£16.3 million investment in AI Collaboration Centre

Invest Northern Ireland and the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland have announced a £16.3 million investment in a new state of the art Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Centre (AICC), to be based at Ulster University in partnership with Queen's University Belfast. This cutting-edge initiative is set to turn Ireland’s North West City Region into a powerful centre for innovation in Artificial Intelligence.

The Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Centre will focus on the adoption of AI technology to boost competitiveness and productivity across all industries including logistics, finance, life-sciences, manufacturing and Agri-Tech.

The AICC, with bases at Ulster University’s Belfast and Derry/Londonderry campuses and Queen’s, will also encourage greater industrial innovation and collaboration with academia to increase both local and FDI investment. The provision of additional training and professional qualifications in AI will also be delivered through both Universities.

Economy Minister of Northern Ireland, Conor Murphy, said: “We are in the midst of an AI driven revolution and through this investment we will harness the transformative power of AI, ensuring its potential is diffused and applied to a broad business base which will encourage economic growth and be of great benefit to our people and society”.
 

Last June, ERNACT ENAIBLER lead partner held the first regional stakeholder group meeting at the University of Ulster's Magee Campus, bringing together key players such as the University of Ulster and the Atlantic University of Technology (ATU) to drive innovation and collaboration on AI in the North West City Region. Learn more here.
 

For further insights about the Artificial Intelligence Collaboration Centre click the following link: https://www.ulster.ac.uk/news/2024/march/16.3-million-investment-in-artificial-intelligence-collaboration-centre