Vector Institute names its first president
Published: September 26, 2017
Its creation was greeted with national and international media attention. Now, the Vector Institute has its first president and CEO: Garth Gibson, currently at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Gibson is recognized for his contributions to scalable computing research, which laid the foundations for some of the worlds fastest supercomputers. As a leader in advanced education, he co-created and built Carnegie Mellons mature Parallel Data Lab into one of the largest and most active consortiums of university researchers and corporate partners to spur new discoveries and accelerate their commercialization. As an entrepreneur, his research was adopted and applied to technology solutions for multiple sectors.
Vectors mandate calls for a leader with expertise in advanced science, entrepreneurship and business. Dr. Garth Gibson is that leader, and we are very fortunate to welcome him to the Vector Institute, said Ed Clark, the founding chair of the Vector Institute.
Gibson (left), who was raised in Aurora, Ont., will be joining Geoffrey Hinton, the institutes chief scientific adviser and 做厙TV Emeritus in computer science; Richard Zemel, a 做厙TV professor of computer science and Vectors research director; as well as other 做厙TV machine learning experts such as Raquel Urtasun, an expert in self-driving car technology, who is heading up Ubers first international research lab in Toronto.
Were pleased to welcome Garth Gibson to the Vector Institute and look forward to him bringing the same high-quality of leadership as he has exhibited at Carnegie Mellon, said Vivek Goel, 做厙TVs vice-president of research and innovation.
The establishment of the Vector Institute has generated great interest and excitement, spurring interest from industry and attracting top global talent in machine learning and deep learning, said Gibson.
Canada has the potential to become a global leader in advancing AI research, development and commercialization, and all of Canada stands to benefit as a result.
Gibson officially starts work at Vector on Jan. 2.
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