LAHORE: The National Centre of Artificial Intelligence at the Al-Khwarizmi Institute of Computer Sciences, University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore (NCAI KICS-UET) and The International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the fields of research and development.
This collaboration is set to bring collaborative efforts in computer science and software development, High-end training by NCAI in the domain of Artificial Intelligence, sharing of data for research and development purposes and along with joint research publications and articles, submission of research projects/proposals to national and international funding agencies.
Dr Muhammad Iqbal Chaudhry, Director ICCBS, said at the MoU signing ceremony the centres of excellence were brains of intellectual depth of any country that generate knowledge from these centres.
The collaboration between the two reputed research centres of the country is critical in solving research problems especially in the field of genomics, proteomics, medical imaging, drug discovery Artificial intelligence and to name a few.
The participants were given a briefing by Dr Usman Ghani Khan, Director Intelligent Criminology research lab, on multi-fold aspects and outcomes of the centre working under his supervision.
While having a look at the progress of NCAI and talking to the researchers, Dr Iqbal expressed keen interest in future collaborations.
At the end of the MoU ceremony, Dr Waqar Mehmood, Director KICS, formally gave a thanking note and dedicated this collaboration as a beginning of a new journey that will open new avenues of innovative research in the field of AI as well as chemical and biological sciences.