<p class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Overview:</b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><i>The Artificial Intelligence and Complexity (AIC) research group is dedicated to advancing computational intelligence through a multidisciplinary approach. Our work aligns with the Kingdom's RDI priorities—Health and Wellness, Sustainable Environment, Supply of Essential Needs, and Economies of the Future—while addressing global challenges such as climate change, public health crises, and economic transformation.</i></span></span></span></p>
<p class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Topics:</b></span></span></span></p>
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<li class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning</b>: <i>Develop AI/ML solutions that drive innovations in global health, environmental sustainability, food security, and the future economy.</i></span></span></span></span></li>
<li class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>High-Performance Computing</b>: <i>Leverage HPC to solve global challenges in health, climate, and economic modeling, ensuring efficient data processing and analysis.</i></span></span></span></span></li>
<li class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Natural Language Processing (NLP)</b>: <i>Advance NLP for improved global healthcare communication, environmental discourse, and economic intelligence.</i></span></span></span></span></li>
<li class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Computer Vision</b>: <i>Enhance computer vision for medical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, and smart economic systems, addressing both national and global needs.</i></span></span></span></span></li>
<li class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Quantum Computing</b>: <i>Explore quantum computing to revolutionize solutions for global health, sustainability, and economic challenges.</i></span></span></span></span></li>
<li class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Big Data Analytics</b>: <i>Utilize big data to address global and national challenges in healthcare, environmental conservation, and economic foresight.</i></span></span></span></span></li>
<li class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Computational Neuroscience</b>: <i>Investigate cognitive models to support innovations in global health and the economies of the future.</i></span></span></span></span></li>
<li class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Social Computing and Information Retrieval</b>: <i>Improve systems for public health communication, resource distribution, and economic decision-making, tackling both global and national priorities.</i></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Objectives:</b></span></span></span></p>
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<li class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Develop AI and ML algorithms</b> that address global and national challenges in health, environment, essential needs, and the future economy.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Explore quantum computing</b> to solve complex global problems in health, environmental sustainability, and economic transformation.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Advance NLP and computer vision</b> for applications in global healthcare, environmental monitoring, and smart economies.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Leverage HPC for big data analytics</b> to tackle challenges in health, the environment, and economic planning on a global scale.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Investigate computational neuroscience and AI</b> for cognitive innovations that drive health and economic advancements globally and nationally.</span></span></span></span></li>
<li class="text-align-left" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 11px;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b>Enhance social computing and information retrieval</b> to improve public health communication, resource management, and economic systems in line with global and national priorities.</span></span></span></span></li>
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