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| 19.09.2024 | Elevate Study Abroad Opportunities: Duolingo English Test Prep Tips | Share
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Nowadays, DET is emerging as a flexible and affordable alternative for students who want to study abroad. Students prefer the Duolingo exam because of its adaptive technology and the convenience of taking the t... |
| 14.09.2024 | The Future of Scent: Osmo's Scientific Advisory Board and Its Implications | In a world where technology and biology intertwine, Osmo is carving a niche in the realm of digital olfaction. The company recently announced the formation of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), a powerhouse of experts from diverse fields.... |
| 13.09.2024 | Radiant Bio: $35 Million (Series A) Raised For Advancing Antibody Platform | Radiant Biotherapeutics, a preclinical biotechnology company building an antibody platform to deliver transformative therapies for patients facing life-changing disease, announced it has closed a $35 million Series A financing. The Bill &am... |
| 12.09.2024 | Osmo Announces Launch of Scientific Advisory Board | NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The digital olfaction company, Osmo, today announced the formation of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) composed of leading experts in synthetic chemistry, analytical chemistry, artificial intellig... |
| 10.09.2024 | Phase II Study of Taletrectinib Shows Clinically Meaningful Overall Response and Favorable Safety in Patients with ROS1+ Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer | Dr. Geoffrey Liu, from Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Temerty School of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada.
The ROS1 tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) taletrectinib demonstrated high overall and intracranial responses, and a favorable ... |
| 08.09.2024 | A New Chapter in Real Estate and Veterinary Care: Bonnie Loya and BluePearl Malvern | In the bustling world of real estate and veterinary medicine, two stories emerge that highlight innovation, dedication, and a deep-rooted passion for service. Bonnie Loya, a seasoned real estate broker, has made a significant move to Berksh... |
| 07.09.2024 | Bonnie Loya joins Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices The Preferred Realty | Bonnie & Jett
Bonnie Loya, Associate Real Estate Broker, has joined Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices The Preferred Realty working from the company's Peters Township location in McMurray.
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ef... |
| 03.09.2024 | DeepMind’s GenRM improves LLM accuracy by having models verify their own outputs | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
Large language models (LLMs) are prone to factual and logical errors, especially when dealing with complex reason... |
| 17.08.2024 | Education | Global immigration crackdown ensnares students studying abroad | Keir Starmer’s Labour Party last month ended 14 years of Conservative rule in the UK and hasn’t settled on its immigration policy since the July election landslide. Canada and Australia have elections due in the coming 14 months.
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| 08.08.2024 | The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence: From Dreams to Reality | Artificial Intelligence (AI) has come a long way since its inception. It’s a journey marked by ambition, setbacks, and breakthroughs. The story begins in the summer of 1956 at Dartmouth College. A group of visionaries gathered to discuss a ... |
| 07.08.2024 | Police detonate 'hoax device' found at University of Toronto campus | Toronto police on Tuesday (Aug 6) detonated what they said was a "hoax device" at a satellite campus of the University of Toronto that they had earlier described as an explosive device.
Dan Pravica with the Toronto Police told rep... |
| 06.08.2024 | Краткая история ИИ от журнала The Economist | Дартмутская конференция 1956 года - отцы-основатели ИИ
Летом 1956 года в Дартмутском колледже в Нью-Гэмпшире собралась небольшая, но весьма интересная группа: Клод Шеннон, родоначальник теории информации, и Герберт Саймон, единственный в ис... |
| 17.07.2024 | OpenAI used a game to help AI models explain themselves better | Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More
One of the most interesting and useful slang terms to emerge from Reddit in my opinion is ELI5, from its subreddi... |
| 13.07.2024 | Unveiling the Future of IT Leadership at Info-Tech LIVE 2024 | The highly anticipated Info-Tech LIVE 2024 conference is poised to be a transformative event for IT leaders seeking cutting-edge strategies and leadership insights. With an expanded lineup of expert speakers, including seasoned industry vet... |
| 12.07.2024 | Nvidia will show simulation and GenAI advances at Siggraph | GamesBeat is excited to partner with Lil Snack to have customized games just for our audience! We know as gamers ourselves, this is an exciting way to engage through play with the GamesBeat content you have already come to love. Start playi... |
| 09.07.2024 | Info-Tech Research Group Announces New Speakers to Share Transformative Strategies and Leadership Insights at Info-Tech LIVE 2024 Conference | The upcoming Info-Tech LIVE 2024 conference is set to deliver transformative insights and strategies for today's IT leaders. The expanded lineup of expert speakers for the September event in Las Vegas sets the stage for groundbreaking discu... |
| 08.07.2024 | U of T ranks 17th globally, first in Canada in U.S. News & World Report university rankings | The University of Toronto has been ranked 17th in the world, up one spot from last year, in the latest global university ranking by U.S. News & World Report.
