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Core Research

Mila brings together world-class university researchers working on AI research across a wide range of subfields and application areas.

Our interdisciplinary research agenda is led by our commitment to studying and developing frameworks that support the advancement and deployment of responsible AI.  

Core Research

DEEP LEARNING
MACHINE LEARNING THEORY AND OPTIMIZATION
COMPUTER VISION AND ROBOTICS
REINFORCEMENT LEARNING
COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING

Explore some of Mila’s affiliated labs and institutes

Mila rallies over 90 faculty members from Université de Montréal, McGill University, HEC Montréal, Polytechnique Montréal, and maintains close ties with several other academic institutions, including Université Laval in Québec, Université de Sherbrooke and École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) in Montreal. In addition to the research groups of individual Mila professors, discover some of the research labs co-led by Mila professors at their affiliated universities. 

IVADO
A close collaborator of Mila with Yoshua Bengio also serving as Scientific Director.

Institut Courtois
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Université de Montréal

Applied Research in Computational Linguistics (RALI)
Department of Computer Science and Operations Research (DIRO), Université de Montréal

Robotics and Embodied AI Lab (REAL)
Department of Computer Science and Operations Research (DIRO), Université de Montréal

Functional and Structural Bioinformatics Research Unit
Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Université de Montréal

Reasoning and Learning Lab 
School of Computer Science, McGill University

The Learning in Neural Circuits (LiNC) Lab
School of Computer Science, McGill University, The Neuro – The Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital

Shape Analysis Group
Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University

Mobile Robotics Lab
Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University

McGill NLP Group
School of Computer Science, McGill University

McGill Graphics Lab
Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University

Probabilistic Vision Group (PVG)
Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University

Montreal Computational & Quantitative Linguistics Lab
Department of Linguistics, McGill University

NeuroPoly
Polytechnique Montréal

Big Data Research Center
Université Laval

MEDomics UdeS Lab
Université de Sherbrooke