{"id":72886,"date":"2021-01-19T11:30:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T16:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=72886"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:26","slug":"carletons-yuhong-guo-named-to-cifar-ai-chairs-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2021\/carletons-yuhong-guo-named-to-cifar-ai-chairs-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton\u2019s Yuhong Guo Named to CIFAR AI Chairs Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton\u2019s Yuhong Guo Named to CIFAR AI Chairs Program\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Carleton University\u2019s School of Computer Science<\/a> Prof. Yuhong Guo<\/a> has been named to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research<\/a> (CIFAR) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chairs Program.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing named as a CIFAR AI Chair is an incredible opportunity to continue collaborating with the brightest minds in the country while contributing to impactful research on a global scale,\u201d said Guo. \u201cIt is a wonderful honour to be selected for this role.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guo was selected for her contributions to the field of artificial intelligence, with her primary area of research in machine learning, working towards automating the learning process and reducing the dependence of learning systems on human guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am looking forward to stepping into this role and supporting CIFAR\u2019s research goals alongside my talented colleagues,\u201d Guo adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guo joined Carleton as a professor and a Tier II Canada Research Chair<\/a> (CRC) in July 2016. Over the past five years, Guo established an exceptional and independent research program and demonstrated strong leadership in the area of AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guo\u2019s leadership is evident in her role organizing a local scientific society, the Ottawa Artificial Intelligence Alliance<\/a> in the National Capital Region of Canada, and establishing Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council<\/a> and National Research Council<\/a>-funded collaborative research projects with industry and government organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to a successful NSERC Discovery Grant<\/a> , and a Discovery Accelerator Supplement<\/a>, Guo is a co-applicant on a recently awarded NSERC CREATE<\/a> grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CIFAR is a Canadian-based global research organization that convenes extraordinary minds to address the most important questions facing science and humanity. The organization is supported by the governments of Canada, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, as well as international partner organizations, individuals, foundations and corporations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, the Government of Canada appointed CIFAR to develop and lead a $125-million Pan-Canadian AI Strategy\u2014the world\u2019s first national AI strategy. The program is the cornerstone of the strategy with the objectives being to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n