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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Every year, CAIAC sponsors an award at the Canada-Wide Science Fair to recognize an outstanding junior project in AI or machine learning. This year, we are proud to bestow it to Ryan Varma for his creation "C-Strik: AI-powered precision medicine tool for breast cancer". lnkd.in/gWGjxuPb

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Scientific conversations between friends, that’s what #CanadianAI2026 is all about! It was a tremendous success, with 100 fascinating papers and posters, 2 engaging keynote talks, 3 fun social events, and a record number of Canadian AI professors and students coming together. See you all next year!

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Tonight we celebrate the 50th anniversary of #CandianAI2026 with a gala and two amazing panels! The first brought together five former CAIAC presidents to share their thoughts on the history of the conference. On the second, three distinguished researchers envisioned the future of AI in Canada.

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

What Does the Adam Optimizer Actually Adapt To? That’s the question asked by Alan Milligan, our Best MSc winner, on day 3 of #CanadianAI2026.

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

CAIAC Best Master's Thesis Award talk happening right now by Alan Milligan from University of British Columbia on the topic "What Does the Adam Optimizer Actually Adapt To?"

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

(2/2) • Best Paper Award: Shyamal Dharia; Stephen Smith; Camilo Valderrama (don’t miss this presentation on Friday!) • Best Student Paper Award: Seyedeh Ava Razi Razavi; James Sargant; Sheridan Houghten; Renata Dividino Congratulations to everyone! See you tomorrow for another day at #CanadianAI2026

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

(1/2) We close off day 2 of #CanadianAI2026 with awards! • Lifetime Achievement Award: Nathalie Japkowicz • Distinguished Service Award: Ziad Kobti • Best PhD Award (sponsored by CIFAR): Shirin Seyedsalehi • Best MSc Award (sponsored by MHCC): Alan Milligan (don’t miss his presentation tomorrow!)

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Find out about the Canadian AI Anniversary Gala happening Thursday, May 28, 7-10pm for a celebration of AI in Canada and the history of this great community! Location: Simon Fraser University, Student Union Building Ballroom 5000 www.caiac.ca/en/canaiat50

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

We just enjoyed our second keynote talk at #CanadiaAI2026! Sheila McIlraith presented her insights on using language as a signal-symbol nexus for human-compatible sequential decision making. We all learned a great deal from her experience. Thank you Sheila!

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

We had a great morning at #CanadianAI2026! We were honoured to welcome Shirin Seyedsalehi, the winner of this year's Best PhD Award in artificial intelligence, to present her doctoral work on mitigating gender bias in neural retrieval. Congratulations again for your amazing work Shirin!

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

After the break, be sure to come to the Canadian AI main session at 11am, where the 2026 PhD Dissertation Award winner, Dr. Shirin Seyedsalehi, will present her work on "Mitigating Gender Biases in Information Retrieval Systems".

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

To finish off our first day at #CanadianAI2026, we enjoyed a great talk by CIFAR chair Kelsey Allen on the relationship between cognitive science and AI.

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Day 1 of #CanadianAI2026 continues with two more great talks! Katie Seguin from the MHCC gave us a fascinating update on AI guidance for mental health and substance use healthcare. Next, professor Kevin Leyton-Brown from UBC presented his work on algorithm synthesis with theoretical guarantees.

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

And in parallel, the first talk session for CanAI is running next door. photos.app.goo.gl/FjGMXmMdV12U... Share your photos from the conference and add to the photo album here: photos.app.goo.gl/9p7w1Ui6KU6R...

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

The 2026 Canadian AI Conference is under way! Day 1 is starting with a great slate of speakers, and in the Responsible AI parallel track we have an invited talk by UBC professor Muhammad Abdul-Mageed titled "Responsible for Whom? From Model Performance to Community Alignment".

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The 39th Canadian AI Conference starts Tuesday, but you can wet your appetite now with the fascinating workshops. Are you interested in AI in banking, in public policy, or in biology, sustainability, the future or AI? Whatever your interests are, we have a workshop for you!

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Did you know that the first iteration of the Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence was 50 years ago? The names have changed over that time but the focus on cutting edge research and a strong national research community haven't changed at all. See the call: www.caiac.ca/en/conferenc...

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Canadian Artificial Intelligence Conference 2026

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c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social @c-a-i-a-c.bsky.social · 20/10/2025