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Prime Minister visited AUT
Research fellow Maryam Doborjeh and PhD student Zohreh Doborjeh presented the advanced neuromarketing system and the NeuCube development to the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern when she visited AUT University to unveil the plaque and officially open the newest building WZ (31 August 2018).
Visitors to KEDRI in 2018
Dr Liu Haijun, visiting scholar from the Institute of Disaster Prevention is a visitor at KEDRI from February 1, 2018, to February 28, 2019.
Zohreh Doborjeh received Dean’s Excellence Award
Zohreh Doborjeh received Dean’s Excellence Award for outstanding performance in postgraduate studies for the year 2018.
Prof. Nikola Kasabov is the recipient of the International Neural Network Society's inaugural Award
Prof. Nikola Kasabov is the recipient of the International Neural Network Society's inaugural "Ada Lovelace Service Award" for his meritorious service to the neural community.
Professor Nikola Kasabov, is now President-Elect of the Asia-Pacific Neural Network Society (APNNS) for 2018
The KEDRI Director, Professor Nikola Kasabov, is now President-Elect of the Asia-Pacific Neural Network Society (APNNS) for 2018, to serve as its President in 2019. APNNS is a premier society of researchers and practitioners from all countries in the Asia –Pacific, Middle East and Russia, working in the areas of neural networks and artificial intelligence. The APNNS President leads this society and oversees its activities, including its annual conferences ICONIP (International Conference on Neuro-Information Processing). ICONIP 2019 will be held in Sydney, followed by a Symposium in Auckland on “Brain-like Artificial Intelligence” organised by KEDRI.
Professor Nikola Kasabov officially appointed as Advisory Professor for five years to Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
During his visit to China on 13th November, Professor Nikola Kasabov, FRSNZ, Director of the AUT KEDRI Institute, was officially appointed as Advisory Professor for five years to Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) – one of the top Universities in China. The position is an honorary one and Prof Kasabov will have an advisory role on ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI). AI is fast developing in China and the Government has revealed a plan and funding with aims of making China the world leader in AI by 2030. Prof Kasabov gave a presentation at SJTU on current and future developments of neural networks and AI.