Amii Welcomes Global AI Community To Annual Upper Bound Event, May 23-26

KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 (Bernama) -- Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) welcomes artificial intelligence (AI) community worlwide to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for the Upper Bound event on May 23-26.

In a statement, Amii said the multi-day event, with diverse programming is catered for AI researchers, industry leaders, pop culture enthusiasts and anyone who has ever been curious about AI.

Upper Bound will take over Edmonton with a full event schedule and more than 100 events taking place in the downtown core including keynotes, panels, demos and socials from world-leading AI researchers and innovative business leaders.

This year keynote speakers include trailblazing AI researcher and Amii Chief Scientific Advisor, Richard S. Sutton; Amii Chief Executive Officer, Cam Linke; Executive Director of Sony AI America, Peter Stone; and Amii Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair, Marlos Machado.

“Upper Bound puts a spotlight on Alberta’s AI leadership and legacy and is a celebration of AI that welcomes everybody to learn, network, discuss and join in on the conversation.

“This is an invitation for the world’s AI community to experience the best of what Amii and Canada has to offer in scientific excellence, start-up creation and industry application, so they can leave inspired by the connections they have made, the information learned, and their ambitious ideas realised,” said Linke.

Scheduled events include Academic Symposium, Panels on AI in industry; AI & Culture, high-energy and fun events for all AI enthusiasts; as well as Social and networking opportunities.

Last year more than 2,000 attendees from 38 countries attended the inaugural event. Amii awarded Talent Bursaries to over 500 global recipients to cover travel and accommodation costs with over 69 per cent of recipients self-identified as members of underrepresented groups in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

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