IDEAS DRIVING PROFOUND CHANGE IDEAS DRIVING PROFOUND CHANGE GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH GLOBAL COMMUNITIES ADDRESSING THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FACING SCIENCE AND HUMANITY 428 161 72 263 researchers* institutions 1611 437 Advisors Fellows publications influenced publications authored CIFAR'S by CIFAR activities** by two or more CIFAR 20TH NOBEL researchers*** CONNECTION of researchers report that participation in Manitoba-born James CIFAR activities has positively informed or Peebles, Albert Einstein 18 impacted their research (e.g. influence on Professor Emeritus of their research directions, new ideas, etc.) Science at Princeton 26 countries 93.1% University, was awarded CIFAR Azrieli the 2019 Nobel Prize in Global Scholars Physics “for contributions HIGH-IMPACT SCHOLARSHIP to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s 256 fellows, advisors, CIFAR place in the cosmos.” He Azrieli Global Scholars, and was a founding member TOP Canada CIFAR AI Chairs (60%) of CIFAR’s Cosmology & 3,000+ contributed to the top 1% of Gravity program in 1985, 80 most-cited papers worldwide in which he remained researchers, policy-makers, and from 2013 to 2017.**** actively engaged for Canada CIFAR 1% more than 25 years. AI Chairs industry leaders came together for 94 meetings and events, totalling NOBEL PRIZES AWARDED A HUB FOR COLLABORATION TO CIFAR-AFFILIATED 116 days of meetings in 2019–2020. RESEARCHERS formal partnerships with governments, research organizations, industry, and foundations STAYING CONNECTED EXTRAORDINARY MINDS 60 20 program meetings and major awards received cross-programmatic by fellows, advisors, events in 2019–2020 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars, and Canada * Includes researchers in all CIFAR programs, including Institutions, *** Self-reported number of publications co-authored with other CIFAR 34 105 Organizations & Growth, Successful Societies, and Genetic Networks, since researchers. (Source: Program Member Annual Reports, 2020, n=202 CIFAR AI Chairs they continued to hold CIFAR-supported meetings as part of their transition to researchers.) Excludes researchers in sunsetting programs because they were alumni. 13 Canada CIFAR AI Chairs are also appointed as fellows or advisors in not required to fill in the Annual Survey. Of which 18 were held virtually from Including the 2019 Körber European Science Prize, CIFAR research programs. **** Percentage of CIFAR researchers contributing to the top 1% of most-cited March 2020 to June 2020. the 2019 Social Sciences and Humanities Research ** Self-reported number of peer-reviewed journal articles & conference papers, papers at the world level from 2013 to 2017. Statistics produced by Council Gold Medal, and two Sloan Fellowships books and book chapters, and publicly released working papers, white papers, or Science-Metrix using data from Scopus (Elsevier). policy reports influenced by participation in CIFAR programs. (Source: Program Member Annual Reports, 2020, n=202 researchers.) Excludes researchers in sunsetting programs because they were not required to fill in the Annual Survey. 2019 / 2020 CIFAR Impact Report CIFAR Impact Report 2019 / 2020 In 2019-2020, CIFAR Fellows, Advisors, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars and DISCOVERY ACCELERATOR FACULTY EARLY CAREER JOSEPH O. HIRSCHFELDER PRIZE SELECTED Canada CIFAR AI Chairs received 105 major awards and honours. In addition, SUPPLEMENT (NATURAL DEVELOPMENT (CAREER) IN THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY Rebecca Finlay, Vice-President, Engagement & Public Policy, CIFAR was elected SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING AWARD (NATIONAL SCIENCE (THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY AWARDS & as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and RESEARCH COUNCIL, CANADA) FOUNDATION, USA) INSTITUTE, USA) James Peebles, a founding fellow of CIFAR’s Cosmology & Gravity program (now Blake Richards (McGill University and Prineha Narang (Harvard University) Sharon Hammes-Schiffer(Yale HONOURS Gravity & the Extreme Universe), received a 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics. Mila) Learning in Machines & Brains Bio-inspired Solar Energy and CIFAR University) Bio-inspired Solar Energy RECEIVED and Canada CIFAR AI Chairs Azrieli Global Scholars KILLAM PRIZE FOR THE NATURAL DOROTHY CROWFOOT HODGKIN FRIEDRICH WILHELM BESSEL SCIENCES (CANADA COUNCIL AWARDS AWARD (THE PROTEIN SOCIETY, RESEARCH AWARD (ALEXANDER FOR THE ARTS) USA) VON HUMBOLDT FOUNDATION, GERMANY) Barbara Sherwood-Lollar (University 3M NON-TENURED FACULTY AI 2000 MOST INFLUENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN Catherine Drennan (Massachusetts of Toronto) Earth 4D: Subsurface Tobias Rees (New School and AWARD (USA) SCHOLARS – SPEECH FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS (USA) Institute of Technology) Bio-inspired Science & Exploration RECOGNITION 2020 Berggruen Institute) Humans & Ximin He (University of California, Los Daryl Haggard (McGill University) Solar Energy (AMINER, CHINA) the