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.
Monday, 7 December, 2020
Dr. Kai-Fu Lee is one of the world’s leading AI minds and business leaders. He has served in a number of prominent roles in the tech industry including senior roles at Google, Microsoft, Apple, and SGI. He broke new ground with the development of the world’s first large-vocabulary, speaker-independent, continuous speech recognition system in his Ph.D. thesis at Carnegie Mellon.
Sunday, 29 November, 2020
The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the world’s first graduate-level, research-based artificial intelligence (AI) university, has appointed renowned AI academic Professor Dr. Eric Xing as President. Professor Dr. Xing will lead MBZUAI as the first intake of graduate students is set to commence studies in January 2021 at the world’s first university and research institution dedicated solely to developing AI and AI solutions.
Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
His Excellency Kamal R Vaswani, Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the UAE, led a delegation of officials from Singapore during a visit to the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the world’s first graduate-level, research-based artificial intelligence (AI) university.
Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
Deployment of autonomous vehicles on public roads promises increases in efficiency and safety, and requires evaluating risk, understanding the intent of human drivers, and adapting to different driving styles. Autonomous […]
Monday, 2 November, 2020
Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to make a dramatic contribution to improving road safety, particularly in the development of self-driving vehicles and autonomous transportation. Powerful new machine learning algorithms are getting better at assessing risks and the intent of human drivers and driving styles, boosting the efficiency and safety of autonomous vehicles on public roads and enabling the seamless integration of autonomous vehicles into transportation systems.
Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
In this talk, Dr. Munawar Hayat highlights the major developments and breakthroughs in AI during the past decades and glance into its potential future. As we move through the history […]
Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
Artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved into a powerful tool which has transformed the way we live and interact with the world. The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the world’s first graduate-level, research-based artificial intelligence (AI) university, invites members of the public to learn about the present and future of AI in its upcoming MBZUAI Talks webinar, ‘Evolution of Artificial Intelligence: Past, Current and Future’ on 6 October from 6pm – 7:15pm UAE time.
Sunday, 13 September, 2020
The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), which will see the two higher education institutes work together across a range of fields, with the aim to advance the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool for progress.
Wednesday, 9 September, 2020
Launched as an open invitation from Abu Dhabi to the world to unleash AI’s full potential, the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the world’s first graduate-level, research-based artificial intelligence (AI) university, will welcome an international inaugural cohort of students when the first semester begins on 10 January, 2021.
Monday, 7 September, 2020
Dr. Hang Dai, Assistant Professor in the Computer Vision department at the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), the world’s first graduate-level, research-based artificial intelligence (AI) university, achieved first and second place in the Commands 4 Autonomous Vehicles (C4AV) Workshop Challenge, part of the recently-held 2020 European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV 2020), one of the top conferences in computer vision and machine learning.
