2021 Highlights
2021 DLRL Summer School By the Numbers
(Hosted by CIFAR with Amii, Mila and the Vector Institute)
975
Applicants from 77 countries
300
Attendees from 56 countries
90
Attendees who identified as women
26
World-class speakers
Irina Rish wants to solve one of AI’s biggest challenges
The Canada CIFAR AI Chair (Mila and Université de Montréal) is advancing the field of continual lifelong learning to help machines learn while retaining existing knowledge.
Leading with generosity
A conversation with Kyunghyun Cho on his major breakthrough in machine translation, why he donated his awards, and why the unknown inspires him.
2021 Speakers
Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Associate Fellow, Learning in Machines & Brains | Research Scientist, Google Brain | Core Industry Member, Mila | Adjunct Professor, McGill University
Canada CIFAR AI Chair, Mila | Co-Director, CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains Program | Scientific Director, IVADO | Scientific Director, Mila | Professor, Université de Montréal
Vice President, Talent & Ecosystem, Mila
Fellow, CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains | CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019 | Associate Professor, New York University
President and Chief Executive Officer, Vector Institute
Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Faculty Member, Vector Institute | Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research | Core Industry Member, Mila
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Radical Ventures
Staff Research Scientist, Google Brain
Research Scientist, DeepMind
Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Associate Fellow, CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains | Lead, Google Brain | Core Industry Member, Mila | Adjunct Professor, Université de Montréal
Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Research Scientist, Google Brain | Core Industry Member, Mila | Adjunct Professor, McGill University
Chief Executive Officer, Amii
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research | Adjunct Professor, Stanford University
Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Advisor, CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains | Lead, Facebook AI Research Lab | Core Academic Member, Mila | Associate Professor, McGill University
Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Senior Fellow, CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains | Research Team Lead, DeepMind | Core Academic Member, Mila | Associate Professor, McGill University
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Core Academic Member, Mila | Associate Professor, Université de Montréal
Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Faculty Member, Vector Institute | Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Executive Director, Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, CIFAR
Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Associate Fellow, CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains | Distinguished Research Scientist, DeepMind | Chief Scientific Advisor, Amii | Professor, University of Alberta
Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Senior Staff Research Scientist, DeepMind | Fellow, Amii | Professor, University of Alberta
Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Core Academic Member, Mila | Assistant Professor, HEC Montréal
Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Fellow, Amii | Director of RLAI, Professor, University of Alberta
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