Microbiome Angeles) Bio-inspired Solar Energy CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Alumni KÖRBER EUROPEAN SCIENCE and CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Geoffrey Hinton (University of (Gravity & the Extreme Universe) PRIZE (KÖRBER FOUNDATION, Toronto, Vector Institute and EARLY-CAREER SPOTLIGHT Ue-Li Pen (University of Toronto) GOOGLE FACULTY RESEARCH GERMANY) Google Research) Learning in AWARD (ROBOTICS: SCIENCE Gravity & the Extreme Universe AWARD (USA) AI 2000 MOST INFLUENTIAL Machines & Brains AND SYSTEMS FOUNDATION, Bernhard Schölkopf (Max Planck SCHOLARS – MACHINE USA) Kyunghyun Cho (New York University) Institute for Intelligent Systems) LEARNING 2020 (AMINER, Learning in Machines & Brains and C.L. DE CARVALHO-HEINEKEN Angela Schoellig (University of Learning in Machines & Brains CHINA) ALFRED P. SLOAN RESEARCH CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Alumni PRIZE FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCE Toronto and Vector Institute) Canada FELLOW (ALFRED P. SLOAN Jimmy Ba (University of Toronto and (ROYAL NETHERLANDS CIFAR AI Chairs FOUNDATION, USA) Vector Institute) Learning in Machines ACADEMY OF ARTS AND KYUNG-AHM PRIZE (KYUNG- GOOGLE QUANTUM RESEARCH & Brains and Canada CIFAR AI Chairs Renée Hložek (University of Toronto) SCIENCES) AHM EDUCATION & CULTURAL AWARD (USA) Gravity & the Extreme Universe and EARLY RESEARCHER AWARD FOUNDATION, SOUTH KOREA) Yoshua Bengio (Université de Robert Zatorre (McGill University) CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars (GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO, Montréal and Mila) Learning in Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Juan Felipe Carrasquilla (University Keun Lee (Seoul National University) CANADA) Machines & Brains and Canada Adrian Liu (McGill University) Gravity Consciousness of Waterloo and Vector Institute) Innovation, Equity & the Future of CIFAR AI Chairs & the Extreme Universe and CIFAR Jean-Philippe Julien (Hospital for Canada CIFAR AI Chairs Prosperity Azrieli Global Scholars Aaron Courville (Université de Sick Children, Toronto) Molecular CAMILLE DREYFUS TEACHER- Montréal and Mila) Learning in Architecture of Life and CIFAR Azrieli SCHOLAR AWARD (CAMILLE AND HAMBURG PRIZE FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Machines & Brains and Canada Global Scholars AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE HENRY DREYFUS FOUNDATION, THEORETICAL PHYSICS (CANADIAN IMAGE PROCESSING CIFAR AI Chairs IN MATERIALS CHEMISTRY USA) (GERMANY) AND PATTERN RECOGNITION Geoffrey Hinton (University of (CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR SOCIETY) Gabriela Schlau-Cohen ENGINEERING MEDAL FOR Matthias Troyer (Microsoft) Quantum Toronto, Vector Institute and Google CHEMISTRY) (Massachusetts Institute of ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE Information Science David Fleet (University of Toronto Research), Learning in Machines & Curtis Berlinguette (University of Technology) Bio-inspired Solar Energy (PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS OF and Vector Institute) Canada CIFAR Brains British Columbia) Bio-inspired Solar and CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar ONTARIO, CANADA) AI Chairs Energy Alumni Goldie Nejat (University of Toronto) JAN SÖDERBERG FAMILY Innovation, Equity & the Future of PRIZE IN ECONOMICS AND AI 2000 MOST INFLUENTIAL MANAGEMENT (SWEDEN) MACARTHUR FELLOWSHIP SCHOLARS – NATURAL Prosperity BARRINGTON MOORE CLAIR C. PATTERSON AWARD (MACARTHUR FOUNDATION, USA) LANGUAGE PROCESSING 2020 Nathan Nunn (Harvard University) BOOK AWARD (AMERICAN (GEOCHEMICAL SOCIETY, USA) (AMINER, CHINA) Boundaries, Membership & Belonging SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION) Jenny Tung (Duke University) Child Barbara Sherwood Lollar (University EPIQS EXPERIMENTAL Yoshua Bengio (Université de & Brain Development Andreas Wimmer (Columbia of Toronto) Earth 4D: Subsurface INVESTIGATOR (GORDON AND Montréal and Mila) Learning in University) Boundaries, Membership Science & Exploration BETTY MOORE FOUNDATION, JOHN BATES CLARK MEDAL Machines & Brains and Canada & Belonging USA) (AMERICAN ECONOMIC CIFAR AI Chairs MICROSOFT RESEARCH FACULTY Peter Armitage (Johns Hopkins ASSOCIATION) FELLOWSHIP (MICROSOFT, USA) Kyunghyun Cho (New York University) CREATIVE DESTRUCTION LAB University) Quantum Materials Learning in Machines & Brains and BBVA FOUNDATION FRONTIERS IDEA AWARD (CANADA) Melissa Dell (Harvard University) Chelsea Finn (Stanford University) CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Alumni OF KNOWLEDGE AWARD (SPAIN) Institutions, Organizations & Growth Learning in Machines & Brains Alán Aspuru-Guzik (University of Pablo Jarillo-Herrero (Massachusetts Christopher Manning (Stanford Philippe Aghion (Collège de France) Toronto and Vector Institute) Institute of Technology) Quantum University) Learning in Machines Institutions, Organizations & Growth Bio-inspired Solar Energy and Materials JOHN CHARLES POLANYI PRIZE MISSION AWARD (SOCIETY & Brains Canada CIFAR AI Chairs Gilles Brassard (Université de (GOVERNMENT