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The Global Partnership for Education AND the Islamic Development Bank Celebrate Innovative Financing and Pledge AN ADDITIONAL $350 million to End THE Education Crisis

The Global Partnership for Education AND the Islamic Development Bank Celebrate Innovative Financing and Pledge AN ADDITIONAL $350 million to End THE Education Crisis

RIYADH, WASHINGTON D.C., APRIL 28, 2024 – During its 2024 Annual Meetings and Golden Jubilee Celebration, the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the Arab Coordination Group (ACG) and the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), joined the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) in celebrating the success of SmartEd, an innovative financing instrument that has mobilized US$500 million for education initiatives. Building on this success, the partners pledged an additional $350 million towards SmartEd: $150 million from the Islamic Development Bank, $100 million from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), $50 million from the Islamic Solidarity Fund and $50 million from GPE.

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Dr. Sahar Hashmi Conducts AI Workshop on ‘How AI Transforms Businesses’ at Harvard Business School

Dr. Sahar Hashmi Conducts AI Workshop on ‘How AI Transforms Businesses’ at Harvard Business School

Dr. Sahar Hashmi was invited to conduct a workshop on AI in Business at Harvard Business School. She designed and created this workshop based on her experience with her consulting firm so far. The Workshop was on generative AI applications, strategies, and implementation challenges.

Key discussion points:

   ✓   The IBM Watson and MD Anderson partnership complications – exploring reasons.

   ✓   The entry of chatbots into the market – examples include Microsoft’s Tay and Microsoft’s backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT, discussing their reasons for failures and successes.

   ✓   Open-source vs. proprietary large language models (LLMs) – comparisons and selection criteria.

   ✓   The emergence of Hybrid LLM models with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and vector databases.

   ✓   Use cases of generative AI in business.

   ✓   Strategies for transforming businesses using generative AI.

   ✓   Challenges in implementing generative AI in businesses.

   ✓   Factors to consider when selecting a generative AI model for your business-from Dr. Sahar Hashmi’s personal consulting experience.

   ✓   As an art aficionado, she concluded the session with an AI-generated Coca Cola ad using the arts of famous artists.

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KHDA Director General Aisha Abdulla Miran inaugurates GETEX Spring 2024

KHDA Director General Aisha Abdulla Miran inaugurates GETEX Spring 2024

  • 200 universities from 30 different countries take part this year, offering students a vast array of nearly 2,500 course options
  • GETEX 2024 brings in new programs with a focus on AI, sustainability, and leadership for the evolving educational landscape.
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Canadian University Dubai students triumph in international design competition

Industry panel awards accolades to three pioneering interior design projects

April 22,2024: Dubai, UAE: Five students from Canadian University Dubai (CUD) have been recognized for their pioneering design projects in the latest edition of the LIV Hospitality Design Awards, announced recently in Switzerland.

Winning CUD students Haider Alhaider, Karen Munzer, Rowan Hassan, Alanoud Altaweel and Aysha Mahmoud

Alanoud Altaweel and Aysha Mahmoud were named among the winners in the Interior Design Wellness competition for their project BrEAThe, while Karen Munzer and Rowan Hassan were also among the winning teams in the same category with their design, Reminisce. Fellow CUD student, Haider Alhaider, received an Honourable Mention in Interior Design for his Japanese-inspired project, Kintsugi Oasis.

Interior Design Wellness project BrEAThe

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Mohamed Bin Zayed University for Humanities launches inaugural issue of Journal of Applied Linguistics

In cooperation with Brill International Publishing House

Mohamed Bin Zayed University for Humanities launches inaugural issue of Journal of Applied Linguistics

Abu Dhabi — Mohamed Bin Zayed University for Humanities, in cooperation with Brill, a leading international publishing house, released the inaugural issue of the semi-annual Journal of Applied Linguistics.

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