Artificial Intelligence Zayed University
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Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) is a graduate-level, research-based academic institution located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The current president, Professor Eric Xing,[1] joined in January 2021. Sir J. Michael Brady served as the founding, interim president.[2] Professor Ling Shao was the initiator and the founding provost and executive vice president.
The establishment of MBZUAI is part of the United Arab Emirates strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031, for which came the appointment of the world's first Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence.[3]
As of June 2022, MBZUAI ranks 127th globally[4] among institutions that conduct research in computer science according to CSRankings. In artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning, and natural language processing specifically the university ranks 30th globally.
The university provides admitted students with a full scholarship, including benefits such as a monthly allowance, health insurance, and accommodation.[5] The university also secures internships by working with local and global companies. The initial class of graduate students were slated to start coursework in September 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic coursework began in January 2021.[3][6]
The university offers graduate-level students a range of postgraduate degrees, focusing on core components of the AI industry: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. MBZUAI offers graduate-level degrees that are research-intensive and focused on practical AI.
The partnership aims to harness the power of AI to address critical global challenges, with a particular focus on environmental resilience, water resources management, climate adaptation, social cohesion, and reducing inequalities.
MBZUAI is a graduate, research university focused on artificial intelligence, computer science, and digital technologies across industrial sectors. The university aims to empower students, businesses, and governments to advance artificial intelligence as a global force for positive progress. MBZUAI offers various graduate programs designed to pursue advanced, specialized knowledge and skills in artificial intelligence, including computer science, computer vision, machine learning, natural language.
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Experts from IBM and MBZUAI plan to focus on decarbonization, with advanced research into climate change mitigation and adaptation. Joint research teams will work on the development of foundational AI models, which could help inform the deployment of clean and renewable energy in the electrification of multiple sectors across the economy. This approach will set the stage for use of carbon neutral solutions while also enabling adaptation and resiliency.
The AI Center of Excellence will also work to improve NLP for Arabic dialects, making AI more accessible and flexible for Arabic speakers. Improving NLP capabilities in Arabic dialects will help to address civic, social, and business challenges, while providing real-life applications such as personalised customer care, AI-powered assistants, improved search, and fraud detection, to name a few.
Through IBM SkillsBuild platform, IBM will provide MBZUAI students and faculty with access to IBM tools, software, courseware and cloud accounts for teaching, learning, and non-commercial research. In addition, MBZUAI will have access to curated AI curricula, lectures, labs, industry use cases, design-thinking sessions, and an AI Practitioner certification.
MBZUAI is a graduate, research university focused on artificial intelligence, computer science, and digital technologies across industrial sectors. The university aims to empower students, businesses, and governments to advance artificial intelligence as a global force for positive progress. MBZUAI offers various graduate programs designed to pursue advanced, specialized knowledge and skills in artificial intelligence, including computer vision, machine learning, and natural language processing. For more information, please visit www.mbzuai.ac.ae.
The impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has continued to positively impact industry throughout 2023, and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) has played an increasingly prominent role as part of the global research community.
Eric Xing said: Our university has developed a significant array of intellectual assets and plays host to a remarkable pool of talent, which has enabled us to play a key research and development role in the field of generative AI.
The number of students increased to 276, representing more than 40 nationalities, with a significant proportion joining from leading global undergraduate institutions. A total of 19% of the student population are Emirati and 39% female, significantly higher than other computer science institutions globally.
The university received its first patent from the US Patent Office during the year, titled System and Method for Handwriting Generation, which is a vision transformer-based solution that can generate handwriting mimicking the exact handwriting style of a person whose example data has been inputted. The invention is one of several MBZUAI faculty and students currently registered with international patent organisations.
The MBZUAI community published more than 537 papers in the past 12 months and initiated eight funded research collaborations. Highlights include faculty and students delivering 30 papers at the International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) held in Paris, France, in October, 44 papers at Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP) held in Singapore in December, and 53 papers at the 37th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) in December 2023 in New Orleans.
Two MBZUAI Executive Program (MEP) cohorts graduated, equipping a further 125 high-level executives with the capabilities to deliver the benefits of AI within the UAE industry. MBZUAI also played an active role in the successful COP28 UAE, participating in a range of events in the Greening Education Hub organised by the Ministry of Education to reinforce the key role that AI could play in meeting climate change targets and the importance of it being integrated into the curriculum.
ABU DHABI, UAE, Sept. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in the UAE and Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will see the two institutes work together to advance the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool for progress.
The MoU, which is the first of its kind to be signed between two higher education institutes from the UAE and Israel, covers a range of opportunities for collaboration, including student and postdoctoral fellows exchange programs, conferences and seminars, various forms of exchange between researchers, sharing of computing resources, and the establishment of a joint virtual institute for AI.
The MoU was signed virtually by His Excellency Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Chairman of the MBZUAI Board of Trustees, and Weizmann Institute President Professor Alon Chen, and was attended by officials from MBZUAI and Weizmann Institute.
MBZUAI is the world's first graduate-level, research-based AI university. Based in Abu Dhabi, the University offers MSc and PhD programs in computer vision, machine learning, and natural language processing. MBZUAI is introducing a new model of academia and research in AI, providing students and faculty access to the world's most advanced AI systems to unleash the technology's full potential.
The Weizmann Institute of Science is one of the world's top-ranking multidisciplinary research institutions and offers masters' and doctoral-level degrees across five faculties. It is noted for its wide-ranging exploration of the natural and exact sciences. Institute scientists are advancing research on the human brain, artificial intelligence, computer science and encryption, astrophysics and particle physics.
Dr. Al Jaber said: "As a pioneering university, MBZUAI seeks out partnerships with leaders in their respective fields to further our collective scientific understanding and push the boundaries of technological innovation. Therefore, I welcome the opportunity to collaborate with such a renowned establishment as the Weizmann Institute of Science. Through this MoU we can leverage the expertise of both our institutes towards using artificial intelligence to address some of the world's most pressing challenges, from COVID-19 to climate change, and beyond."
Professor Alon Chen commented: "We are thrilled to have the opportunity to collaborate with this unique, pioneering institution and to advance the field of artificial intelligence together. As a neuroscientist, I believe that AI is the extension of the power and intricacy of the human brain into the digital realm, and the implications will be vast, affecting our lives and our health, and the global economy. It is said that science knows no borders. I have every hope this collaboration, between scientists in the same region will be a shining example of this expression, and will extend the boundaries of human knowledge."
Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) is the first graduate-level, research-based university dedicated solely to emerging technology in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, and natural language processing. Located in the Masdar City community in Abu Dhabi, MBZUAI aims to develop a regional hub for trade and commerce in AI-related industries and a global hub for technological advancement. Managed by a board of trustees comprised of leading scientists in the field of artificial intelligence, MBZUAI has attracted thousands of applications from around the world with its generous scholarship that consists of a full-tuition waiver, on-campus housing, student insurance, visa support, a monthly stipend, and an annual ticket for students to travel home.
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