Donald E. Knuth
Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming
Stanford University
Abstract: The speaker will answer any question on any subject.
The Vector Institute drives excellence and leadership in Canada’s knowledge, creation and use of artificial intelligence to foster economic growth and improve the lives of Canadians. The institute is dedicated to the transformative field of artificial intelligence, excelling in machine and deep learning research.
Each year, the Cheriton Research Symposium concludes with a poster session for Cheriton Graduate Scholarship recipients. In total, 23 students participated in the 2018 Cheriton Research Symposium poster competition.
Nicole McNabb, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Mohamed Malek Naouach, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Katherine Gotovsky has been named a recipient of Canada’s largest and most comprehensive undergraduate merit award, conferred by the Loran Scholars Foundation.
This year, out of a pool of 5,023 applicants across the nation, and among 88 finalists, 34 earned the Loran Award, marking the largest class of scholars in the foundation’s history.
Robin Cohen
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Vijay Ganesh, ECE
University of Waterloo
Hamid Tizhoosh, SDE
University of Waterloo
The history of artificial intelligence (AI) contains several ebbs and flows and is marked by many colorful personalities. We review major milestones in the development of machine learning, starting from principal component analysis to deep networks, and point to a multitude of pivotal developments that have strongly contributed to drawing the historical path of AI.
Omar Zia Khan, Senior Applied Scientist
Microsoft