Bringing generative AI to the physical world

Monday, October 21 at 6 P.M. *Event duration to be confirmed

Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus

*Registration information coming soon

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Abstract:

Advances in AI over recent years have been nothing short of remarkable, but we've only scratched the surface. The next frontier for AI will see the technology move from the virtual world and into the physical world. Explore how generative AI is unlocking the future of robotics, starting with self-driving.

Bio:

Raquel Urtasun is Founder and CEO of Waabi, an AI company building the next generation of self-driving technology. Waabi is the culmination of Raquel’s 20 year career in AI and 10 years of experience building self driving solutions. Raquel is also a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, a co-founder of the Vector Institute for AI, and the recipient of several high profile awards including a Longuet-Higgins Prize, an Everingham Prize, an NSERC EWR Steacie Award, two NVIDIA Pioneers of AI Awards, three Google Faculty Research Awards, an Amazon Faculty Research Award, two Best Paper Runner up Prize awards at CVPR in 2013 and 2017 and more.

In 2021, Raquel was named as 100 Women of Impact by Entrepreneur Magazine, 100 People Transforming Business by Business Insider and Toronto’s Most Influential Torontonians according to Toronto Life Magazine. She was also named Chatelaine 2018 Woman of the year and 2018 Toronto's top influencers by Adweek magazine.