Irina Rish

Researcher

DISC Type : Cs

Professor at Université de Montréal, Mila - Quebec AI Institute

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Overview

Irina Rish is a Full Professor at the Université de Montréal and a core member of Mila, where she holds the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Autonomous AI. Her research focuses on brain-inspired AI, continual learning, and scaling foundation models. She holds a PhD from the University of California, Irvine and has been granted 64 patents.

Dr. Rish is passionate about the intersection of AI and neuroscience, aiming to improve machine learning algorithms by drawing inspiration from the human brain. In a hypothetical parallel universe, she imagines she might have pursued a career as a writer, reflecting a deep interest in communication and linguistics alongside her technical expertise.

She leads a U. S. Department of Energy project focused on developing scalable foundation models on the worlds most powerful supercomputers, Summit and Frontier.

Personality Overview

Self-Disciplined

Process Focused

Cost Conscious

They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. Being observant comes to them naturally. The only way to convince them is by showing them examples and ample proof.

Topics They Care About

Scaling Foundation Models

Her research and the CERC-AAI workshop series focus on understanding and predicting the behavior of large-scale AI models as they grow in size and complexity.

Brain-Inspired AI

A core theme of her work is leveraging principles from neuroscience to develop more adaptive, robust, and efficient AI systems, particularly in lifelong learning.

Autonomous AI

As the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Autonomous AI, she aims to develop robust, continually learning AI that can generalize and adapt like humans.

Scaling Foundation Models: Her research and the CERC-AAI workshop series focus on understanding and predicting the behavior of large-scale AI models as they grow in size and complexity.

Brain-Inspired AI: A core theme of her work is leveraging principles from neuroscience to develop more adaptive, robust, and efficient AI systems, particularly in lifelong learning.

Autonomous AI: As the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Autonomous AI, she aims to develop robust, continually learning AI that can generalize and adapt like humans.

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Work History

10-2019

Professor at Université de Montréal, Mila - Quebec AI Institute

9-2019

Associate Professor at Université de Montréal and MILA (Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms)

7-1999

Research Staff Member, AI Foundations Lab at IBM Research

Research Assistant at University of California, Irvine

Teaching Assistant at University of California, Irvine

Education

1992 - 1999

PhD from UC Irvine

1985 - 1991

MS from Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas (National Research University)

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Exp : 26 Location : Montreal, Quebec, Canada Job Level : Junior Designation : Professor at Université de Montréal, Mila - Quebec AI Institute

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Irina Rish

Professor at Université de Montréal, Mila - Quebec AI Institute

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Insights For Selling To Irina

During A Call Or A Meeting

When Cold Calling

Pattern Interrupt: Speaking in a slightly hesitant manner, and seeking their permission at the start through a negation can get you a chance.

Pace: Speak slightly fast, especially if you tend to be calm and confident. Sound like a ‘knows their domain’ person.

Tone: Keep your tone slightly apprehensive, as if you are a little unsure about calling them.

Tactics To Win: Use of negations, giving full information

Mistakes To Avoid: Use of superlatives, overusing social proof

Making The Ask: Use negations, it is extra effective with them. It gives them a chance to say no, they like doing that.

Subconscious Driver: They believe they know a lot, so it needs to make sense as well as make them curious. They need to think that it is something worth investigation.

Greeting: Hi Irina, this is [user_fname] at [user_companynamefirsttwowords].

Opener: You probably don’t want to be on this cold call, would it be a problem if I asked for 30 seconds of your time?

Introduction: My company has leveraged 30+ years of research to build an AI that can predict anyone's personality, behavior and decision-making style before you even spend a minute with them.

Ask: Companies like [abc], [xyz] have been able to move [KPI1] by X% and [KPI2] by Y%. Would it be too much to put 15 minutes on your calendar to share why this could be high ROI for you?

Close: Can I suggest [time1] on [date1]? Or would you prefer any other slots? And [prospect_email] would be the right email ID for you?

When Writing An Email

Subject: Precise

Salutation: Yes (Something formal)

Greeting: Yes (Say something formal/usual)

Emojis/GIFs:

Bullet Points: Recommended

Closing Line: Logically summarize/ask

Complimentary Close: Formal

Tone of Words: Objective, informational

Overall Messaging: Focused on removing doubts

Length of Mail: Medium

While Negotiating & Closing

The secret to closing fast with Irina is

Will you ever get a clear answer from Irina

Insights For Deal Planning

How fast (or slow) will Irina move?

Can Irina take some risk or not?

You And Irina

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