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Meta AI Veteran Cristian Canton to Join Barcelona Supercomputing Center as Associate Director

Canton’s arrival promises a new surge in AI research capacity at a center that powers Europe’s most advanced supercomputer.

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Overview

  • Canton spent eight years at Meta directing AI integrity efforts for content moderation and fairness across its platforms.
  • In 2020, he launched the industry’s first AI Red Team to probe system vulnerabilities and misinformation risks and previously spent four years at Microsoft Research.
  • He holds a PhD in Computer Vision from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and expertise in machine learning and AI security.
  • He succeeds Josep M. Martorell, under whose tenure BSC-CNS grew to over 1,300 staff, opened a new headquarters and installed the MareNostrum 4 and 5 supercomputers.
  • He aims to harness BSC-CNS’s 320-strong AI research team to position Catalunya as a leading innovation hub for scientific and societal applications.