A Hidden, Bot-only Platform to Learn About Trolls and Scammers
2020-06-30 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto)
The 3rd International Symposium on Software Engineering for Machine Learning Applications (SEMLA) is here!
Given the current pandemic situation, SEMLA 2020 will be held in the form of free webinars this year.

SEMLA aims at bringing together leading researchers and practitioners in software engineering and machine learning to reflect on and discuss the challenges and implications of engineering complex data-intensive software systems. IVADO is very proud to support this important event.
While everyone agrees that the development of new machine learning algorithms will enhance the potential of data analytics, only their implementation in real-world systems will allow them to realize their full potential. From an engineering perspective, once an algorithm is implemented, it requires a solid architecture, model/data validation, proper monitoring for changes, dedicated release engineering strategies, judicious adoption of design patterns and security checks, and thorough user experience evaluation and adjustment. All these activities require a combined knowledge in software engineering, data science, and machine learning.
Hence, SEMLA invites all practitioners and researchers to get to know the results and opinions of world leaders in both machine learning and software engineering and to discuss their views on the above problems.
Upcoming webinars
▶️ June 17: Diego Oppenheimer, Algorithmia
DevOps for Machine Learning and other Half-Truths: Processes and Tools for the ML Lifecycle
▶️ June 18: Christian Kästner, Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science
Engineering AI-Enabled Systems with Interdisciplinary Teams
▶️ June 22: Samuel Deng et Achille C. Varzi, Columbia University
Methodological Blind Spots in Machine Learning Fairness: Lessons from the Philosophy of Science and Computer Science
▶️ June 23: Grady Booch, IBM Research
Software Methodology and Lifecycle In AI
▶️ June 30: Mark Harman, Facebook
A Hidden, Bot-only Platform to Learn About Trolls and Scammers (tentative title)
Learn more about our guest speakers >>

IVADO Workshop
2020-06-30 16:00 - 2020-09-03 18:00
Language
This workshop will be given in English.

Description
The Fin-ML/IVADO Workshop is a practical training in machine learning, applied to concrete problems in investments, banking and insurance. Over each week, the workshop will consist of theory in one session, followed by a problem-solving session.

Target Audience
Master’s and PhD students and professionals with quantitative training who want to learn about new technologies in data science, machine learning and operations research, with examples applied to problems in investments, banking and insurance.

Prerequisites
Knowledge of Mathematics & Statistics (Linear Algebra, Probability and Information Theory, Numerical Computation), and Programming (ideally Python) is strongly recommended. The participants can familiarize themselves with Chapters 2 to 4 of the Deep Learning book by Ian Goodfellow and Yoshua Bengio and Aaron Courville (available online deeplearningbook.org)

Objectives

Introduce students and professionals to new technologies in machine learning, that are most relevant in the financial sector;
Develop an understanding of the challenges and issues of data science applied to investments, banking and insurance;
Learn to use computer tools to solve concrete problems;
Encourage interdisciplinary knowledge sharing.

Trainers

Aden Houssein Aboubaker, MSc. Maths and Computer Science in Laval University (2018), Student in Artificial Intelligence in Mila-Montreal University https://mila.quebec/en/person/aboubaker-aden-houssein/
Alexandre Carbonneau, PhD student in financial mathematics at Concordia University; https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandre-carbonneau-26945698/
Didier Chételat, Researcher, Polytechnique Montréal
http://www.didierchetelat.com
Jonathan Guymont
Alexandre Nguyen, Msc. CFA. is a Finance professional and a machine learning consultant. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandrenguyen1/
Marie-Ève Malette
Cédric Poutré, PhD candidate in financial mathematics at the University of Montreal and research assistant in high-frequency trading at IVADO; https://www.linkedin.com/in/cedricpoutre/

Organizers

Manuel Morales, Associate Professor, Université de Montréal, Director of Fin-ML
Rheia Khalaf, Director of Collaborative Research & Partnerships, Fin-ML

Registration
Professionals : $1300 + tx
Students : $500 + tx
Click here for more information

Neuroprosthetics - École d'été virtuelle
2020-07-20 - 2020-07-23
Nous sommes ravis de soutenir l’école d’été Neuroprosthetics en collaboration avec les autres regroupements Apogée Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives et l’Institut TransMedTech.
La technologie en lien avec la fonction sensorimotrice vous interpelle? C’est l’occasion parfaite d’échanger avec des expert.e.s!
L’événement aura lieu virtuellement du 20 au 23 juillet 2020.
GRATUIT SUR INSCRIPTION: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/neuroprosthetics-virtual-summer-school-tickets-108775019010
Etudiant.e.s, rendez-vous ici: https://www.neuroprosthetics2020.com/participate

