Civic Tech Toronto @ CARTE Civic Hacknight #465: Stop Parking in Bike Lanes
Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship 55 St George St., Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTopic: Stop Parking in Bike Lanes - a Bike Lane Uprising Story Learn how to report bike lane obstructions with Bike Lane Uprising's mobile app. Hear firsthand how we got started and what we've been able to do to make biking safer. Speaker: After starting as a passion project, Bike Lane Uprising® spread via word […]
Civic Tech @ CARTE: Civic Hacknight #466: Building VoteInformer
Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship 55 St George St., Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTopic: Building VoteInformer: Empowering Civic Engagement & Shaping an Informed Electorate We will talk a little bit about who we are as Baye Labs and what our aspirations for VoteInformer are. We will also run a quick demo and hope for feedback, no matter how harsh. We are in early stages. Speaker: Blair Ellis and […]
Civic Tech @ CARTE: Civic Hacknight #467: Tracking TTC Detours with Transit
Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship 55 St George St., Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTopic: Automatic TTC Detour Detection with Transit Emily Gates from Transit will talk about the app's newly released functionality to detect and share info about TTC detours as they happen. Speaker: Emily is the Head of Service Delivery for Transit, North America's top rated multimodal public transportation trip planning app. She manages the Partner Success, […]
Anomaly Detection – What to Do without Enough Data
On October 31st, CARTE Industry Speaker Seminar Series welcomes Quentin Bartram from Morningstar. Title: Anomaly Detection – What to Do without Enough Data Abstract: Detecting anomalies in managed investment products is crucial for making timely investment decisions, yet limited data often hinders traditional detection methods. In this talk, "Anomaly Detection—What to Do Without Enough Data," […]
Civic Tech @ CARTE: Civic Hacknight #468: BDO Canada + Civictech Toronto Can Turn Policy into Code using GenAI
Sandford Fleming Building 10 King's College Rd, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTopic: BDO Canada + Civictech Toronto Can Turn Policy into Code using GenAI At BenCon 2024, BDO Canada and Civictech Toronto presented two groundbreaking projects that harness Generative AI to turn public policy into actionable code. Their initiatives, part of the Policy2Code Prototyping Challenge, focus on using GenAI to simplify and streamline the implementation of […]
Edge AI Innovations Summit
U of T: Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus 108 College St, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCARTE has partnered with Edge AI Innovations Inc. to co-host Edge AI Innovations Summit, where industry leaders from Advantech, Intel Corporation, Microsoft, Loblaw Digital, and more will share groundbreaking insights on Edge AI applications. Alberto Leon-Garcia and Davie Lie, Professors in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, will provide welcome remarks at […]
Civic Tech @ CARTE: Civic Hacknight #469: Data Visualization at Toronto Public Health
Sandford Fleming Building 10 King's College Rd, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTopic: Data Visualization at Toronto Public Health Speaker: Tamara Augsten is a data visualization specialist with a background in policy development and urban planning with a passion for making data interesting, meaningful and actionable. She currently works with Toronto Public Health's Data Analytics and Epidemiology team and have been developing both internal and public-facing dashboards […]
Civic Tech @ CARTE: Civic Hacknight #470: Canada’s National Action Plan on Open Government
Sandford Fleming Building 10 King's College Rd, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTopic: NAP Time! An opportunity to provide input into the commitments of Canada's 2025-29 National Action Plan (NAP) on Open Government! Join in the discussion and have your say on where you would like to see improved transparency, accountability, and public participation in the Government of Canada in four key areas: • Meaningful and Inclusive […]
Tools Fail: Detecting Silent Errors in Faulty Tools
Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship 55 St George St., Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOn November 25th, CARTE Industry Speaker Seminar Series hosts Jimin Sun from Cohere, moderated by Professor Scott Sanner. Title: Tools Fail: Detecting Silent Errors in Faulty Tools Abstract: Tools have become a mainstay of Large Language Models (LLMs), allowing them to retrieve knowledge not in their weights, to perform tasks on the web, and even […]
Civic Tech @ CARTE: Civic Hacknight #471: Crowdsourcing care: Solving healthcare service gaps with open data and civic tech
Sandford Fleming Building 10 King's College Rd, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTopic: Crowdsourcing care: Solving healthcare service gaps with open data and civic tech Join us for a talk about open data and civic tech as we look at Fern, a crowdsourced web app designed to help residents of Toronto find family doctors who are currently accepting new patients. With over 2 million Ontarians without a family […]
Civic Tech @ CARTE: Civic Hacknight #472: Empowering Climate Action in Every Language
Topic: Empowering Climate Action in Every Language This presentation introduces a powerful Multilingual Climate Chatbot, designed to bridge the gap in climate education for all Torontonians, especially youth and marginalized communities. Built on advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture, this chatbot uses fine-tuned embedding models and hybrid search to cut through the disjointed, jargon-heavy climate information […]
Civic Hacknight #473: Noise Cameras: New Tech to Solve an Old Problem
Topic: Noise Cameras: New Tech to Solve an Old Problem Are you tired of the loud vehicles on our streets? Many are! Join us to hear from the manufacturer of noise cameras that are in use in 8 cities on 3 continents, including New York City. Speaker: Reuben Peckham is Director of Intelligent Instruments, which produces SoundVue cameras. He has […]