IVADO

UPop Montréal - Réseaux de neurones réels et virtuels
2018-04-09 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | MaBrasserie, 2300, rue Holt, Montréal, QC, H1H 4A6, Canada
S’inspirant du mouvement alternatif des universités populaires européennes, l’UPop Montréal veut créer un lieu de rencontre, de réflexion et de partage des connaissances aussi dynamique que rassembleur.
UPop Montréal est un organisme à but non lucratif créé en 2010 (comme l’indique l’affiche ci-contre de la session Automne 2014 qui soulignait notre 5e année). L’UPop a pour mission de favoriser le développement de l’esprit critique en offrant à la population de Montréal et des environs un accès libre et gratuit au savoir par le biais d’activités d’éducation populaire implantées dans plusieurs quartiers de la ville.
Inspirée du mouvement alternatif des universités populaires européennes, la démarche du projet vise à créer un lieu dynamique de rencontre, de réflexion et de partage des connaissances pour un public varié. Les activités sont ouvertes à toute personne curieuse et désireuse d’alimenter activement sa connaissance et sa réflexion. Pour cette raison, l’UPop Montréal tient ses activités dans des lieux conviviaux et accessibles (cafés, bibliothèques, galerie d’art, théâtres, etc.) qui permettent de joindre un large public intéressé par la culture et le savoir. L’UPop Montréal entend par le fait même favoriser le sentiment d’appartenance à une communauté et l’envie de prendre part activement à la société québécoise.
La nouvelle vague de l’intelligence artificielle
D’où vient-elle? Que change-t-elle?
Lundi 9 avril
Réseaux de neurones réels et virtuels | Guillaume Chicoisne, IVADO et Bruno Dubuc

Launch of the new Datapreneur cohort
2018-04-19 17:00 - 20:30
The launch of the new Datapreneur cohort will be held on April 19, 2018 from 5pm to 8:30 pm at the OVH.

Date limite pour appliquer à Formathon 2.0
2018-04-21
Where Fintech enthusiasts, experts, entrepreneurs, students and corporates will gather in May 2018 to form teams that solve our greatest financial problems
Formathon Agenda : May 5 – May 26
April 21 : deadline for applications

UPop Montréal - L'apprentissage profond, qu'est-ce que c'est?
2018-04-23 19:00 | MaBrasserie, 2300, rue Holt, Montréal, QC, H1H 4A6, Canada
S’inspirant du mouvement alternatif des universités populaires européennes, l’UPop Montréal veut créer un lieu de rencontre, de réflexion et de partage des connaissances aussi dynamique que rassembleur.
UPop Montréal est un organisme à but non lucratif créé en 2010 (comme l’indique l’affiche ci-contre de la session Automne 2014 qui soulignait notre 5e année). L’UPop a pour mission de favoriser le développement de l’esprit critique en offrant à la population de Montréal et des environs un accès libre et gratuit au savoir par le biais d’activités d’éducation populaire implantées dans plusieurs quartiers de la ville.
Inspirée du mouvement alternatif des universités populaires européennes, la démarche du projet vise à créer un lieu dynamique de rencontre, de réflexion et de partage des connaissances pour un public varié. Les activités sont ouvertes à toute personne curieuse et désireuse d’alimenter activement sa connaissance et sa réflexion. Pour cette raison, l’UPop Montréal tient ses activités dans des lieux conviviaux et accessibles (cafés, bibliothèques, galerie d’art, théâtres, etc.) qui permettent de joindre un large public intéressé par la culture et le savoir. L’UPop Montréal entend par le fait même favoriser le sentiment d’appartenance à une communauté et l’envie de prendre part activement à la société québécoise.
La nouvelle vague de l’intelligence artificielle
D’où vient-elle? Que change-t-elle?
Lundi 23 avril
L’apprentissage profond, qu’est-ce que c’est? | Margaux Luck

Fashion Retailing Conference
2018-04-27 - 2018-04-28
Welcome to the Fashion Retailing Conference, organized at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management in Montreal on April 27-28, 2018.
This conference is one among other premier events that will culminate with the opening of the new Bensadoun School of Retail Management at McGill University. The aim of this conference is to provide a forum for both professionals and academics, from the leading firms and universities of the world, to foster discussions about the latest research, industry practices and approaches, as well as trends and challenges related to retail.
To facilitate the cross-pollination of ideas, the event is highly interdisciplinary and will feature speakers/participants with a wide range of expertise (e.g., supply chain management, marketing, technology, computer science, sustainability). While the conference aims to highlight topics centered on the retail fashion industry, these discussions will more broadly touch on aspects pertaining to:

operations,
branding and pricing,
new technologies,
big data,
AI/machine learning
social responsibility

Most importantly, this event aligns with the Bensadoun Retail School’s vision of equipping future students with the “tools, knowledge and skills they will need to be prepared to meet the demands of the retail industry today and to help shape its future” (Professor Suzanne Fortier, Principal and Vice Chancellor of McGill University). As such, this conference has placed an extra emphasis on the extent to which various innovations, including some in computer science (e.g., artificial intelligence, computer vision) and sustainability (e.g., responsible consumption and sustainable materials and processes) have impacted fashion retailing, especially given the rapid transformation that the retail industry is experiencing overall (i.e., changing consumer behavior, technological innovations, rise of E-commerce).

