My IVADO project in 180 seconds – 2026 edition

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Tell your research project in just 180 seconds: that’s the challenge IVADO and its Intersectoral Student Committee are putting to the student community! Inspired by Acfas’ My Thesis in 180 Seconds competition, this event offers participants a unique opportunity to develop their science communication skills, showcase their research, and share their passion with a broad audience.

For attendees, it is a unique opportunity to discover the richness, diversity, and impact of the research being conducted across the IVADO ecosystem. Expect an evening of rapid-fire presentations, innovative ideas, and projects that contribute to tackling tomorrow’s major AI challenges.

The event is fully bilingual to encourage participation from the entire IVADO student community.

Detailed Program

4:30–5:00 p.m.: Registration 

5:00–5:10 p.m.: Welcome Remarks   

5:10–6:00 p.m.: IVADO Alumni Roundtable (What Have They Been Up To?) 

Moderator: Vanessa Alarie (IVADO) 

Panelists: Chloé Bourquin (La Presse), Oumayma Gharbi (IVADO), Jérémie Tousignant (Ubisoft) 

6:00–7:00 p.m.: Student Presentations  

Moderator: Juliane C. Lelarge (La Presse) 

  1. Liska Jakub (Postdoctoral Fellow – Engineering Physics, Polytechnique Montréal), Direction : Sean Molesky
    Electromagnetic Neural-Inverse Design Guided by Performance Limits 
  2. Hamid Hasanzadeh (Ph.D. – Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Laval University), Direction : Bobin Wang
    From Human Choices to Smart Mobility Systems 
  3. Emma Tomiuk (Master’s – Computer Science, McGill), Direction : Golnoosh Farnadi, Armin Yazdani
    Embedded Ethics: Training Our Future Ethical Computer Scientists 
  4. Shalom Chow Dze-Kum (AIMS Master’s, Mathematical and Data Science), IVADO intern under the supervision of Johanne Pelletier (University of Montreal
    From Research to Impact: Predictive Soil Mapping for Smarter Agricultural Decisions 
  5. Manobendu Sarker (Postdoctoral Fellow – Electrical Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal), Direction : Gunes Karabulut Kurt, Wael Jaafar
    Affordable Connectivity from the Skies 
  6. Birce Adsanver (Ph.D. – Operations and Logistics Management, HEC Montréal), Direction : Marie-Ève Rancourt, Valérie Bélanger
    Dynamic Anticipatory Stock Repositioning Framework for Disaster Response 
  7. Mahmoud Belmeskine (Ph.D. – Management, McGill), Direction : Gumus Mehmet, Hariss Rim
    Multi-Period Inventory Management with Size Substitution 
  8. Juan Sebastian Riveros Perez (Ph.D. – Operations and Logistics Management, HEC Montréal), Direction : Jean François Cordeau and Jorge Mendoza
    Optimizing Municipal Waste Collection Routes 
  9. Meriem Mehri (Ph.D. – Mathematics and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal), Direction : Fabiano Armellini
    De l’intelligence artificielle à l’intelligence augmentée : repenser la collaboration humain-IA dans les écosystèmes d’innovation 
  10. Lovely Joseph (Master’s, ISTEAH, Management Science), IVADO intern under the supervision of Thierry Warin (HEC Montréal)
    L’intelligence artificielle comme étant le centre négociation internationale 
  11. Emmanuelle Coutu-Nadeau (Master’s Degree – Psychology, Université de Montréal), Direction : Sarah Lippé
    Regroupement comportemental et signatures EEG : caractérisation des profils neurodéveloppementaux par apprentissage automatique 
  12. Balkissa Toure (Master’s Degree – Business Intelligence, HEC Montréal), Direction : Joé T Martineau, Denis Larocque
    L’équité dans les systèmes d’intelligence artificielle pour la prise de décision : atténuer les biais algorithmiques genrés et raciaux en apprentissage automatique 
  13. Camille Lessard (Ph.D. – Psychology, Université de Montréal), Direction : Marc-Antoine Gradito Dubord
    Le sentiment de compétence à l’ère de l’intelligence artificielle générative : réussir ou progresser? 

7:00–7:15 p.m.: Audience voting and jury deliberation  

7:15–7:30 p.m.: Announcement of the Audience Choice Award and the Jury Prize  

8:00 p.m.: End of the event

Organized by IVADO, in collaboration with the IVADO intersectoral student committee.