Advances
Advances
Irina Rish wants to solve one of AI’s biggest challenges
Her research will enable machines to learn new knowledge more efficiently.
How has COVID-19 affected world happiness?
CIFAR Fellows and Canada CIFAR AI Chairs investigate happiness using interdisciplinary methods
COVID-19 may forever alter our microbiomes
The virus (and our reactions to it) affects our health through the microbiome.
AI radiology tool supports real-time diagnosis of COVID-19-related pneumonia
Canadian research collaboration launches AI radiology tool
Nature, nurture, and time: Q&A with Marla Sokolowski
Research transforms how we think about early life experiences
CIFAR fellows narrow in on origin of Fast Radio Bursts
New results from CHIME surprise and delight
CIFAR researchers measure the duration of quantum tunnelling
How long does it take to do the apparently impossible?
Training AI to reason
Facebook CIFAR AI Chair Pierre-Luc Bacon discovers breakthrough approach, enabling machines to reason and make decisions
Obesity, heart disease, and diabetes may be communicable
A new research paper proposes that “non-communicable” diseases may be transmitted through the microbiome
Using AI to track cancer evolution
Canada CIFAR AI Chair Quaid Morris uses machine learning to find patterns of mutations in tumours
Finding islands in the uncharted waters of consciousness
Can consciousness persist in brains that are totally cut off from the outside world?
AI Research Enables Astronomy Breakthrough
Bernhard Schölkopf co-developed a machine learning approach to identify exoplanets
When antibiotics fail
An expert panel on antimicrobial resistance chaired by B. Brett Finlay releases its report
The secret wars of plants and fungi
CIFAR fellow Hailing Jin has uncovered the details of a chilling plot to silence opposition and subvert resistance in th
Quantum supremacy: Giant leap, or one small step?
With much hype surrounding Google’s recent announcement of “quantum supremacy,” CIFAR fellows weigh in on this mil
AI research detects online trolls in Canadian election
With the Canadian federal election looming, Canadians may be wondering if social media influences could play a similar r
Hope for an inclusive future
A Q&A with Boundaries, Membership & Belonging co-director Will Kymlicka
Surgery without scars?
An amazing new instrument provides scar-free surgery and promises dramatic advances in wound healing and biodiagnostics
A bigger, tastier, more equitable economic pie is possible
Co-directors of CIFAR’s Innovation, Equity & the Future of Prosperity program discuss the economic pie and why we need