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NKUA and Google to collaborate in the field of Artificial Intelligence

30 octobre 2024
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A Memorandum of Understanding, meant to develop the skills of the academic community in the field of Artificial Intelligence, was signed between the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Google. 
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The partnership imcludes the provision of educational programmes, both online and in-person, ranging from machine learning and data analysis to cybersecurity and digital marketing strategies with the use of AI. The collaboration seeks to generate opportunities to promote Artificial Intelligence and digital inclusion, while offering both academics and students the required skills to empower individuals and businesses in a digitally evolving world.

This collaboration has the prospect of bringing about multidimensional changes in how we perceive education, research, and technology. Far from being a symbolic gesture, it constitutes a step forward in strengthening our educational programmes and promoting innovation. Artificial Intelligence is no longer a matter for scientists and researchers alone. It is rather a field that affects almost every part of our lives, from our daily interaction with digital platforms to strategic decisions at the administrative level”,  said the Rector of the University of Athens, Professor Gerasimos Siasos. 

Continuing education in a dynamically evolving digital environment

The MoU is expected to:

  • enable the members of the NKUA’s academic community to familiarise themselves with the latest advances in Artificial Intelligence by learning specialised skills;
  • foster innovation by providing access to modern digital skills and strategies and thus allowing the members of the NKUA’s academic community to promote their AI-based novel ideas and research projects. This will create new knowledge and facilitate the application of AI to cutting-edge fields;
  • ensure interconnection with the labour market, since collaboration with Google, one of the world’s biggest technology companies, will enable the members of the NKUA’s academic community to better understand the demands of the labour market, while also giving them the tools they need to raise the institution’s academic profile and move it closer to the axis of the global vanguard;
  • ease access to international resources and networks, given that Google is a gateway to content from across the world, including educational material, data analysis tools, and other platforms that can raise the standard of research and teaching;
  • contribute to the professional development of students and the rest of the academic community, since all seminars covering leadership and digital marketing strategies can help academics to manage and develop their research teams and approach teaching with the use of new methodologies.

AI represents a huge opportunity and, at the same time, a great responsibility. Only 'together' can we develop it responsibly and ensure that its benefits are accessible to all”, concluded Google Regional General Manager for Southeast Europe, Ms Peggy Antonakou. 

More details are available in the original story, in Greek

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