Iranian VP Underlines Using AI for Research on Women's Health
“In artificial intelligence, data plays a pivotal role. Without collecting core data, we will lag behind the world, and the best programming languages will be ineffective without access to data. In addition, collecting indigenous data in some areas like medicine and specially women's health, is doubly important since it is related to gender, geography, and culture of individuals,” Afshin said.
He underscored readiness to support research related to women's health and artificial intelligence, saying, “This project will be implemented as a pilot in Fars Province (in Southern Iran) and then will expand nationally.”
Afshin also announced the formation of a consortium with the participation of the Ministry of Interior and the Vice-Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy to advance this project, and said, “The projects will be judged by professors from Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.”
Afshin had announced in February that the AI had passed the theoretical stage and now is in the operational phase.
“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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