Professor David Fleet one of six U of T researchers joining the Vector Institute

David Fleet
U of T Scarborough Professor David Fleet is one of six faculty joining the Vector Institute (photo by Ken Jones)

Jennifer Robinson

Six researchers at the University of Toronto with expertise in areas such as machine learning, medicine, engineering and statistics are joining the Vector Institute.

They’re joining a highly accomplished team of world-class researchers who helped launch the Vector Institute in March, including U of T's University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton; Associate Professor and leader of Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group Raquel Urtasun; and Deep Genomics founder and electrical and computing engineering Professor Brendan Frey.

“My top priority since Vector’s launch has and continues to be to build a collaborative, talented team,” said one of the original Vector Institute co-founders, Richard Zemel, a U of T computer science professor and the research director for Vector. “I am thrilled that these individuals will join a diverse and growing team of faculty committed to making Vector a global leader in AI.”

The new members are:

  • David J. Fleet, U of T professor of computer science and chair of computer and mathematical sciences at the University of Toronto Scarborough
  • Anna Goldenberg, U of T assistant professor of computer science (computational biology group) and scientist in the Genetics and Genome Biology Lab at SickKids Research Institute
  • Frank Rudzicz, U of T assistant professor of computer science (status) and scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-UHN
  • Jimmy Ba, assistant professor of U of T computer science, joining U of T in fall of 2018
  • Murat Erdogdu, joint appointment as U of T assistant professor of  computer science and statistical sciences, joining U of T in fall of 2018
  • Marzyeh Ghassemi, joint appointment as U of T assistant professor of computer science and medicine, joining U of T in fall of 2018

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