Cabinet approves establishing Artificial Intelligence Committee at MoTC
QNA - The Peninsula 03/03/2021
Doha: Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani chaired today the cabinet's regular meeting held at its seat at the Amiri Diwan.
Cabinet approved the draft decision establishing the Artificial Intelligence Committee.
According to the project, a committee called the "Artificial Intelligence Committee" will be established at the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC).
The committee consists of three representatives of the MoTC, among them the head of the committee, a representative of Qatar Computing Research Institute as a vice-president, and a representative membership of each of the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Qatar Science and Technology Park, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar National Research Fund and Qatar Development Bank.
The committee will help establish follow-up mechanisms and implementing the Qatar Artificial Intelligence Strategy, in coordination with the ministries and relevant authorities in the country, towards achieving the goals of the strategy, supervising the programs and initiatives related to artificial intelligence launched by the state and ensuring their access to, completion and review of sectors, in coordination with the ministries and relevant authorities in the country, and developing recommendations for plans and programs for preparing human cadres in the field of artificial intelligence applications, in coordination with various authorities, and supporting emerging companies in the field of artificial intelligence and scientific research in this field.
