CIFAR Solution Networks
SOLUTIONS FOR RESPONSIBLE AI
Collaboration and innovation to deploy responsible AI solutions everywhere
CIFAR’s Solution Networks program supports cross-sectoral, multi-disciplinary teams to design, develop, and implement solutions that respond to the challenges of deploying responsible AI.
CIFAR Solution Networks
PROGRAM DETAILS
Flexible funding for innovative solutions.
CIFAR Solution Networks receive flexible funding support for three years to to design, develop and implement a responsible AI solution.
The opportunity:
This program brings together international experts from across academia, civil society, government, and industry to drive sector-specific practice and action by developing and implementing solutions using responsible AI.
CIFAR Solution Networks is a collaborative initiative for interdisciplinary teams led by a core group of up to six individuals. Each team works to develop approaches and applications to support implementation of responsible AI to address urgent, timely problems.
The successful Solution Network receives:
- $60,000 Cdn. per year for each co-director (up to two) and $25,000 Cdn. per year for each core team member (up to four).
- Up to $60,000 Cdn. for each year to support costs directly associated with advancing the network’s solution.
- Financial and logistical support to enable a minimum of two interactions per year (in-person or virtually) between members of the Network and external experts.
- CIFAR’s programmatic and administrative support
Eligibility:
The Solution Network should be made up of an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral team and must:
- be led by two co-directors and composed of up to four additional members include at least one computer/data scientist include at least one expert in the legal, ethical, or policy implications of AI
- have at least one member based in the setting where the solution will be implemented
- achieve equity, diversity and inclusion in the team composition
Solution Network Members
Ibukun Abejirinde
Solution Network Member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
University of Toronto
Jennifer Gibson
Solution Network Member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Shion Guha
Solution Network Member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Lorraine Lipscombe
Solution Network Member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Women's College Hospital
Laura Rosella
Solution Network Co-Director
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
James Shaw
Solution Network Co-Director
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Robert Avram
Solution Network Co-Director
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Université de Montréal
Sarath Chandar
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Solution Network Member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Mila
Université de Montréal
Pierre-Luc Déziel
Solution Network Member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Julie Hussin
Solution Network Member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Montréal Heart Institute
Université de Montréal
Samuel Kadoury
Solution Network Co-Director
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
University of Montréal Health Centre
Pascal Theriault Lauzier
Solution Network Member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Antranig Basman
Solution Network Member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Luke Church
Solution Network Member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
University of Cambridge
Colin Clark
Solution Network Co-Director
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Salonie Muralidhara Hiriyur
Solution Network Member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Revathi Sharma Kollegala
Solution Network Co-Director
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Patrick Shulist
Solution Network Member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy