A universidade de inteligência artificial de Abu Dhabi cria departamentos dedicados à robótica e às ciências informáticas para responder à crescente procura mundial

ABU DHABI, Emirados Árabes Unidos, Aug. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) estabeleceu dois novos departamentos e quatro programas de pós-graduação associados dedicados à robótica e à ciência da computação, satisfazendo a crescente procura global por estas disciplinas, sendo esperado que atinjam, respetivamente, os 225 mil milhões de dólaresi e os 140 mil milhões de dólares até 2030ii.

Os novos departamentos complementam os atuais departamentos de visão computacional (CV), aprendizagem automática (ML) e processamento de linguagem natural (NLP) da universidade, que estão classificados entre os 20 melhores a nível mundial pela CSRankings.

Em paralelo com a formação dos novos departamentos, a universidade lançou programas de mestrado e doutoramento em robótica e ciências informáticas. Estes programas ajudarão a desenvolver o ecossistema de IA mais alargado dos EAU e a reforçar a sua posição de centro internacional de investigação e inovação em IA.

O Presidente da MBZUAI e Professor Universitário, Eric Xing, afirmou: “A adição destes dois novos departamentos representa o esforço duradouro da MBZUAI no desenvolvimento de uma base sólida para a excelência da investigação e a inovação no domínio da inteligência artificial. A universidade continuará a atrair para Abu Dhabi professores e investigadores de renome mundial nestes domínios e a preparar os estudantes para se tornarem pioneiros com competências muito procuradas no desenvolvimento de ferramentas e aplicações avançadas de IA em todas as indústrias. Dado o renascimento digital da IA em que nos encontramos, a procura de competências nestas disciplinas está a aumentar”.

O Departamento de Robótica centrar-se-á na investigação rigorosa, original e de grande impacto, dando ênfase à aprendizagem e aos algoritmos dos robôs e não ao desenvolvimento de novo hardware para robôs. O Departamento de Informática proporcionará uma profundidade técnica sem paralelo nas tecnologias fundamentais que deram origem ao crescimento fenomenal e ao impacto das TI nas últimas quatro décadas.

O Reitor em exercício da MBZUAI, Professor Timothy Baldwin, afirmou: “A MBZUAI está na vanguarda da educação e investigação em IA, tornando os nossos programas distintos e competitivos a nível mundial. O Departamento de Robótica centrar-se-á numa investigação em robótica autónoma e centrada no ser humano, bem como no desenvolvimento da próxima geração de profissionais de robótica com competências profundas em IA e robótica, apoiando carreiras na vanguarda do mundo académico, da indústria e da administração pública”.

A robótica é uma tecnologia transformadora, que revoluciona setores como a indústria transformadora, os cuidados de saúde, a agricultura e os transportes. A investigação indica uma forte procura de conhecimentos especializados em robótica nos próximos anos, prevendo-se que o mercado da tecnologia robótica ultrapasse os 225,6 mil milhões de dólares em valor até 2030iii. Esta procura será fortemente dificultada por uma previsível escassez de talentos a nível mundial, com um potencial de 85 milhões de postos de trabalho por preencher até 2030 devido à falta de pessoas qualificadas para os ocupariv. Do mesmo modo, o mercado de trabalho global das ciências informáticas também está em expansão, com projeções de uma taxa de crescimento anual (CAGR) de 14,5% entre 2021 e 2027 e uma estimativa de 3,5 milhões de empregos até 2026v.

As candidaturas para o ano de admissão de 2024 serão abertas a 1 de setembro de 2023. Para mais informações, visite mbzuai.ac.ae ou contacte [email protected]


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جامعة محمد بن زايد للذكاء الاصطناعي تطلق برامج في علم الروبوتات وعلوم الحاسوب

تلبية للطلب المتزايد على هذه التخصصات على مستوى العالم

أبوظبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة، 3 أغسطس 2023: أطلقت جامعة محمد بن زايد للذكاء الاصطناعي قسمين جديدين يشملان مجالي علم الروبوتات وعلوم الحاسوب، وذلك تلبية للطلب العالمي المتزايد على هذين التخصصين، إذ من المتوقع أن يصل الطلب إلى 225 مليار دولار[i]  في مجال علم الروبوتات و 140 مليار دولار في مجال علوم الحاسوب بحلول العام [ii]2030.

ويأتي هذان القسمان الجديدان ليكملا سلسلة البرامج التعليمية التي تقدمها الجامعة لطلابها، والتي تشمل الرؤية الحاسوبية، وتعلّم الآلة، ومعالجة اللغات الطبيعية، وهي برامج تم تصنيفها من بين أفضل 20 برنامجاً عالمياً بحسب موقع CSRankings.

