In order to lead the upcoming AI era, MIT will establish a new university 'Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing' to spend 100 billion yen budget

Since the beginning of the 21st century, artificial intelligence (AI) which has evolved rapidly has already penetrated throughout human life and there is a possibility that the trend will further accelerate and the shape of society will change dramatically in the future . Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has redesigned the school to continue the leadership in the world in the coming "AI era", and the new college " Stephen " which spends a budget of 1 billion dollars (about 110 billion yen) A. Schwarzman College of Computing "

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Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing is a $ 350 million dollar (about 400 dollars) from Steven A. Schwartzman who retired from Lehman Brothers and jointly launched the Blackstone Group , an investment fund management company in 1985 Mitsubishi announced that MIT will commit (commit) the budget of one billion dollars in the future at a new university which will be opened with the funds of 100 million yen).

About the establishment of the same school, movies that Schwarzmann and others talk about their aims are released.

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"The purpose I donated funds is to make the world a better place," Schwarzmann said. "Also, make the United States a strong country, bring prosperity and a better life to as many people as possible, we are in a special place in history and can accomplish that change I We are proud to be involved in some parts. "

AI is now utilized around the world. Agriculture field ... ....

Also in the manufacturing field etc.

Image recognition, which only human beings could do in the past, is no longer a special field of AI ......

Depending on the circumstances, a safe automatic driving car is about to be realized than a human being drives.

For the upcoming AI era, MIT's Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing decided to spend $ 1 billion (about 110 billion yen) in budget for computing and AI technology research. This is the biggest reform since the establishment of MIT in 1950.

"What I am looking forward to is not only the evolution of computer science but also the fact that all elements related to computing are involved in academic disciplines" Professor Asu Ozdaglar, who is dean of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the school.

Professor Melissa Nobles , Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences says, "Students and faculty members from other undergraduates can also use the tools that the new school develops and develops, It is "two way traffic" in the untapped area of ​​new knowledge, "he says.

In order to accomplish the evolution of the computing field and AI with the whole university, MIT said that it began to make a major reform to establish a new university and build mutual relations. Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing was established in 2019 and it is said that new facilities will be built by 2022.