David Ifeoluwa Adelani, a Core Academic Member at Mila and Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science at McGill University, has been selected for the prestigious AI2050 Early Career Fellowship program by Schmidt Sciences. This recognition highlights the crucial importance of his work in developing more equitable and inclusive AI models.
Schmidt Sciences recently announced its fourth cohort of AI2050 Senior and Early Career Fellows, bringing together 28 researchers from 42 institutions across 8 countries. Collectively, these awardees will receive over $18 million to advance AI for the benefit of humanity.
"This fellowship would provide vital support for my continued work in developing datasets and models for underrepresented languages, with the goal of elevating at least 50 languages from low-resource to mid-resource status by the end of the project." - David Ifeoluwa Adelani
David Ifeoluwa Adelani is renowned for his work focusing on multilingual natural language processing (NLP), with a particular emphasis on low-resource languages.
While languages like English benefit from vast amounts of data for training AI tools, many African, Latin American, and Indigenous languages lack these essential resources. Professor Adelani's research specifically addresses this challenge by aiming to create effective AI tools for these languages, even with limited datasets.
The AI2050 Fellowship spotlights researchers who drive responsible innovation and the development of AI models that benefit humanity. Professor David Ifeoluwa Adelani's selection underscores Mila's commitment to supporting cutting-edge research with significant social impact.