Introduction à l'intelligence artificielle en santé
2018-05-03 18:00 - 21:00
Salle S1-151, Pavillon Jean-Coutu, Université de Montréal
Inscriptions en cours
L’Intelligence artificielle (IA) change notre façon de travailler et de vivre. L’expansion révolutionnaire dans l’IA, au cours des cinq dernières années, est directement liée aux progrès majeurs de la recherche en apprentissage automatique, qui permet aux ordinateurs d’apprendre sans être explicitement programmés à cet effet. Ces avancées représentent de grandes opportunités pour l’amélioration de notre système de santé, de la recherche fondamentale aux applications en cliniques.
Ce cours d’introduction à l’intelligence artificielle appliquée en santé permettra aux professionnels, industriels, chercheurs et étudiants du domaine de la santé de s’approprier les concepts de base permettant de mieux aborder ces opportunités. Plus particulièrement, nous aborderons les thèmes suivants :

Les grandes approches en intelligence artificielle et les éléments requis pour les mettre en oeuvre;
Les méthodes de validation appropriées pour évaluer la performance des outils générés;
Les défis du déploiement des solutions développées.

Trois professeurs prendront la parole au cours de cette formation :
Sébastien Lemieux, chercheur principal à l’IRIC
Philippe Broët, professeur au département de médecine sociale et préventive de l’École de santé publique de l’Université de Montréal (ESPUM) et chercheur au CHU Sainte-Justine
Aurélie Labbe, professeure agrégée au département de sciences de la décision de HEC Montréal
Coût : (ouverture des inscriptions le 5 avril)
Inscription générale : 50$
Étudiants UdeM, HEC et Polytechnique : Gratuit
Participants inscrits au Symposium sur les applications de l’IA en médecine : Inclus dans les frais du Symposium
Responsables de la formation:
Sébastien Lemieux, chercheur principal à l’IRIC : s.lemieux@umontreal.ca
Joliane Grandmont-Benoit, coordonnatrice de projets: joliane.grandmont-benoit@umontreal.ca | 514 343-6111, poste 44654

1er symposium sur les applications de l’intelligence artificielle en médecine (IAM) de la Faculté de médecine
2018-05-04 - 2018-05-05
Les 4 et 5 mai 2018, la Faculté de médecine de l’Université de Montréal organisera son 1er symposium sur les applications de l’intelligence artificielle en médecine (IAM) dans le contexte des célébrations de son 175e anniversaire.
Thématiques
Les conférences aborderont quatre grands thèmes :

Applications en -omique médicale;
Neurosciences et santé mentale;
Aide à la décision clinique;
Imagerie médicale.

Activités connexes

Formation 101 sur les applications de l’intelligence artificielle en santé;

3 mai, de 18 h à 21 h

École d’automne IVADO : formation pratico-pratique aux membres intéressés de notre communauté.

Plus tard dans l’année

Programme préliminaire et inscription

FORMATHON 2.0
2018-05-05 - 2018-05-26
Where Fintech enthusiasts, experts, entrepreneurs, students and corporates will gather in May 2018 to form teams that solve our greatest financial problems

The best Fintech-Startup-Kit

One of the few programs in Montreal focused on early-formation startups. We form teams that are multi-disciplinary and have them build innovative solutions on the most captivating challenges.

2018 Optimization Days
2018-05-07 - 2018-05-09
Optimization Days is an annual conference organized alternately by the Groupe d’Études et de Recherche en Analyse des Décisions (GERAD) and the Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT).
The conference aims to survey theory, numerical methods, and applications of optimization. It provides researchers from around the world the opportunity to exchange and to collaborate.
Program : https://symposia.gerad.ca/jopt2018/en/home

UPop Montréal - Les implications sociales et éthiques de l'intelligence artificielle
2018-05-07 19:00 | MaBrasserie, 2300, rue Holt, Montréal, QC, H1H 4A6, Canada
S’inspirant du mouvement alternatif des universités populaires européennes, l’UPop Montréal veut créer un lieu de rencontre, de réflexion et de partage des connaissances aussi dynamique que rassembleur.
UPop Montréal est un organisme à but non lucratif créé en 2010 (comme l’indique l’affiche ci-contre de la session Automne 2014 qui soulignait notre 5e année). L’UPop a pour mission de favoriser le développement de l’esprit critique en offrant à la population de Montréal et des environs un accès libre et gratuit au savoir par le biais d’activités d’éducation populaire implantées dans plusieurs quartiers de la ville.
Inspirée du mouvement alternatif des universités populaires européennes, la démarche du projet vise à créer un lieu dynamique de rencontre, de réflexion et de partage des connaissances pour un public varié. Les activités sont ouvertes à toute personne curieuse et désireuse d’alimenter activement sa connaissance et sa réflexion. Pour cette raison, l’UPop Montréal tient ses activités dans des lieux conviviaux et accessibles (cafés, bibliothèques, galerie d’art, théâtres, etc.) qui permettent de joindre un large public intéressé par la culture et le savoir. L’UPop Montréal entend par le fait même favoriser le sentiment d’appartenance à une communauté et l’envie de prendre part activement à la société québécoise.
La nouvelle vague de l’intelligence artificielle
D’où vient-elle? Que change-t-elle?
Lundi 7 mai
Les implications sociales et éthiques de l’intelligence artificielle | Martin Gibert, IVADO

