With deep expertise in Generative AI, Responsible AI, causality, and advanced machine learning, André advises senior leaders on translating AI innovation into strategic advantage while strengthening governance and risk management. Founder of Xplain AI, he is invited to deliver executive keynotes and strategic briefings on AI safety, governance, and enterprise adoption. He previously served as Director of Curriculum at the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii), leading AI education strategy and industry engagement initiatives. Earlier, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alberta, leading research on synthetic data generation in partnership with Scotiabank, and a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Regina. André holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Computer Science, where his research focused on artificial intelligence, including probabilistic graphical models and deep learning, and a degree in Industrial Engineering. He also served 2.5 years on the Board of Directors of Queer & Trans Health Collective, contributing to organizational governance and strategic oversight. He is passionate about harnessing AI at scale to drive meaningful social impact.

Talks & Panels

University of Alberta

Publications

A Novel Evaluation Model for Assessing ChatGPT on Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Certification Examinations: Performance Study JMIR Medical Education 2024
Upward Pass Semantics in Arithmetic Circuit Inference Proceedings of the Thirty-six Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (CANAI) 2023
Evaluating ChatGPT-4 in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Board Examination using the CVSA Model Currently submitted to JMIR Medical Education 2023
Optimizing Inference in Bayesian Networks: From Join Tree Propagation to Deep Learning Thesis 2020
Deep Convolutional Sum-Product Networks Thirty-Third AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) 2019
Efficient Examination of Soil Bacteria Using Probabilistic Graphical Models Thirty-first International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems 2018
Bayesian Network Inference with Simple Propagation Twenty-ninth International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference (FLAIRS) 2016
Darwinian Networks Twenty-eighth Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) 2015
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