UAE launches AI Code Hub; DP World to deploy AITVs
Good afternoon,
And just to prove that Middle East AI News is human-powered and not automated, here's a special late edition of your Thursday newsletter! :)
Not much AI news this week. However, Wednesday's meeting of the Emirates Council for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transactions announced a new AI Code Hub.
According to the official statement, the AI Code Hub initiative is a platform that provides access to open source AI algorithms in an attempt to help speed up the UAE's AI development efforts. By providing a central resource, the government hopes to help government and private organisations to both fast-track AI development and reduce costs.
I'll be sure to share the URL as/when it's published.
Stay safe and have a great weekend!
/Carrington
R&D
UAE Council for Artificial Intelligence announces AI Code Hub — wam.ae
#UAE #R&D - The UAE Council for Artificial Intelligence has announced the launch of the "AI Code Hub," during its ninth meeting. The initiative aims to offer a single platform for gathering AI open source programmes that support the efforts of the government and private sector to develop technologies. (WAM)
Coronavirus
Abu Dhabi firm to roll out breakthrough technology for wide-scale testing — www.thenational.ae
#UAE #coronavirus - AI technology company Group 42 has teamed up with UK sequencing firm Oxford Nanopore Technologies to help develop a method to drive up detection rates for Covid-19. (The National)
AI-based solution to monitor adherence to COVID-19 guidelines in UAE — www.zawya.com
#UAE #coronavirus - Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority has partnered with Derq, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) spinoff, to deploy an AI-based solution that analyses CCTV feeds to support cities in ensuring compliance with COVID-19 response measures. (WAM)
Smart helmets to monitor people’s temperatures in public places — www.arabnews.com
#Saudi #coronavirus - Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province Municipality is using smart helmets to scan individuals and prevent the spread of coronavirus in public places. (Arab News)
Healthcare
Saudi student develops robot to teach children with Down syndrome — gulfnews.com
#Saudi #robotics - Nada Bint Saeed Al Qahtani, a Saudi student at the College of Computer Science, King Khalid University, has developed a “robot” named “Eve” to support teaching programmes for children aged 3 to 15 with Down syndrome. (Gulf News)
Maritime
Autonomous vehicles support UAE port progress — www.portstrategy.com
#UAE #AVs - DP World, the UAE region and the autonomous vehicle, robotics and AI specialist DGWorld signed a deal to equip DP-World operated Jebel Ali Port with a fleet of Autonomous Internal Terminal Vehicles (AITV's). (Port Strategy)
Oman establishes innovation center for Liquid Robotics’ autonomous vessel — roboticsandautomationnews.com
#Oman #R&D- The Research Council of Oman has established an innovation center built around the Wave Glider, a small, solar-powered autonomous sea-going vessel mainly used for research developed by Liquid Robotics, a Boeing company. (R&A News)
Education
Communication Ministry, AWS partner on AI, data science training — wwww.dailynewssegypt.com
#Egypt #training - Minister of Communication and Information Technology Amr Talaat has announced that his ministry will partner with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to train 500 young Egyptians in AI and data science technologies. (Daily News Egypt)
Geopolitics
Abundant bilateral opportunities in China's two political sessions, says UAE Ambassador to China — wam.ae
#China #UAE #trade - Dr. Ali Obaid Al Dhaheri, Ambassador of the UAE to China, published an opinion piece in China Daily following the two major annual political meetings known as two sessions earlier this month. Among other developments, he noted the UAE's close cooperation with China by Khalifa University of Science and Technology, The Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence and Group 42's Covid-19 laboratory in Masdar City. (WAM)