Graduating student Varun Lodayareflects on studying computer science at the University of Toronto and how he found his calling in machine learning and artificial intelligence in his first year.
Alumnus Christian Muise and professors Sheila McIlraith and J. Christopher Beck received an Influential Paper Award for their 2012 paper, “Improved Non-deterministic Planning by Exploiting State Relevance.”
Chevalier, an assistant professor of computer science and statistics, was made a knight in France’s national order recognizing exemplary services to education and culture.
U of T computer scientists have identified key variables that influence users’ experiences with text messaging systems aimed at supporting psychological well-being.
The Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association has presented Professor Richard Zemel with a 2023 CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding research excellence in artificial intelligence during his academic career.
Assistant Professor Robert Soden weighs in on using AI to help inform an equity-based response to the climate crisis, in an episode of U of T’s Sustainable Future – Challenge Accepted!
A team of U of T computer scientists explores how an interactive camera robot can assist in creating dynamic tutorial videos based on subtle verbal and non-verbal instructor cues.
A new paper by MScAC alumna Aparna Balagopalan demonstrates why labelling data with normative prompts can yield better outcomes in machine learning models. Its co-authors include Assistant Professor, Status-Only Marzyeh Ghassemi and CS graduate student David Madras.
Alec Jacobson has been named a 2022 recipient of the Outstanding Early Career Computer Science Research Award. The honour recognizes CS faculty members at Canadian universities who have made significant contributions early in their academic careers.
