SYDE alum makes Maclean's list of 'change makers'

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Joelle Pineau (BASc ’98, systems design engineering) was featured in the Maclean’s Power list for 2023 as one of ten AI Trailblazers. Pineau is the co-managing director of AI Research at Meta. Her research work involves improving how AI responds to uncertainty, guiding Meta’s expansion into the metaverse.

Four more graduates of Waterloo Engineering made the annual list of the top 100 people shaping Canada, including the brains behind a local robotics startup, as well as alumni in the fields of architecture, artificial intelligence (AI) and healthcare.