Google, Tel Aviv University launch joint program, ‘AI for Social Good’
Google, Tel Aviv University launch joint program, ‘AI for Social Good’
Grant winners include researchers from disciplines including zoology, electrical engineering, economics, statistics, communication disorders, earth sciences, computer science, sociology and anthropology.
From left: Tel Aviv University Professor Yossi Matias, Professor Ariel Porat, Professor Meir Feder and Professor Tova Milo. Credit: Courtesy.
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(April 28, 2021 / JNS) Google and Tel Aviv University recently launched a program for promoting artificial intelligence-related multidisciplinary research for the benefit of society. The program aims to support research and collaborations in data science and artificial intelligence that can advance humanity by addressing social issues on a global agenda.
Law Professor Neta Ziv will lead the department, which will work towards increasing the representation of marginalized groups among students, faculty and administration at the university
Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
JNS.org – Google and Tel Aviv University recently launched a program for promoting artificial intelligence-related multidisciplinary research for the benefit of society. The program aims to support research and collaborations in data science and artificial intelligence that can advance humanity by addressing social issues on a global agenda.
It started within the framework of TAD–TAU Center for Artificial Intelligence & Data Science, established in February and headed by Professor Meir Feder of the Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering.
The three-year program was announced at a recent ceremony at the university, naming 10 winners out of 27 proposals submitted in response to the joint call. Seven of the winning projects are supported by Google.
Shoshanna Solomon is The Times of Israel s Startups and Business reporter
Left to Right: Prof. Yossi Matias, Google VP and Managing Director of the Google Center in Israel; Prof. Ariel Porat, president of Tel Aviv University; Prof. Meir Feder, head of TAU Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (TAD) and Prof. Tova Milo (Courtesy)
US tech giant Google and Tel Aviv University have launched a three-year program to promote AI-related multidisciplinary research to address global social, economic and environmental challenges.
The program aims to support the combination of data science and artificial intelligence for a variety of projects. The initiative was launched in March, within the framework the TAU Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (TAD) that was set up earlier this year and is headed by Prof. Meir Feder of the Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering.
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