據阿拉伯貿易4月7日報道，沙特阿美與阿卜杜拉國王科技大學(KAUST)簽署了一項協議，建立一個新的卓越中心，以支持先進人工智能(AI)技術的研發和營銷。

據沙特通訊社(SPA)報道，沙特阿美負責數字轉型的副總裁Nabil Al-Nuaim和KAUST負責研究的副總裁Donal Bradley博士在位于Thuwal的大學總部簽署了這份合同。

Al-Nuaim說:“沙特阿美已經采取措施加速人工智能的增長，推動數字轉型，并采用人工智能，其中AI研發中心結合了沙特阿美采用的數字轉型的領先創新和全球認可的KAUST的學術卓越。這一獨特的機會為行業領袖、學術決策者和國際合作伙伴提供了一個基于沙特阿拉伯王國內部研究的系統，以促進知識交流和轉換，開發人工智能解決方案，并在全球推廣和營銷，從而在該領域創造可持續的研究環境。”

布拉德利博士對此評論道:“新的研發中心將為沙特阿美提供一個緊密合作的框架，以開發適當和快速的解決方案，以滿足能源部門和其他相關部門的需求，除了培訓必要的干部以提高這一至關重要的部門的發展速度；我們KAUST期待該中心有助于深化與沙特阿美的戰略伙伴關系，并為實現沙特2030愿景的目標提供必要的基本投入。”

根據該合作合同，新的人工智能卓越中心尋求在沙特阿拉伯王國通過為人工智能的研究和先進開發創造獨特的機會來發展研究技能，改進產品和商業營銷以及企業精神。該中心還尋求成為沙特阿拉伯王國人工智能領域研發系統的先進典范。

該中心還尋求從最新的人工智能技術中受益，通過建立一個人工智能平臺，為大學和公司的研究人員交流知識、孵化技術，并增加他們在全球層面的貢獻和影響力，使沙特阿美和KAUST成為該領域的全球引領者。

季廷偉 摘譯自 阿拉伯貿易

原文如下：

Aramco, KAUST partner to set up AI excellence centre

Aramco has signed an agreement with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) to establish a new excellence centre to support research and development and marketing advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed at the university headquarters in Thuwal by Saudi Aramco's Vice President of Digital Transformation Nabil Al-Nuaim and Vice President for Research at KAUST Dr Donal Bradley, reported Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

Al-Nuaim said: “Saudi Aramco has made steps to accelerate the growth of artificial intelligence, push forward the digital transformation and adopt artificial intelligence, where the AI excellence centre combines leading innovations of digital transformation adopted by Saudi Aramco and the globally accredited academic excellence at KAUST, where this unique opportunity provides a system based on research inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the industry leaders, academic decision makers and international partners to meet and exchange and transfer knowledge to develop AI solutions and spread and market them globally to create a sustainable research environment in this field.”

Dr Bradley commented on this occasion saying: “The new excellence centre will provide a joint framework for working with Saudi Aramco in a close way to develop proper and quick solutions for the needs of the energy sector, among other relevant sectors, in addition to training the cadres necessary to improve the development pace in this vital and important sector; and we at KAUST look forward for this centre to contribute to deepening our strategic partnership with Saudi Aramco and to provide the basic inputs necessary to realize the ambitions of the Saudi Vision 2030.”

Under the MoU, the new AI excellence centre seeks to develop research skills, improve products and commercial marketing and entrepreneurship in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through creating unique opportunities for research and advanced development of AI, based on globally distinguished data groups, where the centre also seeks to be an advanced model in the research development system in the field of AI in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The centre also seeks to benefit from the latest AI technologies, putting Saudi Aramco and KAUST as global leaders in this field through establishing an AI platform for the researchers of the university and company to exchange knowledge, incubate technologies, and increase their contributions and influence at the global level.