{"id":1861,"date":"2026-04-13T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itscanadaevents.ca\/?p=1861"},"modified":"2026-05-16T11:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T17:34:27","slug":"alona-fyshe-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itscanadaevents.ca\/fr\/2026\/04\/alona-fyshe-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Alona Fyshe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;line-height:1.6;max-width:700px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:16px;text-align:center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdutztdprujdmvcxcufy.supabase.co\/storage\/v1\/object\/public\/speaker-images\/picture\/1776080425194-g7d36c55728.jpg\" alt=\"Alona Fyshe\" style=\"max-width:250px;height:auto;border-radius:50%;aspect-ratio:1\/1;object-fit:cover;\" \/><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"margin:0 0 4px 0;font-size:24px;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;\">Alona Fyshe<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;text-align:center;color:#555555;\">Associate Professor \u2014 University of Alberta<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:12px;font-size:16px;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;\">Dr. Alona Fyshe is an Associate Professor with a joint appointment in the Computing Science and Psychology Departments at the University of Alberta.  She is a fellow at the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) and holds a Canada CIFAR AI Chair.  Dr Fyshe received her BSc and MSc in Computing Science from the University of Alberta, and a PhD in Machine Learning from Carnegie Mellon University.  <\/p>\n<p>Dr Fyshe uses machine learning to analyze brain images collected while people read, which allows her to study how the human brain represents meaning.  Dr Fyshe has discovered unique connections between the brain&#8217;s representation of meaning and the representations of meaning found inside of large language models (LLMs). Her Ted talk &#8220;Does AI really understand us?&#8221; has been viewed nearly 1.5 million times.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<div class=\"speaker-sessions\" style=\"margin-top:32px;padding-top:16px;border-top:2px solid #e2e8f0;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin:0 0 12px 0;font-size:18px;font-weight:bold;color:#1e293b;\">I am speaking at:<\/h3>\n<div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(3,minmax(0,1fr));gap:12px;\">\n<div class=\"speaker-session-item\" style=\"padding:12px;border:1px solid #e2e8f0;border-radius:6px;background:#fff;\"><a href=\"#spk-session-desc-5e00a9a9-5eed-4be8-b2f1-ce1b4f67a94b\" class=\"speaker-session-title\" style=\"font-weight:600;font-size:16px;color:#1e293b;text-decoration:underline;cursor:pointer;\" onclick=\"var d=document.getElementById('spk-session-desc-5e00a9a9-5eed-4be8-b2f1-ce1b4f67a94b');if(d){d.style.display=d.style.display==='none'?'block':'none';}return false;\">Breakfast &amp; Keynote<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-session-meta\" style=\"margin-top:4px;font-size:14px;color:#2e2e2e;\"><span class=\"speaker-session-date\">Fri, May 22, 2026<\/span> &middot; <span class=\"speaker-session-time\">7:15\u202fAM \u2013 8:30\u202fAM<\/span> &middot; <span class=\"speaker-session-location\">Royal\/Imperial Room<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"spk-session-desc-5e00a9a9-5eed-4be8-b2f1-ce1b4f67a94b\" class=\"speaker-session-description\" style=\"display:none;margin-top:8px;padding:10px;background:#f8fafc;border-left:3px solid #cbd5e1;border-radius:4px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.5;color:#334155;\">\n<p><strong>Keynote by Alona Fyshe, University of Alberta<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>What Wasps Can Teach Us About Artificial Intelligence<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Wasps work together in teams to build nests, but surprisingly, they do so without any central organization. How can a group of wasps or bees work together to build such a complex structure? Which wasp decides how big the nest should be? Or the shape of the walls? The answers to questions like these don\u2019t just teach us about the intelligence of insects. 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