The 2024-25 edition of the Best Global Universities Rankings, which focuses on... |
| 07.07.2024 | YCIS celebrates remarkable IB results of the 2024 cohort With Two Perfect Scorers | HONG KONG, July 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Yew Chung International School of Hong Kong (YCIS Hong Kong) celebrates the remarkable achievement of 2024 cohort in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP). This year, 2 students obt... |
| 04.07.2024 | Crypto Investors Are More Likely to Be Linked With ‘Dark Tetrad’ Personality Traits, Study Finds | By Jace Dela Cruz
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A recent study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE suggests that individual... |
| 29.06.2024 | From chatbots to superintelligence: Mapping AI’s ambitious journey | Don’t miss OpenAI, Chevron, Nvidia, Kaiser Permanente, and Capital One leaders only at VentureBeat Transform 2024. Gain essential insights about GenAI and expand your network at this exclusive three day event. Learn More
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| 28.06.2024 | Linda Johnston appointed U of T vice-president and U of T Scarborough principal | Professor Linda Johnston, a renowned nursing researcher and institutional leader, has been appointed vice-president, University of Toronto, and principal, U of T Scarborough for a five-year term.
The Governing Council approved the appointme... |
| 25.06.2024 | Rose Patten presides over 133rd – and final – convocation as U of T Chancellor | Chancellor Rose Patten entered Convocation Hall on June 21 – led by the Eagle Feather Bearer and a bedel carrying U of T’s gold-plated mace – for the last time as the 34th chancellor of the University of Toronto.
She then proceeded to confe... |
| 24.06.2024 | Elon Musk welcomes third child with Neuralink executive. Here's how many kids he now has. | Elon Musk had a third child with an executive at Neuralink, his brain implant company. Musk and Neuralink Corp. director of special projects, Shivon Zilis, welcomed the baby earlier this year, Bloomberg News reported.
Neuralink didn't immed... |
| 21.06.2024 | With U of T innovators front and centre, Collision conference wraps up five-year Toronto run | Budding entrepreneurs, leading scientists and future business leaders from the University of Toronto community played a leading role at the 2024 Collision tech conference in downtown Toronto.
Running over three days this week, the conferenc... |
| 19.06.2024 | OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever launches startup to develop ‘safe superintelligence’
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The development comes a few months after Sutskever left his role as OpenAI’s chief scientist. H... |
| 19.06.2024 | Waabi, founded by U of T's Raquel Urtasun, raises US$200 million to launch self-driving trucks | Waabi, a self-driving trucking startup founded by University of Toronto artificial intelligence (AI) expert Raquel Urtasun, has raised US$$200 million in series B funding to support the deployment of fully autonomous, AI-powered trucks in 2... |
| 18.06.2024 | SUNDENSITY OPENS SUNDENSITY CANADA TO EXPAND ITS GLOBAL SOLAR SOLUTIONS | Acquisition of QD Solar Fuels Growth
ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SunDensity, Inc. announces the formation of its new, wholly-owned subsidiary, SunDensity Canada, with the acquisition of QD Solar, Inc., a solar materials c... |
| 14.06.2024 | AI safety, cybersecurity experts take on key roles at Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society | A leading expert in cybersecurity and two renowned AI safety researchers are set to take on leading roles at the University of Toronto’s Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society.
David Lie, who is known for his seminal work tha... |
| 13.06.2024 | Специалисты по информатике изобрели новый эффективный способ подсчёта уникальных элементов | Используя случайность, команда учёных создала простой алгоритм для подсчёта большого количества отдельных объектов в потоке данных.
Представьте, что вас отправили в девственный тропический лес, чтобы провести перепись диких животных. Каждый... |
| 11.06.2024 | U of T ranked second among North American public universities, among top 25 globally: QS World University Rankings | The University of Toronto is ranked first in Canada, second among North American public universities and among the top 25 institutions globally in the latest QS World University Rankings.
