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Guy Wolf

Guy Wolf is an AI researcher whose work includes tools for visualizing complex biomedical data. He holds a PhD in computer science from Tel Aviv University, worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Paris, and held research and teaching appointments at Yale before arriving in Montréal in 2018. He coauthored PHATE and received a Canada CIFAR AI Chair and the MLSP Best Paper Award in 2021; Multiscale PHATE analyzed cell data from 54 million cells across 168 hospitalized COVID-19 patients. As of October 2026, he is a Full Professor at Université de Montréal and a Core Academic Member at Mila, and serves as Associate Director for AI and Data Science at CRCHUM and Chief Scientist for AI in the CHUM Research and Innovation Directorate.

Now at
Université de Montréal, Mila and University of Montreal Hospital Center
Works
222
Citations
5,442
h-index
22

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 27 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2011

    PhD study and fellowship

    He holds a PhD in computer science from Tel Aviv University. In 2011, he receives an Eshkol Fellowship for PhD studies.

  2. 2013–2015

    Postdoctoral research in Paris

    At École Normale Supérieure in Paris, he works as a postdoctoral researcher in computer science from 2013 to 2015.

  3. 2015–2018

    Yale appointments

    He joins Yale as a Gibbs Assistant Professor in the Applied Math Program in 2015 and becomes an Associate Research Scientist in its Department of Genetics in 2018.

  4. 2018

    Arrival in Montreal

    He arrives in Montréal in 2018 after teaching at Yale.

  5. 2019

    PHATE for biological data

    In 2019, he coauthors PHATE, a visualization method that captures local and global nonlinear structure in high-dimensional data.

  6. 2021

    A CIFAR chair and MLSP award

    In 2021, he receives a Canada CIFAR AI Chair at Mila and the Best Paper Award at Machine Learning for Signal Processing.

  7. 2021

    Multiscale PHATE for COVID-19

    In 2021, Multiscale PHATE learns and visualizes cell features and groupings from data on 54 million cells across 168 patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

  8. 2024–2026

    A Humboldt research fellowship

    He receives a Humboldt Experienced Research Fellowship in 2024. The fellowship takes him to Heidelberg University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) and STRUCTURES for a research stay in early 2024. He serves as a visiting professor at Heidelberg University in 2024 and Helmholtz Munich from 2024 to 2026.

  9. As of October 2026

    AI leadership at CHUM

    As of October 2026, he serves as Associate Director of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at CRCHUM and Chief Scientist for Artificial Intelligence in the CHUM Research and Innovation Directorate. He is a Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Université de Montréal and a Core Academic Member at Mila.

Career

  1. NowMilaCore Academic Member
  2. NowUniversité de MontréalFull Professor
  3. NowUniversity of Montreal Hospital CenterAssociate Director of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Chief Scientist for Artificial Intelligence
  4. 2024Heidelberg UniversityResearch stay, Visiting Professor
  5. 2024–2026Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresVisiting Professor
  6. 2015–2018Yale UniversityGibbs Assistant Professor, Associate Research Scientist
  7. 2013–2015École Normale SupérieurePostdoctoral researcher in computer science

Education

  1. Tel Aviv UniversityPhD in computer science

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Sources and credits

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  1. Guy Wolf | Mila mila.quebec. Checked 27 October 2026.
  2. Prof. Dr. Guy Wolf humboldt-foundation.de. Checked 27 October 2026.
  3. Voir loin, le défi de quatre nouveaux titulaires de chaires CIFAR en intelligence artificielle neurosciences.umontreal.ca. Checked 27 October 2026.
  4. Visualizing structure and transitions in high-dimensional biological data nature.com. Checked 27 October 2026.
  5. Prof. Guy Wolf to Join STRUCTURES and IWR as Humboldt Research Fellow in 2024 structures.uni-heidelberg.de. Checked 27 October 2026.
  6. Appointment of Guy Wolf as Associate Director, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science chumontreal.qc.ca. Checked 27 October 2026.