Waabi, a self-driving trucking startup founded by University of Toronto computer science professor Raquel Urtasun, has raised US$$200 million in series B funding to support the deployment of fully autonomous, AI-powered trucks in 2025.
The Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association has presented Professor Sheila McIlraith with a 2024 CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her outstanding research excellence in artificial intelligence during her academic career.
Assistant professors Florian Shkurti and Igor Gilitschenski are researching new methods of vision-language models for robot manipulation technologies to improve how robotics systems perceive and safely interact with people and their environment.
Recent PhD graduate Evi Micha is recognized with a 2024 CAIAC award for her thesis that looks at designing decision-making algorithms that treat people fairly, use limited resources efficiently and foster social good.
A startup co-founded and led by Associate Professor Gennady Pekhimenko helps companies optimize the performance and cost-efficiency of machine learning models.
Computer science researchers are recipients of Ontario provincial funding for their artificial intelligence projects on reinforcement learning; computer systems; and deep learning tools for heart failure prediction.
