Selected Talks

Creating an Exocerebellum, CAPNet CSBBCS Satellite Symposium, Edmonton, Alberta, Jun. 25, 2024.

Artificial Intelligence and You: The Science and Future of Thinking Machines, Learn @ Your Library Talk Series, Strathcona County Library, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Jan. 28 to Feb. 11, 2024. Day 1: Intro to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Day 2: Super-Powered Chatbots; Day 3: Becoming Bionic.

How to Train Your (Bionic) Body Parts , Jasper Dark Sky Festival , Jasper, Alberta, Oct. 21, 2023.

Redefining the Relationship Between Humans and their Assistive Technologies via Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, ACRM Tech Talks Webinar Series , Aug. 30, 2023.

Artificial Intelligence is Changing the World. How Might it Change Education?, ATLE Spring Symposium , Edmonton, May 2, 2023.

Limbs that Keep Learning: Constructivism in Human-Prosthesis Interaction , MEC22 , Fredericton, New Brunswick, Aug 11, 2022.

Techniques from Reinforcement Learning in Bionic Medicine , AI4Good Lab , Edmonton/Toronto/Montreal (Virtual), May 30, 2022.

Artificial Intelligence in Bionic Medicine , AI Week , Edmonton, Alberta, May 25, 2022.

The Emerging Role of Machine-Learned Feedback in Neuroprostheses , SMART Talks series , Edmonton, Alberta, May 13, 2022.

Constructivism in Tightly Coupled Human-Machine Interfaces , HARL (Human-aligned Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Agents and Robots) Workshop at IEEE ICDL , August 27, 2021.

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: Definitions, Implications, and Future Impact , Medical Grand Rounds, Dept.Medicine / Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB, Oct 30, 2020.

(for once) On Time , Amii AI Meetup , Edmonton, AB, Oct 15, 2020.

Applied RL on Robots (Or, actually: Intelligence Amplification, Prediction Precedes Control in Research, and Please Stay Awake on the Last Day) , Deep Learning and Reinforcement Learning Summer School 2019 (DLRLSS) , Edmonton, August 2, 2019.

The Role of Predictions in Human-Prosthesis Joint Action , Autonomy and Intelligence in Robotic Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies , 2019 RehabWeek Workshop, Toronto, June 24, 2019.

The Role of Predictions in Joint Action , RLAI Tea Time Talk , Edmonton, June 19, 2019.

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, UofA Alumni Association Educated Luncheon , Edmonton, Alberta, Feb. 13, 2019.

Artificial Intelligence in Thinking, Moving, and Perceiving , Alberta MS Network Retreat , Banff, Alberta, Nov 23, 2018.

Artificial Intelligence in Rehabilitation , Canadian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Scientific Meeting , Whitehorse, Yukon, June 1, 2018.

Advances in Machine Intelligence for Assistive Technologies, Spinal Cord Injury Community-Research Engagement Symposium , Calgary, Dec. 12, 2017.

Smarter Parts: Intelligence, Learning, and Communication in Human-Prosthesis Interaction , Psychology Departmental Seminar , University of Alberta, Edmonton, Nov. 24, 2017.

Gazing into the future of upper limb rehabilitation: The relevance of outcome measurement, P. M. Pilarski & J. Hebert, invited talk, Campus Alberta Neuroscience Symposium 2017, Calgary, AB, Oct. 26, 2017.

Making the Most of Data from Brain-Body-Machine Interfaces, Lunchalytics , Edmonton, September 20, 2017.

Measuring the Future of Brain-Body-Machine Interfaces: An Initial Position, American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association (AOPA) World Congress , Symposium on Multi-Scale Integration in Upper Limb Prosthetics, September 9, 2017, Las Vegas, NV, USA.

Reinforcement Learning (without the math) , 2017 Student Developer Conference , Startup Edmonton, Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, March 25, 2017.

Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Acquiring and Using Predictive Knowledge, Invited seminar speaker for IBM Research - Zurich, Ruschlikon, Switzerland Oct. 7, 2016.

Communicative Capital: Bridging the Gap between Users and their Assistive Technology, Invited talk for the Workshop on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics for Neuromuscular Rehabilitation and Recovery Assessment in the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM2016), Banff, Alberta, Canada, July 12, 2016.

Knowledge , RLAI Tea Time Talk , Edmonton, June 13, 2016.

Building Communicative Capital during Human-Machine Collaboration , The 10th Barbados Workshop on Reinforcement Learning , Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados, April 28, 2016.

Machine Learning (and why you should care), Keynote, 2016 Student Developer Conference, Shaw Conference Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, March 12, 2016.

Smart Parts and Better Bionic Bodies, Dark Matters: Robots, IMAX Theatre, Telus World of Science , Edmonton, March 10, 2016.

