Aviad Levis received a $200K award from the CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) to spearhead the project Physics-constrained neural fields for scientific imaging. Read more from U of T: 55 U of T scholars receive research infrastructure support.
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Rohan Dahale and Kevin McKinnon were selected for the 2025 cohort of the Schmidt AI in Science Fellowship. Their fellowships kick off this September, supporting bold AI-driven approaches to scientific discovery.
Ontario’s Research Fund is investing $2M in Aviad Levis and collaborators to develop new physics-informed imaging methods that demystify black holes. Learn more in the CS department feature, “$2M from Ontario Research Fund to help scientists demystify black holes.”
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Aviad Levis received a $200K award from the CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) to spearhead the project Physics-constrained neural fields for scientific imaging. Read more from U of T: 55 U of T scholars receive research infrastructure support.
Supported by the Data Sciences Institute, Aviad Levis is co-leading Bridging the Gap: From Computational Physics, to Physics-informed Machine Learning, to Data-driven Scientific Discovery. The DSI Emerging Program unites four co-leads and 16 members across nine departments to connect first-principles simulations with data-driven discovery for high-impact domains—from sustainable design to astrophysics.
Rohan Dahale and Kevin McKinnon were selected for the 2025 cohort of the Schmidt AI in Science Fellowship. Their fellowships kick off this September, supporting bold AI-driven approaches to scientific discovery.
Aviad Levis received the 2024–25 Connaught New Researcher Award, supporting high-impact directions in physics-informed vision and imaging.
David Bromley was awarded the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) for 2025–2026, recognizing his outstanding research contributions.
Ontario’s Research Fund is investing $2M in Aviad Levis and collaborators to develop new physics-informed imaging methods that demystify black holes. Learn more in the CS department feature, “$2M from Ontario Research Fund to help scientists demystify black holes.”
U of T highlighted Aviad Levis in “In awarding Nobel Prize, committee cites collaborative black hole research including U of T computer scientist Aviad Levis,” recognizing his Event Horizon Telescope contributions to the discoveries celebrated by the Nobel Committee.
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada awarded Aviad Levis an NSERC Discovery Grant to launch his research program in scientific imaging and physics-informed computation.