SDAIA Academy launches AI Summer Champions Program with Coursera and FutureX

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Updated 12 July 2022
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SDAIA Academy launches AI Summer Champions Program with Coursera and FutureX

  • he AI Summer Champions Program is an initiative aimed at building national competencies in the fields of data and AI

RIYADH: The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority Academy announced the start of registration for the AI Summer Champions Program in cooperation with the platforms Coursera and FutureX.

SDAIA announced on its Twitter account that the program will run for two months from July 17 to Sep. 17, and will be held virtually.

The AI Summer Champions Program is an initiative aimed at building national competencies in the fields of data and AI.

The program is available to all students, employees, and job seekers and provides training in English, with some courses facilitated with Arabic translation.

The initiative is providing six specialized training tracks remotely via e-learning, with each including a number of courses in AI.

The six tracks include deep learning and the foundation of AI, data-driven decision-making, applied data science with Python, data engineering basics and natural language processing.

It also provides specialized programs for international universities and global companies with a full e-learning experience with of specialized professors. Once the trainee passes, they receive an SDAIA approved certificate in AI.

Participants can sign up on the National E-Learning website at www.nelc.gov.sa/ar/SDAIA.


Saudi deputy health minister meets World Health Organization’s regional director

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Saudi deputy health minister meets World Health Organization’s regional director

  • Their meeting is part of efforts to strengthen the strategic partnership between the Kingdom’s Ministry of Health and WHO

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s deputy minister of health for planning and development, Abdulaziz Al-Rumaih, held talks on Tuesday with the World Health Organization’s regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Dr. Hanan Balkhy.

Their meeting was part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the strategic partnership between the Kingdom’s Ministry of Health and the WHO, officials said, and to advance high-level dialogue on shared regional and global health priorities.

They reviewed the outcomes of the first Strategic Dialogue between Saudi Arabia and WHO, which took place in August 2024, and explored opportunities for enhanced cooperation in a number of areas, including regional and international health priorities, and the development of resilient and sustainable health systems.

Abdulaziz Al-Rumaih held talks on Tuesday with the World Health Organization’s regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr. Hanan Balkhy. (Ministry of Health)

They highlighted the importance of effective international partnerships in efforts to improve the quality of healthcare services, the Ministry of Health said.

They also discussed the ministry’s objectives for the expansion of health-investment opportunities and a strengthening of Saudi Arabia’s role in the global health arena, with the aim of reinforcing the Kingdom’s position as a key international health partner, and a contributor to the shaping of global health policies, the localization of the pharmaceuticals sector, and the transfer of technology, it added.

Balkhy’s official visit to the Kingdom will conclude on Wednesday.