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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.

For the love of research

Friday, 20 January, 2023

For the love of research

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Self-confessed research addicts - Hanoona Bangalath (India) and Muhammad Maaz (Pakistan) - have both realized their dream of publishing at top conferences during their master’s degrees in computer vision at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI). Among the most promising students in the Class of 2022 and with perfect 4.0/4.0 cumulative grade point averages (CGPA), the pair will remain at the university to complete their Ph.D.

Professor Xing named 2022 ACM Fellow

Wednesday, 18 January, 2023

Professor Xing named 2022 ACM Fellow

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MBZUAI President and University Professor Eric Xing is among the 57 ACM Fellows elevated this year for “contributions to algorithms, architectures, and applications in machine learning.”

MBZUAI and Quris-AI to launch world-class Bio-AI center in Abu Dhabi

Tuesday, 17 January, 2023

MBZUAI and Quris-AI to launch world-class Bio-AI center in Abu Dhabi

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Quris-AI and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) signed an agreement during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) to develop a world-class Bio-AI center in Abu Dhabi. The state-of-the-art facility will support the development of personalized medications, tailored specifically to the diverse populations of the MENA region.

MBZUAI showcases AI for health, education, and climate at ADSW

Tuesday, 17 January, 2023

MBZUAI showcases AI for health, education, and climate at ADSW

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As Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2023 takes place under the theme ‘United on Climate Action Toward COP28’, experts from Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) hosted talks as part of its participation at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES). The talks highlight AI’s problem-solving capacity in addressing challenges in climate change as well as sectors including education and healthcare.

MBZUAI celebrates board chairman’s COP28 appointment

Thursday, 12 January, 2023

MBZUAI celebrates board chairman’s COP28 appointment

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The MBZUAI community celebrated the historic appointment of the university's Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, as UAE COP28 President-Designate.

Smart grids to optimize energy use

Thursday, 12 January, 2023

Smart grids to optimize energy use

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Smart grids optimize energy use and local energy sharing to reduce load on and disruption of energy services.

Scalable Community Detection in Massive Networks Using Aggregated Relational Data

Tuesday, 10 January, 2023

Scalable Community Detection in Massive Networks Using Aggregated Relational Data

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The mixed membership stochastic blockmodel (MMSB) is a popular Bayesian network model for community detection. Fitting such large Bayesian network models quickly becomes computationally infeasible when the number of nodes […]

Deep Ensembles Work, But Are They Necessary?

Monday, 9 January, 2023

Deep Ensembles Work, But Are They Necessary?

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Ensembling neural networks is an effective way to increase accuracy, and can often match the performance of individual larger models. This observation poses a natural question: given the choice between […]

Mass production of AI solutions

Wednesday, 4 January, 2023

Mass production of AI solutions

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Those countries who gain the ability to mass-produce cheap, rapidly deployable AI systems at scale will be the ones who reap the rewards from the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). This ability relies upon developing an AI operating system that can connect software and hardware efficiently – something Dr. Qirong Ho, MBZUAI Assistant Professor of Machine Learning, is working to make a reality.

MNM, RLM, and MBZUAI sign expansion of climate and health initiative

Wednesday, 4 January, 2023

MNM, RLM, and MBZUAI sign expansion of climate and health initiative

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In early January, 2023, H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Executive Council, witnessed the Malaria No More (MNM) announcement of the expansion of its climate and health initiative, Forecasting Healthy Futures (FHF), through a new three-year, US$5 million award from the Reaching the Last Mile initiative (RLM).

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