Alumni Spotlight: Aspiration rooted in Research

Summary

MBZUAI alumnus Hanan Gani, a 2024 master's graduate in machine learning, is now a research associate at MBZUAI working on a meteorological project with the UAE government. He also focuses on multimodal and embodied intelligence research, mentors AI students, and has published nine papers during his time at MBZUAI. His research includes work on vision transformers, text-to-image generation, and large multimodal models. Why it matters: Showcases MBZUAI's role in attracting and developing AI talent within the UAE, contributing to the nation's AI research capabilities.