AI Strategy Leadership
AI LEADERS
We benefit from the advice and guidance of leaders around the world and across sectors.
International Scientific Advisory Committee
The International Scientific Advisory Committee is responsible for making recommendations on Canada CIFAR AI Chair appointments and providing overall advice and guidance to CIFAR on the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy.
Shakir Mohamed
International Scientific Advisory Committee
Chair
CIFAR Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy Leadership
DeepMind
Honorary Professor
Research Scientist
University College London
Honorary Professor
Research Scientist
University College London
United Kingdom
Nuria Oliver
International Scientific Advisory Committee Deputy Chair
CIFAR Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy Leadership
Chief Scientific Advisor Vodafone Institute
Co-founder and Vice-President ELLIS
Fellow of the IEEE ACM and European Association of AI
Scientific Director and Cofounder of the Institute for Humanity-centric AI (@ELLIS)
Co-founder and Vice-President ELLIS
Fellow of the IEEE ACM and European Association of AI
Scientific Director and Cofounder of the Institute for Humanity-centric AI (@ELLIS)
Spain
Neil Lawrence
International Scientific Advisory Committee member
CIFAR Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy Leadership
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
Barbara Engelhardt
Fellow
International Scientific Advisory Committee member
CIFAR Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy Leadership
CIFAR MacMillan Multiscale Human
Gladstone Institutes
Stanford University
Stanford University
United States
Sara Mostafavi
Fellow
International Scientific Advisory Committee member
CIFAR Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy Leadership
Child & Brain Development
University of Washington
United States
Antoine Petit
International Scientific Advisory Committee member
CIFAR Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy Leadership
CIFAR Research Council Member
National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
President
President
France
Simon See
International Scientific Advisory Committee member
CIFAR Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy Leadership
Adjunct Professor Shanghai Jiao Tong University Coventry University and Universitas Indonesia
Solution Architecture and Engineering Director Chief Solution Architect and Global Head NVIDIA AI Technology Center
Solution Architecture and Engineering Director Chief Solution Architect and Global Head NVIDIA AI Technology Center
Singapore
Toby Walsh
International Scientific Advisory Committee member
CIFAR Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy Leadership
Chief Scientist AI Institute of the University of New South Wales
Laureate Fellow and Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence UNSW
Laureate Fellow and Scientia Professor of Artificial Intelligence UNSW
Australia
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy National Program Committee
The National Program Committee provides advice to CIFAR on national activities under the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy and acts as a coordinating body for activities taking place across the National Artificial Intelligence Institutes, including events, reporting, and planning.
Members
Estelle Blons
National Program Committee member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Mila
Canada
Rosa Ellithorpe
National Program Committee member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Amii
Canada
Yuhong Guo
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
National Program Committee member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Amii
Carleton University
Carleton University
Canada
Xi He
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
National Program Committee member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
University of Waterloo
Vector Institute
Vector Institute
Canada
Arber Kacollja
National Program Committee member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Vector Institute
Canada
Liam Paull
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
National Program Committee member
Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Mila
Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
Canada