Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute

Purpose

The Project will apply data-driven discovery to support efforts that will enhance the production of Canadian protein crops. The Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) will apply Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) methods to mine genomics datasets generated at the National Research Council (NRC). The collaboration, at the intersection of AI and the biology of plant proteins, will extract meaningful biological information patterns and produce valuable information for future research and application in diverse agricultural fields. Specifically, the Project’s primary objective is to develop models that predict molecular phenotypes--including transcript abundance and protein abundance-directly from DNA sequences. The unique interdisciplinary nature of the Project will lay the foundation for training high-quality professionals (at multiple levels of education) while integrating burgeoning fields of applied and basic science.