JERUSALEM: The Israel Institute of Technology (TECHNION) has announced the establishment of the country's first Artificial Intelligence (AI) research institute for medical technology solutions.
The Technion's Zimin Institute for AI Solutions in Healthcare, which was jointly launched and operated with the Russian charity Zimin Foundation on Sunday, will focus on multidisciplinary research and technological development in human health and medicine using big data and computational learning, according to a statement from Technion. Zimin Institute for AI Solutions intends to improve human healthcare on all levels, including hospitals, clinics, drug development, home therapy, and medical wearables. "This new centre is a crucial component of Technion President Uri Sivan's goal of collaboration and connectivity between research, engineering, and medicine," said Technion President Uri Sivan.
"It will support applied research that will speed the creation of new and important technologies with real-world applications," he added.
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