CRM Networking Industrial Workshop
2018-05-08 08:30 - 17:00
The Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM), in collaboration with MILA and IVADO, invites you to participate in the networking industrial workshop on Dialogue systems, research and development. This event will take place on May 8, 2018, in Room AA-1140 of the Pavillon André-Aisenstadt on the Université de Montréal campus. The address of this building (no. 20 on the campus map) is 2920, Chemin de la tour, Campus de l’Université de Montréal.
http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/coord/CampusUdeM.pdf
Organizers: Sarath Chandar and Alain Tapp (MILA, Université de Montréal)
Institutions: CRM, MILA and IVADO
Number of participants: 80
This event is FREE.
Description
The recent breakthroughs in deep learning have revived the interest in automated conversational systems commonly known as chatbots. The objective of this one-day workshop is to foster interaction and consistency between all the large Montreal-area players involved in research and development in the area of dialogue systems. The program will consist of invited lectures by influential academic players and short informative presentations by academic and industrial representatives. The day will conclude with a structured brainstorming session. For more details please see the workshop schedule below.
Keywords
Dialog systems, natural language processing, natural language generation, directed dialog systems, chatbots, question answering
Workshop objectives
We have the following objectives in mind for this event: to gain a broad view of the goals and projects of all Montreal-area players in both academia and industry; to connect industry with academia; to assess opportunities, expectations, and actual capabilities in the field of chatbots; to address modularity; and to address Montreal’s linguistic specificity.
Registration, contact information, and lunch
We remind you that this event is free of charge. You are welcome to send this invitation to a colleague if you think it is relevant. Participants are requested to register by using the link below.
Registration
Please confirm whether you will be staying for lunch (before May 1st) and mention any food allergies you might have. For further information please send an email to Charlie Mainville (Charlie.Mainville@ivado.ca) or Odile Marcotte (marcotte@crm.umontreal.ca).
Schedule
8:45 – 9:00 Welcome
9:00 – 10:15 Industrial rump-session (many industry participants will briefly present their projects, problematics, and goals)
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 11:15 Saizheng Zhang (MILA), seminar
11:15 – 12:00 Iulian Serban (MILA), seminar
12:00 – 13:30 Group lunch in the Salon Maurice Labbé (AA-6245)
13:30 – 15:00 Academic rump-session (many professors and students will briefly present their work and/or interests)
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 16:00 Joëlle Pineau (McGill), seminar
16:00 – 16:40 Industrial and academic brainstorming sessions
An (optional) dinner will be an opportunity for small groups to continue the discussion according to their own agenda.

AI For Social Good Lab
2018-05-14 - 2018-06-21
Carrying on the success of the AI for Social Good Summer Lab held by the McGill University Office of Innovation in 2017 – OSMO, McGill University & the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms will be running a 6-week 2018 Lab that teaches technical concepts in machine learning, in addition to digital product development, design and business development tactics applied all with the goal of solving a social problem. It is our belief that AI should drive innovation to address key societal challenges that impact the lives of millions of people.
It is also our belief that AI research and product development needs to be more inclusive. This has motivated us to create opportunities for women to gain training, experience, and mentorship in machine learning techniques and product development by leveraging various ecosystem partners in the Montreal technology and start-up community.
The objective of this program is to provide a unique opportunity for women to gain training, experience, and exposure to machine learning techniques, product development, and career opportunities in the technology and startup ecosystem in Montreal. Find out more.

ÉCOLE DE PRINTEMPS DE CIP
2018-05-14 - 2018-05-18
L’équipe de Calcul Québec vous invite à participer à son école de CIP (Calcul informatique de pointe) du 14 au 18 mai à Orford.
Pourquoi participer ?
Avoir des connaissances en calcul informatique de pointe (CIP) est devenu un outil incontournable pour l’ensemble de la communauté de recherche. Cette formation vous permettra d’acquérir des connaissances théoriques et pratiques qui pourront être appliquées directement à vos travaux de recherche et qui vous permettront de vous démarquer. Cette école est également une occasion unique d’avoir un accès privilégié aux analystes de Calcul Québec qui seront sur place pour la durée de l’événement.
S’inscrire
Pour qui ?
Étudiants aux cycles supérieurs, chercheurs et utilisateurs du secteur privé
Quels sont les prérequis ?
Nous vous offrons deux programmes adaptés à votre niveau (de débutant à avancé). Lors de votre inscription, vous devrez choisir une seule de ces deux options. Chacune des deux séquences sera structurée autour d’un ou deux projets pratiques.
Plus d’infos >>

FRQNT Research Day
2018-05-16 10:00 - 16:00
La recherche en numérique – Collaborer pour innover
De retour pour une 13e édition, la Journée de la recherche du FRQNT met en lumière le numérique et ses nombreuses déclinaisons. Sur des thématiques aussi variées que la science des données, l’intelligence artificielle, la cybersécurité, la robotique et la réalité augmentée, des expertes et des experts d’ici et d’ailleurs présenteront leurs plus récents travaux et leurs retombées potentielles pour l’économie du savoir.
Nombre de places limitées – Réservation obligatoire
Programme à venir
Plus d’infos >>

