The university will benefit from a hub to house its AI and biomedical research in addition to co-working space and a think-tank targeting the ethics of emerging technologies.
University of Toronto yesterday detailed plans to develop a 750,000 square foot innovation complex with the help of a C$100m ($74.7m) benefaction from Canadian philanthropists Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman.
The development, to be named the Schwarz Reisman Innovation Centre, will anchor Toronto’s artificial intelligence (AI) and biomedical research together with its entrepreneurial outreach and startups led by Toronto faculty and students.
Artist impressions of the complex, designed by architectural firm Weiss/Manfredi, depict a vast glass-paned structure containing…
