AI Week Brings Collectively the World AI Group

4 days of occasions will characteristic keynotes and talks from leaders in AI and machine studying.

EDMONTON, AB – Amii (the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute) has introduced this system for AI Week, Could 24-27 in Edmonton, Canada. With greater than 20 occasions going down throughout 4 days all through town, the celebration of Alberta’s AI excellence will characteristic an educational keynote from Richard S. Sutton, main knowledgeable in reinforcement studying, who will focus on future analysis instructions within the subject.

The jam-packed week additionally consists of panels on AI profession paths for youths, AI for aggressive benefit and the ethics of AI; a profession and expertise mixer connecting AI profession seekers with high corporations; and a full-day educational symposium bringing collectively the brightest minds in AI. The celebrations are rounded out by a ‘home’ get together at a secret, soon-to-be-revealed location and the Amiiversary road get together, marking 20 years of AI excellence in Alberta. Be taught extra about this system at www.ai-week.ca/program

“Over the previous 20 years, Alberta has emerged as one of many world’s high locations for AI analysis and utility,” says Cam Linke, CEO of Amii. “With AI Week, we’re placing a worldwide highlight on the province and welcoming the world’s AI group to expertise what many within the subject have identified for a very long time: that Alberta is on the forefront of the AI revolution. AI Week isn’t only a celebration of 20 years of AI excellence – it’s a launching level for the following 20 years of development.”

AI Week has one thing for everybody – together with periods, networking occasions and socials for a variety of ages and familiarity with AI. Extra keynotes shall be delivered by Alona Fyshe, talking about what brains and AI can inform us about each other, and Martha White, who will current on modern purposes of reinforcement studying. A particular AI in Well being keynote will spotlight the work of Dornoosh Zonoobi and Jacob Jaremko of Medo.ai, which makes use of machine studying in live performance with ultrasound know-how to display screen infants for hip dysplasia.

Casual networking and social occasions will assist forge connections between members of the analysis, trade and innovation communities – in addition to AI learners and fanatics. In the meantime, the Amiiversary road get together, hosted on Rice Howard Approach in Edmonton’s downtown core, will mark 20 years of AI excellence in Alberta. The get together shall be attended by the who’s-who of Edmonton AI, know-how and innovation scenes.

AI Week shall be attended by the world’s AI group, with over 500 candidates for journey bursaries from greater than 35 totally different nations. The profitable candidates, rising researchers and trade professionals alike, could have the chance to be taught alongside leaders within the subject on the AI Week Educational Symposium, which is being organized by Amii’s Fellows from the College of Alberta, one of many world’s high educational establishments for AI analysis. The symposium will embody talks and discussions amongst high consultants in AI and machine studying in addition to demos and lab showcases from the Amii group.

“I selected to arrange in Canada in 2003 as a result of, on the time, Alberta was one of many few locations investing in constructing a group of AI researchers,” says Richard S. Sutton, Amii’s Chief Scientific Advisor, who can be a Professor on the College of Alberta and a Distinguished Analysis Scientist at DeepMind. “Almost twenty years later, I’m struck by how a lot now we have achieved to advance the sphere of AI, not solely domestically however globally. AI Week is a chance to rejoice these achievements and showcase a few of the brightest minds in AI.”

The occasion is being placed on by Amii, one among Canada’s AI institutes within the Pan-Canadian AI Technique and can characteristic occasion companions and community-led occasions from throughout Canada’s AI ecosystem. AI Week is made potential partly by our occasion companions and expertise bursary sponsors: AltaML, Utilized Pharmaceutical Innovation, ATB, Attabotics, BDC, CBRE, CIFAR, DeepMind, DrugBank, Discover Edmonton, NeuroSoph, RBC Royal Financial institution, Samdesk, TELUS and the College of Alberta.