King Saud University, IBM to team up to equip Saudi youth with skills of future – ITP.net

King Saud University, IBM to team up to equip Saudi youth with skills of future – ITP.net

Saudi Arabia’s King Saud University (KSU) has said it will collaborate with tech giant IBM to advance skills development through artificial intelligence across the kingdom.

The joint initiative will aim to advance fundamental AI research and work with KSU to launch upskilling initiatives to promote AI education and awareness and leverage collaborations with academia, public, and private sectors.

“Addressing the current AI skills gap is one of the most pressing challenges that we are currently witnessing especially when addressing real world problems,” said Prof. Khaled Alhumaizi, Vice-Rector for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, KSU. We are pleased to collaborate with IBM to equip our students with the fundamental skills to develop the next generation of leaders and support our faculty members and researchers to develop advanced AI solutions with practical and tangible applications in the real world.”