Montréal, December 12, 2024 – The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) announced today the appointment of Catherine Régis, Full Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal and Associate Academic Member at Mila as Co-Director of the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (CAISI) Research Program at CIFAR.
Announced at the CAISI launch at Mila on November 12, the CIFAR-funded research program, focused on applied and investigator-led research, will enable experts from home and abroad to examine crucial issues related to artificial intelligence (AI) safety.
Catherine Régis holds a Canada CIFAR AI Chair, is co-chair of the Responsible AI Working Group at the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI), and serves as Director of Social Innovation and International Policy at IVADO. She is actively engaged, both locally and internationally, in addressing issues related to AI governance, safety, and responsible development.
She will co-lead the CAISI research program with Nicolas Papernot, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Department of Computer Science, and the Faculty of Law, and a faculty member at the Vector Institute.
Read CIFAR's written interview with Catherine Régis and Nicolas Papernot
