Chris J. MaddisonAssistant Professor · University of TorontoResearcher↗
Researcher · Academic
Sheila McIlraith
University of TorontoProfessor of Computer Science
Vector InstituteCanada CIFAR AI ChairSchwartz Reisman InstituteAssociate Director and Research Lead
McIlraith helped advance automated planning: systems that reason through sequences of actions while respecting goals, preferences and safety constraints. Her work connects symbolic reasoning with reinforcement learning and program synthesis, aiming for AI that can follow human instructions without harmful side effects.
Career & education
Current roles
Professor of Computer Science
Canada CIFAR AI Chair
Associate Director and Research Lead
Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations25,750As of Nov 1, '26
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