Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -The University for MohamedBin Zayed University of Arthu (Mbzuai) and MIT Schwarzman College of Computing bring the latest advances in AI through scientific discovery, human prosperity, and planetary health, along with the launch of the MIT-Mbzuai Collaborative Research Program. The new research collaboration, published today, aims to strengthen the technical foundations of artificial intelligence and accelerate its use of scientific and social challenges in pressing challenges.
MIT – Mbzuai's collaborative research program brings together institutions to carry out shocking research projects that promote basic AI and its applications in three core areas: scientific discovery, human prosperity and global health.
The new agreement is consistent with the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing's computing goals and the goal of advancing computing across sectors, addressing the social and ethical responsibility of computing, which shapes its global impact. It also supports the UAE's mission to grow into a global innovation hub of comprehensive and shocking AI.
The faculty, students and research staff from both institutions will collaborate with research projects, each led by Mbzuai and MIT lead researchers. Le Song, Mbzuai's Machine Learning Professor, and Philip Isola, a 1948 career development professor at MIT's Bureau of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, will serve as academic directors of the program on their respective campuses.
Professor Eric Xing, president of Mbzuai and university professor, said:
“This agreement integrates researcher efforts at two world-class institutions to advance research into frontier AI through health, robotics and efficient computing. By focusing on the fundamental model of MBZUAI and real-world deployment, combining the depth of MIT computing and multidisciplinary innovation with real-world deployment, it promotes the expansion of science to ensure cross-sectional science to ensure that we see the history and not only expand the scope for science. It applies responsibly to the most important places – improving human health, enabling intelligent robotics, driving sustainable AI at scale.”
Professor Daniel Huttenlocher, the first dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, said: “The collaboration with Mbzuai reflects a common commitment to advancing AI in a responsible, inclusive, and globally impactful way. Together, we can explore new perspectives for AI and bring broad benefits to society through scientific discovery, human prosperity and sustainability.”
Professor Sami Haddadin, Vice President of Research and Professor of Robotics at Mbzuai, said: “This collaboration is a crucial step in advance of frontier AI research by combining the unique and complementary expertise of two global AI powerhouses. It can integrate digital health, robotics and efficient computing to build a multi-scale biological foundation model of the human body, accelerate the discovery process itself and create new ERA possibilities to acquire the costs of new ERAs.”
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About Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (Mbzuai)
Mbzuai is the research-centric university in Abu Dhabi and the first university to be completely dedicated to advances in science through AI. The university empowers the next generation of AI leaders and drives AI innovation and impactful applications through world-class education and interdisciplinary research. In 2025, Mbzuai launched its first-ever undergraduate program, a Bachelor of Science in AI. It features two different streams: business and engineering. For more information, please visit www.mbzuai.ac.ae.
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