Peter Wittek
Skilled mountaineer
Mount Trisul
Authorities in India continue to search for University of Toronto assistant professor Peter Wittek, 37, apparently swallowed up by an avalanche while in his tent during an expedition to Mount Trisul in the Himalayas. Friends say Mr. Wittek was lost in the avalanche around 7 p.m. Sunday. Wittek, a Hungarian national, has been an assistant professor at the U of T since 2018. He is considered one of the world’s leading experts in quantum-enhanced machine learning and artificial intelligence. CBC
