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Broadcast Pro
23-04-2025
- Science
- Broadcast Pro
MBZUAI joins Machines Can See 2025 as Official Partner
Event will gather more than 2,000 experts and enthusiasts focused on building a safer, more sustainable world through AI. Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) will serve as an official partner at Machines Can See 2025 (MCS 2025), taking place from April 23 to 24 during Dubai AI Week. The event, hosted at the Museum of the Future and Emirates Towers, will bring together over 2,000 AI experts and enthusiasts committed to shaping a safer and more sustainable future through artificial intelligence. Ivan Laptev, Professor of Computer Vision at MBZUAI and Co-Founder of Machines Can See, said: 'As an official partner of Machines Can See, MBZUAI is proud to contribute towards building an AI ecosystem aligned with the UAEs ambitions for global leadership in science and technology. Our research and innovations across all AI disciplines inspire students and researchers to unlock the full potential of this technology. Were excited to connect with the wider community and share what weve been working on in robotics and computer vision, showing how the university is making progress in building smart, AI-powered systems.' The universitys presence at MCS 2025 will be marked by the participation of key figures from its research community. Professor Hao Li will open and close the first day of the event, while Professor Sami Haddadin, Professor Ian Reid and PhD student Wafa AlGhallabi will contribute to a series of panels covering robotics, the future of computer vision and equitable access to AI. MBZUAI will also host an interactive booth showcasing four of its latest AI-driven innovations. These include the Holographic Brain, a tool for neurological diagnostics that maps brain structures using imaging and genetic data; the AI Arabic Doctor, a multilingual virtual medical assistant developed with the universitys BiMediX2 model; Voodoo XP, a metaverse-ready tool that creates lifelike 3D avatars from a single portrait; and LAIKA, a robot dog capable of autonomous navigation, voice interaction, and environmental assessment. Through its contributions to Machines Can See 2025, MBZUAI continues to demonstrate its leadership in advanced AI research and its role in shaping the global dialogue around responsible, impactful technology.
Zawya
22-04-2025
- Health
- Zawya
MBZUAI to showcase AI innovation at Machines Can See 2025 with expert speakers and live demos
Dubai, UAE: Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) will participate as an official partner at Machines Can See 2025 (MCS 2025), taking place April 23–24 during Dubai AI Week. The event, hosted at the Museum of the Future and Emirates Towers, will gather more than 2,000 experts and enthusiasts focused on building a safer, more sustainable world through AI. 'As an official partner of Machines Can See, MBZUAI is proud to contribute towards building an AI ecosystem aligned with the UAE's ambitions for global leadership in science and technology,' said Ivan Laptev, Professor of Computer Vision at MBZUAI and Co-Founder of Machines Can See. 'Our research and innovations across all AI disciplines inspire students and researchers to unlock the full potential of this technology. We're excited to connect with the wider community and share what we've been working on in robotics and computer vision, showing how the university is making progress in building smart, AI-powered systems.' MBZUAI's presence at MCS 2025 includes leading voices from its research community: Hao Li, Professor of Computer Vision, will deliver both the opening and closing remarks on April 23. Sami Haddadin, Vice President of Research and Professor of Robotics, will speak on the 'Robots: Are We Ready?' panel on April 24 at 9:50 a.m. Ian Reid, Department Chair and Professor of Computer Vision, will join the 'Computer Vision: 2025' panel on April 24 at 5:30 p.m. Wafa AlGhallabi, Ph.D. student and c o-founder of Nutrigenics and will participate in the 'AI for All: Ensuring Equal Access to AI' panel on April 24 at 4:50 p.m. MBZUAI's booth will feature four interactive demonstrations developed by its research teams: Holographic Brain This advanced platform segments the brain into 32 structures and analyzes more than 100 radiomics features per region to detect subtle abnormalities. Integrating imaging, connectivity, and genetic data, the tool supports personalized risk assessment and improves diagnostic precision for neurological and psychiatric conditions. AI Arabic Doctor Developed using MBZUAI's BiMediX2 model, AI Arabic Doctor is a multimodal virtual assistant capable of answering medical queries in Arabic and English, interpreting medical images, and supporting illiterate users through speech interaction. It addresses healthcare access challenges across the Middle East and Africa and was named a winner of Meta's inaugural Llama Impact