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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.

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International Conference on Computer Vision highlights MBZUAI’s position at the forefront of global AI research

Friday, 6 October, 2023

International Conference on Computer Vision highlights MBZUAI’s position at the forefront of global AI research

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At this year's IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 30 of the accepted papers were submitted by MBZUAI researchers, with Ivan Laptev, the university’s recently appointed Visiting Professor of Computer Vision, serving as one of five the ICCV Program Chairs.

Causality’s role in drug development and precision medicine

Monday, 18 September, 2023

Causality’s role in drug development and precision medicine

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Kun Zhang, associate professor of machine learning at MBZUAI, is combining his expertise in causal machine learning with a technology called organs-on-chips to speed up the process of drug development while also making medicines safer.

Lin provides critical insights at SIGIR 2023

Monday, 21 August, 2023

Lin provides critical insights at SIGIR 2023

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MBZUAI affiliated professor of Machine Learning Chih-Jen Lin gave one of the keynotes at the recent 46th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, held in Taipei, Taiwan.

MBZUAI graduate wins IEEE MetaCom Best Ph.D. Forum Paper Award

Monday, 31 July, 2023

MBZUAI graduate wins IEEE MetaCom Best Ph.D. Forum Paper Award

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A recent MBZUAI master’s graduate in computer vision now pursuing his Ph.D., Ahmed Elhagry, was recently recognized in Kyoto, Japan, for his findings on developing more realistic and interactive immersive virtual environments, receiving the Best Ph.D. Forum Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking and Applications (IEEE MetaCom 2023) in June.

Inaugural undergraduate AI research internship attracts stellar students to MBZUAI’s Abu Dhabi campus

Tuesday, 25 July, 2023

Inaugural undergraduate AI research internship attracts stellar students to MBZUAI’s Abu Dhabi campus

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Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) has welcomed 34 of the world’s most promising STEM undergraduate students to its Abu Dhabi campus for a one-month research internship as part of the inaugural edition of the university’s Undergraduate Research Internship Program (UGRIP).  

MBZUAI researchers at ICML

Monday, 12 June, 2023

MBZUAI researchers at ICML

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At last count, 17 MBZUAI co-authors have 20 papers accepted at the 40th annual International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), which will be held in late July in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Empowering cross-disciplinary AI research

Friday, 2 June, 2023

Empowering cross-disciplinary AI research

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Empowering researchers to work together in a structured way across disciplines is a critical function of MBZUAI as the world’s first AI graduate research university. To this end, MBZUAI and RIKEN (Japan's largest comprehensive research institution) Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP), recently co-hosted the MBZUAI / RIKEN-AIP Joint Workshop on MBZUAI’s Masdar City campus.

Inaugural hackathon explores AI healthcare solutions

Friday, 5 May, 2023

Inaugural hackathon explores AI healthcare solutions

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Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) and the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) hosted the first-ever Human Phenotype Project Hackathon in Abu Dhabi. The event brought together 24 postgraduate students and researchers from diverse backgrounds to tackle some of the most pressing challenges in healthcare.

Knowledge distillation and the greening of LLMs

Tuesday, 2 May, 2023

Knowledge distillation and the greening of LLMs

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Large language models (LLM) have burst onto the world stage with the introduction of Open AI’s Generative Pre-trained Model (GPT), Google’s Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA), and many others. These models take an impossible amount of data — the entire internet, for example — and crush it into an algorithm that informs a decision-making engine that can power interfaces, answer questions, generate high-quality content, and quite a bit else.

MBZUAI research at ICLR 2023

Monday, 1 May, 2023

MBZUAI research at ICLR 2023

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At last count, MBZUAI scientists have 22 papers accepted at the Eleventh International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2023). In total, 14 MBZUAI faculty, researchers, postdocs, and students have academic research accepted at ICLR 2023 alongside their national and international co-authors. ICLR 2023 commenced today in Kigali, Rwanda, and will run until Friday.

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