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.