Ten University of Toronto researchers are receiving Connaught Innovation Awards to help accelerate the development and commercialization of their promising technologies.

The winning projects were selected for their strong socio-economic and commercial potential and are expected to have a positive impact on society.

“The Connaught Innovation Awards are building on the legacy of Connaught Labs which produced insulin, vaccines and anti-toxins that saved lives – and which continues to fund innovative research at U of T today,” said Vivek Goel, U of T's vice-president of research and innovation and strategic initiatives.

“I congratulate all the winners of this year's awards for the important contributions they're making both locally and globally.”

The Department of Computer Science congratulates these faculty awardees:

Assistant Professor Sanja Fidler of the department of mathematical and computational sciences at the University of Toronto Mississauga and the Vector Institute, for her work on AI tools that significantly speed up data annotation. Read more →
Professor Eyal de Lara of the department of computer science in the Faculty of Arts & Science, for developing wearable and mobile technology that can be used in many disciplines and applications. Read more →
Professor Karan Singh of the department of computer science in the Faculty of Arts & Science, for the development of a system named JALI that automatically animates a computer-graphic 3D face synchronized to recorded speech. Read more →