Speakers

USS 2023

Monday, 5th June

Doina Precup

Doina Precup

she/her

Associate Professor

McGill University · Mila – Quebec AI Institute · DeepMind · CIFAR AI chair

Bio Doina Precup teaches at McGill while conducting fundamental research on reinforcement learning, working in particular on AI applications in areas that have a social impact, such as health care. She’s interested in machine decision-making in situations where uncertainty is high. She is a senior fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence and she also heads the Montreal office of DeepMind. She is a specialist in Artificial intelligence, machine learning, reinforcement learning, reasoning and planning under uncertainty, applications.

From brains to machines


Laura Suarez

Laura Suarez

she/her

Ph.D. candidate in AI and Computational Neuroscience

McGill University · Mila - Quebec AI Institute · Montréal Neurological Institute

From brains to machines


Maelle Freteault

Maelle Freteault

she/her

Ph.D. candidate in Neuro-Inspired AI

IMT Atlantique · Université de Montréal

From brains to machines


Guillaume Dumas

Guillaume Dumas

he/him

Associate Professor

Université de Montréal · Mila – Quebec AI Institute · IVADO chair

Bio Guillaume Dumas is Associate Professor of Computational Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Montreal and Director of the Precision Psychiatry and Social Physiology Laboratory at the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center.

Social Interactions & Group Dynamics in Humans and Machines


Rahatul Amin Ananto

Rahatul Amin Ananto

he/him

Ph.D. candidate in Human-Robot Interface

McGill University

Social Interactions & Group Dynamics in Humans and Machines


Amin Me'marian

Amin Me'marian

he/him

Ph.D. candidate in Machine Learning

Université de Montréal · Mila – Quebec AI Institute

Social Interactions & Group Dynamics in Humans and Machines


Hao-Ting Wang

Hao-Ting Wang

she/her

Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuroimaging and Neuroinformatics

Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire de g´eriatrie de Montr´eal (CRIUGM)

Open Science: Helping and Contributing to the Community


Justine Hansen

Justine Hansen

she/her

Ph.D. candidate in Neuroscience, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery

McGill University · Montreal Neurological Institute

Open Science: Helping and Contributing to the Community


Yann Harel

Yann Harel

he/him

Ph.D. candidate in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Sciences

Université de Montréal

Open Science: Helping and Contributing to the Community


Tuesday, 6th June

Marco Bonizzato

Marco Bonizzato

he/him

Assistant Professor

Polytechnique Montréal

Bio Prof. Marco Bonizzato is a Control, Electrical and Life Sciences Engineer with over 10 years experience in implatable brain-computer interfaces and neuromodulation technology. He has a unique double expertise in (a) neural prostheses and (b) machine intelligence and optimization.

NeuroAI in Medical Research


Joshua Durso-Finley

Joshua Durso-Finley

he/him

Ph.D. candidate in Computer Vision, CIM

McGill University

NeuroAI in Medical Research


Amar Kumar

Amar Kumar

he/him

Ph.D. candidate in Computer Vision, CIM

McGill University · Mila – Quebec AI Institute

Bio Amar Kumar is a PhD student working under the supervision of Prof. Tal Arbel in the Probabilistic Vision Group (PVG). His research interest lies in using generative modelling for developing explainable AI (XAI) models.

NeuroAI in Medical Research


Shahab Bakhtiari

Shahab Bakhtiari

he/him

Assistant Professor

Université de Montréal · Mila – Quebec AI Institute

From machines to brains


Mahta Ramezanian

Mahta Ramezanian

she/her

Research Assistant at Mila-Quebec AI and CHU Sainte Justine

Université de Montréal · Mila – Quebec AI Institute

Bio Mahta Ramezanian is a a graduate student in Computer Science, with a background in Physics, machine learning and system dynamics. She is currently a research Assistant at Mila-Quebec AI institute and CHU Sainte Justine, focusing on the development of generative models and brain dynamics, as well as applications in neuroscience and the detection of autism. Mahta is curious about the social impact of AI research, particularly in healthcare. She has experience as a teaching and research assistant at the University of Waterloo working on statistical mechanics.

From machines to brains


Katarzyna Jurewicz

Katarzyna Jurewicz

she/her

Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Physiology

McGill University

From machines to brains


Angela Tam

Angela Tam

she/her

Senior Scientist at Perceive AI

Perceiv AI

Synergy between Industry & Academia


Greg Kiar

Greg Kiar

he/him

Research Scientist in Computational Neuroimaging Laboratory, CMI

Child Mind Institute (CMI)

Synergy between Industry & Academia


Joeseph Viviano

Joseph Viviano

he/him

Machine Learning Scientist at Mila

Mila – Quebec AI Institute · Mentor - AI Stream

Synergy between Industry & Academia


Nathelia Sanon

Nathalie Sanon

she/her

AI training Programs Manager IVADO

IVADO

Synergy between Industry & Academia