Symposium sur la valorisation de la PI en intelligence artificielle
2018-05-17
Comment les universités peuvent-elles favoriser un écosystème vibrant?
Dans votre entreprise, comment la propriété intellectuelle universitaire peut créer rapidement de la valeur et devenir un avantage concurrentiel?
Répondez à ces questions avec cet évènement qui s’articulera autour de trois axes :

Comprendre et valoriser la propriété intellectuelle en sciences des données
Universités : articuler votre stratégie de valorisation de la propriété intellectuelle pour créer un écosystème durable
PME et startups : travailler avec les universités pour bâtir votre propriété intellectuelle

Pour le programme et plus d’informations : licensing.ai

Research funding day | Polytechnique Montréal
2018-05-23 09:00 - 15:30
Are you interested in research funding? Do funding opportunities for collaborative research as well as different financial schemes to create leverage by obtaining research funding through a government grant or partnership arouse your interest?
The team of the Office of Research and Centre for Technological Development (BRCDT) and the Research, Innovation and International Affairs organizes a ‘Research Funding Day’ to be held on May 23, 2018, at the Galerie Rolland in the main building of Polytechnique Montreal. This event will be an opportunity to get acquainted with the financial structuring offered by the consortium, to meet the various stakeholders of the office of research and to participate in a session dedicated to financial structuring around the spheres of excellence of Polytechnique Montréal.
The detailed program will be available soon.
This event is entirely free.
Looking forward to seeing you there in large numbers!
The team of BRCDT and DRIAI

Journées de philanthropie des données
2018-06-06 - 2018-06-07 | HEC Montréal, 3000, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal , québec, H3T 2A7, Canada
Inscription 6 juin
Inscription 7 juin
Inscription 6 et 7 juin
Le Carrefour de philanthropie des données est une initiative d‘IVADO et d’Aimia Inc. qui vise à mettre en relation les organismes à buts non lucratifs (OBNL), les universités et les entreprises dans une optique de formation et de transfert de connaissances dans le domaine de la science des données. Cette initiative est menée par Renaud Legoux et Marc Fredette, co-directeurs du Carrefour.
La mission du Carrefour de philanthropie des données est de :
1. Participer au développement de pratiques socio-économiques autour de l’exploitation des données massives pour la prise de décision s’adressant aux OBNL.
2. Développer des partenariats privilégiés entre les OBNL, les milieux sociaux, universitaires, administratifs et la communauté des entreprises de Montréal et du Québec.
3. Contribuer à l’avancement des connaissances et au transfert de celles-ci et former des scientifiques des données sensibles aux réalités et enjeux sociaux travaillant de pair avec les OBNL.
Les journées de philanthropie des données des 6 et 7 juin 2018 réuniront des experts des données des milieux gouvernemental, académique, de la philanthropie et des affaires.
Cette seconde édition résolument axée sur la mobilité a été réalisée en collaboration avec Bixi, le Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles (PQDS), Stationnement de Montréal, la Ville de Montréal et la STM.

Vous voulez commanditer l’événement? Consulter notre Plan de visibilité et contactez-nous!
AGENDA
6 juin
9h30-10h – Accueil et pause santé
10h-12h – Coup d’envoi du Carrefour de philanthropie des données et quatre classes de maître ouvertes à tous portant sur les composantes du « Data Storytelling » : 1) Visualisation des données par Romain Rigaut, Aimia ; 2) Vulgarisation des données par Véronique Dufort, Laboratoire d’innovation urbaine de Montréal (LIUM) et ; 3) Argumentaire de vente « pitch » par Natacha Mainville, Tandem Launch.
7 juin
16h – Présentation des mandats réalisés avec des étudiants des HEC et Bixi, le Partenariat du Quartier des spectacles (PQDS), Stationnement de Montréal et la STM., Cocktail dînatoire de Lancement du Pôle sur les données massives en culture.
INSCRIPTIONS

Classes de maîtres (6 juin, 9h30-12h) : 5,00$
Présentation des projets et Cocktail dînatoire (7 juin, 16h-19h) : 10,00$
Classes de maîtres + présentation des projets + Cocktail dînatoire (6 et 7 juin) : 12,50$

Inscription 6 juin
Inscription 7 juin
Inscription 6 et 7 juin

Eurêka
2018-06-08 00:00 - 2018-06-10 23:59
Eureka! is Quebec’s biggest celebration of science for the whole family. More than 760,000 enthusiastic visitors, including 44,000 students, have attended the Festival since it began 11 years ago.
Three days of fun, discovery and unusual forays into the world of science and technology with over 100 FREE interactive activities.
Friday, June 8: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Saturday, June 9: 10:30 am to 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 10: 10:30 am to 6 pm
The 2018 program will be unveiled shortly >>

