Key Strategic Priorities
Advancing research in a range of fundamental and applied AI topics from drug discovery and machine learning for health, to autonomous vehicles, materials discovery, human-AI interaction, natural language processing, and more.
The Canada CIFAR AI Chairs
The Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy recruits the world's leading AI researchers to Canada, while retaining our existing top talent.
AICan
This annual meeting of the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy brings together academic researchers, students, industry and thought leaders to explore the latest developments in artificial intelligence.
Stay tuned for news about AICan 2023.
Pan-Canadian AI Compute Environment
Thanks to new investments by the Government of Canada, CIFAR, Amii, Mila and the Vector Institute are working with the Digital Research Alliance of Canada and partners and host sites across the country to develop and deploy a new national computing platform dedicated to AI research. The first installation is expected in the spring of 2023.
Recent Stories
AI Science
AI in 2063
June 06, 2023
Advances
Believe the Impossible: The Future of… Fairness in AI
September 12, 2022
AI Science
5 Rising Stars: The AI Pathfinder
February 10, 2022
By leveraging our strengths in AI and health research, our publicly-funded health systems, and the diversity of our population, Canada is well positioned to deliver world-leading AI-based health innovations that will improve both our health systems and the health of Canadians, with the potential to benefit the world.
AI & Health Care: A Fusion Of Law & Science
A series of workshops, reports and case studies that explored existing safety and privacy laws surrounding AI health technologies from ethical, legal, and regulatory perspectives.
Leadership Team: Colleen Flood, University of Ottawa, Canada; Ian Kerr (until 2019), University of Ottawa, Canada; Joelle Pineau, McGill University, Canada; Céline Castets-Renard, Université Toulouse Capitole, France.
AI for Health Solution Networks
CIFAR announces launch of two AI for Health Solution Networks
(Announced July 13, 2023) Collaborative teams will advance the responsible use of AI to address challenging problems in Canada’s health sector.
Synthetic Data for Health Symposium
CIFAR, IVADO and Mila held a symposium featuring Canadian and international experts to address the opportunities and challenges around the use and deployment of synthetic data in healthcare. Following the symposium, a call for proposals resulted in four catalyst grants for collaborative projects using synthetic data for better health research in Canada.
AI4Health Task Force
A CIFAR-convened national roundtable of leaders in AI and health innovation debated Canada's opportunities to advance AI for health. A strong consensus emerged: if we act quickly, Canada can become a world leader in the development and adoption of AI-based approaches to health and healthcare.
Recent Stories
AI and Society
CIFAR announces launch of two AI for Health Solution Networks
July 13, 2023
Advances
How has COVID-19 affected world happiness?
March 17, 2021
CIFAR Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Ontario researchers use AI to diagnose and treat COVID-19
December 16, 2020
Advances
AI radiology tool supports real-time diagnosis of COVID-19-related pneumonia
September 28, 2020
Announcement
An AI for Health strategy will be a gamechanger for Canada
September 25, 2020
Accelerating solutions that mitigate the effects of climate change, protect the environment, and deliver innovation in the energy sector.
Call for Experts in Climate AI
CIFAR is developing strategic planning & activities in the priority research area of AI for Energy & the Environment. If you work on AI policies or applications related to energy, natural resources, agriculture, transportation, environmental or other related sectors, please let us know at ai@cifar.ca.
Recent Stories
AI and Society
Generative AI doesn’t have to generate climate disaster
September 25, 2023
AI and Society
CIFAR AI Insights: Towards Measuring and Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Large Language Models
September 25, 2023
AI and Society
Report: CIFAR Symposium on AI for Energy and the Environment
June 02, 2023
AI for Energy and the Environment
CIFAR hosts AI for Energy & the Environment Symposium
April 19, 2023
AI for Energy and the Environment
Canada’s three National AI Institutes advance AI solutions for energy and the environment
April 17, 2023
AI and Society
What will be the impact of AI-assisted robotics on humanity?
February 15, 2023
New programs are underway at our partner AI Institutes to support and stimulate Canadian companies to develop and scale AI technologies in a way that is inclusive, responsible and beneficial.
Recent Stories
AI Commercialization
Facts and Figures: Canada’s AI Landscape
March 20, 2023
CIFAR Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
A look toward 2030
November 23, 2020
CIFAR Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Sanja Fidler is taking data to the next level with AI-assisted annotation tool
September 09, 2020
CIFAR Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Training AI: Q&A with Chelsea Finn
August 05, 2020
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