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Left to right, Pietro Perona, Amazon Fellow; Prem Natarajan, Alexa AI vice president of Natural Understanding; Leonard Kleinrock, distinguished professor of computer science at UCLA; Jayathi Murthy, the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean of UCLA Samueli; Andrea Ghez, Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Professor of Astrophysics at UCLA; Jens Palsberg, UCLA computer science professor; and Stefano Soatto, vice president for applied science for Amazon Web Services mark the launch of the Science Hub for Humanity and Artificial Intelligence.
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Amazon and UCLA establish Science Hub for Humanity and AI

The collaboration, Amazon’s first of this type with a public university, will support academic research, education, and outreach efforts in areas of mutual interest around artificial intelligence and its applications to benefit humanity.

By Staff writer
October 29, 2021
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Amazon and UCLA today announced the establishment of research proposals, and review nominations for fellowship recipients.

The Science Hub for Humanity and Artificial Intelligence will advance AI-related discoveries and deepen our understanding of a discipline that is revolutionizing the way we use and understand modern technology.
Gene Block, UCLA chancellor

“We are delighted to collaborate with Amazon on this effort to examine the future of artificial intelligence and its implications for our world,” said Stefano Soatto, vice president for applied science for Amazon Web Services AI. Soatto, who is on leave from his position as a UCLA professor of computer science, has taught at UCLA for more than 20 years. “These collaborations with Amazon scientists can lead to new avenues of academic investigation that expand their research scope. The hub is also designed to enable faculty who think big to realize their vision, if it is not attainable within the resources of their labs.”

Hub funding will include annual fellowships contributing to living and tuition expenses for students in the second, third, or fourth year of a doctoral program within UCLA Samueli. As Amazon Fellows, they will have an opportunity to pursue paid summer internships at the company.

In an effort to expand access to AI research, the hub also will support community and outreach activities, such as symposiums and workshops designed to facilitate networking and collaboration among UCLA and Amazon researchers, and across the Los Angeles metro area.

The new hub represents an extension of Amazon’s commitment to connecting with universities to advance research in AI and other fields of research. The hub also underscores Amazon’s and UCLA’s shared vision of improving access to AI technologies and diversifying the perspectives and practices involved in AI research and technology development.

“Amazon has long been at the forefront of AI breakthroughs, and we are incredibly excited to be working with them,” Gerard Medioni, vice president and distinguished scientist; and Cho-Jui Hsieh, invested tens of billions across California, creating more than 150,000 jobs.

Call for proposals and nominations
In the 2021 cycle, the Science Hub will award funding in foundations of AI and machine learning; fairness, explainability, and accountability in AI; AI for robotics, computer vision, speech, and natural language processing; AI in medicine and biology; and AI in business, law, humanities and art.
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