Celebrated researcher Raquel Urtasun, founder of Waabi, discusses the next frontier for AI, as it moves from the virtual world into the physical. Explore how generative AI is unlocking the future of robotics, starting with self-driving.
Join the Department of Computer Science for their Distinguished Lecture Series, celebrating their 60th anniversary.
Raquel Urtasun is Founder and CEO of Waabi, an AI company building the next generation of self-driving technology. Raquel is also a Full Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto and a co-founder of the Vector Institute for AI. Raquel earned her Ph.D. from the Computer Science department at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in 2006 and did her postdoc at MIT and UC Berkeley. In 2024, she was named a fellow of The Royal Society of Canada for her contributions to computer science and was included on the CNBC Changemakers: Women Transforming Business list. In 2023, she was named one of the TIME100 Most Influential People in AI, made Business Insider’s AI 100 list of Top People in AI, and was awarded the Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s Emerging Tech CEO Award and the Order of Ontario, the highest civilian honor in the province.
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