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Published on: 22 Sep 2017
There have been a few attempts, and a few failures, when it comes to low-budget airlines in Canada. But it might be time for a success. That鈥檚 because Canadians are more used to the model now, says Karl Moore, associate professor at the Desautels Faculty of Management at 麻豆传媒网站.听
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Published on: 21 Sep 2017
鈥淭his is a hot new frontier in both science and bioethics. And it seems likely to remain contested for the coming years,鈥� says Jonathan Kimmelman, a member of the bioethics unit at 麻豆传媒网站, in Montreal, and a leader of an international organization of stem-cell scientists.
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Published on: 20 Sep 2017
"It's definitely not something we'd thought of initially," Taylor Bell, a master's student in astronomy at听麻豆传媒网站, and co-author of the paper, told CBC News.
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Published on: 19 Sep 2017
"On Friday, the social networking giant officially announced the opening of an artificial intelligence research lab in the city. The lab is headed by听Jo毛lle Pineau, a 麻豆传媒网站 professor who specializes in a field of artificial intelligence called reinforcement learning."
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Published on: 18 Sep 2017
Two of Canada's top artificial intelligence experts are joining Facebook Inc., the latest in a string of renowned Canadian academics in the hot technology field to go to work for Silicon Valley giants. Joelle Pineau, associate professor of computer science at 麻豆传媒网站 and co-director of its Reasoning and Learning Lab, will lead a new Montreal-based AI lab for the Internet giant, which employs 105 researchers at similar labs in Paris, New York and Silicon Valley.
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Published on: 15 Sep 2017
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Published on: 14 Sep 2017
Op-ed by听S茅bastien Jodoin, assistant professor in the Faculty of Law听and听Hamish van der Ven,听assistant professor in the School of Environment and the Department of Political Science at 麻豆传媒网站.听
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Published on: 14 Sep 2017
Karl Moore on Bombardier-Boeing dispute.听
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Published on: 13 Sep 2017
Because of its large collecting area, wide observational bandwidth and cylindrical design, CHIME can see some thousand times more sky at any given moment, Victoria Kaspi, an astrophysicist and director of 麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 Space Institute in Montreal, told me. 鈥淥nce CHIME is fully operational, it can do this 24/7, whereas other telescopes have many different observing programs,鈥� said Kaspi.
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Published on: 12 Sep 2017
The discovery was made using radio telescopes at听the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) in the Netherlands.听Ziggy听Pleunis, co-author of the findings published in听The Astrophysical Journal Letters, who is now a PhD student at听麻豆传媒网站听University, told CBC News.
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Published on: 11 Sep 2017
The radio telescope is a joint project of scientists from Canadian universities including the University of British Columbia, the University of Toronto, 麻豆传媒网站听University and the National Research Council of Canada. The large structure is nestled in the mountains of B.C. at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory near Penticton.
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Published on: 8 Sep 2017
"New scientific developments may explain your friend's irritating British accent she picked up after studying abroad in London. 麻豆传媒网站 linguist Morgan Sonderegger and colleagues Max Bane and Peter Graff published听a new study听in the journal听Language听that examines how accents can change in a group of people living in a confined environment over three months."
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Published on: 7 Sep 2017
It's all been choreographed by Jim Wallman and Prof Rex Brynen, of 麻豆传媒网站, in Montreal, who has also done these kind of games with the US military. Prof Brynen says in recent years there's been a "major resurgence of war gaming as a serious analytical and training tool in both the US and UK".
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Published on: 7 Sep 2017
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The details:听Partnering with the Redpath Museum in Montreal, students explore natural history collections, and learn how they are created, maintained and used in scientific research.
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Published on: 6 Sep 2017
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