Mateja Jamnik is a full professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Cambridge, UK. She is developing AI techniques for human-like computing, combining AI reasoning with machine learning to advance the explainability of AI systems. She applies these techniques to personalized medicine and tutoring systems. Passionate about making science accessible to the public, Jamnik …
Sanja Fidler is an Assistant Professor at University of Toronto. Prior coming to Toronto, in 2012, she was a Research Assistant Professor at Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, an academic institute located in the campus of University of Chicago. Prof. Fidler completed her postdoc with Prof. Sven Dickinson at University of Toronto in 2012. She …
Jernej Barbič is a full professor of computer science at USC, working in the fields of computer graphics, simulation, computational mechanics, human body modeling, biomechanics, finite element method, numerical solution of partial differential equations, medical imaging, and other applications of applied mathematics to medicine, mechanical engineering and robotics. Jernej also has a side interest in …
Timothy J. O’Donnell is an assistant professor, and William Dawson Scholar in the Department of Linguistics at McGill University and a CIFAR Canada AI Chair at Mila, the Quebec AI Institute. Previously he was a research scientist at MIT in the department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. He completed his PhD at the Harvard Department …
Gašper Beguš is an Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at UC Berkeley. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Ljubljana and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. During his time at Harvard, he served as a Resident Tutor and Sophomore Advising Coordinator. He received several honors, including the …
Hana Beloglavec, a trombonist and pedagogue, has a dynamic career as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral performer. She also teaches at Louisiana State University. As a core member of Seraph Brass, Beloglavec has performed and taught throughout the United States and internationally. Seraph Brass is a chamber group in residence at the Artosphere Music …
Jure Zupan is a Professor of Physics at the University of Cincinnati, specializing in theoretical high-energy physics. He completed his Ph.D. in 2002 at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Professor Zupan was a postdoctoral fellow at several institutions: the Technion in Haifa, Israel (2002-2004), Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA (2004-2006), and CERN in Geneva, …
Uroš Seljak joined the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, in 2008 with a joint appointment in the physics and astronomy departments. He also holds a senior faculty scientist position at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He received his B.S. in 1989 and his M.S. in 1991 from the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, …
Andrej Prša is a Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Science at Villanova University. He earned his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 2005. For his dissertation, Andrej developed the widely used binary modeling code PHOEBE (PHysics Of Eclipsing BinariEs). While his core expertise remains binary star physics, his work has expanded …