MBZUAI welcomes senior delegation from Weizmann Institute in Abu Dhabi

MBZUAI welcomes senior delegation from Weizmann Institute in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI, UAE — A senior delegation from Weizmann Institute of Science led by President Professor Alon Chen visited the Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi to discuss the strategic planning and road map of MBZUAI-WIS Joint Program for Artificial Intelligence Research (AI Program).

The delegation was warmly welcomed by MBUZAI President Professor Eric Xing, and were given a tour of the campus facilities.

President Professor Alon Chen, and Vice President Professor Ziv Reich from the Weizmann Institute also met Peng Xiao, member of the Board of Trustees and CEO of G42 Group, along with Professor Eric Xing, Dr. Behjat Al Yousuf, executive vice president for outreach and engagement at MBZUAI, and other senior representatives from both institutions.

Drawing upon the combined expertise of MBZUAI and Weizmann Institute, the AI Program, announced in February, will promote collaborative initiatives in fundamental AI research and will explore AI applications in various topics from healthcare to genomics amongst others.

The AI Program will also carry out transformative research in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Natural