ITS2018
2018-06-11 - 2018-06-15 | UQAM
The Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) 2018 conference is the 14th in a series of top-flight international conferences on the use of advanced computer technologies and interdisciplinary research for enabling, supporting and enhancing human learning.
ITS 2018 Conference will celebrate 30 years of on going contribution in the field of Intelligent Tutoring Systems and will take place in the city and country of its birth: Montreal, Canada, in mid June 2018.
Theme of the Conference
The theme of ITS 2018 Conference traces the evolution of the academic and research achievements of the series of ITS Conferences from its birth up to now and explores its 30 years scientific impact in the field. ITS 2018 “A 30 Year Legacy of ITS Conferences” is expected to place a special emphasis on the new challenges aiming at combining this Legacy with the new Advancements in Artificial Intelligence. It aspires to regroup and promote high-quality research and trigger an exchange of ideas in the field, as well as to reinforce and expand the existing ITS network of researchers, academics, and market representatives.
Topics of Interest
Topics of interest to the conference include, but are not limited to:

Intelligent Tutoring
AI in Education
Educational Datamining
Machine Learning in Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Deep Learning and Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Informal Learning Environments, Learning as a Side Effect of Interactions
Collaborative and Group Learning, Communities of Practice and Social Networks
Simulation-based Learning and Serious Games
Dialogue and Discourse During Learning Interactions
Ubiquitous, Mobile and Cloud Learning Environments
Empirical Studies of Learning with Technologies
Understanding Human Learning on the Web
Adaptive Support for Learning, Models of Learners, Diagnosis and Feedback
Modeling of Motivation, Metacognition and Affect Aspects of Learning
Recommender Systems for Learning
Virtual Pedagogical Agents and Learning Companions
Ontological Modeling, Semantic Web Technologies and Standards for Learning
Multi-Agent and Service Oriented Architectures for Learning and Tutoring Environments
Educational Exploitation of Data Mining and Machine Learning Techniques
Instructional Design Principles or Design Patterns for Educational Environments
Authoring Tools and Development Methodologies for Advanced Learning Technologies
Domain-Specific Learning Technologies, e.g. Language, Mathematics, Reading, Science, Medicine, Military and Industry
Non Conventional Interactions Between Artificial Intelligence and Human Learning
Privacy and Security in e-Learning Environments.

Conférence de Montréal - FEIA
2018-06-11 - 2018-06-14
Une nouvelle mondialisation : gérer l’incertitude

La Conférence de Montréal, organisée par le Forum économique international des Amériques, est un évènement international d’envergure qui invite les dirigeants du monde de l’économie, de la politique et du milieu universitaire, des secteurs public et privé, ainsi que de la société civile à venir débattre des grands enjeux qui entourent la mondialisation des économies, en s’intéressant particulièrement aux relations entre les Amériques et les autres continents.Sous le thème “Une nouvelle mondialisation : gérer l’incertitude”, cette édition se tiendra du 11 au 14 juin 2018 à l’Hôtel Bonaventure situé au 900 rue de la Gauchetière Ouest.

L'intelligence artificielle du génie dans les données
2018-06-12 | Société des Arts Technologiques, 1201 Boul St-Laurent, Montréal, QC, H2X 2S6
L’intelligence artificielle est un véritable réservoir d’opportunités pour réinventer les modèles d’affaires. Une nouvelle industrie est née et est en effervescence à l’échelle internationale et particulièrement à Montréal.
La matière première? Le data. La valorisation et la transformation des données créent de la valeur ajoutée pour les entreprises et représentent une source de profitabilité incroyable.
Plus d’information >>

Software Engineering for Machine Learning Applications (SEMLA)
2018-06-12 08:00 - 2018-06-13 17:00 | Polytechnique Montréal, 2500 chemin de la Polytechnique, Montréal, Québec, H3T1J4, Canada
Polytechnique Montreal, June 12 – 13, 2018
The Software Engineering for Machine Learning Applications (SEMLA) initiative, to be held on June 12 and 13 2018, aims at bringing together leading software engineers, machine learning experts and practitioners to reflect on and discuss the challenges and implications of building complex data-intensive software systems.

From the early attempts in the late 80s (such as the MAIA project) to the most recent breakthroughs in applications of deep learning, the human kind dreams of building machines capable of learning new tasks, adapting to the environment, and evolving. Yet this exploration poses important computational, practical and ethical challenges. Failure to properly address these challenges in such software intensive systems can lead to catastrophic consequences. Consider, for example, the recent human toll incidence caused by the $47-million Michigan Integrated Data Automated System (MiDAS) (see Broken: The human toll of Michigan’s unemployment fraud saga), or the recent finding that simple tweaks can fool neural networks in identifying street signs (see Robust Physical-World Attacks on Deep Learning Visual Classification).
The increasing concern of machine learning impacting people’s lives found a strong advocate in Prof. David Parnas, who expressed his concern in an ACM communication article. These challenges are also reflected in new IEEE standardization initiatives. With data science and deep learning becoming increasingly pervasive in the contemporary world, it is now imperative to engage software engineers and machine learning experts in in-depth conversations about the necessary perspectives, approaches and roadmaps to address these challenges and concerns.
In particular, we are interested in (but not limited to) discussing the following topics concerning software-intensive machine learning applications“in the wild”:

Architecture and software design
Model/data verification and validation
Change management
User experience evaluation and adjustment
Privacy, safety, and security issues
Ethical concerns

We encourage and welcome experts from all sub-fields of software engineering and machine learning to participate in such discussion.

