Nuance Signs Strategic Partnership with World-Renowned Mila: Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute
June 26 2019 - 8:00AM
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN), a leading provider of
Conversational AI and Ambient Intelligence solutions, today
announced it has signed a partnership with Mila, an academic
research institution dedicated to advancing machine learning with
an intensive focus on deep learning related to language and image
processing. This expanded partnership enables Nuance and Mila to
collaborate on research, advance cutting-edge work in machine
learning, and meaningfully enhance AI applications.
“We are excited to enter into this strategic partnership with
Mila,” said Joe Petro, Chief Technology Officer, Nuance
Communications. “Our research team has been at the forefront of
Conversational AI innovation for the last 20 years and this
partnership allows us to work more closely with the global academic
AI research community to advance the latest in AI innovation and
applications.”
Founded by world-renowned deep learning expert, and recipient of
the prestigious 2018 Turing Prize, Yoshua Bengio, Mila is an
epicenter of artificial intelligence and machine learning research,
seeking to create a space for innovation in artificial intelligence
and technology while fostering strong collaboration and knowledge
exchange between academic research and innovators in society. As a
market-leader in creating deeply-verticalized AI solutions that
deliver real-world results across healthcare, telecommunications,
financial services, and automotive industries, Nuance’s global
research and development team includes more than 2,800 researchers,
speech scientists, and engineers focused on AI research and
applications pertaining to speech enhancement, recognition and
synthesis, natural language understanding and dialog, biometrics
and diagnostic imaging.
“The future of AI is being shaped by the researchers and
technologists who are developing these important systems. Creating
an AI ecosystem with important partners like Nuance ensures that we
are all working together to create AI that has positive effects on
real-world applications,” said Yoshua Bengio, Scientific Director
of Mila. “We look forward to working alongside Nuance to continue
to advance this critical work.”
As part of the partnership, Nuance will staff an AI lab at
Mila’s Montreal-based headquarters, where researchers will partner
with Mila interns on projects, and participate in joint research,
publications, and knowledge-sharing talks. The lab will serve
as an extension of Nuance’s Montreal office, which is one of the
company’s key global research sites, and recently named one of
“Canada’s Top Employers for Young People,” and one of “Montreal’s
Top Employers.” Nuance has long-standing relationships with the
academic community and third-party innovators, and the company’s
downtown Montreal office has more than 600 employees dedicated to
advancing the state-of-the-art in Conversational AI and Ambient
Intelligence.
To learn more about Nuance, visit: www.nuance.com or to find out
more about Nuance’s work in Conversational AI, visit:
research.nuance.com.
About Nuance Communications, Inc. Nuance
Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is the pioneer and leader in
conversational AI innovations that bring intelligence to everyday
work and life. The company delivers solutions that understand,
analyze and respond to human language to increase productivity and
amplify human intelligence. With decades of domain and artificial
intelligence expertise, Nuance works with thousands of
organizations – in global industries that include healthcare,
telecommunications, automotive, financial services, and retail – to
create stronger relationships and better experiences for their
customers and workforce. For more information, please visit
www.nuance.com.
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