Rouhollah Dehghani Firouzabadi, Vice President of Science and Technology, said on the sidelines of the development and exchange of technology event in the toy industry: “The country has a serious plan in the field of artificial intelligence, which is planned and supported The president is following this program.“
According to the Iran digital economy annotation, Referring to the establishment of the National Steering Council and the National Center for Artificial Intelligence,, the scientific vice president said: This center has this program on its agenda to carry out the country’s artificial intelligence steering work in several large national projects and programs.
He emphasized: Therefore, this center focuses on the development of integrated infrastructure, strong processors, strong storage systems, suitable cloud processing systems so that people can use this artificial intelligence infrastructure like an operator.
Dehghani Firouzabadi considered the audience of this infrastructure to be companies and industrial complexes in addition to people, and expressed hope that with the president’s decree and his follow-ups, we can quickly create synergy between the complexes and create a strong centralized power in the field of artificial intelligence in the country.
Regarding the position of artificial intelligence, the scientific vice president explained: Iran is ranked 17th in the world in terms of scientific production and publication of articles in artificial intelligence, but we are ranked 78th in the world in terms of application. We plan to be among the top 10 countries in the world in the field of artificial intelligence both scientifically and in terms of application in a 10-year horizon.
Regarding the actors of this council, the scientific deputy of the president said: the actors of this council have been specified in the decree of the president, and the executive bodies related to the field of artificial intelligence, including the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Science, the Ministry of Industry and Health, are members of this council.
According to him, the members of the National Steering Council of Artificial Intelligence are as follows:
* The president or the president’s science, technology and knowledge-based economy vice president as the head of the council
* The secretary of the Council and the head of the National Artificial Intelligence Center at the suggestion of the vice president of science, technology and knowledge-based economy and by the decree of the president
* Vice President and Head of Program and Budget Organization
* Vice President and Head of Administrative and Employment Organization
* Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade
* Minister of Science, Research and Technology
* Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education
* Minister of Communications and Information Technology
* Minister of Economy and Finance
* Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Support
* Secretary of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution
* Head of Innovation and Prosperity Fund
* Two real members at the suggestion of the secretary of the council and by the decree of the president
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