WiCS/WiE fireside chat with Joelle Pineau

Davis Centre (DC) - DC 1351
Monday, Jun 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM  - 6:30 PM EDT 
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Event Details

Join us for a fireside chat and networking reception with Joelle Pineau on Monday June 16, 5:00-6:30pm in DC 1351 (free dinner provided)! Joelle was recently the former Meta VP for AI research (stepped down May 30), and still is a leading Canadian AI researcher, mother of 4 kids, and strong advocate for women in computing and AI. 

Pineau is known for developing algorithms and models that allow learning in partially complex domains, as well as investigating approaches to personal medicine, using data from medical charts, X-ray images, clinical notes and lab reports to generate new treatment strategies. Pineau was elected to the Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2023 for her "contributions to research in machine learning, with a focus on Bayesian learning and planning under uncertainty."

This event is open to all students. 

Speakers

Joelle Pineau
Meta
VP for AI Reasearch

Location

Davis Centre (DC) - DC 1351
200 Ring Rd Waterloo, ON N2L 5Z5 CA

Tickets

Type
Price
In-person Attendee
Free
Talk but not reception
Free
Online Attendee
Free

Organizer Details

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