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                    Research, education, and real-world impact— <b>advancing safe and responsible AI.</b>
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                From <b>robotics</b> and <b>healthcare to cybersecurity</b> and <b>sustainable energy</b>, 
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                    Why AI at KU 
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                    Purposeful AI, aligned with national priorities. Our research and teaching advance the UAE’s ambition to responsibly harness AI for economic growth, sustainability, security, and quality of life.
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                    What sets us apart: <b>Interdisciplinary strength, applied impact, talent pipeline, responsible by design.</b>
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            <h5>Robotics & Autonomous Systems</h5>
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                Perception, planning, and control for ground, aerial, and marine systems; human‑robot teaming; safety and certification. Learn more at  <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ku.ac.ae/kucars">KUCARS</a></p>
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                Clinical decision support, imaging and signal analysis, digital health, and bioinformatics.
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                Threat detection, secure architectures, privacy‑preserving ML, and trustworthy AI.
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                AI for grid optimization, renewables forecasting, predictive maintenance, and climate resilience.
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                On‑board inference, Earth observation analytics, and autonomous systems for space.
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                Foundational research in learning algorithms, generative models, multimodal systems, and scalable optimization.   
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                    We co-create with public and private partners to accelerate innovation and talent development.
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                        Build responsible, secure solutions with measurable ROI
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                        Upskill teams through co-development and training
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                        Translate pilots into sustainable operations 
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