Montréal, April 24, 2025 - Mila announced today a new partnership with Innovasea, a global player in technologically advanced aquatic solutions for aquaculture and fish tracking. Together, the two organizations aim to advance AI development for sustainable fish tracking, protection and production. This partnership will enable Innovasea to bolster its AI adoption, AI-driven innovations, and talent acquisition, while providing Mila students with opportunities to apply their skills towards solving real, meaningful problems in the blue economy.
“AI is transforming how we produce, track and protect marine wildlife,” explained Jean Quirion, Innovasea’s Vice President of Research and Development for Fish Tracking. "Our partnership with Mila will enable us to further advance our AI solutions in other aspects of our offerings and business. We are excited to collaborate with Mila to push our innovation, introduce fresh ideas, and offer students hands-on experience working on AI technologies at Innovasea"
“We are excited to welcome Innovasea to the Mila community,” added Stéphane Létourneau, Executive Vice-President of Mila. “With Innovasea’s major role in the blue economy, we are pleased to offer our students opportunities to work on projects that will advance marine environmental research and drive sustainable aquaculture.”
Innovasea has been at the forefront of AI development for fish tracking and fish production with its HydroAI™ and BiomassPro solutions.
Through the partnership, Innovasea has already hired its first student, working on Innovasea's HydroAI solution. As part of their internship, they'll play a vital role in helping to train the AI models that count fish and identify different species.
"We are thrilled to bring in students from the program," said Mark Kilfoil, Director of Software Engineering at Innovasea. "This work will directly advance HydroAI's capabilities while providing them an amazing opportunity to gain real-world experience with cutting-edge AI technology."
About Innovasea
Fueled by leading-edge technology and a passion for research and development, Innovasea is revolutionizing aquaculture and advancing the science of fish tracking to make our oceans and freshwater ecosystems sustainable for future generations. With more than 275 employees worldwide, we provide full end-to-end solutions for fish farming and aquatic species research – including quality equipment that’s efficient and built to last, expert consulting services, and innovative platforms and products that deliver unrivaled data, information, and insights. Learn more at Innovasea.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Bluesky and X.
About Mila
Founded by Professor Yoshua Bengio of the University of Montreal, Mila is the world’s largest academic research center for deep learning, bringing together over 1,300 specialized researchers in machine learning. Based in Montreal and funded in part by the Government of Canada through the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, Mila's mission is to be a global center for scientific advancements that inspire innovation and the growth of AI for the benefit of all. Mila is a globally recognized non-profit organization for its significant contributions to deep learning, especially in the fields of language modeling, automatic translation, object recognition, and generative models. For more information, visit mila.quebec.
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Austin.Fontanella@innovasea.com
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