The two organizations are collaborating to launch a health-themed cohort at CDL-Toronto, expanding on a stream pioneered in 2017/18 at CDL-West.
Companies in CDL's Quantum Machine Learning Program will leverage Xanadu's Strawberry Fields - a machine learning toolbox for quantum computing, powered by TensorFlow.
This partnership is motivated by the Bank’s 2019–21 Medium-Term Plan, which focuses on better understanding the digital economy and the technological transformation of financial services and on strengthening innovation in its own operations as a central bank.
Colonel Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to walk in space and former commander of the International Space Station, leads the program as a Founding Fellow.
CDL Fellow, Boris Wertz, explains why the launch of CDL-West will support founders looking to scale their companies.
