Since 2018, Waterloo.AI has served as the University of Waterloo’s hub for cutting-edge research and collaboration in artificial intelligence and data science. We bring together faculty, researchers, students, and industry partners to tackle real-world challenges in areas such as disease detection, language understanding, emotional intelligence, and autonomous navigation.
At Waterloo.AI, we are dedicated to advancing responsible innovation that fosters economic prosperity and improves quality of life globally. Together, we’re building the intelligent systems of tomorrow—and we’re just getting started
What is Artificial Intelligence?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the study of machines and software that exhibit intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, planning, problem-solving, predicting, and the use of language and vision. With the advent of big data, and driven by the explosion of computing capacity and speed, AI tools are being increasingly integrated into technological solutions that are central to our everyday life, business, society, and the environment.
Why Should You Care About Data?
Waterloo.AI's Co-Director - Jimmy Lin, explains the importance of data in this episode of the "Back to the Classroom" video series.
News
Quantum computers learn how to simulate quarks
Waterloo researchers have developed a new quantum computing approach that brings science closer to simulating the early universe
Making powerful AI more accessible to everyone
Waterloo researchers develop highly efficient AI training system that paves the way for cheaper, greener “intelligent partners”
WatSPEED and WRHN collaborate to enable health-care leaders to harness the power of AI
New executive program with Waterloo Region Health Network helps health care executives navigate ongoing AI transformation
Events
AI & Data Science for Good Hackathon - Winter 2026
In collaboration with Reception House Waterloo Region and the Future of Work Institute, the Waterloo Data & Artificial Intelligence Institute (Waterloo.AI), supported by Wat.AI and DSC, areis hosting a one-day hackathon focused on designing AI-powered tools to support language access, communication, and employment integration for newcomers and refugees, with particular attention to members of the Rohingya community.
The hackathon will bring together students from diverse academic backgrounds to work alongside community partners, technologists, and mentors to develop prototype solutions that address real-world challenges faced by individuals with limited or no literacy, emphasizing culturally grounded, ethical, and human-centered AI design.