AI Grants Awarded to Dzʿ Researchers
Congratulations to both Catherine Fichten and Joel Trudeau on each being awarded $100,000 towards AI research from (PIA)!
In collaboration with Concordia, McGill’s teaching hospital, Lady Davis Institute, and Cégep Andé-Laurendeau, Catherine and her team will be examininghow virtual assistants and AI-based smartphone apps help post-secondary students with disabilities succeed in their studies.
Joel Trudeau’spartnership with Concordiaon the“Artificial Intelligence Competency Frameworks: A success pipeline fromCollege to University and beyond”is an inter-institutional (Cegep-University) initiative to establish a community of practice around AI.
To learn more about these projects, check out the Director General’s Winter 2020 Welcome BackAddress.