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ML faculty member and cryptographer joins MBZUAI

Tuesday, 28 December, 2021

ML faculty member and cryptographer joins MBZUAI

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Professor Najwa Aaraj is the first female faculty member to join MBZUAI in the Machine Learning Department. Aaraj is Chief Researcher at the Cryptography Research Centre at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) where she leads the research and development of cryptographic technologies, including post-quantum cryptography (PQC) software libraries and hardware implementations, lightweight cryptographic libraries for embedded and RF systems, cryptanalysis, and applied machine learning for cryptographic technologies.

Xie brings healthcare and machine learning focus to MBZUAI

Tuesday, 21 December, 2021

Xie brings healthcare and machine learning focus to MBZUAI

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MBZUAI welcomes Dr. Pengtao Xie as he joins the faculty as an assistant professor in machine learning. Xie comes to the university to teach and conduct research with a particular interest in healthcare and machine learning inspired by human learning skills.

Inspiring the next generation of machine learning systems graduates

Monday, 20 December, 2021

Inspiring the next generation of machine learning systems graduates

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Dr. Qirong Ho brings his passion for machine learning systems to Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) as one of its new assistant professors in machine learning. Ho hopes to inspire existing and new students to follow his career path into this important area of AI. 

MBZUAI students take first-place honors at HackforSpace

Tuesday, 14 December, 2021

MBZUAI students take first-place honors at HackforSpace

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A confident mindset and teamwork has helped a trio of MBZUAI students take first-place honors at HackforSpace, a two-day intensive hackathon, held in Dubai on December 10 and 11. MBZUAI Master of Science in Machine Learning students Klea Ziu (Albania), Nicolas Mauricio Cuadrado Avila (Columbia), and Roberto Alejandro Gutierrez Guillen (Mexico) were randomly placed into a multidisciplinary coding team for the hackathon, organized by G42 and Coders HQ. A total of eight teams came together to create their own Space Autopilot for a multistage Moon Mission.

Could AI outthink the greatest (human) philosophers?

Tuesday, 30 November, 2021

Could AI outthink the greatest (human) philosophers?

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There is a debate under way as to whether machines will ever be able to answer life’s biggest questions—or even just grasp the significance of a stubbed toe.

The head of Abu Dhabi’s AI university wants to defuse a tech ‘atomic bomb’

Wednesday, 28 July, 2021

The head of Abu Dhabi’s AI university wants to defuse a tech ‘atomic bomb’

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Eric Xing warns that “monster models” are getting too big, too quickly. He's working on a unifying theory to better understand the machines.

Professor Le Song Joins MBZUAI Machine Learning Department as Deputy Department Chair

Sunday, 14 February, 2021

Professor Le Song Joins MBZUAI Machine Learning Department as Deputy Department Chair

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MBZUAI is proud to announce that Professor Dr. Le Song has joined MBZUAI as Deputy Department Chair of the Machine Learning Department. Dr. Le Song has led a lengthy and distinguished career that spans decades as a research pioneer and academic in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Prof. Le Song’s impressive portfolio includes his several years’ experience in various Institutes such as Georgia Institute of Technology, Google Research, Carnegie Mellon University and National ICT Australia.

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