WiML 2018
The 13th annual Women in Machine Learning workshop will be colocated with NIPS 2018 in Montreal, Canada in December 2018. See the workshop website for details! Machine learning is one of the fastest growing areas of computer science research. Search engines, text mining, social media analytics, face recognition, DNA sequence analysis, speech and handwriting recognition, healthcare analytics are...
AI for Social Good workshop
NIPS2018 Workshop The AI for Social Good workshop will focus on social problems for which artificial intelligence has the potential to offer meaningful solutions. The problems we chose to focus on are inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of seventeen objectives that must be addressed in order to bring the...
Fin-ML/IVADO finance and insurance workshop
Summary The Fin-ML/IVADO Workshop is a one-week practical training in machine learning, applied to concrete problems in finance and insurance. This workshop will consist of theory in the morning, followed by problem-solving workshops in finance and insurance in the afternoon. The workshop will be held in English. Participants will have to bring their laptops for...
Fourth international conference on health care systems engineering (HCSE 2019)
HCSE 2019 provides an opportunity to discuss operations management issues in health care delivery systems. Scientists and practitioners will have the opportunity to discuss about new ideas, methods and technologies for improving the operation of health care organizations. The event will take place in the mother and child university hospital CHU Saint-Justine of Montréal (with...
IVADO-Mila Summer School on Bias in AI
Algorithms, and the data they process, play an increasingly important role in decisions with significant consequences for human welfare. While algorithmic decision-making processes have the potential to lead to fairer and more objective decisions, emerging research suggests that they can also lead to unequal and unfair treatments and outcomes for certain groups or individuals. This...
Salon International de la Femme Noire
The Salon International de la Femme Noire is a Montreal platform whose mission is to celebrate Black women and their influence over time and generations. This major event will instill self-esteem, and give the impetus for self-improvement that every Black woman needs to fulfill her ambitions. It’s an interactive space: To discover the universe of...
Fin-ML/IVADO Workshop on finance and insurance, members only
Summary The Fin-ML/IVADO Workshop is a one-week practical training in machine learning, applied to concrete problems in finance and insurance. This workshop will consist of theory in the morning, followed by problem-solving workshops in finance and insurance in the afternoon. The workshop will be held in English. Participants will have to bring their laptops for...
IVADO/Mila Deep Learning School (5th edition)
Summary Deep learning is a machine learning technique that has significantly improved previous results in computer vision, speech recognition, machine translation and other areas. Many other areas are affected by this new technology, or will be. In response to the interest generated by this technology, and in response to training needs, IVADO and Mila are offering a full week...
Atelier sur les systèmes de recommandation
HEC Montréal 3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal , québec, CanadaSommaire Les systèmes de recommandation cherchent à identifier des « pattern » et comprendre l’environnement dans le comportement des utilisateurs afin d’offrir une expérience personnalisée. Ils sont omniprésents et sont le plus souvent utilisés pour recommander des éléments aux utilisateurs (par exemple, des livres et films sur Amazon et Netflix, de la documentation pertinente pour de grands...
IVADO/Mila Deep Learning School (4th edition)
Summary Deep learning is a machine learning technique that has significantly improved previous results in computer vision, speech recognition, machine translation and other areas. Many other areas are affected by this new technology, or will be. In response to the interest generated by this technology, and in response to training needs, IVADO and Mila are offering a full week...