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McGill AI PodcastPierre-Philippe Ste-Marie: Navigating Randomness & The Monte Carlo of Financial MarketsIn this episode, we discuss with Pierre-Philippe Ste-Marie, a seasoned practitioner with over 25 years of experience in quantitative finance. We start by tracing his educational path and early career moves in fixed income trading, including his decision to return to school at Carnegie Mellon to study computational finance.Pierre emphasizes the importance of focusing on the problem rather than the tools, sheds light on applying stochastic calculus to capture randomness in financial models, and discusses the roles of alpha and beta managers, among other things. We close with a rapid-fire segment, where Pierre reveals his passion for...2025-02-0443 min
Co-ÉmergenceQuel essor pour l'industrie financière africaine ? Le podcast de l'économie africaineQuelles sont les perspectives de l'industrie financière en Afrique en 2024 ? Comment le secteur financier marocain contribue au rayonnement de cette industrie financière africaine? Oumar Baldé en parle dans Co-Emergence, avec son invitée : Il s'agit de Ramatoulaye Goudiaby, directrice de l'Africa Financial Industry Summit (AFIS)...2024-02-2330 minMcGill AI PodcastYves Hilpisch: How AI is Shaping the Future of Computational FinanceThe podcast team is excited to announce the McGill Artificial Intelligence Society’s 3rd podcast episode of the 2023-2024 school year featuring Yves Hilpisch. Yves is the founder and CEO of The Python Quants and has written several books, including Python for Finance. In recent years, AI has been in the forefront of computational finance and algorithmic trading. As the accessibility of AI increases, building our own financial models has become easier with programming languages like Python and the support of various available libraries.In this episode, we examine AI’s rise in the wo...2024-01-301h 05McGill AI PodcastIgnacio Cofone: Redrawing Privacy Lines with AI RegulationThe podcast team is excited to announce the McGill Artificial Intelligence Society’s 2nd podcast episode of the 2023-2024 school year featuring Ignacio Cofone. Ignacio Cofone is a professor at McGill’s Faculty of Law and is the Canada Research Chair in AI Law and Data Governance. With the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence in recent years, there are also many concerns at the forefront. This episode tackles current topics like the effects of bias in AI, the intersection between AI and privacy law, as well as AI regulations. We will examine how the transition between the curre...2023-12-3044 minMcGill AI PodcastArtem Kirsanov: Perspectives on the Intersection Between AI and NeuroscienceArtem Kirsanov is a graduate student in neuroscience at New York University Center for Neural Science and a YouTuber with a following of over 100k subscribers. In this episode, we talk about modelling the human brain with artificial intelligence, how AI is being used to enhance neuroscience, and what a future alongside AI can look like for scientists.2023-11-0954 minMcGill AI PodcastDoina Precup: Exploring Frontiers of Reinforcement LearningEmbark on an enlightening journey into the world of reinforcement learning with Prof. Doina Precup in this captivating podcast episode. As a distinguished professor at McGill University and the Head of DeepMind Montreal, Prof. Precup brings a wealth of expertise to our discussion. Join us as we delve into the intricacies of hierarchical reinforcement learning, navigating the complexities of decision-making processes. Explore the realm of continual reinforcement learning, where adaptability harmonizes with efficiency, and gain invaluable insights into new possibilities and challenges posed by large models. Whether you're an AI aficionado or newcomer, this episode promises an illuminating expedition...2023-08-281h 09
McGill AI PodcastChloë Ryan, Katherine Beaulieu & Kussil Oumedjbeur: Generative AI & ArtThe advent of powerful generative AI models - particularly in the art space - has enabled limitless creative opportunities. In this episode, we discuss both the usage benefits and the importance of regulating generative AI in this space from a diverse stakeholder perspective. Chloë Ryan, CEO and founder of Acrylic Robotics - a fast-growing pre-seed art-tech startup, Katherine Beaulieu, a BCL/JD Candidate at the McGill Faculty of Law & member of Tech Law, and Dr. Kussil Oumedjbeur, a current MSc candidate in experimental surgery at McGill and popular digital artist, join us in a panel to discuss the ethical a...2023-06-091h 04
McGill AI PodcastSu Lin Blodgett & Fenwick McKelvey: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on AI EthicsWhat does it mean for an artificial intelligence model to do the right thing? What are researchers and governments doing to ensure that the use of AI technologies does not infringe on human rights? These are two of the questions that we touch on in this conversation with Dr. Su Lin Blodgett and Prof. Fenwick McKelvey. The world of AI has seen an explosion of progress in recent years and this has opened up exciting new applications for these models. However, the issue of reflecting human biases, which has long been plaguing these models, is far from solved. On...2023-01-241h 11
McGill AI PodcastYoshua Bengio: Towards Achieving Human-Level AIYoshua Bengio, co-laureate of the 2018 ACM AM Turing Award for his pioneering contributions in deep learning and recognized worldwide as one of the leading experts in artificial intelligence, joins us on the McGill AI Podcast to discuss his experience in pioneering deep learning, the work towards achieving human-level artificial intelligence, and advice to students wanting to do research in AI.He is a Full Professor at Université de Montréal, and the Founder and Scientific Director of Mila – Quebec AI Institute. He co-directs the CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains program as Senior Fellow and acts as Scientific Dire...2022-11-1757 min
McGill AI PodcastDan Cervone: Machine Learning in SportsDr. Dan Cervone is the principal data scientist at Zelus Analytics where they are building the world leading sports analytics platform. Prior to this, Dan spent three seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, most recently as Director of Quantitative Research. He completed his PhD in Statistics at Harvard University, and was then a Moore-Sloan Data Science Fellow at NYU. His work focuses on spatiotemporal data and hierarchical models, with particular application to sports analytics and player tracking data. Dan joins us today to talk about the field of sports analytics, his own research using machine learning in sports, and...2022-10-1747 min
McGill AI PodcastGuillaume Lajoie: Interfacing the BrainGuillaume is an assistant professor at Université de Montréal, Canada CIFAR AI Chair, Core Academic Member at Mila, is a research scholar at FRQS (Fonds de recherche du Québec), and has research center affiliations with UNIQUE (Unifying Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence - Québec), CIRCA (Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche sur le cerveau et l'apprentissage), and CRM (Centre de Recherches Mathématiques). He joins us to talk about how AI influences neuroscience, the mathematics behind AI, brain-computer interfaces, and thoughts on the future of AI regulation.2022-02-041h 03
McGill AI PodcastJackie CK Cheung: AI & Language Jackie Cheung is an associate professor at McGill, Canada CIFAR AI Chair, researching with Mila, the Reasoning and Learning Lab, Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music and the Centre for Intelligent Machines. He sits down with us to talk about the history and change in the field of NLP, common sense reasoning and summarization, AI deployment in practice, and advice for students looking to get into research.2022-01-3053 min
McGill AI PodcastBlake Richards: Parallels Between the Brain & AIProfessor Blake Richards is a leading researcher at the intersection of neuroscience and AI. He is an assistant professor at McGill, a Canada CIFAR AI Chair, and a core faculty member at Mila. His research explores the general principles of learning and memory in neural networks and tries to understand how real and artificial brains can optimise behaviour.2022-01-0743 min
McGill AI PodcastDavid Rolnick: AI for Climate ChangeProfessor David Rolnick is an assistant professor at McGill, Canada CIFAR AI Chair, Mila researcher and a member of MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35. He joins the podcast to talk about how machine learning can be applied to tackling climate change, deep learning theory, AI in the public sector, ethics and advice for students.2021-10-291h 02McGill AI PodcastIntroduction2021-08-1212 min