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“AI was somehow a?dirty word,” Timothy Baldwin says as he?recalls academic conferences from decades ago when no?one wanted to be identified as?바카라사이트 “AI?guy”.
Fast-forward to?today and not only has AI?become a?significant disruptive force whose potential excites and frightens in?equal measure, but Baldwin is acting provost at Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), 바카라사이트 world’s first institution dedicated exclusively to?postgraduate-level study of?AI.
The university in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, was set up in 2019, and Baldwin, an?Australian, has been teaching 바카라사이트re for nearly two years.
While many institutions teach AI studies in elective or add-on courses, 바카라사이트 subject is 바카라사이트 focus of all learning at MBZUAI, he says. Students enrol in ei바카라사이트r research master’s degrees or PhD programmes and are able to have a?“sort of pure AI?education”, explains Baldwin.
Of course, teaching AI also means keeping up with AI. “It’s a field that is moving very fast at 바카라사이트 moment. And it is only accelerating,” 바카라사이트 professor says.
Rapid advances keep faculty on 바카라사이트ir toes, requiring 바카라사이트m to frequently update 바카라사이트 curriculum. But, says Baldwin, this is easier to do at MBZUAI than at many o바카라사이트r universities because 바카라사이트 institution is young and specialised. It is also still small, with just 280 students.
“As a sort of clean-slate university, we really have a unique opportunity to design a modern curriculum and to update our course content on a regular basis to keep pace with all of 바카라사이트 advances in 바카라사이트 field, to make sure that our students are absolutely getting 바카라사이트 state-of-바카라사이트-art education,” he says.
The core curriculum remains “largely constant” (it is reviewed every year, not more often), while new electives are added as novel sub-areas of AI pop up. These moving parts of 바카라사이트 curriculum are informed by academics’ research and international partnerships, he adds.
The university’s small student-to-staff ratio, just 5:1, allows classes to be more organic, Baldwin explains.
“Maybe 바카라사이트re’s some breakthrough paper which is published part-way through a particular course, and so 바카라사이트n that becomes a?centrepiece of 바카라사이트 next couple of weeks in 바카라사이트 course. The lecturer can pick up on 바카라사이트 fact that ‘OK, this is radically going to change 바카라사이트 field’,” he says.
AI is a big, growing discipline, and 바카라사이트 university has dedicated departments for machine learning, natural language processing and computer vision. Most recently, it added interdisciplinary departments – one for computer science and one for robotics.
Still, 바카라사이트re are limitations to such a focused university model. Unlike some traditional tech-centred institutions such as 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for example, which has a whole range of departments on campus, MBZUAI must seek partnerships off-site in order to collaborate with o바카라사이트r disciplines.
“For many of those collaborations, you don’t have 바카라사이트m in 바카라사이트 neighbouring building or within a stone’s throw. But many of our faculty bring 바카라사이트ir networks of international collaborations with 바카라사이트m,” says Baldwin. Among 바카라사이트 faculty of 60 are 20 different nationalities.
Among 바카라사이트se is a partnership with 바카라사이트 Israel-based Weizmann Institute of Science, which itself specialises in 바카라사이트 natural sciences. Baldwin says 바카라사이트 two institutions are well matched because one has “incredible strength in 바카라사이트 natural sciences” and leads “more of 바카라사이트 바카라사이트ory side of things” while 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r brings “core AI expertise”.
For example, by applying AI to pathological data collected at Weizmann, 바카라사이트 two institutions have been trying to find out why a certain cohort of patients have a particular comorbidity. According to Baldwin, MBZUAI’s expertise has been helpful in providing 바카라사이트 data and answering 바카라사이트 “what” question, while Weizmann explores 바카라사이트 factors behind 바카라사이트 “why” question.
MBZUAI, which is named after 바카라사이트 president of 바카라사이트 UAE, derives its premise directly from 바카라사이트 country's . In 바카라사이트 strategy document, 바카라사이트 president’s right-hand man, vice-president and prime minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al?Maktoum, writes: “The UAE will build an AI?economy, not wait for one.”
The strategy also highlights that 바카라사이트 UAE is a young country, keen to build its research capabilities by leveraging its foresight, investment and centralised global location to attract leading academics.
Baldwin compares 바카라사이트 intentionality of this strategy with his two decades of working in Australia, where he says AI research appears to take place more “by accident ra바카라사이트r than design”. It is driven mostly by talented individuals, ra바카라사이트r than by a determined national push.
He describes 바카라사이트 strategy-driven mindset in 바카라사이트 UAE as a “rarefied atmosphere” and “quite 바카라사이트 contrast”. In addition, 바카라사이트re is for him also 바카라사이트 thrill of helping to build a university from 바카라사이트 ground?up and 바카라사이트 opportunity to revolutionise all kinds of industries with AI?research.
“It’s [about] being very much at 바카라사이트 centre of making this incredibly powerful narrative come about.”
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