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A new institute at the University of Waterloo will focus on fostering campus-wide research into artificial intelligence (AI) and provide a portal for organizations to access its extensive expertise in the rapidly growing field.

Officially launched last week, the Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute will bring together almost 100 faculty members to tackle practical and fundamental problems brought to them by partners in business, government and the non-profit sector.

The University of Waterloo has launched the Waterloo Artificial Intelligence Institute today.

The AI Institute will focus on foundational AI — which includes research in statistical learning, deep learning, game theory, and data science that advances the entire industry — and operational AI, which develops scalable, secure, and transparent solutions for a wide range of applications.

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The Government of Canada announced  that it has selected SCALE.AI, the AI-powered supply chain consortium, as one of five winning industry-led proposals in its Innovation Superclusters Initiative.

Nearly 120 industrial partners, enabling organizations, and world-class research institutions have joined forces to create this innovation consortium under Canadian industry leadership. Altogether, partners have already committed $700 million in support of the ground-breaking initiative.

The University of Waterloo will be a key partner with leading Canadian companies and sectors chosen to help grow our country’s global competitiveness through significant investments in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced manufacturing.

As part of the Government of Canada’s $950 million Innovation Supercluster Initiative, Waterloo will take a leading research role in two of the five winning bids announced today. The effort will see researchers and innovators from Waterloo become key contributors in industry-led consortia.

If you can swipe right and find a mate, why not a mid-century modern house in Leaside? That’s the premise of Keith McSpurren’s re-boot of web-based real estate brokerage TheRedPin. He wants to harness technology to transform the traditional real estate industry.

Machine learning and software won’t replace agents, but they will standardize and streamline the property search and they will sharpen the industry’s tools, says the 47 year old, who has two decades of experience as a start-up guy and corporate turnaround man.