Waterloo Data & Artificial Intelligence Institute

📰AI can advance health care but requires a human touch https://lnkd.in/gdaqGPEa 📬 Check out this article and more in our March newsletter! #ArtificialIntelligence #AIinHealthcare #HealthcareInnovation #HumanCentricAI

📰Dr. Scott Hopkins using Artificial Intelligence for on-the-spot cancer diagnosis platform https://lnkd.in/gxGw9Wtb 📬 Check out this article and more in our March newsletter! #ArtificialIntelligence #CancerDiagnosis #AIInHealthcare #PrecisionMedicine #HealthcareInnovation

🚀 Ready to build secure applications? This upcoming course hosted by WatSPEED at the University of Waterloo, Secure Coding, is your perfect starting point! 🛡️💻 🔐 Cyber threats are constantly evolving, and insecure code is a major vulnerability. This course equips developers with the knowledge and best practices to write secure, defensible applications—helping you prevent security breaches and protecting user data. 🌟 Key Features: Learn from industry experts with real-world experience Hands-on coding exercises and case studies Understand the latest security threats and mitigation strategies Fully online—flexible and convenient learning 📅 Course Overview: Explore secure coding principles and best practices Identify common vulnerabilities and how to prevent them Apply defensive programming techniques to safeguard applications Understand regulatory and compliance considerations 👥 Who Should Enroll: Software developers and engineers Web and mobile app developers IT security professionals Anyone looking to enhance their cybersecurity knowledge 📚 What You Will Learn: Secure coding fundamentals for modern applications How to detect and fix security flaws in software Strategies to prevent injection attacks, cross-site scripting (XSS), and more Secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) best practices 🎓 Upon successful completion, receive a professional education certificate from the University of Waterloo. 🔗 Learn more and enroll now: https://lnkd.in/gb5g4g5j #CyberSecurity #SecureCoding #DefensiveProgramming #SoftwareDevelopment #WatSPEED

🌟 This month’s featured lab: The Ubiquitous Health Technology Lab led by Dr. Plinio Morita at University of Waterloo Faculty of Health! 🎓 The Ubiquitous Health Technology Lab strives to design zero-effort health technology that can deliver the maximum benefit to users without an impact on their quality of life. Key projects include U-MAS for analyzing health misinformation, AI-driven heatwave prediction, IoT-enabled sleep health quality metrics, and emotional state prediction. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gQY6yQnd

📰New platform helps evaluate AI for complex computer use https://lnkd.in/gDsHPfkQ 📬 Check out this article and more in our March newsletter!  #ArtificialIntelligence #AIResearch #AIApplications #MachineLearning

📣 Reminder that Future Cities Innovation Challenge kickoff event is taking place next week on March 10th at 4 PM!

🚀 Join us this Thursday! We are excited to welcome Marc Lanctot from Google DeepMind for an enlightening seminar on Mastering Board Games by External and Internal Planning with Language Models. Discover how search-based planning can significantly improve LLMs’ playing strength across several board games. 🗓️ Date: March 6, 2025 ⏰ Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST 📍 Location: DC 1302 (in-person) Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights from a leading expert in the field. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g9NqKsBV

🚀 Join us this Wednesday! We are excited to welcome Neel Sundaresan and Michael Kwok from IBM for an enlightening seminar on The Postmodern Shift: Generative and Agentic AI in Software Development. Discover how generative and agentic AI are fundamentally changing the way software systems are built, managed, and scaled and the impact of AI on software development. 🗓️ Date: March 5, 2025 ⏰ Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT 📍 Location: DC 1304 (in-person) Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights from a leading expert in the field. 🔗 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gr26Ve4n

🏙️ Join Future Cities Institute and Velocity for the first ever Future Cities Innovation Challenge. It is a two-week long challenge to tackle real-world housing and urban development problems utilizing the power of AI, and is open to all University of Waterloo students. https://lnkd.in/gwq8Zma3 #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureCities #UrbanInnovation #InnovationChallenge #Velocity

📰Kate Larson elected as 2025 AAAI fellow https://lnkd.in/gFcJwQUS 📬 Check out this article and more in our February newsletter! #ArtificialIntelligence #AAAI2025 #AIAwards #FacultyAchievements