PAF-IAST had got approval for establishing the Sino-Pak Center of Artificial Intelligence from Public Sector Development funds. The core objective of the center to build national capacity to carry out R&D in the emerging field of artificial intelligence by producing expertise through MS/PhD programs in collaboration with Chinese and Austrian universities. To solve local problems using AI and market them through the technology park. Provide high-value shared services to industrial partners. Develop an advanced workforce in AI and Data Science through training and applied work. Help in creating ecosystem for startups and spin-off companies to make Islamabad an IT hub for software companies/businesses. To lead other Pakistani universities, institutes, and industries into the era of artificial intelligence by managing and sharing the infrastructure and trained human resource.
Objectives
- Build national capacity to carry out R&D in the emerging field of artificial intelligence by producing expertise through MS/PhD programs in collaboration with Chinese and Austrian universities.
- To solve local problems using AI and market them through the technology park.
- Local problems are eradicated through technology-based solutions, while commercialization will spur new employment opportunities
- Provide high-value shared services to industrial partners.
- Develop an advanced workforce in AI and Data Science through training and applied work.
- To engage faculty and students in applied research to fulfill the industrial requirement by providing innovative solutions, especially focusing on Pakistan’s social and economic fabric.
- To establish partnership with international research centers and leverage their rich experience to develop Center for Artificial Intelligence as an internationally renowned center in AI, attracting international projects and customers.
- Help in creating ecosystem for startups and spin-off companies to make Islamabad an IT hub for software companies/businesses.
- To lead other Pakistani universities, institutes and industry into the era of artificial intelligence by managing and sharing the infrastructure and trained human resource with them.
Research and Application / Product Development Focus Areas
- Utilizing Artificial Intelligence for development of intelligent healthcare systems and smart rehabilitation devices.
- To help improve quality and ensure maximum yield of crops using advanced Artificial Intelligence technologies in agriculture
- Development of intelligent algorithms for monitoring and controlling of traffic and necessary surveillance using traffic and security cameras.
- Developing smart grids and intelligent power management systems for resolving the energy crisis of Pakistan.
- Prediction of floods and environmental disasters using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies for suggesting best preemptive measures.
- Bringing Artificial Intelligence into manufacturing technologies for enhancing industrial and strategic production.
- Developing intelligent software for Urdu speech recognition, real-time translation, and optical character recognition in order to bring Urdu language at par with other major languages in the digital world.
- To develop Artificial Intelligence tools for use in various sectors critical to socio-economic development of Pakistan. These include finance, defense, creative learning and education etc.