand us? Amii Fellow and Canada CIFAR AI Chair Alona Fyshe explores this question, and how brain imaging might provide an answer, in her recent TED Talk.
Mar 16th 2023
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Learn how Amii made history as the first Official AI Partner at the JUNO Awards and how AI is being used in sound, music and creativity
Mar 13th 2023
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This AI Meetup discussed using federated learning in healthcare projects and beyond, feat. Amii Fellows Ross Mitchell & Randy Goebel.
Jan 31st 2023
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New positions will focus on interdisciplinary research, exploring how artificial intelligence can push the boundaries of research into fields including health, energy, physics and Indigenous leadership.
Jan 31st 2023
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New positions will focus on interdisciplinary research, exploring how artificial intelligence can push the boundaries of research into fields including health, energy, physics and Indigenous leadership.
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