U of T continued to be recognized as one of the worl... |
| 05.06.2024 | QS World University Rankings 2025 Unveiled: Oxbridge Overhauled, US Underwhelming, India Improving | LONDON, June 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- QS Quacquarelli Symonds released the 21st edition of the QS World University Rankings, the only ranking system to measure both employability and sustainability performance. For the thirteenth consecutive... |
| 01.06.2024 | Стартап планирует «взломать» спутник и установить на него свою ОС | Стартап Basalt Technologies попытается «взломать» неиспользуемый спутник и установить на него специальную космическую ОС.
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Соучредитель стартапа Алекс Чой работал в Массачусетском технологическом институте. Он занимался создан... |
| 31.05.2024 | U of T Chancellor Rose Patten celebrated for her exceptional leadership | Rose Patten’s name was a byword for leadership at a celebration marking the culmination of her distinguished tenure as the University of Toronto’s 34th chancellor, with one speaker after the next taking to the stage to express their gratitu... |
| 23.05.2024 | Revolutionising Cardiac Care at Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur | Advanced TAVI Procedure on Patient with Severe Aortic Stenosis
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur (PHKL), a leader in medical excellence and patient care, has achieved another significant medic... |
| 21.05.2024 | Philippine Government Slams Facebook Inaction on Online Baby Selling | By Quincy Jon
Published May 21, 2024 1:54PM EDT
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The Philippine government has once again urged Facebook to remove sites that are reporte... |
| 17.05.2024 | Learn long and prosper: U of T’s Fisher Library becomes ‘eternal archive’ on Star Trek: Discovery | The team behind Star Trek: Discovery didn’t have to venture too far into the final frontier to find the perfect venue for a boundless library containing all the knowledge of the universe.
The University of Toronto’s Thomas Fisher Rare Book ... |
| 16.05.2024 | There are clearly limits to China and Russia’s ‘no limits’ partnership: Analysts | Listen to this article
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| 15.05.2024 | Investment in advanced talent key to Canada’s success in the knowledge economy: U of T study | PhD graduates are experiencing growing demand for their knowledge and skills across multiple sectors – further evidence that strategic investments in advanced talent support Canada’s global competitiveness.
A new Career Outcomes study, led ... |
| 09.05.2024 | Link Taxes Backfire: Canadian News Outlets Lose Out, Meta Unscathed | As California (and possibly Congress) are, again, revisiting instituting link taxes in the US, it’s worth highlighting that our prediction about the Canadian link tax has now been shown to be correct. It didn’t harm Meta one bit to remove n... |
| 09.05.2024 | NSO Group Continues To Use The Lawsuit Filed Against It By WhatsApp To Harass Canadian Security Researchers | Israeli malware manufacturer NSO Group spent years making good money selling to bad people. Its only concern for the longest time was how long it would take nearby autocrats and totalitarians to start targeting Israeli citizens.
To be fair,... |
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Austin's downtown saw a bump in act... |
| 29.04.2024 | U of T Engineering to launch new certificate in electric vehicle design | The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering will launch a new electric vehicle design certificate for undergraduate students this fall.
The program aims to prepare the next generation of electric vehicle (EV) en... |
| 26.04.2024 | Downtown Raleigh gains momentum | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
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Downtown Raleigh has seen a welcome... |
| 25.04.2024 | Wu pitches commercial tax hike to counter tumbling values | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Mayor Michelle Wu wants to temporarily shift some of the city's tax burden away from residential property owners if commercial property values take a nosedive.
Why it matters: Wu wants to head off a s... |
| 25.04.2024 | Artificial Intelligence Courses & Universities in Canada | Photo by Pavel Danilyuk
Canada is becoming a world leader in artificial intelligence (AI), and its colleges are at the forefront of both teaching and researching AI.
You’ve come to the right place if you’re interested in learning more about... |
| 24.04.2024 | На дне океана обнаружили в 100 раз больше пластика, чем на поверхности | Новаторское исследование, проведенное CSIRO и Университетом Торонто, показывает, что на дне океана находится до 11 млн тонн пластикового загрязнения. Это исследование подчеркивает необходимость остановить поток пластика в океаны, чтобы защи... |
| 19.04.2024 | Deputy prime minister meets with university leaders, researchers, grad students at U of T's Acceleration Consortium | Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland toured a University of Toronto lab Friday – just days after announcing a transformative investment in the next generation of research leaders who will propel Canada to the forefro... |
| 17.04.2024 | Another perk of weight-loss drugs? Eli Lilly's Zepbound may alleviate sleep apnea, too | Health Another perk of weight-loss drugs? Eli Lilly's Zepbound may alleviate sleep apnea, too
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| 17.04.2024 | U of T welcomes federal budget's investments in research and innovation | The University of Toronto is welcoming measures in Tuesday’s federal budget that boost research programs and support a new generation of talent across Canada, strengthening the country’s innovation ecosystem and knowledge economy.
