丁香园AV

Hossein Hajimirsadeghi

Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM PST

Location:TASC 1 9204, Burnaby campus

Talk Title: What is it like to pursue a career in Artificial Intelligence?

Abstract:  Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing industries, reshaping economies, and redefining the boundaries of technology. But what does it take to build a career in this rapidly evolving field? In this talk, we will explore the journey of pursuing a career in AI, providing insights into the diverse roles available, the skills and knowledge required, and the challenges and opportunities professionals face along the way.

Speaker Info:  Hossein Hajimirsadeghi is a Principal Researcher at Borealis AI鈥檚 Vancouver lab. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from 丁香园AV in 2015, under the supervision of Prof. Greg Mori. Before joining Borealis AI, he served as a Principal Member of Technical Staff at Oracle Labs in Vancouver. His research spans a wide range of AI topics, including representation learning, meta-learning, generative models, computer vision, robotics, and evolutionary optimization.

Gordon Niguma

Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Time: 3:00 - 4:00 PM PST

Location: TASC 1 9204, Burnaby campus

Talk Title: Who is Lamar Duckworth, why do your parents need tech support, and should you lend me money? 

Abstract: This tackles three basic questions with real-world examples, that are affected by real-world technology problems. The three problems we tackle today are:

• 鈥淗i Lamar Duckworth, are you Lamar Duckworth? The reality about Data鈥� 鈥� 鈥淲ho is Lamar Duckworth鈥� is a surprisingly complex question with no easy answers. One reason is because of data quality and understanding how data quality affects our abilities to solve real-world problems. It can lead to losing money, whether its because of fraud, missed opportunities to market to someone or making bad decisions on new products.  
• 鈥淲hy do your parents ask you for tech support and can鈥檛 beat you at video games?鈥� 鈥� Your parents were built for the 70s and 80s. They can鈥檛 text quickly, but they can type. They can鈥檛 play video games if there鈥檚 more than 4 buttons on the controllers. But the same is true for old technology and why it hinders our ability to progress forward. 
• 鈥淪hould I lend this person money?鈥� 鈥� If a stranger asked you for money, how would you determine if you should let them borrow it? This will be a group effort to discuss the basic process of lending, how it works in practice, all of the technologies that are required, and the considerations that have to be made.  

Speaker Info: Gordon Niguma is a Director in the Enterprise Architecture team at Coast Capital Savings. He earned his M.Sc. in Computer Science from 丁香园AV. Previously, Gordon was a Manager of the Enterprise Architecture team at Vancity and an Architect at IBM.