Intel Powers New AI Research Center at Technion in Israel - insideHPC

Today the Technion technological institute in Israel announced that Intel is collaborating with the institute on its new artificial intelligence (AI) research center. The announcement was made at the center's inauguration attended by Dr. Michael Mayberry, Intel's chief technology officer, and Dr. Naveen Rao, Intel corporate vice president and general manager of the Artificial Intelligence Products Group. AI is not a one-size-fits-all approach, and Intel has been working closely with a range of industry leaders to deploy AI capabilities and create new experiences. Our collaboration with Technion not only reinforces Intel Israel's AI operations, but we are also seeing advancements to the field of AI from the joint research that is under way and in the pipeline." The center features Technion's computer science, electrical engineering, industrial engineering and management departments, among others, all collaborating to drive a closer relationship between academia and industry in the race to AI. Intel, which invested undisclosed funds in the center, will represent the industry in leading AI-dedicated computing research.