10th Montreal Industrial Problem Solving Workshop
2020-08-13 - 2020-08-27
The Tenth Montreal Problem Solving Workshop is organized jointly by the Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM) and the Institute for Data Valorization (IVADO). The workshop will bring together industrial representatives, university researchers, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows. Participants will work in teams, each of which studying a problem proposed by a company or a public or quasi-public institution. One of the goals of the workshop is to provide companies or institutions with mathematical tools for solving problems. The workshop will also allow researchers and students in the mathematical sciences (including data science, statistics, optimization, financial mathematics, natural language processing, and so on) to consider real-world problems. The organizers view the workshop as an “incubator” of collaborations between companies and university researchers; they expect the work carried out during the workshop to result in medium- and long-term projects, financed through various types of grants.
The Montreal workshop is part of a Canadian tradition, since PIMS (the Canadian mathematics institute based in Western Canada) started organizing such workshops twenty years ago (see www.pims.math.ca/industrial). In Toronto the Fields Institute is also organizing problem solving workshops (see for instance the site of the workshop organized with the National Research Council). The Canadian workshops have been designed on the model of the “study groups” pioneered by the University of Oxford (see www.maths-in-industry.org); by now this model has spread all over the world.
Problems 2020

Here is the list of the 2020 problems, along with their coordinators.
1. Recurring Defect Clustering (Air Canada) Philippe Langlais (Université de Montréal)
2. Data Anonymization and Synthesis (Desjardins) Sébastien Gambs (UQAM)
3. Predicting the Hourly Ontario Energy Price in the Medium and Long Term (Hydro-Québec) Yi Yang (McGill) and Huaxiong Huang (United International College, Zhuhai, China)
4. Predictive Risk Modelling in Aviation Incidents (IATA) Denis Larocque (HEC Montréal)
5. Data Fusion for Controlling an Underground Mining Vehicle (Newtrax) Giovanni Beltrame (Polytechnique Montréal)

More info :
http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/industrialprob2020/

Les barrières à l'implantation de l'IA dans les organisations
2020-09-15 13:30 - 14:30
Dans cette présentation, nous rapportons les résultats d’un panel Delphi mené auprès d’experts dans le domaine de l’intelligence artificielle (IA) et ayant pour but d’identifier les principales barrières à l’implantation de l’IA dans les organisations. Bien que certaines des barrières identifiées par les répondants correspondent à des éléments présents et connus dans la littérature académique et professionnelle sur l’implantation des technologies dans les organisations en général, on retrouve également des enjeux particuliers qui sont propres au domaine de l’IA. Globalement, les résultats supportent l’idée que les enjeux purement techniques reliés à l’IA qui sont fréquemment mentionnés dans le contexte de la recherche académique ne sont pas les plus pertinents en contexte d’implantation où les enjeux se situent plus particulièrement à l’intersection de la technologie et de l’intervention humaine. Si la méthode utilisée présente certaines limites, ce projet de recherche fournit une première contribution empirique validée par les praticiens sur les grands enjeux reliés à la mise en œuvre de l’IA et offre ainsi une visibilité sur les éléments qui requièrent une attention particulière dans ce contexte.

IVADO digital intelligence internship and job fair
2020-09-30 10:00 - 15:00 | En ligne
Join us on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 from 10am to 3pm
for the first VIRTUAL edition of the
IVADO digital intelligence internship and job fair!
Free event
Description

Since 2018, IVADO has organized its Digital Intelligence Internship and Job Fair twice a year to facilitate meetings between internship/job candidates and the digital intelligence ecosystem. This edition will be held virtually for the first time using the SVI (Salon virtuel interactif) platform.

For candidates, this day is an opportunity to virtually meet representatives of various IVADO member companies and organizations and partners, and to learn about internship and employment opportunities in their areas of interest.
For companies, it is a unique opportunity to stand out and present their organizations as well as the internship and job opportunities available. It is also an opportunity to virtually recruit among the best digital intelligence talent in Quebec.

Advice to candidates

Wanted: qualified candidates in digital intelligence, computer science, machine learning, software and computer engineering, data science and operations research.
Make a good impression: write your CV carefully and share it online on the SVI (Salon virtuel interactif) platform.
Be prepared: click on the exhibitors’ logos to find out which ones correspond to your areas of interest so that you are ready to exchange with them.

Procedure for candidates

Questions?

Write to us at: evenements@ivado.ca

Registration
Exhibitors registered to date (updated regularly)

Ai Outcome

Aifred Health

Air Canada

Airudi

AlayaCare

Axionable

Banque Nationale du Canada

Biron Groupe Santé

Blaise Transit

Bombardier

Brainbox AI

CAE

CDPQ

CN

Coveo

cysca technologies

Dejardins

EDUPLAN Solutions

GIRO

HAXIO

Hydro-Québec

Intact

Keatext

MAXEN

MIMS

MOOV AI

Next AI

Ossicle technologies

Prologue AI

Radio Canada

Société Générale

STREAMSCAN

Synapse C

TD

Worximity

Xpedigo

IVADO Digital October
2020-10-01 16:00 - 2020-10-29 18:00
This first-ever edition of IVADO Digital October will showcase student-led research in our IVADO community. All month long, digital intelligence will be front and centre, starting with a distinguished panel of experts on October 1 and followed by presentations of multidisciplinary projects by our scholarship recipients.
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/billets-octobre-numerique-ivado-110803975674
More info: https://vieux.ivado.ca/octobre-numerique-ivado/
