Apply now arrow right icon
University news

Connecting you to the latest AI research and innovation

Stay up-to-date with the latest news from MBZUAI and the wider industry, featuring insights into ongoing University research, innovations, and developments shaping the future of artificial intelligence. The Node gathers expert commentary, press announcements, and initiatives from the University and its partners, keeping you informed on the most relevant trends and breakthroughs.

Alumni Spotlight: How Sulaiman AlJanahi bridged the gap between academia and industry

Thursday, 11 July, 2024

Alumni Spotlight: How Sulaiman AlJanahi bridged the gap between academia and industry

arrow image icon

One of the key missions of (MBZUAI) is to take the groundbreaking academic and research initiatives of its students and faculty and use it to positively impact the world around us.

LLMs tackle math word problems

Monday, 8 July, 2024

LLMs tackle math word problems

arrow image icon

In a bid to discover how LLMs might teach math word problems to students more effectively, Ekaterina Kochmar sought to determine what makes such problems difficult for a machine to answer.

MBZUAI welcomes largest-ever cohort to its undergraduate artificial intelligence research internship

Monday, 1 July, 2024

MBZUAI welcomes largest-ever cohort to its undergraduate artificial intelligence research internship

arrow image icon

Forty-five international STEM students have been exposed to cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) research and world-leading faculty as part of a month-long undergraduate internship at the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi.

Facts and fabrications: New insights to improve fake news detection

Thursday, 27 June, 2024

Facts and fabrications: New insights to improve fake news detection

arrow image icon

A recent study by Preslav Nakov considers how scientists can develop systems to detect fake news in a complex and evolving media landscape in which text, both true and false, can be generated by either humans or machines.

A next step for embodied agents: Ivan Laptev on world models

Wednesday, 26 June, 2024

A next step for embodied agents: Ivan Laptev on world models

arrow image icon

Inspired by questions posed in "The Matrix," Ivan Laptev aims to transfer advances in computer vision to robots inhabiting the real world.

Towards the generation of more realistic avatars in virtual worlds

Monday, 24 June, 2024

Towards the generation of more realistic avatars in virtual worlds

arrow image icon

How the MBZUAI Metaverse Center is helping people do things in virtual worlds that they can’t do in real life.

Breathing new life into medical applications

Tuesday, 11 June, 2024

Breathing new life into medical applications

arrow image icon

Having seen the potential of computer vision to positively impact people’s lives, Ahmed Ibrahim Sharshar was determined to make a difference through his research.

Tackling media bias with NLP

Tuesday, 11 June, 2024

Tackling media bias with NLP

arrow image icon

Alarmed by the rise of fake and misleading news on social media, Zain Muhammad Mujahid seized the opportunity to tackle the problem as part of his M.Sc.

From Text to image: M.Sc. graduate develops cutting-edge techniques to transform T2I generation

Tuesday, 11 June, 2024

From Text to image: M.Sc. graduate develops cutting-edge techniques to transform T2I generation

arrow image icon

Text to image (T2I) generators caused a buzz when they rose to prominence with the launch of tools such as Dall-E, Midjourney and Adobe Firefly. However, users quickly found that anything more than a simple prompt of a few words would confuse the system and lead to images that either looked strange or failed to fulfil the request.

Driving towards innovation: a visionary approach to traffic sign detection and recognition

Tuesday, 11 June, 2024

Driving towards innovation: a visionary approach to traffic sign detection and recognition

arrow image icon

Transportation expert Fatima Ahmed Alkhoori had already clocked up an impressive level experience when she applied to join MBZUAI to study for a master’s in ML back in 2022.

Ready to start your new education journey?

Apply now arrow right icon