Desjardins Data Cup
2018-06-26 08:00 - 2018-07-24 17:00 | Desjardins Lab, 1 Complexe Desjardins Tour Sud, Espace Desjardins, Montréal, Qc, Canada
To better foster this dialogue around how data is used in businesses, Desjardins will be releasing an anonymized dataset and will encourage the community to explore it and extract insights from it. Participants will have 2 weeks to train the best predictive model to tackle a real-life scenario, just as data engineers, data scientists, developers and business analysts at Desjardins would have. The top 5 teams on the Data Cup scoring platform will have an additional 7 days to prepare a presentation for a jury consisting of industry experts from Desjardins and its partners.

Data Cup is open to data aficionados from all backgrounds and demographics, whether they be students or industry professionals, subject matter experts or d3.js artists and to Desjardins employees as well (with some minor stipulations, see guidelines). We encourage you to bring your creative lightbulb moments, brainiest friends and your slickest ML tricks, you’re going to need it. All to show off your geek cred and lift the trophy at Desjardins’ first ever Data Cup!

More information : datacup.ca

Commercializing AI Research
2018-06-26 18:00 - 21:00
Montreal has one of the largest concentrations of AI researchers in the world and has emerged as an AI powerhouse due to the combination of impactful universities and innovative companies, which has created various opportunities for researchers to expand and make a societal impact.
Join us on Tuesday, June 26th in collaboration with Creative Destruction Lab Montreal to learn about the strategies in applying AI research into creative real-world solutions.
You will get to hear from researchers from MILA, IVADO, Stratuscent, and AiFred who will help provide their perspective on how to commercialize your AI research.
Agenda:

[6:00PM] Doors open and networking
[6:30PM] Beginning of event

Presentation about how District 3 can help you
Presentation about Creative Destruction Lab

[6:40PM] Presentations from MILA, IVADO, Stratuscent, and aiFred
[7:10PM] Panel discussion
[8:00PM] Networking

International Business Analytics (IBA) Challenge
2018-07-01
Data is everywhere. Turning insight into action is a top priority for all organizations. Everyone wants to give a helping hand. Our challenge aims at bridging the gap between academics and professionals, strategy and data science, and organizations and promising talents. We want to pair data science, technologies and creativity to build innovative solutions for a worldwide non-for-profit organization. The International Business Analytics (IBA) Challenge is a novel initiative aimed for students interested in using data mining techniques to create value for a non-for-profit organization inspired by their data.
During the challenge, students will be asked to think further than the insights gathered from the data. They will be invited to overtake the data science dimension by implying other aspects like data visualization, data vulgarization as well as drawing creative and strategic business insights. All of these aspects must be met within a defined budget.
Hosted for the first time in Montreal, this competition will allow every participant to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and industry practices. It is a unique way for students to show their skills on building creative solutions based on real life data to generate value for an organization.

Startupfest
2018-07-10 08:00 - 2018-07-14 17:00
Startupfest is the largest startup event in Canada. Founded in 2011, it has become the annual gathering at which entrepreneurs, investors, makers, large enterprises, industry veterans, and startup communities chart the course of technology entrepreneurship.

The unique, informal format, set in one of the world’s most iconic cities, tackles the entire lifecycle of new venture creation, from the spark of an idea to the final signature on acquisition or the ringing bell of an IPO. Attendees leave with four days of world-class content; fresh connections; back-of-the-napkin ideas; and the allure of champagne-popping exits.
The festival is more than just great content and global attendees, however. Over the years, we’ve earned a reputation for rethinking the standard event formats—from panels of Grandmother Judges, to Tent Villages that encourage networking around relevant themes, and elevator pitches in actual elevators, we combine aspirational keynotes with hands-on practicality and a healthy dose of irreverence.
We’re taking over a brand new venue in 2018, building Startupfest’s largest village yet- accessible by boat (among other modes of transportation).

ONE LINER

Canada’s leading tech innovation event blends world-class content, hands-on practicality, and a healthy dose of irreverence to help attendees from around the world chart the course of entrepreneurship.

THE HISTORY

Startupfest began when Montreal’s grass-roots startup event outgrew its humble beginnings. Founder, Philippe Telio, sought to make Montreal a global destination in all facets of entrepreneurship. The first event saw over 1,100 founders, funders, and businesses of all sizes attend.
Today, Startupfest is a nonprofit that continues to expand, bringing in over 5,500 attendees and 150 speakers from dozens of countries around the world, and turning Montreal into the place to gather with the entirety of the tech community for one week every July.

QUICK FACTS

– 5500 attendees in 2017
– 25% international attendees, 40% Quebec, 35% the rest of Canada
– Over $500,000 of investment prizes awarded in 2017
– 120 speakers across 8 stages

DIGITAL

Twitter: 3,000+ using #Startupfest
Trending Top 5 in Canada three days straight
Facebook: 56,000 post engagements, 382,600 impressions
Instagram: 10,000+ impressions
Web: 293,000 views (244,944 unique)
Over 4500 photos shared using #Startupfest across social media channels

NEW FOR 2018

– 2018 will feature our biggest venue yet, on the man-made peninsula of Parc de Dieppe, where attendees have the option of arriving by boat.
– Our first round of speakers includes Nilofer Merchant, Kelly Hoey, Dimitri Kanevsky, Michelle Zatlyn, and more. See the list at startupfest.com/speakers.
– Our Premium Fests are back and bigger than ever (we’ve even added an additional day), and will feature stages catered to different verticals in the industry.