Innovation Awards. Voodoo XP Developed by the MBZUAI Metaverse Center, Voodoo XP is a one-shot, face re-enactment tool that creates 3D avatars from a single portrait image. Available via camera or VR headset, the demo enables immersive interaction and long-distance communication through realistic avatars, bringing people closer in virtual environments. LAIKA LAIKA is a robot dog that showcases robotic locomotion, perception, and reasoning. It combines the latest advances in AI and can respond to voice commands, navigate to locations of interest, and tell people what it observes. LAIKA is a prototype for an autonomous explorer or inspection robot that could help people with tedious or dangerous tasks in safety, healthcare, construction, agriculture, and more. About Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) MBZUAI is a research-focused university in Abu Dhabi, and the first university dedicated entirely to the advancement of science through AI. The university empowers the next generation of AI leaders, driving innovation and impactful applications of AI through world-class education and interdisciplinary research. In 2025, MBZUAI launched its first ever undergraduate program, a Bachelor of Science in AI, with two distinct streams: Business and Engineering. For more information, please visit To apply for admission, visit or contact admission@ For press inquiries, please contact: Aya Sakoury MBZUAI's Head of PR and Strategic Communications Amy Rogers MBZUAI's Senior Integrated Communications Specialist media@
Al Etihad
22-04-2025
- Business
- Al Etihad
UAE: MBZUAI to showcase AI innovation at Machines Can See 2025
22 Apr 2025 15:23 DUBAI (ALETIHAD) Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) will participate as an official partner at Machines Can See 2025, held from April 23-24 during Dubai AI event, taking place at the Museum of the Future and Emirates Towers, will bring together over 2,000 AI experts and Laptev, Professor of Computer Vision at MBZUAI and Co-Founder of Machines Can See, said, 'Our research inspires the next generation of innovators to unlock AI's full potential. As an official partner of Machines Can See, MBZUAI is proud to support the UAE's ambition for global leadership in AI and science.'MBZUAI's participation includes a strong line-up of faculty and researchers: Hao Li, Professor of Computer Vision, will deliver the opening and closing remarks on 23rd April; Sami Haddadin, Vice-President of Research and Professor of Robotics, will join the 'Robots: Are We Ready?' panel on 24th April at 09:50; Ian Reid, Department Chair and Professor of Computer Vision, will speak on the 'Computer Vision: 2025' panel on 24th April at 17:30; Wafa AlGhallabi, PhD student and co-founder of Nutrigenics and will take part in the 'AI for All' panel on 24th April at 16:50. MBZUAI will also host four interactive demos at its booth: Holographic Brain, AI Arabic Doctor, Voodoo XP, LAIKA.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic, like in Europe and Middle East
New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors, new technologies meant something quite different: new kinds of stone tools that were smaller but could be used for many tasks and lasted for a long time. Archaeologists like me are interested in the Middle Paleolithic – a period spanning 250,000 to 30,000 years ago – because it includes the first appearance of our species, our arrival into many parts of the world for the first time, and our invention of many new kinds of stone tools. In our study just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team of international collaborators and I describe our discovery in China of the first complete example of a Middle Paleolithic technology previously seen only in Europe and the Middle East. Archaeologists have thought that ancient people in East Asia completely skipped the Middle Paleolithic. Our discovery challenges the long-standing notion that while ancient people in Europe and Africa were inventing new tools during this period, people of East Asia stuck to only the most basic tools that remained unchanged for thousands of years. The tool we've identified is called a Quina scraper. This type of stone tool is well known from archaeological sites in Europe and the Middle East. Quina scrapers are typically quite thick and asymmetrical, with a broad and sharp working edge that shows clear signs of being used and resharpened multiple times. This shape results in durable cutting edges, ideal for long cycles of use followed by resharpening. People used Quina scrapers to scrape and cut soft materials, such as meat and animal skins, and medium-hard materials, such as wood. We know this from tiny scratches and chips on the scrapers that match traces caused by working these materials in experiments using contemporary stone tools. European archaeologists believe that Quina scrapers were invented to meet the needs of highly mobile hunters living in cool and dry climates. These