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Universities with open positions in reinforcement learning in Canada include National Research Council Canada, Mila and University of Alberta.
National Research Council Canada
Canada
3 days ago
The National Research Council Canada is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow in reinforcement learning and vision for a two-year appointment in Hamilton, Canada, within the Automotive and Surface Transportation organizational unit. The fellow will develop a graph-based inverse reinforcement learning framework to analyze and forecast human drivers’ eye-gaze scanpaths under adverse weather conditions. The project will infer reward structures underlying driver gaze behavior, use spectral graph analysis...
3 days ago
Glen Berseth
Mila
Canada
1 week ago
Glen Berseth is hiring postdoctoral researchers at Mila in Montreal, Canada . The openings focus on reinforcement learning , robotics , foundation models , and automated science . The post is aimed at researchers interested in building generalist problem-solving agents for the real world, with a strong emphasis on modern machine learning and embodied/intelligent systems. This is a postdoc opportunity rather than a PhD or master’s opening. The post does not mention specific funding details, salar...
1 week ago
University of Alberta
Top university
Canada
1 week ago
Top university
PhD position available in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. The research group is recruiting a highly motivated PhD student to work on Artificial Intelligence in Wireless Communications , with possible directions including AI/ML for next-generation wireless systems (5G/6G and beyond), agentic AI and intelligent wireless networks, AI-driven resource allocation and network optimization, reinforcement learning and deep learni...
1 week ago
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University of Guelph
Canada
3 weeks ago
MSc and PhD positions are available at the University of Guelph in Canada for students interested in Computer Science , Computer Vision , Autonomous Driving , and Robotics . The positions are in Assistant Professor Iuliia Kotseruba's lab and focus on vision foundation models for road user behavior understanding , drivers' attention allocation , and making simulated road users more realistic . This is a research-oriented opportunity for applicants who want to work on open problems at the intersec...
3 weeks ago
University of Guelph
Canada
3 weeks ago
Iuliia Kotseruba, Assistant Professor at the University of Guelph, is recruiting MSc and PhD students for her lab. The research focus is on vision foundation models, road user behavior understanding, drivers' attention allocation, and making simulated road users more realistic. This is a strong fit for students interested in computer vision, robotics, human behavior modeling, and AI for transportation-related perception and simulation. The post invites students who want to tackle open research p...
3 weeks ago
University of New Brunswick
Canada
1 month ago
Mark Boata is recruiting fully funded MSc and PhD students to join a research team at the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity (CIC), University of New Brunswick, Canada . The projects focus on Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, NLP, IoT & Network Security, Graph Learning, LLMs, and Cybersecurity , including topics such as advanced agentic AI techniques for behavioural threat detection and behavioral graph representation and vectorized knowledge integration for multi-hop stealthy threat pro...
1 month ago
Estimated costs in Canada.
MonthlyYearly | |
|---|---|
![]() Clothing Basic clothing and seasonal needs per year | C$1.6k $1,200/yr |
![]() Personal Care Toiletries, haircuts, and personal items per year | C$979 $720/yr |
![]() Transportation Public transport and local travel per year | C$1.3k $960/yr |
![]() Housing Shared flats and off-campus rentals per year | C$11.4k $8,400/yr |
Estimates based on university averages and Numbeo
University of Waterloo
Canada
Automotive Engineering
Transportation Engineering
Model Predictive Control
Collision Avoidance
State Estimation
Associate Professor
École de technologie supérieure
Canada
Internet Of Things
Artificial Intelligence
5g Technology
Data Networking
Wireless Communication
Professor
University of Alberta
Canada
Industrial Automation
Control System
Fault Detection
Robust Control
Discrete-time Systems
Associate Professor
York University
Canada
Internet Of Things
Artificial Intelligence
Reinforcement Learning
Distributed Algorithms
Propagation Modeling
University of Toronto
Canada
Behavioral Economics
Microeconomics
Game Theory
Reinforcement Learning
Optimization Theory
Queen’s University
Canada
Internet Of Things
Cloud Computing
Edge Computing
Reinforcement Learning
Distributed Sensing

The Mitacs Globalink Graduate Fellowship supports former Globalink interns returning to Canada for graduate study at eligible Canadian universities, with funding for research-based master's or PhD pathways.

Mitacs Globalink Research Internship is a competitive international summer research programme in Canada for undergraduate students from eligible countries, pairing them with faculty supervisors at Canadian universities.

The Ontario Trillium Scholarship supports outstanding international students pursuing doctoral studies at eligible universities in Ontario, Canada.
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