Executive program

Registration dates
Open: March 2, 2022
Close: March 10, 2022

Mode/frequency
Hybrid sessions Bi-weekly

Duration
12 weeks

Cost
15,000 AED per person Inquire for groups

Overview

The MBZUAI Executive Program aims to provide you with a practical, personalized, and immersive experience, including six hybrid sessions by world-class AI experts. Through this program you will gain real-world knowledge of AI and its implications in business and policymaking as well as gain access to an exclusive community of senior business and government leaders and AI experts from the region and abroad.

The MBZUAI Executive Program is a 12-week, intensive experience developed to support the need for AI-savvy leaders across government, industry, academia and beyond. The program is led by some of the top, global minds and innovators in the AI industry, and it provides you with a practical grounding in AI and its implications on business and policymaking.

Enjoy access to some of the best minds in AI

Whether you’re taking in a lecture by MBZUAI President and former Carnegie Mellon Professor Eric Xing, or listening to real-world applications from national entities, the solutions you will learn about come from people who are at the top of their respective fields. Instructors include:

  • Oxford - Professor Sir Michael Brady
  • UC Berkeley - Professor Michael Jordan
  • UC Berkeley - Professor Pieter Abbeel
  • Carnegie Mellon - Professor Tom Mitchell
  • PaRis AI Research InstitutE - Professor Justine Cassell
  • MIT - Professor Daniela Rus
  • Harvard - Professor David Parkes
  • MBZUAI - Professor Eric Xing

Follow a future-facing, world-class curriculum developed in Abu Dhabi by global experts.

The examples are directly applicable to your day-to-day work, whether you hold the office of a public servant in the UAE, or you’re pitching your company’s latest solutions around the globe. We’ll help you unlock the insights you need to make informed AI decisions in policy and business.

Gain access to our constantly evolving knowledge repository.

Our faculty are at the cutting edge of AI and machine learning (ML) research, and we are making their cutting-edge knowledge and tech a renewable resource for you, wherever success takes you.

Take part in unique, high-level networking opportunities.

During the program, you’ll engage directly with our top faculty and leadership, and you will work closely with your peers. It’s a set of experiences that will bring you close to people who can open doors and offer a guiding hand when the weight of the future is in yours.

Modules

01 Introduction to AI: The past, present and future of AI and ML

02 AI, ML and the economy: Achieving win-win rather than zero-sum

03 Visual cognition and intelligence: The force of wellbeing

04 Lingual cognition and intelligence: Enhanced business via AI-powered communications

05 The future of robotics: The new human frontier

06 AI ethics and policy-making: Safety, ethics and cultural/social impacts

Outcomes

Follow a future-facing, world-class curriculum developed in Abu Dhabi by global experts

The examples are directly applicable to your day-to-day work, whether you hold the office of a public servant in the UAE, or you’re pitching your company’s latest solutions around the globe. We’ll help you unlock the insights you need to make informed AI decisions in policy and business.

Gain access to our constantly evolving knowledge repository.

Our faculty are at the cutting edge of AI and machine learning (ML) research, and we are making their cutting-edge knowledge and tech a renewable resource for you, wherever success takes you.

Take part in unique, high-level networking opportunities

During the program, you’ll engage directly with our top faculty and leadership, and you will work closely with your peers. It’s a set of experiences that will bring you close to people who can open doors and offer a guiding hand when the weight of the future is in yours.

Themed gatherings and events

  • Join an exclusive community of senior executives and policy makers both in the region and abroad
  • Get inspired by high-quality, peer-to-peer sharing and learning through in-person gatherings and events
  • Stay up-to-date with cutting-edge, cross-disciplinary news and trends in AI

Group projects solving national challenges

  • Develop real-world projects to solve challenges that the nation or your organization are facing as case studies
  • Leverage the unparalleled opportunity of engaging world-class experts for consultation
  • Take part in organizational visits and field analysis as best practice sharing for future cohorts

Professors

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Professor Sir Michael Grady

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Professor Sir Michael Brady

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Professor Pieter Abbeel

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Professor Tom Mitchell

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Professor Justine Cassell

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Professor Daniela Rus

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Professor David Parkes

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Professor Eric Xing

President and
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Prospectus

Join an AI Community

The MBZUAI Executive Program aims to establish a strong AI community in the region and globally. Through interactive engagement, the Executive Program aims to support and advance your organization’s development and enable vital digital transformation.

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