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UofT Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a program of Schmidt Sciences at the University of Toronto. https://schmidtfellows.utoronto.ca/
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🚀 Are you ready to join the next generation of AI experts?

Now is the time to apply for the Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at @uoft.bsky.social, led by Profs. @aspuru.bsky.social and Lisa Strug.🚀

➡ Valued at CAD $85,000 per year, for two years
➡ Apply by October 8, 2025
Last week, we hosted an inspiring Foundation Models for Science Workshop💫!

Special thanks to our #SchmidtAIinSci Fellows for their leadership, and for making this event a successful space for individuals across the world to collaborate and connect🚀.
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Congrats to @aspuru.bsky.social (AC director, #UofT professor + #NVIDIA senior director), who has been named a #AI2050 Senior Fellow by #SchmidtSciences. Alán is one of 28 researchers who will receive >$18 million to advance research in beneficial #AI.
Read: acceleration.utoronto.ca/news/alan-as...
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Innovation starts with collaboration. Thank you to AMD, Mitacs, Vanguard, Georgian, Geotab, Shopify, Qorsa, Cresta, Next Pathway and Ubisoft for their generous sponsorship of the 2025 Applied Research in Action (ARIA) Showcase.

📅 Nov. 13 | Metro Toronto Convention Centre
aria25.swoogo.com/aria25
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
On Oct. 23, we hosted our Schmidt Welcome Lunch at the Faculty Club🎉! We were so excited to welcome our Cohort 3 Fellows and reconnect with our Cohort 2 Fellows!

We can't wait to see all the new connections and friendships that will grow this year within the Schmidt Program👥💫.
October 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
On Oct. 23, we hosted our Schmidt Welcome Lunch at the Faculty Club🎉! We were so excited to welcome our Cohort 3 Fellows and reconnect with our Cohort 2 Fellows!

We can't wait to see all the new connections and friendships that will grow this year within the Schmidt Program👥💫.
October 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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#JOB OPPORTUNITY: We’re hiring a Software Engineer! If you excel at collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, designing software architectures, developing code and creating solutions for challenging IT problems, we want to hear from you!

Apply: jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
October 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We're delighted to welcome Kevin McKinnon as a Cohort 3 #SchmidtAIinSci Fellow!

Kevin works with Profs. Gwendolyn Eadie and Aviad Levis.

His project is called "Combining Telescope Astrometry: The Best Telescopes is All the Telescopes."🔭
October 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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‘Who’s Afraid of AI?’: #UofT event asks what kind of AI future we want 💻 uoft.me/bVK
October 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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It’s almost here. Who’s Afraid of AI? (Oct. 23–24 at the University of Toronto) will bring together a range of scholars, artists, and researchers for a rare interdisciplinary conversation about the futures of intelligence.

🔗Join the waitlist: tinyurl.com/bdjsdycm
October 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We’re excited to welcome Addis Alaminie as a Cohort 3 #SchmidtAIinSci Fellow!

Addis works with Profs. Mohammed Basheer in the Dept. of Civil & Mineral Engineering & Jude Kong in the Dept. of Mathematics.

Her project uses AI-driven frameworks to plan water resources in large river basins.💧
October 14, 2025 at 1:50 PM
We’re happy to welcome Xu (Charlie) Chen as a Cohort 3 #SchmidtAIinSci Fellow!

Charlie works with Profs. Christopher E. Lawson & Mohamad Moosavi.

His project uses accelerated designs of synthetic microbial communities for sustainable chemical manufacturing.🧪
October 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We're excited to welcome Ryan Yeung as a Cohort 3 #SchmidtAIinSci Fellow!

Ryan works with Professors Brian Levine and Bradley Buchsbaum.

His project uses deep neural networks to objectively decode subjective experiences in the brain.🧠
October 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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The 3rd Annual #Transplant #AI Symposium is your front-row seat to the latest innovations!

Save with early bird registration until Sep. 30: transplantaisymposium.com

Organized in collaboration with UHNTransplant and MayoTransplant.

#MedSky #AImedicine #AI #HealthAI #AIinHealthcare #MedTech
September 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Medizinische Hochschule Hannover : #AI-assisted #medicine: Minister Mohrs visits CAIMed #research centre

www.mhh.de/en/presse/mh...

#MedSky #AImedicine #AI #HealthAI #AIinHealthcare #MedTech
AI-assisted medicine: Minister Mohrs visits CAIMed research centre
www.mhh.de
September 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Kai Wang, an AI2050 Fellow at Georgia Tech, designs machine learning solutions for nonprofits tackling maternal health and migrant worker challenges. His approach: cultural context over algorithmic complexity.

Read more: ai2050.schmidtsciences.org/community-pe...
Community Perspective - Kai Wang - AI2050
While the prospect of working on unfamiliar, complex challenges, often with limited resources, might overwhelm most technologists, Wang isn’t intimidated. “It’s an opportunity to design AI solutions…
ai2050.schmidtsciences.org
September 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Friday was incredible! Our AI Summit & Career Fair 2025 exceeded expectations. From retail AI insights to academic-industry bridges, transformational value delivered. Grateful to our speakers, organizations, volunteers, and attendees. The connections made will drive future innovations!
September 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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From digital friends to romantic AI, companion bots are reshaping how we relate to each other.

They bring potential benefits, but also heighten risks of existing harms.

In a new piece, SRI’s Alicia Demanuele & Maggie Arai call for safeguards: srinstitute.utoronto.ca/news/ai-comp...
September 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We're thrilled to welcome Amey Pore as a Cohort 3 #SchmidtAIinSci Fellow!

Amey works with Professor Dr. Lueder A. Kahrs at UTM and Dr. Dale J. Podolsky at SickKids.

His project is called SurgicalVLA - Vision-Language Action Model for Robot Assisted Surgery.🧠
September 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM