iViz Lab News

CBC Feature On iVizLab - (75% Women) : : : Jan 28 '25

CBC feature on our Lab for Intl Women's Day. See CBC News Link

SFU prof debuts 3D AI teaching coach : : : Aug '25

1 of 30 news stories on KIA; SFU prof debuts 3D artificial intelligence teaching coach See CBC News Link

DiPaola on CBC National News; Open Source AI : : : Jan 28 '25

DiPaola interview on moving away from Corporate AI to Open Community tools. See CBC News Link

Several lab PhDs and Masters graduated : : : Mar 10 '24

4 of our grads - PhDs & Masters in AI and VR graduated! Advanced LLM with cognitive episodic memory, exploring deep aesthetics in AI and the arts, XR mocap avatars, …

Forward & Art for New AI Book : : : Mar 10 '24

DiPaola commissioned for Forward/Artwork in new Book on Ai and the Arts. See Site

DiPaola on CBC National News; AI Deep Fakes : : : Feb '24

CBC National News, Experts discuss the rise in ‘deep fakes’ and how victims can take legal action. See CBC News Link

DiPaola @ Royal Society (CA & UK) AI Futures : : : Dec 13 '23

DiPaola w/ UK & Canada Royal Societies' AI scientists set plan for the Future of AI at a major gathering this week. With Yoshua Bengio RS Event

RSC Massey Lecture : : : Dec 13 '23

Steve DiPaola and Meta-Facebook AI research head, were commissioned by Royal Society of Canada to give a spirited discussion at the prestigious Massey Lecture Series{:target="_blank"} on 'Creativity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence'. See the video.

MIT Media Lab Talk; Cognitive based Modelling of Creativity w/ AI : : : Sep 13 '23

DiPaola did an invited talk to the MIT Media Lab on his work in Computational Creativity and AI See Talk

4 papers on AI Ethics & Social Good at CVPR & ICCC : : : June '23

We presented 4 papers on AI for Social Good at CVPR & ICCC (2 on climate change, 2 on feminism, art, activism) with amazing female AI researchers from our lab. See Papers.

In News; We created advanced COVID-19 VR training simulations : : : Jan '20

Advanced virtual training simulations are being created by an international tech team based in Vancouver to train healthcare workers on the correct application of personal protective equipment (PPE) in long-term care facilities. See News Article

Picked as NeurIPS Best of AI : : : Sep 12 '19

iVizlab team showcased "best of AI" award – at a major AI conference NeurIPS 2019. See News Article

In News; AI for Emotional Journalism : : : Jan 8 '18

Vancouver researchers use AI to preserve emotional impact of blurred faces in news footage. See News Article