SOCIAL CONTENT

-Startupfest’s first round of speakers is out! Join @nilofer, @jkhoey, @zatlyn & more July 10-14 in Montreal http://www.startupfestival.com/speakers-2/
– Canada’s biggest #Startup event is back for year 8 this July. Hope to see you @startupfest! http://www.startupfestival.com/
– Last year @Startupfest had $500k+ worth of prizes & investments for startups. We’ll be there July 10-14 in Montreal http://www.startupfestival.com/
– We’re going to @Startupfest- July 10-14 in Montreal- Canada’s largest startup event http://www.startupfestival.com/
– A global gathering of the world’s leading founders, funders, and more. @Startupfest- July 10-14, Montreal

More information: startupfestival.com

2018 Industrial Problem Solving Workshop (IPSW)
2018-08-19 08:00 - 2018-08-24 17:00
The Institutes’ Industrial Problem Solving Workshops aim to create mutually beneficial links between industrial researchers and their counterparts in academia, with a focus on mathematical, statistical, and computational problems that arise in real industrial setting. Research workers with industrial and commercial concerns are invited to present one of their current technical problems. Leading specialists from the academic community study these problems in teams during the week-long workshop, then present a summary the results of their study back to the industrial participants at the end of the week. The teams also prepare complete reports for delivery to the industrial sponsors.

History and Mission Statement
The three Canadian institutes of CRM, Fields, and PIMS were established at several decades ago, focused on the mission of advancing research, education and outreach in all aspects of the mathematical sciences. The IPSWs in Canada began 20 years ago in Western Canada with the PIMS workshops, and are loosely modelled on the “study groups” pioneered by the University of Oxford (see www.maths-in-industry.org). With generous funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the IPSW and related events form a key component of industrial activity for the institutes.
Objective
The goal of the IPSW is to connect industries with faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students with expertise in industrial case-studies. This interaction is fostered in the specific context of a problem-solving session over 5 days. The case-studies in question have a significant mathematical or statistical content and in many instances lead to further collaboration and industrial development.
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Montreal AI Symposium
2018-08-28
The Montreal AI Symposium aims at gathering experts and professionals interested in fundamental advances and applications of artificial intelligence, with an emphasis on machine learning, deep learning and related approaches.
The Symposium welcomes both academic and industrial participants; it seeks to build strong connections between researchers within the Greater Montreal area.
We will feature a day-long event, filled with keynote addresses, contributed talks and posters, and time for networking and socializing.
Logistics
The Symposium will be held on August 28th, 2018, and is hosted in the Wirth Music Building of McGill University. The event is free of charge for participants with mandatory registration. It is easily accessible from the public transit system (“McGill” metro station – Green line).

Daycare
Daycare will be offered for free during the symposium. However, registration will be mandatory.
Code of conduct
This symposium aims at facilitating discussions and the exchange of ideas. We ask all participants to be respectful of others and to be aware of their own behaviour. Registration for the symposium will require signing the code of conduct available here.
Schedule

8.00 – 9.00

Registration

9.00 – 9.10

Opening Remarks

9.10 – 9.50

Keynote

9.50 – 10.10

Contributed talk

10.10 – 10.30

Contributed talk

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee break

11.00 – 11.20

Contributed talk

11.20 – 11.40

Contributed talk

11.40 – 12.00

Contributed talk

12.00 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.10

Keynote

14.10 – 14.30

Contributed Talk

14.30 – 14.50

Contributed Talk

14.50 – 15.20

Coffee Break

15.20 – 15.40

Contributed Talk

15.40 – 16.00

Contributed Talk

16.00 – 16.20

Contributed Talk

16:20 – 17.00

Panel

17.00 – 20.00

Poster Session + Happy Hour with Sponsors

Keynote Speakers

Margaret Mitchell is a Senior Research Scientist in Google’s Research & Machine Intelligence group, working on artificial intelligence, multimodality, and ethics. Her research involves vision, language, computer vision, and grounded language generation, focusing on how to evolve artificial intelligence towards positive goals. This includes research on helping computers to communicate based on what they can process, as well as projects to create assistive and clinical technology from the state of the art in AI.

Melanie Mitchell is Professor of Computer Science at Portland State University, and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. She attended Brown University, where she majored in mathematics, and the University of Michigan, where she received a Ph.D. in computer science. Her dissertation, in collaboration with her advisor Douglas Hofstadter, was the development of “Copycat”, a computer program that makes human-like analogies in an idealized domain. Her current work is on “Situate”, an extension of Copycat that interprets and makes analogies between real-world visual situations. Melanie is the author or editor of five books and numerous scholarly papers in the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive science, and complex systems. Her most recent book, Complexity: A Guided Tour (Oxford, 2009), won the 2010 Phi Beta Kappa Science Book Award. It was also named by Amazon.com as one of the ten best science books of 2009, and was longlisted for the Royal Society’s 2010 book prize. She is currently at work on a new book about the current state of artificial intelligence and the prospects for human-level AI.

