Professor Angela Schoellig (UTIAS) has been named a Canada CIFAR AI Chair, a position that will expand her innovative research into self-navigating machines and catalyze future collaborations.
Schoellig joins 34 newly appointed CIFAR AI chairs, including Professor Gennady Pekhimenko (Computer Science, ECE) and seven others from U of T, who will receive funding for their leading research in areas that have significant global impact. The appointments are part of a national strategy funded by the Government of Canada, aimed at attracting and retaining leading artificial intelligence (AI) experts from around the world.
“I am thrilled to be recognized in this esteemed group of my peers,” says Schoellig. “It will further my research in using machine learning to build next-generation robots that operate more efficiently and safely in real-world situations.”
Autonomous robotics expert among CIFAR’s newest research chairs in Artificial Intelligence article