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A management sciences professor at Waterloo Engineering has been awarded US $80,000 in cash and services by tech giant Amazon to pursue research on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze customer product reviews. Olga Vechtomova was the sole Canadian granted funding through the Amazon Research Awards program for faculty members at academic institutions in North America and Europe.

Self-driving cars could revolutionize the transportation industry, but as our cities and vehicles become more autonomous, how much control will we truly have? In the second episode of FLUX, host Anthony Morgan sits down with University of Waterloo Professor Fakhri Karray to discuss what we’ll gain and what we’ll lose in this new era of transportation.

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EMAGIN Inc. is pleased to announce that it was selected as the winner of the Innovate@IWS Industrial award at the International Water Summit (IWS) which took place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from January 15-18.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is giving researchers at the University of Waterloo new insights to help reduce wear-and-tear injuries and boost the productivity of skilled construction workers.

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At the Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS 2017) Prof. Alexander Wong (Canada Research Chair in Medical Imaging Systems) and his PhD student Devinder Kumar won the Best Paper Award from the Transparent and Interpretable Machine Learning in Safety Critical Environments workshop.  NIPS is the premiere conference in machine learning hosting over 6000 machine learning experts and industrial participants from top organizations including Google, Microsoft, IBM, Nvidia, and Tesla.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada have made a breakthrough in artificial intelligence(AI). New machine learning algorithms, along with compact computer chips small enough to fit on a mobile phone, have allowed for an AI to run independent of the Internet.

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Canada's University of Waterloo has revealed plans to bring its research prowess to Hong Kong, with a focus on artificial intelligence. The university has signed an agreement with HKUST to develop teaching, research and experiential exchanges and is in discussions with industry and government representatives covering its operational AI concept Waterloo.ai Alpha. 

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Technology developed at the University of Waterloo is paving the way for artificial intelligence (AI) to break free of the internet and cloud computing. Read the full story

At the University of Waterloo, research is being done into the use of wireless systems, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to recognize gestures and ultimately simplify the control of various machinery and equipment.

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MONTREAL, Oct. 10, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - The Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development of Canada, the Honourable Navdeep Bains, announced today that nine applicants have been shortlisted in the second phase of the Innovation Superclusters Initiative.