Funding decision
In support of priority areas identified by the Canada-France Joint Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation, NSERC, in partnership with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), in collaboration with IVADO, is partnering with the French National Research Agency (ANR) to fund collaborative research projects on artificial intelligence (AI). The results of the
| Canadian Applicant | Institution | Project title | Funding amount | French PI Name & Institution | NSERC | SSHRC | CIHR | IVADO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ioannou, Yani | University of Calgary | GHOST - Generative modeling, Heavy tails, Outliers, Sparse Training | $360,000.00 | Umut Simsekli, INRIA Paris | $300,000 | $0 | $0 | $60,000 |
| Si, Xujie | University of Toronto | ProML - Proof-Carrying Machine Learning Models | $292,500.00 | Caterina Urban, École normale supérieure | $292,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Bellec, Pierre | Université de Montréal | DANDI - Adaptation de Domaine pour l'intégration de données neuronales | $360,000.00 | Bertrand Thirion, INRIA | $300,000 | $0 | $0 | $60,000 |
| Hu, Pingzhao | Western University | Pin-AI - Discovery and Development of Pin1 inhibitors using generative AI | $300,000.00 | Jonathan Weitzman, Université Paris Cité | $150,000 | $0 | $150,000 | $0 |
| Sun, Lijun | McGill University | MobAgent - Large Language Model Agent for Mobility Reasoning and Synthesis | $300,000.00 | Latifa Oukhellou, Université Gustave Eiffel | $300,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Barakat, Khaled | University of Alberta | CLAUD-IA - A Generative AI-Based Precision Medicine Framework for Claudin-Targeted Gastrointestinal Cancer Therapy | $360,000.00 | Thomas Baumert, Université de Strasbourg | $120,000 | $0 | $180,000 | $60,000 |
| Gidel, Gauthier | Université de Montréal | LSD - Leveraging Synthetic Data from Generative Models | $360,000.00 | Quentin Bertrand, INRIA Lyon | $300,000 | $0 | $0 | $60,000 |
| Pan, Ya-Jun | Dalhousie University | AutoSail - Automatic Sail: AI-Driven Optimization for Sustainable Maritime Navigation and Wind-Assisted Propulsion | $300,000.00 | Emmanuel Witrant, Université de Grenoble Alpes | $300,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Cheung, Jackie Chi Kit | McGill University | REGARD - Robust Evaluation of Generative AI in Real-World Environments | $360,000.00 | Pablo Piantanida, Université Aix-Marseille | $0 | $300,000 | $0 | $60,000 |
| Shoukat, Affan | University of Regina | AI MPI - Artificial Intelligence for Multi-Scale Predictions in Infectious Health Emergencies | $300,000.00 | Raluca Eftimie, Université Marie et Louis Pasteur | $195,000 | $0 | $105,000 | $0 |