2024 - 2025 Annual Report - Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Vector's latest annual report showcases research advancements and industry partnerships that strengthen Canada's AI leadership.
Beyond research advancements and recognition, we launched the State of Evaluations Study (first to open-source AI model assessments), expanded our industry partnerships, and introduced HealthSpark to support southern Ontario's health AI startups and scaleups.
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This year brought some incredible recognition for our research community - Geoffrey Hinton's Nobel Prize in Physics, Sheila McIlraith's CAIAC Lifetime Achievement Award, and Raquel Urtasun's Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada, among many other achievements.
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Research Internships - Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Gain valuable experience in the field of AI with Vector's Applied Internship Program.
🚨 FINAL HOURS: Winter 2026 Research Internship applications close TODAY at 1PM ET!
Don't miss your last chance to launch your AI career with Vector and contribute to research that shapes real-world applications.
Time is running out—apply now:
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21.07.2025 13:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Ontario AI Paradox: 312% surge in new AI companies, yet enterprise AI strategy adoption flat at 51% since 2020. This gap is where AI professionals can lead. Our Snapshot with Deloitte has the data: vectorinstitute.ai/ontario-ai-e...
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Meet @elinguyen.bsky.social, our Winter 2025 Research Intern who traveled all the way from Germany to explore new research perspectives!
Inspired to start your own journey?
Applications for Vector's Winter 2026 Research Internships are open! Apply now:
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Today at Vector’s Frontiers of AI, the Honorable Evan Solomon, Minister of AI & Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) announced $3.5 million for Vector's HealthSpark initiative.
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Meet Andres Guzmán-Cordero, whose Vector research internship became the foundation for his PhD journey!
Ready to work on AI research at Vector?
Applications for Vector's Winter 2026 Research Internships are open until July 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM ET.
Apply now:
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Ontario's AI scene is exploding! 🚀 Our AI Snapshot w/ Deloitte: 17K+ new jobs (+101%), $2.6B investment, 70 new companies. See why we're North America's top AI growth story. Report: vectorinstitute.ai/ontario-ai-e...
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🏆 Another big win! Our Vector Faculty Affiliate David Lindell & students won Best Student Paper at #CVPR2025 for breakthrough work on neural inverse rendering from propagating light - teaching AI to see light in motion!
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🏆 Huge congrats to our Vector Faculty Member Evan Shelhamer on winning the test-of-time Longuet-Higgins Prize at #CVPR2025! The paper "Fully Convolutional Networks" revolutionized computer vision.
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Vector Lecture Series - Mikhail (Misha) Belkin
📺 Miss Mikhail (Misha) Belkin's May 9 Vector Distinguished Lecture on feature learning and the linear representation hypothesis? Watch it now!
youtu.be/OK-xhzY9gLU
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Research Internships - Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Gain valuable experience in the field of AI with Vector's Applied Internship Program.
🚨 Time is running out! TODAY is the last chance to apply for Vector's Fall 2025 Research Internships.
Don't wait—applications close TODAY at 4:59 PM ET! Apply now:
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Vector Lecture Series - Aaron Roth
👋 Missed Aaron Roth's April 11th Vector Distinguished Lecture on tractable agreement protocols?
Watch it now on YouTube!
youtu.be/8KxhKYXeDFw
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Meet Timileyin, our Winter 2025 Applied AI Intern! 🌟
During her internship, she helped make AI education more accessible—while benefiting from our IMPACT Mentorship Program.
Ready to start your AI journey? Apply now:
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Meet Dhari Gandhi, our Fall 2024 Applied AI Program Design & Delivery Intern! 🌟
She led key FastLane MLA projects at Vector—now it’s your turn.
Apply for Fall 2025 Applied Internships by May 26, 2025, 1:00 PM ET:
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Meet Nielsen Cugito, our Winter 2025 Research Intern who combined his love for baking with AI! Ready to pursue your own innovative AI research journey? Apply now for Vector's Research Internships: vectorinstitute.ai/programs/res...
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Leveraging structured knowledge to improve accuracy and relevance in retrieval augmented generation systems
🧠 Vector’s AI Eng team increases accuracy for RAG systems! Ali Kore & Amrit Krishnan built a Knowledge Graph-enhanced RAG achieving 54% better accuracy with GPT-4o-mini. Dive into the technical details👇
vectorinstitute.github.io/kg-rag/
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🔥 Ready to level up your AI journey? Fall 2025 Applied Internship applications are now live! Apply before May 26 at 1:00 PM ET and join our dynamic team at Vector:
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👋 Meet our largest-ever Vector Scholarship in AI cohort! 120 exceptional graduate students were awarded $17,500 each for the 25-26 academic year, building the future of Canadian AI innovation through AI master's programs across ONT
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🌟 We’re thrilled for Deval Pandya, Vector’s VP of AI Engineering, on being named one of CA's Best Executives by The Globe and Mail's Report on Business! Under his leadership, our AI Engineering team helps transform how Canadian orgs adopt AI. Read more: www.theglobeandmail.com/business/rob...
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Proud to see @betakit.com's coverage of our Remarkable 2025 conference. As Cameron Schuler notes, “Toronto has the most dynamic AI ecosystem in the world” – and Vector is here to help Canadian organizations turn our world-class AI thinking into real-world impact.
Check out the full article below 👇
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Drawing from her expertise in computational linguistics, natural language processing, and cognitive science, Prof. Shi offers valuable insights into AI model behaviour and limitations.
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Through two detailed case studies, the talk explores:
☑️ Multimodal reasoning with reference frames
☑️ Logical reasoning across semantically equivalent forms
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