Our Research

PLAI focuses on generative AI, machine learning, and probabilistic programming.  Our aim is to develop foundational knowledge and tools in this area, to support existing interest in different applications. 

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, the Department of Energy through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Google. This research is additionally enabled by technical support and computational resources provided by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada Compute Canada (alliancecan.ca), the Advanced Research Computing at the University of British Columbia (arc.ubc.ca), and Amazon.

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