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31 MBZUAI papers accepted at CVPR

Friday, 17 June, 2022

31 MBZUAI papers accepted at CVPR

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At the 34th annual Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2022) to take place in New Orleans, Louisiana, MBZUAI faculty and students will present 31 papers, including 6 oral presentations. For the conference a total of 2,063 papers will be published out of 8,161 submissions, with 342 of them selected for oral presentation.

Le Song chairs ICML 2022

Monday, 13 June, 2022

Le Song chairs ICML 2022

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MBZUAI Department Chair and Professor of Machine Learning Le Song will serve as a program chair at the 39th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) conference, which will be held in Baltimore, Maryland from July 17-23, 2022.

MBZUAI ranks top 30 globally in AI, CV, ML and NLP

Saturday, 11 June, 2022

MBZUAI ranks top 30 globally in AI, CV, ML and NLP

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In just a short, two-year time span since the university was founded, MBZUAI has been ranked 127 globally among institutions that conduct research in computer science including AI, systems, theory, and "interdisciplinary" areas such as robotics, computer graphics, visualization, and more. The ranking places MBZUAI alongside institutions such as Notre Dame, the University of Liverpool, the Weizmann Institute of Science, Osaka University, Ecole Normale Supérieure and other prestigious schools.

AI university maps course to the future

Thursday, 9 June, 2022

AI university maps course to the future

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The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in Abu Dhabi is the world’s first artificial intelligence research university, focused on advancing AI as a powerful force for human progress.

Xing honored for pioneering machine learning research

Friday, 27 May, 2022

Xing honored for pioneering machine learning research

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MBZUAI President, Professor Eric Xing has been elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) for 2022. Xing was recognized by the ASA for pioneering machine learning research in structured, high-dimensional inference, Bayesian nonparametrics, and probabalistic graphical models, entrepreneurship in scalable AI solutions across a broad range of sectors, and leadership in AI education.

IBM and MBZUAI join forces to advance AI research with new center of excellence

Wednesday, 25 May, 2022

IBM and MBZUAI join forces to advance AI research with new center of excellence

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MBZUAI has announced plans for a strategic collaboration with IBM (NYSE: IBM). Senior leaders from both organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at advancing fundamental AI research, as well as accelerating the types of scientific breakthroughs that could unlock the potential of AI to help solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges.

Breathing life into the AI operating system

Friday, 20 May, 2022

Breathing life into the AI operating system

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To pick up a smartphone in 2022 is to use a sophisticated array of applications from thousands of developers around the world. That smartphones work as well as they do, is no small miracle.

From Learning, to Meta-Learning, to Lego-Learning — theory, systems, and engineering

Friday, 13 May, 2022

From Learning, to Meta-Learning, to Lego-Learning — theory, systems, and engineering

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MBZUAI President, Professor Eric Xing delivers a talk entitled “From Learning, to Meta-Learning, to Lego-Learning — theory, systems, and engineering” at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science May 13, […]

Solving the biggest challenges through innovation

Tuesday, 26 April, 2022

Solving the biggest challenges through innovation

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His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, attended the third Ramadan lecture organized by Majlis Mohamed bin Zayed, titled: "How to solve the biggest global challenges through innovation," and hosted at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi.

MBZUAI and the Weizmann Institute of Science deepen research ties

Wednesday, 13 April, 2022

MBZUAI and the Weizmann Institute of Science deepen research ties

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A delegation from MBZUAI, led by President Eric Xing, took part in a two-day engagement at the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in Israel aimed at deepening research and innovation ties. Both institutions are seeking to leverage each other’s human capital and expertise in fundamental artificial intelligence (AI) inquiry.

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