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Foteini Agrafioti

Head Borealis AI & CSO RBC

Dr. Foteini Agrafioti is a prominent figure in the field of Artificial Intelligence in Canada. She currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Data and AI and Chief Science Officer at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), as well as the Head of Borealis AI, RBC's research institute dedicated to advancing ethical AI capabilities.13

Dr. Agrafioti's career highlights include:

  1. Leading Borealis AI, overseeing a team of over 100 machine learning researchers and engineers across Canada.1
  2. Co-founding and serving as Chief Technology Officer at Nymi, a biometrics security company.13
  3. Inventing HeartID, the first biometric technology to authenticate users based on their unique cardiac rhythms.4
  4. Being named one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 in 2017 and the University of Toronto's Inventor of the Year in 2012.4

Her educational background includes a doctorate in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto, completed in 2011.4

At RBC, Dr. Agrafioti has been instrumental in developing AI-enabled products such as Aiden, an electronic trading platform using reinforcement learning, and NOMI, a personal financial assistant for RBC clients.23

In addition to her role at RBC, Dr. Agrafioti serves as Co-Chair of the Government of Canada's Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence, advising on how to build on Canada's strengths and global leadership in AI.3

Highlights

Nov 15 · linkedin

Great news from the Evident AI index today. RBC ranked first in Canada for AI and amongst the top three banks globally! Overall, Canadian banks punched above their weight in this ranking, demonstrating the strength of our ecosystem 🇨🇦

Vector Institute CIFAR Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)

Jan 19 · linkedin

“Remove the PhD from your CV to find a job” is the advice immigrant STEM women get in Canada. The same women that we give immigration points to for their stellar education.

We can do better 🇨🇦

Check out this TechGirls Canada (TGC) report

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada