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±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýÌýhas been appointed aÌýUniversity Research ChairÌýin recognition of her outstanding research contributions to the field of artificial intelligence. À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµâ€™s designation of University Research Chair recognizes exceptional achievement of faculty and their pre-eminence in a field of knowledge.

Professor Robin Cohen is one of four faculty members to receive a 2019 Distinguished Teacher Award, the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµâ€™s most prestigious honour for teaching excellence. The Distinguished Teacher Awards will be presented by Mario Coniglio, associate vice-president, academic, at the June convocation ceremony.

±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌýÌýand his colleagues Pavel Hrubes, Shay Moran, Amir Shpilka and Amir Yehudayoff have shown that a simple machine learning problem — whether an algorithm can extract a pattern from limited data — is mathematically unsolvable because it is linked toÌýÌýin the 1930s.

Cheriton School of Computer Science ±Ê°ù´Ç´Ú±ð²õ²õ´Ç°ùÌý, his former PhD studentÌý, now an Assistant Professor at McMaster University, along with colleaguesÌýChristopher Liaw, Abbas Mehrabian and Yaniv Plan, have received aÌý, theÌý.

ProfessorsÌýÌýandÌýÌýjoined the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science earlier this year. Previously, both were full professors in the Department of Computer Science at Western University, where they were faculty members for 14 years.

Their research interests are in the area of computer vision. In particular, Olga’s interests are in visual correspondence and image segmentation, and Yuri’sÌýalso include 3D reconstruction andÌýbiomedical image analysis.

Computer science doctoral studentÌý, Ìýand Schaekermann’s cosupervisors, ProfessorsÌýÌýandÌý, have received a best paper award at CSCW 18, theÌý.

TheÌýÌýdrives excellence and leadership in Canada’s knowledge, creationÌýand use of artificial intelligence to foster economic growth and improve the lives of Canadians. The instituteÌýis dedicated to the transformative field of artificial intelligence, excelling in machine and deep learning research.

Professor Robin Cohen has received aÌý. She is the first female recipient of the Association’s highest honour, an award that is conferred to individuals who have distinguished themselves through outstanding research excellence in artificial intelligence during the course of their academic career.