Doina Precup

Doina Precup splits her time between McGill University / Mila, where she co-directs the Reasoning and Learning Lab, and Google DeepMind, where she is a Research Director and co-founder of the Montreal research team. Her research interests are in the areas of reinforcement learning, deep learning, reasoning under uncertainty, and diverse applications of machine learning, with a focus on health care. Dr. Precup is Senior Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research since 2017, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2022. Dr. Precup is also involved in activities supporting the organization of the wider Quebec and Canadian AI ecosystems. She served as chair of the National Program Committee of the Pan-Canadian AI strategy. Dr. Precup is also passionate about including under-represented groups in machine learning. For this purpose, she co-founded the AI4Good lab, an initiative aimed at attracting more women to the machine learning field, while developing applications with positive social impact.