Speakers

Confirmed speakers

More speaker information to come.

Bahereh Tolooshams

Bahereh Tolooshams

Fellow, Amii | Assistant Professor — University of Alberta

Sarath Chandar

Sarath Chandar

Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Core Academic Member, MILA | Associate Professor, Polytechnique Montréal (Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering) | Adjunct Professor, Université de Montréal (Department of Computer Science and Operations Research) | Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Clay Lowe

Manager, AI Workforce Readiness, Amii

Finbarr Timbers

Lead Research Engineer at the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2)

Geoffrey Rockwell

Geoffrey Rockwell

Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Fellow, Amii | Professor — University of Alberta (Philosophy and Digital Humanities) | Canadian AI Safety Institute Research Council — CIFAR

Greg Burlet

Director of Engineering, Amii

J. Ross Mitchell

J. Ross Mitchell

Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Fellow, Amii | Professor — University of Alberta (Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry) | Adjunct Professor — University of Alberta (Computer Science)

Jun Jin

Jun Jin

Fellow, Amii | Assistant Professor — University of Alberta (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

Ke Li

Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University | Visual Computing Research Chair, Simon Fraser University

Cam Linke

Cam Linke

CEO, Amii

Rupam Mahmood

Rupam Mahmood

Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Fellow, Amii | Assistant Professor — University of Alberta (Computing Science) | Director — Reinforcement Learning & Artificial Intelligence Lab (University of Alberta) | Principal Investigator — Computer Vision & Robotics Lab (University of Alberta)

Maithrreye Srinivasan

Maithrreye Srinivasan

ML Scientist, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)

Mark Schmidt

Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Associate Professor — University of British Columbia (Computer Science) | Sloan Research Fellow — University of British Columbia

Marlos Marchado

Marlos C. Machado

Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Fellow, Amii | Assistant Professor — University of Alberta (Computing Science)

Nabilah Chowdhury

Director, Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, CIFAR

Peter West

Peter West

Randy Goebel

Randy Goebel

Fellow, Amii | Professor — University of Alberta (Computing Science)
| Principal Investigator — xAI Lab (University of Alberta)

Subhojeet (Subho) Pramanik

ML Scientist, Amii

Rich Sutton

Rich Sutton

Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Associate Fellow, CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains | Distinguished Research Scientist, DeepMind | Chief Scientific Advisor, Amii | Professor, University of Alberta

Adam White

Adam White

Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Fellow, Amii | Assistant Professor — University of Alberta (Computing Science) | Principal Investigator — Reinforcement Learning & Artificial Intelligence Lab (University of Alberta)

Martha White

Martha White

Canada CIFAR AI Chair | Fellow, Amii | Director of RLAI, Professor, University of Alberta

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“The #DLRL Summer School is a place of learning at the highest scientific level in world-changing research areas but also an opportunity for networking, creating connections which can stay for life and fuel future collaborations.”

Yoshua Bengio

Canada CIFAR AI Chair, Mila | Co-Director, CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains Program |
Scientific Director, IVADO | Scientific Director, Mila | Professor, Université de Montréal
Kimberly Nestor

“Attending DLRL 2023 was such an enriching summer school experience! I had a great time academically and it allowed me to expand my knowledge about the field. I made lifelong friends and connections, while learning about potential internships and postdoctoral opportunities.”

Kimberly Nestor

Kyunghyun Cho

“I attended DLRL early in my career. The lectures were amazing and provided an opportunity to have close interaction among the participants, and it was at that point that I decided I wanted to continue to do research full time in the area of deep learning.”

Kyunghyun Cho

Associate Professor, New York University; Fellow in the CIFAR
Learning in Machines & Brains program, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2017-2019
D'jeff Kanda Nkashama

“What struck me the most was the commitment of the DLRL summer school organizers to foster inclusive AI. As a member of a minority visible group, I was fortunate to receive the CIFAR Inclusive AI scholarship that enabled me to participate fully in this enriching program. Throughout the summer school, I delved into various aspects of machine learning, spanning optimization, computer vision, natural language processing, as well as ethical AI and AI safety. The breadth and depth of knowledge covered were truly impressive.”

D'jeff Kanda Nkashama

Alona Fyshe

“[The #DLRL] is a wonderful opportunity to bring the AI leaders of tomorrow together for a fun and immersive learning experience. It’s also a great way to showcase the depth of AI knowledge and expertise that exists in Canada.”

Alona Fyshe

CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains;
Canada CIFAR AI Chair, Amii, University of Alberta
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar 2016-2018
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