The sprin... |
| 15.04.2024 | Facebook's News Content Blocking Negatively Affects Political Discourse, Claims New Studies | Aldohn Domingo, Tech Times 15 April 2024, 12:04 am
Facebook's recent blocking of news content in certain countries is now reportedly proven to be negatively affecting political discussions on the platform, as found by new studies. Some stud... |
| 09.04.2024 | 18 mathematicians receive research funding | 18 mathematicians receive research funding
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Funding worth SEK 29 million from Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation’s mathematics program will be granted 18 mathematicians for their research. Ov... |
| 04.04.2024 | Технология, позволяющая органам работать вне тела | Перфузия позволяет сохранить жизнь донорского органа вне тела, что даёт хирургам дополнительное время и увеличивает количество возможных трансплантаций.
Перфузионный аппарат, в котором находится печень умершего донора. Аппарат перекачивает ... |
| 02.04.2024 | HeadaTerm 2: The Most Affordable FDA Cleared Innovative OTC Anti-Migraine Device | VANCOUVER, BC, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WAT Medical Enterprise achieves a major milestone: HeadaTerm 2 receives the OTC clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), making it one of the only wearable anti-migraine device... |
| 01.04.2024 | Electrochemical Innovation to Combat Ocean Acidification, CO2 Emissions | Inno Flores, Tech Times 01 April 2024, 12:04 am
A groundbreaking electrochemical innovation shows potential in addressing the critical issue of ocean acidification, presenting a glimmer of hope for safeguarding the delicate balance of marin... |
| 24.03.2024 | Красные гиганты предложили новый способ измерения расстояний во Вселенной | В постоянно расширяющейся Вселенной важно выбрать подходящую линейку для надёжного измерения космических расстояний. Одним из инструментов, которым пользуются астрофизики, является постоянная Хаббла (H0), которая измеряет скорость расширени... |
| 06.03.2024 | 2024 Lionel Gelber Prize awarded to Timothy Garton Ash for Homelands: A Personal History of Europe | munkschool.utoronto.ca/gelber | @gelberprize | #GelberPrize
Homelands: A Personal History of Europe selected as the best non-fiction book published in the English language on the subject of international affairs
The Lionel Gelber Prize is c... |
| 26.02.2024 | Почему виниры провоцируют эффект зловещей долины | Виниры придумали в Голливуде в 1928 году, чтобы менять внешность актеров для съемок в фильмах. Однако популярность они начали набирать лишь в начале 1980-х годов.
Чтобы установить виниры, эмаль зубов обтачивают, а сверху фиксируют накладки.... |
| 06.02.2024 | DeepMind’s GenEM uses LLMs to generate expressive behaviors for robots | Humans use expressive behaviors to communicate goals and intents. We nod to acknowledge the presence of a coworker, shake our heads to convey a negative response, or use simple utterances like “excuse me” to ask others to make way. Mobile r... |
| 07.01.2024 | Isomorphic inks deals with Eli Lilly and Novartis for drug discovery | Isomorphic Labs, the London-based, drug discovery-focused spin-out of Google AI R&D division DeepMind, today announced that it’s entered into strategic partnerships with two pharmaceutical giants, Eli Lilly and Novartis, to apply AI to ... |
| 28.08.2023 | Molly Shoichet Joins PRIME as New Scientific Director for Precision Medicine Initiative | AmacaThera Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Officer and University Professor Molly Shoichet is the new Scientific Director of PRiME Next-Generation Precision Medicine, a University of Toronto (U of T) Strategic Initiative based at the Leslie Da... |
| 22.04.2023 | Away Team Report: New Hydrothermal Vent Fields Discovered On Earth’s Mid-Atlantic Ridge | This high-temperature hydrothermal vent field was discovered during the expedition on Puy des Folles Seamount in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, at approximately 2000 meters deep. Within hydrothermal vents, seawater chemically altered through water... |
| 25.01.2023 | Viral Nation CEO Joe Gagliese Establishes the Young Entrepreneur Scholarship in Partnership With the University of Toronto | TORONTO (PRWEB) January 25, 2023
Joe Gagliese, Co-founder and CEO of the global social media technology company Viral Nation, has established The Young Entrepreneur Scholarship (YES) aimed to support students who are founders of their own b... |
| 23.11.2022 | World Cup 2022: For Canada, history is one goal away | Montreal, Canada – All Canada needs to make history in Qatar is a goal.
