Vector Faculty Affiliates
Vector Faculty Affiliates form an integral part of our research community, connecting exceptional Ontario researchers with Canada’s leading AI ecosystem. You contribute expertise across AI, computer science, engineering, and strategic application domains while maintaining your primary institutional affiliation.
Join a collaborative research community
Our Faculty Affiliates engage in research activities and community initiatives across three-year terms with part-time access to Vector resources. This diverse network brings together innovative problem-solvers from institutions across Ontario, working on both curiosity-driven and applied AI research.
We are now accepting applications for the Vector Faculty Affiliate program. Join a growing network of researchers advancing AI across Ontario.
Being a Vector Faculty Affiliate paved my path to move my research outcome from paper to practice and ensure my research benefits the real world.
How We Support Faculty Affiliates
Industry Connections
Connect with Vector’s industry sponsors and health partners through networking events, seminars, and workshops. These interactions translate your research into practical applications that benefit Canadian organizations.
Research Resources
Access Vector’s Toronto collaborative environment, computing infrastructure, and research programming. These resources accelerate discovery while fostering interdisciplinary collaboration across AI domains.
Professional Development
Participate in research symposiums, workshops, and distinguished lecture series. Stay at the forefront of rapidly evolving AI research while building connections across Canada’s AI ecosystem.
Research Areas
Faculty Affiliates contribute across diverse AI domains including computer vision, generative models, healthcare AI, natural language processing, optimization, reinforcement learning, security and privacy, quantum computing, and materials discovery.
Latest Faculty Affiliate Research
When AI helps too much: Towards understanding and measuring Cognitive Atrophy in LLM behaviour
Vector Institute and South Korea’s National AI Research Lab partner to accelerate frontier AI research
Vector Institute and European Space Agency partner to advance AI for Earth observation
Faculty Affiliate Open Call
Vector is seeking researchers at Ontario post-secondary institutions whose work advances machine learning and its application across fundamental AI research, health, science, engineering and industry to join our collaborative research community.