Two cutting-edge projects on AI-and-human interaction awarded major funding

Human-machine cooperation and developing trust among robots, soldiers and civilians – these are the subjects of two, high-tech Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects from York U's Lassonde School of Engineering. They were, collectively, funded $5 million. Two York University projects led by Lassonde School of Engineering Professors Michael Jenkin (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) and Jinjun Shan (Earth and Space Science and Engineering) were awarded funding from the Department of National Defence's Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program under Innovation Networks in October 2019. York's securing two of the six contributions from the IDEaS Program speaks to the University's leadership in this area. Each contribution is worth close to $1.5 million. Adding the support of other funders, these two projects are, collectively, worth $5 million.