This is the second time the Canadian national men’s football team has reached the sport’s biggest event, after its first and only appearance at the World Cup in Mexico ... |
| 06.10.2022 | Lionel Gelber Prize value increases to $50,000 | IMAGE: The Lionel Gelber Prize; Foreign Policy; Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
— Annual book prize hosted by the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy awarded to top book on international... |
| 02.09.2022 | Researchers Developed Krill-Inspired Solar Shades That Could Significantly Reduce Energy Bills | April Fowell, Tech Times 02 September 2022, 01:09 am
Krill, the tiny crustaceans found in the oceans, may be helpful in a greener future. University of Toronto researchers want to use krill to build greener and more adaptive buildings in th... |
| 12.04.2022 | 2022 Lionel Gelber Prize awarded to Carter Malkasian for The American War in Afghanistan: A History | munkschool.utoronto.ca/gelber | @gelberprize | #GelberPrize
The American War in Afghanistan: A History chosen as this year's top non-fiction book on international affairs
Lionel Gelber Prize is awarded annually by an international jury, in ... |
| 26.11.2021 | “World’s first” 3D printed immunized skin model enables cold plasma wound healing treatment for burns | The NOVOPLASM consortium has announced it is the “first in the world” to develop cold plasma technology for the treatment of infected burns and the wound healing of skin grafts.
Regenerative medicine firm CTIBIOTECH, the French Armed Forces... |
| 02.12.2020 | New Research Reveals AV Lessens Driver's Capabilities, Including Road Monitoring | Giuliano J. de Leon, Tech Times 02 December 2020, 06:12 am
Vehicle experts conducted a study to show how drivers lose their driving capabilities when using automated vehicles. A new University of Toronto study is observing and underscoring ... |
| 18.11.2020 | Will Quotas For Women Lead To Broader Diversity? | When Kamala Harris took the stage as Vice President-elect, it revealed how our leaders serve as our role models, for better or worse. Harris’s presence made it clear how much we need women, and indeed, women of color, in leadership. |
| 07.10.2020 | Biotech startup Phenomic AI raises $7.97 million CAD to identify promising cancer drugs | Toronto-based Phenomic AI, which aims to help researchers spot the differences between cells that could be early signs of disease and identify promising drugs, has raised $7.97 million CAD ($6 million USD) in financing.
The startup uses AI ... |
| 07.10.2020 | Medicxi splashes more funding into Janpix's STAT protein degrader program | Three years after giving University of Toronto professor Patrick Gunning a $19 million launch round to start Janpix, Medicxi is reaching deeper into its pockets to nudge the biotech’s first STAT protein degrader into the ... |
| 24.09.2020 | U of T to use portion of new $250 million donation to build medical AI research centre | Following a record-setting $250 million donation to its faculty of medicine, the University of Toronto has revealed plans to build a new centre focused on artificial intelligence (AI) research and education in medicine.
The university said ... |
| 14.08.2020 | Canada’s Atomwise secures 163M CAD in Series B funding | The AI-driven drug discovery platform was founded in 2012 by Abraham Heifets, Alexander Levy and Dr. Izhar Wallach and was earlier known as Chematria. It was initially a part of University of Toronto’s incubator before associating with Y Co... |
| 11.12.2019 | Vancouver EdTech startup Riipen raises $5 million pre-Series A | Vancouver-based EdTech startup Riipen, which has created an experiential learning platform that allows companies to connect with post-secondary schools on projects, has closed a $5 million CAD pre-Series A.
