Amy Tai
Privacy-preserving AI for cancer diagnostics
PhD Student
University of Waterloo
Your week at a glance
- Small group — you facilitate Group 1 · Orion on Day 5 (Stress-test).
- Poster — Day 7 (Sun, Jun 28) · Session B (10:30–11:30 AM).
Amy Tai is a PhD student in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. Her research focuses on applying machine learning and large language models to improve the clinical workflow for both physicians and patients. Previously, she completed her Master of Applied Sciences in the Systems Design Engineering program and her Bachelor of Applied Science in Management Engineering at the University of Waterloo. In the past, Amy has led the Cancer-Net open source initiative in her lab, aiming at improving cancer diagnosis and treatment planning with computer vision models. Outside of research, she enjoys playing squash, travelling, hiking, and swimming.
Awards & honors
Recognition
- Alumni Gold Medal - Master's Level, University of Waterloo (2024)
- Alumni Gold Medal - Engineering, University of Waterloo (2022)
- Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship, NSERC ($17,500) (2022)
- President's Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo (2022)
- Engineering Excellence Fellowship, University of Waterloo ($50,000 over 2 years) (2022)
- Central Regional Datathon - 1st Place, Citadel and Correlation One ($10,000) (2022)
- WiML Attendance Award, Women in Machine Learning (NeurIPS) (2024, 2025)
- WiCV Attendance Award, Women in Computer Vision (CVPR) (2023, 2024)
- Devon Stoneman Memorial Award for skin cancer research, University of Waterloo (2022)
- Social Impact Award - GRADflix, University of Waterloo (2023)
- Karen Mark Award, University of Waterloo (2020)
- University of Waterloo President's Scholarship of Distinction (2017)
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