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How one U of T alumnus went from slinging drinks in undergrad to Geoffrey Hinton's AI lab

October 11, 2018

Nick Frosst, a researcher at Google Brain in downtown Toronto, didn’t require a master’s degree or PhD to launch a career in artificial intelligence research – all he needed was a chance meeting at a bar in Koreatown.

Geoffrey Hinton and Dr. David Naylor talk in Naylor&#039;s Toronto kitchen

A recipe to save lives: Geoffrey Hinton and David Naylor call on physicians to embrace AI

September 07, 2018

Deep learning “godfather” Geoffrey Hinton, who knows all too well the limitations of our health-care system, has joined forces with University of Toronto President Emeritus Dr.

Geoffrey Hinton striking a relaxed pose in the server room of the machine learning group, in U of T’s Department of Computer Science

2017 in Focus: U of T’s 13 favourite photos

December 19, 2017

From server rooms to squirrels, selfies to swimmers – University of Toronto photographers captured them all in pixels.

The AI revolution spreads its wings in Toronto, and at U of T

September 01, 2017

Geoffrey Hinton may feel a bit sheepish about his “godfather” of deep learning moniker, but there’s little doubt the University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto

U of T Associate Professor Raquel Urtasun (second from right) with (from left) Minister of Finance Bill Morneau, Ontario Minister of Research, Innovation and Science Reza Moridi, Premier Kathleen Wynne, Mayor John Tory and U of T President Meric Gertler.

Toronto's Vector Institute officially launched

April 11, 2017

With the creation of the Toronto-based Vector Institute, Ontario and Canada are choosing to lead in the booming field of artificial intelligence, said Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne today.

Vector Institute points to Toronto as the global hot spot for AI research

March 31, 2017

A team of globally renowned researchers at the University of Toronto is driving the planning of a new institute staking Toronto’s and Canada’s claim as the global leader in AI.

Geoffrey Hinton is a University Professor in the Department of Computer Science.

U of T computer scientist takes international prize for groundbreaking work in AI

January 17, 2017

Geoffrey Hinton, a University Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto and VP Engineering Fellow at Google, has received the

A brain inside a computer central processing unit

Scientists teach machines to learn like humans

December 10, 2015

A team of scientists have developed an algorithm that captures our learning abilities, enabling computers to recognize and draw simple visual concepts that are mostly indistinguishable from those created by humans.

From left: U of T’s Jasper Snoek, Kevin Swersky, Hugo Larochelle and Ryan Adams

Twitter buys Whetlab, artificial intelligence and machine learning startup

June 19, 2015

Twitter has scooped up a machine-learning startup called Whetlab, launched by several alumni and a PhD student from the University of Toronto.

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