Panel
Before the poster session, there will be a panel on the Montreal AI ecosystem. The panelists will be:

Yoshua Bengio, professor at Université de Montréal
Narjès Boufaden, founder and CEO of Keatext
Sylvain Carle, partner at Real Ventures
Mark Mclean, senior director of Montreal International
Joelle Pineau, professor at McGill University and head of Facebook Montreal

Registration
The event is free of charge for participants. However, all attendees must register to attend the symposium. To prevent the event from being full immediately, we will open an unlimited number of registrations until August, 8th.
Click here to access the registration form
At the end of that month, participants will be chosen at random amongt those who registered, based on the capacity of the venue. For every accepted paper, one of its authors will have a guaranteed participation. The random draw will not be uniform as the organizers will try to get as representative an attendance as possible. To that end, we encourage you to fill in the demographics questionnaire which, with your approval, will be used for the random draw.
Click here to fill the demographics questionnaire
Once the participations have been chosen, each participant will need to confirm their attendance. If they do not, the registration will be relinquished. Participants who cannot attend can also choose to voluntarily relinquish their registration, and this until 2 days prior to the event. Participants who are registered but do not come to the symposium might be barred from next year’s event. This is to ensure as many people as possible will attend this event.
Call for Contributions
We invite you to submit a contribution to the second Montreal AI symposium. We encourage submission of abstracts from both academic and industrial researchers, which can describe a technical or practical contribution, an open problem, an application or a position statement. Previously published material is acceptable. Do not include any confidential material.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

Fundamental research in deep learning, reinforcement learning, kernel machines, Bayesian modeling, ensemble methods, optimization for machine learning;
Implementation issues, parallelization, software platforms, hardware;
Applications, including vision, audio, speech, natural language processing, robotics, healthcare, bioinformatics.

Instructions for abstract submission
Submissions will be handled electronically via the symposium’s CMT website: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/MALS2018/. You will be asked to create a CMT account if you do not already have one. All abstracts must be written in English.
To create a new submission, click on ‘Create new submission’. You will be asked to select your subject area and indicate your conflicts of interest as well as your preference for presentation format (short talk or poster). Abstracts should be at most two pages in 10pt font, not including references.
Reviews are double-blind: submissions revealing the authors’ identities will be automatically rejected. When citing your previous work, refrain from using ‘we’ or ‘our’. We accept previously published material (including pre-prints) but we ask you not to cite this material to maintain anonymity during the reviewing period. We also ask you to omit acknowledgments in your submission.
Submission deadline: July 6 2018.
Notification of acceptance: Early August 2018
Call for Sponsors
The organization of this event is entirely supported by sponsors, as registration is free of charge for attendees.
If you are interested in learning about our sponsorship offers for the Montreal AI Symposium, please contact the Symposium organizers.
Organizing Committee
Senior Program Chair: Layla El Asri, Microsoft Research Montréal
Program Chairs:

Philippe Beaudoin, Element AI
Simon Lacoste-Julien, MILA, Université de Montréal
Nicolas Le Roux, Google Brain and McGill University

Local Chair: Jessica Mastronardi, Microsoft Research Montréal
Contact the organizers: mais2018.pc@gmail.com

Industrial Workshop MILA-CRM - Natural Language Processing
2018-08-31 | Université de Montréal, Pavillon Roger-Gaudry
Le MILA and the CRM, invites you to participate in the workshop on Natural Language Processing. vous invite à participer à l’atelier de maillage industriel sur le traitement de la langue naturelle. This event will take place on August 31, 2018, in Room P-310 of the Pavillon Roger-Gaudry on the Université de Montréal campus.
This one-day workshop on Natural Language Processing is a great opportunity for the partners of MILA, IVADO, and the CRM to interact with MILA’s academic members. The number of participants cannot exceeed 200 so registration is required.

Organizer: Alain Tapp (MILA, Université de Montréal)
Number of participants: 200
This event is FREE

Schedule (tentative)
8:30 Registration
9:15 Welcome by MILA executives
9:30 Yoshua Bengio (Université de Montréal)
10:00 Jackie Cheung (McGill University)
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 Jian Tang (HEC Montréal)
11:30 Jessica Mastronardi (Maluuba Microsoft Research)
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Sarath Chandar (Université de Montréal)
14:00 Andre Cianflone (McGill University)
14:30 Massimo Caccia (HEC Montréal)
15:00 Jad Kabbara (McGill University)
15:30 Coffee break
15:45 George Foster (Dialogue)
16:15 Mehdi Rezagholizadeh (Huawei)
16:45 The workshop ends.

Foire aux stages IVADO
2018-09-18 09:00 - 16:00
C’est avec grand plaisir que nous vous invitons à participer à la Foire aux stages en science des données IVADO! Celle-ci se tiendra mardi le 18 Septembre 2018 de 9h à 16h à l’Agora du pavillon Jean-Coutu de l’Université de Montréal. Cet événement a pour but de faciliter les rencontres entre les candidats et l’écosystème de la science des données. C’est une occasion unique de vous démarquer et de présenter votre organisation ainsi que les opportunités de stages disponibles.
Pour les candidats, cette journée est une opportunité de rencontrer les représentants de divers entreprises/organisation membres et partenaires IVADO et connaître les possibilités de stages professionnels qui s’offrent à eux dans leurs domaine d’intérêt.
Au plaisir de vous y voir!
