Dr Rekik receives the Tunisian AI Award for 2024

I am deeply honored and thrilled to receive the “Tunisian AI Award”
This recognition fuels my commitment to advance not only artificial intelligence for humanity but all forms of intelligence ️
Big congratulations to my fellow winners Imed Zitouni and Mohamed JMAIEL
الحمد لله الذي بنعمته تتم الصالحات

———– OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT — Paris, January 27, 2025 ———–

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀: Honoring Tunisia’s Top AI Pioneers
The Tunisian AI Society (𝗧Λ𝗜𝗦) is proud to announce the winners of the 𝗧𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀, celebrating the brightest talents shaping the future of artificial intelligence in Tunisia and beyond. This prestigious recognition honors the outstanding achievements of Tunisian professionals, researchers, and pioneers who are making a profound impact on the global AI landscape.

This year’s winners are:

Imed Zitouni: Director of Engineering at Google, where he leads AI and Search initiatives from Bellevue, WA, USA, and Zurich, Switzerland. Since assuming this role in June 2019, Imed has spearheaded research and development efforts in Natural Language Understanding (NLU) and Knowledge Engineering (KE) to enhance Google Search and Assistant. His visionary leadership in advancing AI applications is evident through his innovative work at Google and his active participation in major AI conferences, including serving as the Industry Track Chair for EMNLP 2023.

Islem Rekik : Associate Professor at Imperial College London (I-X Hub), UK, and serves as the Director of the Brain And Signal Research and Analysis (BASIRA) laboratory. Her pioneering research focuses on developing inclusive, affordable, and robust AI models, with a particular emphasis on brain imaging and neuroscience.

Mohamed JMAIEL: Full Professor of Computer Science at the National School of Engineers of Sfax, Tunisia, a position he has held since February 5, 2009. His research focuses on several advanced areas, including software engineering of distributed systems, formal methods in model-driven architecture, self-adaptive and pervasive systems, autonomic middleware, and AI applications.

These awards highlight the global nature of AI research and development, recognizing leaders from industry (USA), academia (UK), and applied research (Tunisia). Their work collectively advances the field of AI across various domains, from search technology to healthcare applications and practical AI solutions.

𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀! 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱. 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲!

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