ISLAMABAD:Experts on Tuesday from various walks of life delivered talks as a part of lecture series titled “Nobel Fest Lecture Series” organized by COMSTECH — the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
In the second session of the series, three talks have been delivered. The session was attended by participants online from various OIC member states and in-person at COMSTECH.
The Chairman and CEO Interactive Group of Companies Dr. Shahid Mahmud delivered his talk on “Building an educated nation”. He said that education was meant to “prepare a person to face everyday life.”
He said, “Covid-19 had changed our lives for years to come.” To meet the challenges of the future, he quoted Albert Einstein” “We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.”
Dr. Shahid said that the goal should be to connect youth, policymakers, academia, think tanks, ideas and insights, bring transparency in data and process, and solve complicated national and global problems.
He suggested that “the improvement of our understanding of ourselves and each other, creating cultures of harmony and civilizations of peace, adopting technologies of the greater good can be the best way forward.”
Similarly, title of the talk delivered by Chairman National Center of Artificial Intelligence, and Central Project Director Dr. Yasar Ayaz was “artificial intelligence on leading edge”.
He said artificial intelligence was a method by which computers became able to perform tasks which normally required human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making and translation of languages. He talked about the significance, future trends, application and expected revenue generation from the application of AI.
Director Research National University of Sciences and Technology Dr. Hamood Ur Rahman talked on the topic of “strategic policy framework – research leading to commercialization”.
He spoke about the excellence achieved by NUST and addressed the question “how research leads to commercialization”.