Iran to Hold Special Event on Innovative AI Ideas

Milad Zare’kar, the secretary of the first national event on innovative artificial intelligence ideas, stated that its main goal is to link universities and industry.

“In this event, which will be held with the participation of activists from the field of technology, ten themes will be discussed, including smart agriculture, medicine and health, smart urbanization and housing, humanities and interdisciplinary studies, industry, mining and smart production, artificial intelligence technical technologies, education and basic intelligence, energy and environment, content and media production and smart transportation,” he added.

Zare’kar noted that projects from each field, which will be a total of 30 projects, will be presented by the owners of the ideas, and finally, after judging, one project from each field will be selected as the winner.

Iranian Vice-President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy Hossein Afshin announced in February that the AI has passed the theoretical stage and now is in the operational phase in Iran.

“The AI has been developed in Iran since 2010. This technology was first introduced in self-driving cars, medical guidance systems and traffic management, and today, having passed the theoretical stage, it has entered industrial and operational applications,” Afshin said.

Noting that artificial intelligence is no longer a purely academic subject, he said, “There was a time when only theoretical discussions were raised about artificial intelligence, but today the country is facing a new generation of operational projects in the fields of oil, health, smart cities and industry.”

“This change of direction is the result of targeted investment and the serious entry of creative engineers into this field,” Afshin said.

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