Our Research

PLAI focuses on generative AI, machine learning, and probabilistic programming.  Fundamentally, we aim to develop foundational knowledge and promote advancements in these areas. Our team has significant interest in the applications of our research and the tools that enable this. 

Our research receives the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canada CIFAR AI Chairs Program, Inverted AI, MITACS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google. This research is additionally enabled by technical support and computational resources provided by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (alliancecan.ca) and the Advanced Research Computing (ARC) at the University of British Columbia (arc.ubc.ca).

Click the tabs on the left to learn more about our projects.