York U and Georgina expand their collaboration
York University and the Town of Georgina signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today to formalize their long-standing collaboration in key areas of mutual interest.
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New research finds specific learning strategies can enhance AI model effectiveness in hospitals
If data used to train artificial intelligence models for medical applications, such as hospitals across the Greater Toronto Area, differs from the real-the world data, it could lead to patient harm. A new study
Experimenting with generative AI to kibbitz and futz towards more inclusive futures
What does it mean to think, act and work as a Jewish professor when human freedoms are under siege and authoritarian power gains ground? And how can we draw on our Jewish identities to navigate the sweeping encroachment of new technologies like AI? As communication scholars, colleagues and collaborators, we have spent a lot of […]
Canada is lagging in innovation, and that’s a problem for funding the programs we care about
As Canadians prepare to vote in another federal election, the country’s economy faces a sobering reality. As the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) notes, productivity is stagnating, our innovation performance lags global peers and high-potential startups often fail to scale.
AI could help solve questions about health of sleeping on back after 28-weeks pregnancy
The importance of sleep for improving brain function, mood, cardiovascular health, metabolic health and staving off dementia has emerged as a hot topic, but for pregnant women, sleep position may also prove critical for giving birth to a healthy child. Although there is a known association between back sleeping after 28 weeks of pregnancy and […]
York U program helps fund 16 Global South health-care hubs to combat infectious diseases
A York University-led program is helping bolster health care in the Global South by providing more than $5.8 million in funding for 16 projects in as many countries, including polio surveillance in Ethiopia and helping Indigenous communities in the Philippines.
York University leads groundbreaking research to ensure technology revolution leaves no one behind
$318-million Connected Minds initiative to bring equity and inclusion to murky waters of AI April 28, 2023 A massive seven-year interdisciplinary research initiative led by York University – backed by substantial federal research funding — is setting out to tame the unruly world of AI and other disruptive technologies, so humans can benefit equitably from […]
York University leads $318.4M first-of-kind inclusive next-gen technology research initiative
Together with Queen’s University, the cross-disciplinary work is backed by $105.7M in federal funding through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund TORONTO, April 28, 2023 — Is an equitable world that includes humans and machines possible? York University researchers believe it must be and have set out to make it so through a first of its kind interdisciplinary […]