People
Principal Investigators
Angel X. Chang
Simon Fraser University, Amii
Areas of interest
Language and 3D scene understanding, Embodied AI, Machine learning for biodiversity monitoring
Paul Fieguth
University of Waterloo
Areas of interest
Signal and image processing, Societal and environmental systems, Statistical modeling, Multiscale methods, Remote sensing, Computer vision, Pattern analysis, Machine learning
Projects
Lila Kari
University of Waterloo
Areas of interest
Biodiversity informatics, data science, machine learning, Comparative genomics and metagenomics, Bioinformation and biocomputation
Projects
Graham W. Taylor
University of Guelph, Vector Institute
Areas of interest
Learning from sequences, sets, and graphs, Learning with limited labeled data, Generative modelling, Multi-modal learning for biodiversity monitoring / conservation
Dirk Steinke
University of Guelph, CBG
Areas of interest
Mitonuclear coevolution, Coevolution of Complex IV in fishes, Improved understanding of niche differentiation
Projects
Researchers
Iuliia Eyriay
University of Guelph, Vector Institute
Areas of interest
Research project management, AI solutions for real-world applications (biodiversity, climate)
Projects
Joakim Bruslund Haurum
University of Southern Denmark, Pioneer Centre for AI
Areas of interest
Computer Vision for Expert Tasks (e.g. Biodiversity Monitoring), Multimodal Self-Supervised Learning, Learning with Limited Labeled Data, Fine-Grained Analysis
Scott C. Lowe
Vector Institute
Areas of interest
Multimodal self-supervised learning, Neuroscience-inspired deep learning architecture design, Hierarchical models, Learning with limited labeled data, Dynamic compute allocation for real-time models, Reasoning
Anna Viklund
University of Guelph, Mila
Areas of interest
AI Solutions for Biodiversity Monitoring, Web Development, App Development, UX Design, Web Accessibility, Web Sustainability
Projects
Graduate Students
Tiancheng Gao
University of Guelph, Vector Institute
Areas of interest
Large-scale and Foundation Models in Science, Self-supervised Learning, Structured State-space Sequence Models, Vision-Language Representation and Modeling
Projects
ZeMing Gong
Simon Fraser University
Mohamed Mostafa
University of Guelph, Vector Institute
Areas of interest
Species classification, Probabilistic models, Self-supervised learning, VLMs
Nicholas Pellegrino
University of Waterloo
Areas of interest
Hierarchical data, Robust loss functions, Learning with label errors / noise
Projects
Vivian Phung
University of Guelph
Areas of interest
AI solutions for Biomedical and Biodiversity applications, Multimodal Language Models (VLMs), Genomics and RNA research
Niousha Sadjadi
University of Waterloo
Projects
Monireh Safari
University of Waterloo
Areas of interest
DNA language models
Projects
Chuanqi Tang
Simon Fraser University, Zhejiang University
Areas of interest
Natural Language Processing, Multimodal Machine Learning
Projects
Austin T. Wang
Simon Fraser University
Areas of interest
Computer vision (2D and 3D), Natural language processing, Scene understanding and generation, Health and biological applications
Projects
Undergraduate Students
Mrinal Goshalia
Simon Fraser University
Areas of interest
Intersection between NLP and Computer Vision
Matthew Hawksby
Simon Fraser University
Areas of interest
Visual reasoning, Out-of-distribution generalization
Projects
Matthew Sabia
University of California, Davis
Projects
Alumni
Pablo Millan Arias
University of Waterloo
Projects
Zahra Gharaee
University of Waterloo
Projects
Xiaoliang Huo
Simon Fraser University
Projects