Workshop Organizers
The following individuals are organizing the workshops at AI/CRV 2026.
AI in Banking and Financial Services
Cristián Bravo Roman
University of Western Ontario
Ajit Desai
Bank of Canada
Mohamed Al Guindy
Carleton University
Siqi Liu
RBC Borealis
Shahrzad Kianidehkordi
RBC Borealis
Erin Li
CIBC
Ahmad Pesaranghader
CIBC
Data and Model Protection in Generative AI
Yiwei Lu
University of Ottawa
Yihan Wang
University of Waterloo
Jason Millar
University of Ottawa
Yongyi Mao
University of Ottawa
Kathleen Fraser
University of Ottawa
Changjian Shui
University of Ottawa
AI Strategy and Governance in Business
Chaitanya Kaligotla
Simon Fraser University
Andrew Gemino
Simon Fraser University
AI for Science and Sustainability
Evan Shelhamer
University of British Columbia
Johannah Thumb
Vector Institute
Vivian White
University of British Columbia; Vector Institute
AI Policy Forum
Ke Li
Simon Fraser University
AI and Biology
Maxwell Libbrecht
Simon Fraser University
Hosna Jabbari
University of Alberta
Xin Tang
University of British Columbia
Jun Ding
McGill University
