Professor Yaoliang Yu has been awarded $100,000 by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities Early Researcher Awards program to develop deep generative machine learning models. The Ministry’s amount is matched by an additional $50,000 from the University of Waterloo, bringing the total funding to $150,000 to support one PhD, two master’s, and a number of undergraduate students over five years.
Professor Yu is one of five researchers at Waterloo to receive a 2024 Early Researcher Award, a provincial program that recognizes exceptional young faculty by helping them expand their research team.
“We are immensely grateful to the Ontario government for their investment in the University of Waterloo’s researchers through the Early Researcher Awards,” says Charmaine Dean, vice-president, Research and International. “Waterloo is advancing innovation in many impactful areas to develop new technologies and boost economic development.”
Read the full article from Computer Science to learn more.