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[Article] 2024 Polytechnic Showcase spotlight: How Sheridan is leveraging AI for improved elder care

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From improving healthcare to confronting climate change, polytechnics have a front-row seat to industry’s most pressing talent and productivity challenges. Ahead of the 2024 Polytechnic Showcase, Polytechnics Canada connected with Sheridan to discuss their session on Leveraging AI for Improved Elder Care: Innovative Digital Companions for a Changing Demographic.

Project leads, Lia Tsotsos, Director of the Centre for Elder Research and Stephan Kozak, primary investigator and CG Animation VFX Lead at Sheridan’s Screen Industries Research and Training Centre (SIRT) were able to share a glimpse into their collaborative research.

Polytechnics Canada: Is there a story behind how this applied research project came to be? It is fascinating to see two research centres with very different areas of expertise combine resources this way.

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  • Date

    Apr 10, 2024

  • By

    Lia Tsotsos, Stephan Kozak

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