Advances
Advances
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