وبالتزامن مع إطلاق القسمين الجديدين، أعلنت الجامعة عن برامج الماجستير والدكتوراه الجديدة. وستساعد هذه البرامج في تطوير منظومة الذكاء الاصطناعي في دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة وتعزيز مكانتها كمركز دولي لأبحاث الذكاء الاصطناعي والابتكار.

بهذه المناسبة، قال البروفيسور إريك زينغ، رئيس جامعة محمد بن زايد للذكاء الاصطناعي والبروفيسور الجامعي: “تعكس إضافة القسمين الجديدين الجهود المستمرّة التي تبذلها جامعة محمد بن زايد للذكاء الاصطناعي لتطوير أساس متين للتميز البحثي والابتكار في مجال الذكاء الاصطناعي. وستستمر الجامعة في استقطاب النخب العالمية من الهيئات التدريسية والباحثين في هذه المجالات إلى أبوظبي، كما ستدعم طلابها ليصبحوا رواداً في مجالاتهم وليتمتعوا بالمهارات اللازمة لتطوير أدوات الذكاء الاصطناعي وتطبيقاته المتقدمة في مختلف المجالات، لاسيما مع تزايد الطلب على المهارات المرتبطة بهذه التخصصات في ظل الثورة الرقمية التي يشهدها العالم حالياً”.

وسيقوم قسم الروبوتات على الأبحاث الأصلية التي تتسم بدقتها وبتأثيرها الواسع، مع التركيز على تعلّم الروبوت وخوارزميات الروبوت بدلاً من تطوير أجهزة روبوت جديدة. وفي الوقت عينه، سيتيح قسم علوم الحاسوب للطلاب التعمّق بشكل استثنائي في التقنيات الأساسية التي أدت إلى النمو الهائل الذي يشهده العالم وفي تأثير تكنولوجيا المعلومات في العقود الأربعة الماضية.

من جهته، قال عميد جامعة محمد بن زايد للذكاء الاصطناعي بالإنابة، تيموثي بالدوين: “إن جامعة محمد بن زايد للذكاء الاصطناعي في طليعة المؤسسات المعنية بتعليم الذكاء الاصطناعي والبحوث التي تتمحور حوله، مما يجعل البرامج التي تقدمها لطلابها مميزة وتنافسية على الساحة العالمية. سيركز قسم علم الروبوتات على تطوير الجيل القادم من المتخصصين في علم الروبوتات ذوي المهارات الراسخة في الذكاء الاصطناعي كما في علم الروبوتات، ليشغلوا وظائف ريادية في الأوساط الأكاديمية والصناعية والحكومية”.

يُحدث علم الروبوتات ثورة في قطاعات متعددة مثل الصناعة والرعاية الصحية والزراعة والنقل. وتشير الأبحاث إلى ارتفاع الطلب على الخبرة في مجال الروبوتات بشكل كبير في السنوات القادمة، حيث من المتوقع أن تتجاوز قيمة سوق تكنولوجيا الروبوتات 225.6 مليار دولار بحلول العام 2030[iii]. إلا أن هذا الطلب الكبيرة سيواجه النقص المتوقع في المواهب العالمية، حيث من المحتمل أن تظل حوالي 85 مليون وظيفة شاغرة بحلول العام 2030 بسبب نقص المتخصصين في هذا المجال[iv].

أما سوق العمل العالمي في مجال علوم الحاسوب فيشهد ازدهاراً بارزاً، إذ من المتوقع أن يبلغ معدل النمو السنوي المركب 14.5٪ ما بين عامي 2021 و2027، وأن يشمل ما يقدر بنحو 3.5 مليون وظيفة بحلول عام [v]2026.

يُذكر أنه سيتم فتح باب تقديم الطلبات للعام 2024 في 1 سبتمبر 2023. لمزيد من المعلومات يُرجى زيارة الموقع الإلكتروني mbzuai.ac.ae أو التواصل مع فريق عمل الجامعة على [email protected].

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Namibia to host SADC E8 High Level meeting

Cabinet has directed the foreign relations and health ministries to begin preparations for the hosting of a high-level meeting on the elimination of malaria in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) next month.

During its this week, cabinet approved that the government host the SADC Elimination Eight (E8) High-Level Meeting from 04 to 05 September in Windhoek.

Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Kalumbi Shangula, told Nampa on Friday that the meeting is aimed at raising awareness against Malaria in the region.

‘In order to rekindle the effort to continue to sustain the campaign against malaria, a meeting is called for SADC ministers responsible for health,’ Shangula said.

According to the minister, E8 is a coalition of eight countries in Southern Africa that collaborate to eliminate malaria by 2030.

