/newsroom/taxonomy/term/7181/all en /newsroom/channels/news/sustainable-data-science-training-program-awarded-165-m-nserc-create-357359 <p>Today, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)<a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Media-Media/NewsDetail-DetailNouvelles_eng.asp?ID=1461"> announced </a>more than $26 million in funding for <a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/CREATEResults-ResultatsFONCER_eng.asp?Year=2024">16 new training initiatives</a> through its <a href="https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/CREATE-FONCER_eng.asp">Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE)</a> program.</p> Thu, 16 May 2024 14:35:33 +0000 admin 310496 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/millions-gamers-advance-biomedical-research-356750 <p>Leveraging gamers and video game technology can dramatically boost scientific research according to a new study published today in <a name="_Hlk163575315" id="_Hlk163575315"></a><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-024-02175-6"><i>Nature Biotechnology</i></a><i>.</i></p> Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:04:19 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 310425 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/revolutionary-identity-verification-technique-offers-robust-solution-hacking-334564 <p>A team of computer scientists, including Claude Crépeau of ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ and physicist colleagues from the University of Geneva, have developed an extremely secure identity verification method based on the fundamental principle that information cannot travel faster than the speed of light. The breakthrough has the potential to greatly improve the security of financial transactions and other applications requiring proof of identity online.</p> Wed, 03 Nov 2021 18:36:14 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 283202 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/five-mcgill-teams-awarded-funding-new-genomic-integration-program-331618 <p>Today Genome Quebec announced the results of its Genomic Integration Program, Human Health Stream competition. Five ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ teams from a diverse array of fields were awarded funds, totaling nearly $1 million. One of the defining features of this program is the requirement that institutional applicants must also have an external non-academic partner, thus supporting program goals of stimulating the Quebec economy and encouraging the use of genomic technologies in the Quebec healthcare system.</p> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:23:59 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 269886 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/training-next-generation-leaders-responsible-use-artificial-intelligence-331551 <p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming our world in powerful ways, from improving medical care and changing the retail landscape to enabling convenient features on our smartphones. But as AI increasingly underpins our daily lives, important questions about its application – and potential misuse – will continue to arise.</p> Tue, 15 Jun 2021 19:43:01 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 269871 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-apple-users-can-say-no-being-tracked-new-software-update-330714 <p>Apple rolled out a software update for its mobile devices that gives users the option of stopping apps from tracking their location and sharing other identifying information with third parties. Services such as Facebook and others currently have the ability to track users on mobile devices in order to learn more about them to target advertisements and other location-based services to them. In some instances, the tracking is in place even if the user is not actively using the app in question.</p> Wed, 28 Apr 2021 15:09:36 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 261899 at /newsroom /newsroom/jerome-waldispuhl Wed, 20 Jan 2021 20:00:42 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 256365 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-federal-elections-2019-299979 <p>Here are the ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ experts available to comment on the upcoming Canadian Federal Election. The election is scheduled to take place on October 21, 2019.</p> Tue, 27 Aug 2019 18:53:36 +0000 mona.noonoo@mail.mcgill.ca 187518 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/jozsef-kovecses-awarded-nserc-synergy-award-innovation-286958 <p>By Meaghan Thurston</p> Tue, 01 May 2018 14:24:33 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 38879 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/joelle-pineau-awarded-nsercs-steacie-memorial-fellowship-286949 <p>By Meaghan Thurston</p> <p>For Joelle Pineau, becoming a medical doctor was—in her words—not in the cards. However, this Associate Professor from ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ`s School of Computer Science is now the driving force behind promising research whose aim is to use AI to improve the treatment of cancer and heart disease.</p> Mon, 30 Apr 2018 20:57:33 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 38807 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-researcher-head-facebooks-new-montreal-ai-lab-270309 <p><span>Facebook is opening a new Artificial Intelligence Research Lab in Montreal — FAIR Montreal. This is the company’s first research and development investment in Canada, and only its fourth AI research lab in all. Prof. Joelle Pineau, from the School of Computer Science and co-director of ƽÌØÎå²»ÖÐ’s Reasoning & Learning Lab, will head the new Montreal AI lab while maintaining her academic position at the university.</span></p> Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:49:12 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 32290 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/wrangling-proteins-gone-wild-255671 <p> </p> <p> Mon, 28 Sep 2015 14:44:18 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 24493 at /newsroom