“We created Riipen to change the ... |
| 05.11.2019 | Lumira Joins Financing Syndicate for Notch Therapeutics – a New Company with Revolutionary Allogeneic T Cell Technology | Toronto, ON, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Notch Therapeutics, a company in the emerging field of gene-modified T cell therapy, has been created to commercialize a revolutionary technology that creates allogeneic (donor) gene-edited T cells from stem ... |
| 08.08.2019 | Selfies could be used to check your blood pressure, scientists discover | Originally Published by:
Orphaned baby koala gets arm cast after falling from tree NASA spots perfectly sideways galaxy that looks like a lightsaber Elizabeth Warren calls for $85 billion public broadband investment
Selfies could have a vit... |
| 18.05.2018 | Surprising for Americans to learn that AI was Largely Pioneered in Canada
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Search | A report by posted by Bloomberg yesterday titled "Apple and Its Rivals Bet Their Futures on These Men's Dreams," is an oral history of artificial intelligence, as told by its godfathers, gadflies, and Justin Trudeau, Canada's curr... |
| 23.04.2018 | What poaching Google’s former AI chief does for Apple | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
On April 3, Apple announced their hire of John Gi... |
| 23.04.2018 | What poaching Google’s former AI chief does for Apple | On April 3, Apple announced their hire of John Giannandrea, Google’s chief of search and artificial intelligence. In charge of Apple’s machine learning and artificial intelligence strategy, Giannandrea will report directly to Apple’s CEO, T... |
| 19.01.2018 | Amazon HQ2: Toronto Is The Only Canadian City On The Shortlist, But Does It Stand A Chance? | Alexandra Burlacu, Tech Times 19 January 2018, 04:01 pm
Amazon has officially announced the list of finalists for its second headquarters, and Toronto is the only Canadian city still in the running.
It's been city vs. city since Amazon star... |
| 22.12.2017 | Toronto’s thriving AI ecosystem serves as a model for the world | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
While you were looking the other way, Toronto hum... |
| 12.10.2017 | Medicxi kickstarts a new cancer drug developer with $19M launch round | After seeding work for a new cancer therapy in the lab of University of Toronto professor Patrick Gunning, Medicxi is stepping up with a $19 million launch round to kickstart a new biotech charged with taking their approach... |
| 08.05.2017 | Uber hires Raquel Urtasun to lead a new ATG self-driving unit in Toronto | Uber is expanding its Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) with a new office in Toronto, headed by local AI researcher Raquel Urtasun, a University of Toronto professor and the Canada Research Chair in Machine Learning and Computer Vision.
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| 29.03.2017 | AI-focused Institute will be supported by over $150 million from gov’t, big five banks | According to a report from The Toronto Star, a new institute is launching in Toronto with the goal of commercializing AI research.
The non-profit Vector Institute, which is affiliated with the University of Toronto, will hire approximately ... |
| 04.12.2014 | Big data business that analyzes how infectious diseases spread secures Series A financing | Among Horizon’s other investments are Facebook, Waze, Skype, Spotify and Siri.
BlueDot collaborated with the Centers for Disease Control and HealthMap on an app to track the spread of Ebola and other viruses called BioMosaic.
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| 29.08.2014 | Coming soon to a hospital near you: A black box for surgery? | “Such a device isn’t far from reality,” Dr. Sathya adds.
Dr. Teodor Grantcharov, a surgeon at St. Michael’s in Toronto who specializes in minimally invasive techniques, is the man behind the device. He tells Dr. Sathya that being able to pi... |
| - | Телескоп «Хаббл» получил крупнейшее изображение неба в инфракрасном диапазоне | Космический телескоп «Хаббл» сделал крупнейшее изображение в ближнем инфракрасном диапазоне, которое может помочь найти самые редкие галактики во Вселенной. Международная группа учёных уже нанесла на карту области звездообразования во Вселе... |
| - | UTEST Accepting applications from University of Toronto Entrepreneurs | The University of Toronto Early Stage Technology accelerator program (UTEST), is accepting applications from current students or faculty at U of T with an April 17th, 2014 deadline. The program, in partnership with MaRS Innovation funding, ... |
| - | Big data business that analyzes how infectious diseases spread secures Series A financing | BlueDot, a spinout from St. Michael’s Hospital at the University of Toronto that uses big data to track and analyze risks posed by global infectious diseases, has closed a Series A round. Horizons Ventures was the main investor — it’s the p... |
| - | Coming soon to a hospital near you: A black box for surgery? | The term “black box” is synonymous with airplanes, but soon it could be linked with the OR in the same way.
A team of Canadian researchers is working on the so-called surgical black box, promising to create a device capable of monitoring ev... |
| - | ‘Gender-lens’ investors direct their money to women-led companies | Gender-lens investors are looking to direct their money to companies with more women on their boards and in management.
A growing number of funds make this easy to do.
Greater gender diversity is related to higher stock performance, improve... |
| - | Federal Government Invests $44.5M in 201 R&D Projects | The Canadian federal government is investing a combined total of $44.5M into 201 research & development-related projects from Canadian companies that help to tackle challenges in environmental sustainability, advanced manufacturing, and... |