hunters were focused on seasonal migratory prey such as reindeer, giant deer, horse and bison. Quina scrapers would have helped them process their kills into food and other resources – for example, to extract marrow. Our team, led by Hao Li of the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research and Qijun Ruan of the Yunnan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, excavated Quina scrapers and related stone tools from the Longtan archaeological site in southwest China. Our colleague Bo Li at the University of Wollongong used optical luminescence dating methods on the layers of earth that contained the artifacts. This technique can identify how much time has passed since each individual sand grain was last exposed to the Sun. Dating many individual grains in a sample is important because tree roots, insects or other animals can mix younger sediments down into older ones. After we identified and removed intrusive younger grains, we found the layers containing the artifacts were 50,000 to 60,000 years old. This is roughly the same time Quina scrapers were being used in Europe at Neanderthal sites. Keliang Zhao from China's Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology looked at pollen grains from the Longtan excavations. He found that the Middle Paleolithic people of Longtan lived in a relatively open forest-grassland environment and a dry and cool climate. This environment is similar to that of Quina sites in Europe. Davide Delpiano, Marco Peresani and Marie-Hélène Moncel, experts on European Middle Paleolithic tools, joined our team to help with the comparison of the Chinese and European specimens and confirm their similarities. Hélène Monod, from Universidad Rovira i Virgili in Spain, looked at our Quina scrapers under the microscope and found traces on them from scraping and scratching bones, antlers and wood. She also found polish from using the tools on meat, hides and soft plants. Our new discovery of Quina scrapers joins another recent find of a different kind of Middle Paleolithic technology in East Asia: Levallois tools from Guanyindong Cave in Guizhou Province in south-central China. Levallois tools result from a distinctive multistep sequence that efficiently produces lots of useful cutting tools, with minimal wasted stone. Taken together, these two finds make a strong case that Middle Paleolithic technologies were present in East Asia. But why are we only just finding this Quina tool kit now, when it has been known in Europe for such a long time? One reason is that archaeologists have been looking in Europe for longer than almost anywhere else in the world. Another reason Middle Paleolithic evidence appears rare in East Asia is because what now seem to be less typical variations of the Quina tool kit previously found in China had been overlooked, likely due to archaeologists' narrow definitions based on European examples. The Quina tools at Longtan are among the earliest artifacts from that site, which makes it hard for researchers to determine the origins of this new technology. Was it introduced by visitors from Europe? Or did local people in East Asia independently invent it? To answer these questions, we hope to find more Quina scrapers at sites with deeper – meaning older – layers than Longtan. If older layers hold what look like the remnants of experiments in stone toolmaking that would eventually result in Quina tools, it suggests Quina tools were invented locally. If deeper layers have dissimilar tools, that suggests Quina technology was introduced from a neighboring group. We also hope future work will reveal who made these tools. Our excavations at Longtan did not find any human bone or DNA that could help us identify the toolmakers. During the Middle Paleolithic, there were multiple human species that could make tools like this. It could have been modern humans like us. But it could also have been Neanderthals. Considering that the Quina technology in Europe is directly associated with Neanderthals, this seems likely. But it could also have been Denisovans, an extinct species similar to modern humans found during this time in Siberia, the Tibetan Plateau and Laos, or even a new human species that hasn't been seen before. Whoever was making and using these Quina scrapers, they were able to be inventive and flexible with their technology, adapting to their changing environment. This article is republished from The Conversation, a nonprofit, independent news organization bringing you facts and trustworthy analysis to help you make sense of our complex world. It was written by: Ben Marwick, University of Washington Read more: Ancient DNA is revealing the genetic landscape of people who first settled East Asia New dates for ancient stone tools in China point to local invention of complex technology Melting Mongolian ice reveals fragile artifacts that provide clues about how past people lived Ben Marwick does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