Solving Artificial Intelligence (AI) with help from Intelligence Amplification (IA) , The 9th Barbados Workshop on Reinforcement Learning , Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados, April 30, 2015.

Knowledgeable Artificial Limbs, Centro de Investigación en Computación, Instituto Politécnico Nacional , Mexico, Nov. 14, 2014. (Video seminar.)

Automating Life: the automated past, present, and future of human life on earth , Ernest C. Manning Foundation Celebration of Innovation , Telus World of Science, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Oct. 25, 2014.

Novel Control Strategies for Arm Prostheses - a Partnership between Man and Machine, K. M. Chan & P.M. Pilarski, invited keynote for the 51st Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine 2014 Annual Scientific Meeting, Nagoya, Japan, 5 June 2014.

Recent Advances in Upper-Limb Prosthetic Technology, International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO), Prosthetic & Orthotic Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital , Hong Kong, China, 31 May 2014.

Knowledgeable neuroprostheses: machine intelligence for the improved control of next-generation artificial limbs, Centre for Neuroscience Seminar Series , Edmonton, AB, Canada, Feb. 03, 2014.

Learning and Using Contextual Information in the Control of Assistive Devices , P.M. Pilarski , 2013 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, 1st Workshop on Present and Future of Non-invasive Peripheral-Nervous-System-Machine Interfaces (Seattle, USA, June 26, 2013).

Real-time Control with Temporally Extended Predictions: A Sensorimotor Approach to Planning? , P.M. Pilarski , The 8th Barbados Workshop on Reinforcement Learning (Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados, April 27, 2013).

Prediction and Control with Real-time Machine Learning , P.M. Pilarski , DBR Technical Series, Schlumberger Canada Ltd. (DBR Technology Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, June 19, 2012).

Towards Intelligent Artificial Limbs and other Miraculous Thinking Machines, TEDxEdmonton 2012 (Edmonton, Alberta, June 9, 2012).

Collaborative Algorithms for Human-Machine Interaction , P.M. Pilarski , The 7th Barbados Workshop on Reinforcement Learning (Bellairs Research Institute, Barbados, April 15, 2012).

Real-time Machine Learning for Assistive Medical Robotics , International Seminar Series on Biomedical Engineering, Dept. of Medical System Engineering (Chiba University, Japan, Nov. 18, 2011).

Reinforcement Learning Artificial Intelligence in Rehabilitation for Adaptive Prostheses, ICE: The Tech Conference; Alberta Council of Technologies / Alberta ICT Council Machine Learning Conference (Edmonton, Alberta, Nov. 3, 2010).

Reinforcement Learning Artificial Intelligence for Robotic Adaptation to New Environments , P.M. Pilarski , ICE: The Tech Conference; Alberta Council of Technologies / Alberta ICT Council Machine Learning Conference (Edmonton, Alberta, Nov. 3, 2010).

Panel member for Off-loading Intelligence: When Machines Decide, Alberta Council of Technologies / Alberta ICT Council Machine Learning Forum (Edmonton, June 1, 2010).

Feature and Variable Selection: Context for Representation Learning in RL , The 5th Barbados Workshop on Reinforcement Learning (Bellairs Research Institute, Holetown, Barbados, April 6, 2010).

Machine Learning and Image Analysis for Lab-on-a-Chip Medical Diagnostics, Department of Computing Science Artificial Intelligence Seminar Series (University of Alberta, September 1, 2009).

Computational intelligence and computer vision for use with emerging micro­ and nano­technology devices, Reykjavik University School of Computer Science and School of Science and Engineering (Reykjavik University, Iceland, October 14, 2008).

A New Look at Rapid Medical Diagnostics, University of Alberta Senate (Univeristy of Alberta, January 15, 2008).

Nanobiotechnology: lab-on-a-chip for rapid medical diagnostics, P.M. Pilarski , Operating Room Nurses of Alberta Annual Conference (Red Deer, Alberta, Oct 25, 2007).

Nanobiotechnology, P. M. Pilarski, V.J. Sieben, G.V. Kaigala, The Alberta Clinical Engineering Society Telehealth Educational Series (University of Alberta, Edmonton, 21 February 2006).

A Computational Method for Rapid Cellular Identification, 1st Annual Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Students’ Association Conference (University of Alberta, Edmonton, 27 January 2006).

Cellular Level Computing: rapid medical diagnostics for cancerous cell identification, Netera Days: Exploring New Tools For Research (University of Alberta, Edmonton, 12 October 2005).

Thinking Small: An Introduction to Nanotechnology, FGSR Outreach - Peace River Highschool (University of Alberta, Edmonton, June 1, 2005).

Ants Marching: Swarm-Based Feature Characterization, Facility for Advanced Computational Intelligence and Applications (University of Alberta, Edmonton, November 1, 2004).

Intelligent Microvalving in Genetic Analysis Systems, Cross Cancer Institute (Edmonton, July 1, 2003).