Frank Wood, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest papers

Planning as Inference in Epidemiological Dynamics Models.
Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2021 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Flexible Diffusion Modeling for Planning and Control
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$42,000
UBC ML Computational Cluster
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$150,000
Data Science and Composite Materials Manufacturing
NSERC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$355,556

All 5 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Planning as Inference in Epidemiological Dynamics Models.

Wood F, Warrington A, Naderiparizi S, Weilbach C, Masrani V, Harvey W, Ścibior A, Beronov B, Grefenstette J, Campbell D, Nasseri SA

Frontiers in artificial intelligence2021First author

DOI: 10.3389/frai.2021.550603 PMID: 35434605

Flexible Diffusion Modeling for Planning and Control

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wood, Frank

Keywords: artificial intelligence; machine learning; generative modeling; diffusion models; bayesian modeling; inference; amortized inference; embodied artificial intelligence; reinforcement learning; graphical models

$42,000

UBC ML Computational Cluster

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Wood, Frank

$150,000

Data Science and Composite Materials Manufacturing

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Ng, Raymond

$355,556

Advanced Probabilistic Programming

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Wood, Frank

$330,000

Advanced Probabilistic Programming

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Wood, Frank

$120,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Wood, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Planning as Inference in Epidemiological Dynamics Models." (2021), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Flexible Diffusion Modeling for Planning and Control" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]