Deep neural networks are a powerful method for automatically learning distributed representations at multiple levels of abstraction. Over the past decade, they have dramatically pushed forward the state-of-the-art in domains as diverse as vision, language understanding, robotics, game playing, graphics, health care, and genomics. The Deep Learning Summer School (DLSS) covers both the foundations and applications of deep neural networks, from fundamental concepts to cutting-edge research results.

The Reinforcement Learning Summer School (RLSS) covers the basics of reinforcement learning and show its most recent research trends and discoveries, as well as present an opportunity to interact with graduate students and senior researchers in the field.

The 2018 DLSS and the RLSS are hosted by the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research (CIFAR) and the Vector Institute, with participation and support from the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute and the Institut québécois d’intelligence artificielle (MILA).