Dr. Sanja Fidler

Associate Professor

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Biography

Sanja Fidler is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and a co-founder of the Vector Institute. She also serves as the Vice President of AI Research at NVIDIA, which leads a prominent research lab in Toronto. Initially from Slovenia, Fidler's academic journey included a position as a Research Assistant Professor at the Toyota Technological Institute in Chicago before moving to Toronto in 2012. Her research areas include Computer Vision and Machine Learning, with main interests lying at the intersection of computer vision and graphics, particularly in 3D vision, 3D reconstruction, synthesis, and interactive methods for image annotation. Fidler has engaged with various initiatives aimed at involving motivated MSc/PhD students and postdocs in her research, emphasizing collaborative learning through tutorials and workshops in recent years.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2013-01-01 — Present

University of Toronto • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Teaching and conducting research in the areas of Computer Vision and Machine Learning.

Research Assistant Professor

2012-01-01 — 2013-01-01

Toyota Technological Institute • Chicago, Illinois, USA

Conducted research focusing on Computer Vision.

Awards

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Innovation Award

2021-01-01
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Connaught Innovation Award

2020-01-01
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Early Researcher Award

2019-01-01
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Canada CIFAR AI Chair

2018-01-01
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Connaught New Researcher Award

2018-01-01
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Amazon Academic Research Award

2017-01-01
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NVIDIA Pioneer AI Award

2016-01-01
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Facebook Faculty Award

2016-01-01

Requirements for University of Toronto

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Appropriate four-year bachelor's degree Background in sociological theory and statistics preferred
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Specialization Notes

Department of Sociology