Research
Research
Ethical AI: A Discussion
While AI technologies are contributing to new products and services across industries that bring many potential benefits
Ion Selective Membranes in CO2 Electrolysis
On May 15, 2019, CIFAR convened a roundtable to discuss developments in ion selective membranes for CO2 electrolyzers.
The Future of the Microbiome in Public Health
Rapid advances in research on the human microbiome are leading to new insights on the role of our body’s microorganism
The Future of Genetic Networks in Decoding Complex Disease
CIFAR convened a roundtable on a topic at the vanguard of genomics: how combinations of genetic variants yield phenotype
The world's top AI talent convene in Edmonton for the DLRL Summer School
Classes are now in session at the CIFAR Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning Summer School (DLRL Summer School).
Media Advisory: DLRL Summer School brings global AI experts to Canada
CIFAR and the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) and are excited to welcome the brightest minds in artificial
Adversities, Neurodevelopment & New Interventions
On March 28, 2019, CIFAR convened a roundtable to explore our understanding of the impact of multiple early adversities
Can virtual reality change the way we understand ourselves?
Virtual reality (VR) technologies could open a window on the nature of consciousness, while advances in neuroscience are
Art of Science: Beauty in the gut of a fish
For about three days after zebrafish emerge from their eggs, they are completely transparent
Hannah Carter: Towards personalized cancer diagnosis and treatment
By understanding the details of how genetic mutations turn into tumours, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Hannah Carter is p
The memory hunters
In their lab at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, CIFAR fellows and neuroscientists Sheena Josselyn and Paul Frankla
CIFAR fellows awarded 2019 Micius Quantum Prize
Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard, fellows in CIFAR’s Quantum Information Science program, were jointly awarded a 20
Earth 4D program co-director Barbara Sherwood Lollar receives Canada’s highest science honour
University of Toronto geochemist is the 2019 recipient of the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Enginee
Finding the line between life and death
Hyun Youk has been trying to zero in on the quantitative principles that set living systems apart from non-living ones
AI & Society workshop explores the risks of AI on children
A CIFAR-led AI & Society workshop will explore how AI could shape the development of children
Tackling a global “superbug”
Dangerous and drug resistant, C. auris thrives almost everywhere
Understanding machine behaviour
CIFAR Fellows Hugo Larochelle and Matthew Jackson argue for a new scientific discipline to study the broad effects of AI
Three CIFAR fellows earn prestigious Killam Program awards
Yoshua Bengio, Stephen Scherer and Matt Dobbs among honorees of the 2019 Killam Program
In Memoriam: Jules Carbotte (1938-2019)
CIFAR, Canada and the world have lost a brilliant physicist, a gregarious community builder and a kind heart in Jules Ca