Thomas Jiralerspong

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I am a graduate student in computer science co-supervised by Yoshua Bengio and Doina Precup at Mila and Université de Montréal. I previously completed my Bachelor’s in honours computer science at McGill University working with Blake Richards and Doina Precup.

My two main research goals are:

  • Building AI systems that have more human-like capabilities such as system 2 thinking, out-of-distribution generalization, long-term planning, and efficient learning.
  • Applying AI to projects that have a concrete positive impact on society

Concrete directions I am interested in (and have explored) include:

AI With Human-Like Capabilities

AI for Positive Impact

I am currently:

I have previously been:

In my free time, I enjoy traveling, watching/analyzing good movies, and writing sad songs (check out my (very) amateur music here)!

Reach out at thomas.jiralerspong@mila.quebec if there is anything you want to discuss, I’m always happy to talk!