Today we meet Simon Lacoste-Julien, co-founder of MILA, the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, associate professor at the University of Montreal and Vice President Lab Director of the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Montreal. Simon shares with us the journey that led him to become one of the world's leading references in machine learning
With Alan MacIntosh - Techaide Co-President, Patrick Pichette hosts a Techaide Café to talk about the Canadian venture capital scene and give a run-down of the world of startups. From 2008 to 2015, Patrick Pichette was CFO of Google and was actively involved in the creation of the Alphabet structure as well as Google’s growth
Montreal is home to one of the most innovative and thriving artificial intelligence communities. At the center of this community is Mila, the Quebec AI Institute. Led by scientific director Yoshua Bengio (Turing Award laureate), Mila hosts some of the world’s best AI research, driven by a mission to benefit all. We are very happy
During this live conversation hosted by Phil G. Joseph from Rep Matters, John Henry shared his expertise on how to intentionally create opportunities for the new faces of entrepreneurship and venture capital. John Henry is a college dropout, John is a purebred entrepreneur who had a million-dollar exit at the age of 21, went on
We all love Montreal dearly, one of North America’s top cities for its quality of life and yet, astonishingly, our city ranks in the bottom 15 in terms of people (our fellow citizens) living in poverty! The tech community and its startup entrepreneurs are passionately motivated to make the world a better place and this
TechAide launches new interview series featuring conversations with tech leaders that decided to become a force for good to have a positive impact on the community, here in Montreal. Vice President, Government and Institutional Relations for Hitachi ABB Power Grids in Canada, Carolina Gallo shares with us her background and interest in social justice, which