On March 9th 2026 the CAIS Director, James Elder attended the meeting of the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Industry and Technology: Opportunities, Risks, and Regulation of AI in Canada’s Strategic Industries. The opening statement presented by the CAIS director is shown below. Opportunities, Risks, and Regulation of AI in Canada’s Strategic Industries Witness:Dr. […]
We are seeking postdoctoral applicants to contribute to a new three-year research program funded by Connected Minds, a major research collaboration between 91ÑÇÉ« in Toronto and Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. The goal of Connected Minds is to understand how the interplay of humans and intelligent technologies produces unexpected, emergent properties at the community/whole […]
Dear CAIS Faculty Members, 91ÑÇÉ« is exploring potential collaborations with Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. For CAIS, a possible partner is the Centre for Critical Computational Studies: This is a relatively new centre that is hiring many new faculty this year. Â I have listed some of these faculty below with their research interests and links to […]
A heartfelt congratulations from CAIS to Dr. Shayna Rosenbaum who has been awarded the title of Distinguished Research Professor. Shayna Rosenbaum is a Professor and 91ÑÇÉ« Research Chair in the Clinical Neuropsychology Stream, Adult Clinical Area, Department of Psychology, Centre for Integrative and Applied Neuroscience, and the CFREF-funded Vision: Science to Applications (VISTA) and Connected […]
A team of Capstone students at 91ÑÇÉ« built a wheelchair that learns to follow its guide through busy indoor environments. Over two semesters, they used AMD Schola and Unreal Engine to take the system from an empty simulation to a working physical prototype, teaching it to navigate through thousands of simulated interactions rather than hand-written rules. […]