ABOUT THE CENTRE
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ABOUT THE CENTRE
The Centre for Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship (CMTE), established in 1991 at the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, is focused on bringing leading edge problem solving and research innovation to our industry partners.
Our goal is to provide our Sponsors with quality, value added research based practical work, related to three overlapping research areas, namely financial modeling, data science and machine learning. These research areas allow us to provide innovative solutions to many industry related applications, including financial modeling, forecasting, customer analytics, market risk, operational risk, portfolio optimization, productivity enhancement logistics and aspects of cyber security. Furthermore, we recognize that the recruitment of high quality personnel by our Sponsors is a top priority and make recruitment of both co-op and graduating students an important focus of our program. Our Sponsors will also have the option to hire graduate level students for 4-month internships through government grants. Naturally, the best undergraduate and graduate students will be identified for fulltime employment upon their graduation.
U of T
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CMTE
The University of Toronto is at the forefront of technological innovation and is recognized as a world leader in machine learning. Through the Centre, our Sponsors gain access to U of T’s world class researchers, while at the same time, our unique research management model ensures that our Sponsors receive value added practical research with a commitment to facilitate and accelerate the movement of innovation out of the University and into the marketplace.
Value Added
Research
We provide a rich source of innovative technologies, specialized expertise, recruiting potential and ongoing applied R&D opportunities for our business partners. Our research is driven by partner-defined projects designed to support the partner’s business goals while pushing the boundaries of traditional thinking and inquiry.
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Value added innovative research
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Management consulting approach
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Dedicated management of projects with continuous feedback and interaction
The Centre for Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship was established to provide Canadian industries with leading edge real world applied research opportunities related to financial modelling, data science and machine learning.
We provide a rich source of innovative technologies, specialized expertise, recruiting potential and ongoing applied R&D opportunities for our business partners. Our research is driven by partner-defined projects designed to support the partner’s business goals while pushing the boundaries of traditional thinking and inquiry.
Our
Mission
Our
Goal
Advances in machine intelligence, data analytics and network connectivity offer endless opportunities for growth in the business world. Our goal is to empower our research partner to take advantage of new and emerging technologies that will have the most immediate impact on their organizations. With core strengths in financial modelling, data science and machine learning, we are uniquely positioned to deliver innovative, value-added solutions based upon practical applied research initiatives.
The University of Toronto is our home where free and open inquiry in enriched by a multi-disciplinary approach to research and strong industry alliances. Generating new knowledge that benefits current and future generations is central to who we are and what we do.
Our History
The Centre for Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship was founded by Dr. Joseph Paradi in 1991 with the generous donations received from Bell, Toronto Dominion Bank and the Royal Bank of Canada. The Centre’s focus then, as it is today, was to provide Canadian industries with leading applied research related to finance, business and management.
Through his work at the Centre, Professor Paradi developed world-leading expertise in bank branch productivity using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Professor Paradi has hundreds of publications and has recently published a book on DEA. With Emeritus designation, he continues to teach entrepreneurship at the university and is often asked to give plenary talks around the world.
Dr. Yuri Lawryshyn joined the Centre in 2007, after spending over 10 years in industry, research, management and marketing. Professor Lawryshyn brings both managerial and marketing expertise as well as technical expertise related to numerical and financial modelling. Professor Lawryshyn is now the Director of the Centre and holds the Joseph C. Paradi Chair in Information Engineering.
Since its inception, the Centre has supervised industry directed projects at all student levels, totaling:
