Mila's Blake Richards wins 2026 Schmidt Sciences Polymath Award for brain-and-algorithms research
Mila_Quebec · x · 2026-09-23
Blake Richards, core academic member at Mila, associate professor at McGill, and CIFAR AI Chair, has won the 2026 Schmidt Sciences Polymath Award, which funds exceptional scientists to freely push scientific boundaries — recognizing his pioneering work at the intersection of neuroscience and AI.
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