He said malaria is endemic in Namibia and other SADC countries, except Lesotho.

‘The meeting is important to raise awareness about the importance of reaching the goals of malaria elimination and also to recommit the member states to provide sufficient financial and human resources to fight malaria,’ Shangula said.

Former health minister and malaria expert, Dr Richard Kamwi, also told Nampa in a separate interview that the E8 was supposed to have eradicated malaria in Namibia, Eswatini, Botswana and South Africa by 2020, as well as the remaining member states by 2030.

Kwamwi said the four countries were among the 20 member states that the World Health Organization (WHO) designated to eliminate the mosquito-borne disease more than ten years ago.

‘But as we speak, the WHO has taken those four member states off that list because the cases of malaria have moved up,’ Kamwi said.

In 2012, Kamwi said Namibia only recorded two cases of malaria, which were imported from Angola.

‘As we speak, we are now reporting thousands of cases of malaria indigenous to Namibia. This is the same trend in Eswatini, South Africa, and Botswana,’ he said.

Kawami, the founding chairperson of the E8 Council of Ministers, said the next month’s meeting will help revive the fight against malaria, which was interrupted by the COVID-19 outbreak.

‘We want to have that meeting in order to revive and maximise our diplomacy. Meaning all those member states will be invited, including the ministries of health and finance. We want to advocate and raise the bar in order for the ministries of health to receive budgets,’ he said.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency

Pinehas opens NDF Annual Sport Games at Oshakati

Chief of the Namibian Defense Force (NDF), Martin Pinehas, on Friday officially opened the eighth edition of the NDF Annual Sport Games at the Oshakati Independence Stadium in the Oshana Region.

In a media statement issued to Nampa on Friday, Pinehas stated that the NDF is celebrating its eighth edition of the games, being held under the theme; “Unity through Sport”.

“Today, we stand united, representing different services, formations and units from different backgrounds, all bound by a shared love for sportsmanship and camaraderie. Let us cherish this moment because finally we are all here together as members of the NDF from all corners of the land of the brave in the spirit of Harambee,” he said.

Pinehas stated that the ceremony is a clear demonstration of the unifying power of sport and that in times of difficulties, they recognize the power of sports to transcend boundaries and foster understanding among each Namibian.

‘Beyond the field of battle, every Namibian is united on this sporting ground, where the language of unity speaks louder than the language of division. As we compete, let us not forget that our true victory lies in forging bonds that will last a lifetime. Let us embrace the opportunity to learn from one another, to appreciate the diversity that strengthens our collective spirit,” he added.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency

Yasutoshi to visit Namibia

Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Yasutoshi Nishimura, will have an official visit to Namibia for the first time on 07 to 08 August 2023.

According to a media statement issued on Friday by the Embassy of Japan, Nishimura will pay a courtesy visit to the President, Hage Geingob, where they will have a bilateral meeting as part of his visit.

The Japanese embassy stated that some of the officials that will be at the meeting include Minister of Industrialisation and Trade, Lucia Iipumbu, as well as Minister of Mines and Energy, Tom Alweendo, where discussions will focus on bilateral economic relations, including the minerals and hydrogen sector.

Furthermore, the embassy stated that the visit will strengthen existing relations between Japan and Namibia, while also pursuing new possibilities for business collaboration between the two countries and that after that, the minister will also visit Angola, DRC, Zambia and Madagascar.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency

Police officers appear in court at Karasburg for illegal mining

Two officers of the Namibian Police Force (NamPol) on Thursday appeared in the Karasburg Magistrate’s Court on charges of illegally mining and contravening the prevention of the organised crime Act.

NamPol’s crime investigations coordinator for ||Kharas, Deputy Commissioner Nikodemus Mbango, told Nampa on Friday that the duo, 35-year-old Gerson Sheuyange and 42-year-old Cassey Khakisi, were arrested on Wednesday with seven other accused persons, who also appeared in court on the same charges.

The other suspects are Daniel Shaambeni, 45, Kondjashili Johannes, 52, Titus Hangala, 28, Gideon Ickua, 37, Johan Van Wyk, 42, Gray Thomas, 36 and Christo Booysen, 30.

Mbango said the case was postponed to 08 September for further police investigation and all accused person were granted N.dollars 10 000 each.

According to the deputy commissioner, the men are part of 11 others arrested in June this year for extracting and collecting natural resources from the Ysterputz Farm, located 145 kilometres west of Karasburg, without permits to carry out such activities. The area is known to have large deposit of blue and white banded chalcedony.

‘After collecting the stones, such stones were sold and money was laundered into their account and they used such monies to acquire assets. We have discovered up to N.dollars 2.5 million proceeds that some have benefited from,” he added.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency