New federal funding will help an international team, including #WesternU researchers, using AI to discover new drugs for fighting cancer and infectious disease.
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Chair of Computer Science at @westernu.ca . Research in bioinformatics, precision ag.
New federal funding will help an international team, including #WesternU researchers, using AI to discover new drugs for fighting cancer and infectious disease.
18.11.2025 19:23 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Itβs official, we are all in! Join us as we continue to drive impactful change for Canada and the world. There's so much to be proud of and so much more to do. #AllinWesternU
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True, but not even necessary for them to be "small". The key to talking about supervised learning (as an example of the valuable AI) depends on talking to people about the datasets that they have/have access to.
24.09.2025 15:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Congratulations Dr. Angela Roberts @angelarobertsphd.bsky.social on her election as a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists!
04.09.2025 18:08 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Four #WesternU faculty members were recognized by the Ontario government with Early Researcher Awards. Congratulations to Liliana Alvarez, Thomas DeFalco, Yalda Mohsenzadeh and Lyle Muller. π #PurpleAndProud
23.08.2025 15:07 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1Thrilled to receive Ontario Early Researcher Award (ERA)! Grateful to the Ontario Government for this support, which will help us grow our team, train next generation of researchers, and push the boundaries of AI + neuroscience: news.westernu.ca/2025/08/earl...
22.08.2025 18:23 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0With the rise of AI in technology, university students are at the forefront of deep learning, intelligent engineering, and elevated security to build robust and resilient digital ecosystems.
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To attract top global talent, #WesternU is doubling the number of Postdoctoral Fellowship Program awards and launching the new US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Awards. #CdnPSE #HigherEd
08.07.2025 18:15 β π 12 π 12 π¬ 0 π 3π£ [Openings] I'm now an Assistant Prof @westernu.ca CS dept. Funded PhD & MSc positions available! Topics: large probabilistic models, decision-making under uncertainty, and apps in AI4Science. More on agustinus.kristia.de/openings/
04.07.2025 22:55 β π 17 π 5 π¬ 1 π 1Photo of University College on Western's London ON campus. Western University Logo. Text: "Canada Excellence Research Chairs"
Join #WesternU as our next Canada Excellence Research Chair ( #CERC). The awards provide for international researchers to lead prestigious research programs at Western and contribute to Canada's excellence in research & innovation.
Application review begins June 4, 2025.
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New work from Shayan Alahyari on imbalanced regression.
22.04.2025 16:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What happens when we include the view that research is also team-based? Does this mitigate some of the risk of bringing in new people if we are now building better teams that can do more research? Some researchers might be part of great teams rather than being pushed off funding.
14.04.2025 15:08 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0social media post from president of NSERC saying NSERC DG results will be available on Apr 1.
My opinion: NSERC DG results should never come back on Apr 1.
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