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Eight incoming master’s students receive Vector AI scholarships
Congratulations to the eight incoming master’s students in the Faculty of Mathematics who have been chosen as recipients of this year’s Vector Institute Scholarships in AI. The eight students are among twelve students at Waterloo, and 115 across Ontario, who will each receive $17,500 towards their groundbreaking research in AI.
“On behalf of the Government of Ontario, we’d like to congratulate the 115 talented students who are recipients of the Vector Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence,” says The Honourable Vic Fedeli, the Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation, and Trade. “Ontario is a leading source of tech and AI talent, and by fostering innovation in critical technologies, we are enabling domestic companies to compete and win on the global stage.”
The eight recipients who will begin their studies in the Faculty of Mathematics this fall are:
- Kareena Bhalla – Master of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
- Yuxin Kang – Master of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
- Steven Song – Master of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
- Benjamin Schneider – MMath in Computer Science
- Hala Sheta – MMath in Computer Science
- Xin Yan – MMath in Computer Science
- Lily Seebach – MMath in Data Science
- Carolyn Wang – MMath in Data Science
You can see a full list of recipients, and learn more about the Vector Institute, on their website
From AlphaGO to ChatGPT Public Talk
University of Waterloo expert in artificial intelligence, Professor Pascal Poupart, shared the key technological advances and paradigm shifts in recent years which were behind, and ultimately facilitated, breakthroughs in AlphaGO, ChatGPT, AlphaFold and the newer AI technologies of today.
MDSAI student and team win 1st place in Scotiabank Data Science Discovery Days competition!
More than a hundred students, including 20+ data science graduate students, spent the weekend working in teams learning to detect fraud as part of the inaugural Scotiabank Data Science Discovery Days competition.