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MBZUAI will enable graduate students, businesses, and governments to advance the Artificial Intelligence field

Wednesday October 16, 2019 9:56 PM, ummid.com News Network

[The launch of Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial intelligence at Masdar City in Abu Dhabi. (Photo: Chris Whiteoak/The National)]

Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi on Wednesday announced the establishment of the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the first graduate level, research-based AI university in the world. MBZUAI will enable graduate students, businesses, and governments to advance the Artificial Intelligence field.

The university is named after Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, who has long advocated for the UAE’s development of human capital through knowledge and scientific thinking to take the nation into the future, according to local news agency WAM.

"Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence aligns with the vision of the UAE leadership that is based on sustainable development, progress and the overall well-being of humanity and underpinned by capacity-building and active participation in finding practical solutions based on innovation and state-of-the-art technology. As such, the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence is an open invitation from Abu Dhabi to the world to unleash AI’s full potential", Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of State, said at a press conference at the University campus in Masdar City.

Admission at MBZUAI

The university will start taking admissions from eligible candidates August 2020 onwards. The academic activities will start from September 2020.

A dedicated admission portal along with the university's website will be launched soon.

MBZUAI will provide all admitted students with a full scholarship, plus benefits such as a monthly allowance, health insurance, and accommodation. The University will work with leading local and global companies to secure internships, and will also assist students in finding employment opportunities.

Dr Sultan has been appointed Chair of the MBZUAI Board of Trustees and is spearheading the establishment of the University.

"AI is already changing the world, but we can achieve so much more if we allow the limitless imagination of the human mind to fully explore it," he added. "The University will bring the discipline of AI into the forefront, molding and empowering creative pioneers who can lead us to a new AI empowered era."

MBZUAI Board of Trustees

Experts from around the world have been selected for the University’s Board of Trustees. They include MBZUAI Interim President, Sir Michael Brady, Professor of Oncological Imaging at the University of Oxford, Anil K. Jain, a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University, USA, Professor Andrew Chi-Chih Yao, Dean of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences at Tsinghua University, Beijing, Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, a technology executive and venture capitalist based in Beijing, Professor Daniela Rus, Director of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, USA, and Peng Xiao, CEO of Group 42.

The Board of Trustees will be supported by an Advisory Board, chaired by Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, and will include Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Sciences; Dr. Ahmad bin Abdullah Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills; Jassim Al Zaabi, Chairman of the Department of Finance, and Dr. Wan Li Min, Chief Machine Intelligence Scientist at Alibaba.

AI Courses at MBZUAI

The University will offer Master of Science, MSc, and PhD level programmes in key areas of AI – Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Natural Language Processing – while also engaging policymakers and businesses around the world so that AI is harnessed responsibly as a force for positive transformation.

MBZUAI has partnered with the Abu Dhabi-based Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence, IIAI, a global force in excellence and leadership of AI research, for the supervision of PhD students and curriculum development. IIAI will also serve as a principal partner for collaborative research.

MBZUAI will introduce a new model of academia and research to the field of AI, providing students and faculty access to some of the world’s most advanced AI systems to unleash its potential for economic and societal development.

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