A vast number of AI-powered literature search tools have been developed and marketed to researchers in the past few years, including Elicit, Undermind, Consensus, etc. In 2024, the University of Toronto Libraries subscribed to new AI assistants in the popular scientific research databases Scopus and Web of Science. Researchers need to understand how these AI […]

In this class, we are going to take the named entities output from the Named Entity Recognition using LLMs class and apply a statistical model to analyze the data. This class is taught by Zhuo Chen and runs on: Monday, May 5, 2025: 11:30 am - 1 pm ET Wednesday, May 7, 2025: 11:30 am […]

"Anti-Black Racism in Community-Based Research" Guest facilitated by Steph Waife, Co-Executive Director (Interim), Pivot Legal Society Community of practice meetings actively bring together CBRCanada members from across Canada and beyond to engage in meaningful discussions on the second Friday of every month at 12pm ET.

Data Management for Reproducible Research This week-long workshop will introduce attendees to best practices in research data management (RDM) using common tools to support research transparency and reproducibility. Robust implementation of RDM principles enables researchers to address bias and reproducibility, effectively share their research, and ensure long term access to their research inputs and outputs. […]

The Institute for Pandemics (IfP) will hold our 2025 Interdisciplinary Symposium, on May 13th in Desautels Hall at the Rotman School of Management building on the St. George campus of the University of Toronto and to viewers online. This year’s theme is “Responding to the Unexpected: Bridging science, policy, and community actions in public health […]

The 2025 Ian P. Sharp Lecture explores shaping AI with Indigenous ethical frameworks, balancing innovation with traditional knowledge. As artificial intelligence becomes more deeply embedded in our lives, urgent questions arise about whose knowledge systems shape its design and whose are excluded. The 2025 Ian P. Sharp Lecture brings together two distinguished speakers to explore […]

The annual University of Toronto Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Research Days returns on May 26th and 27th, 2025. May 26th will highlight some of the excellent research done by the trainee community through the featured trainee talks and flash talks. This year’s talks include presentations by the latest cohort of our Future Leaders awardees: Patrick […]

An annual academic conference hosted by the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, Absolutely Interdisciplinary convenes leading thinkers from a rich variety of fields to engage in conversations that encourage innovation and inspire new insights. Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are evolving at an extraordinary pace, holding the potential to transform societies, economies, and systems […]

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