Bahraini AI expert wins prestigious award

TDT | Manama

Artificial Intelligence (AI) regional researcher and expert Bahraini Dr Jassim Haji has been honoured for his major contributions to the field. Dr Haji was recognised during a virtual annual award ceremony held by the Middle East’s leading and oldest technology media and research group Tahawultech and Computer News Middle East (CNME)- Dubai, for celebrating technology leaders that have shown the way during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.

Dr Haji was declared the winner of Transformation Leader for 2020 for his contributions towards AI, including research and publications, during the past six months. The award is the first of its kind in the Middle East to be granted since the outbreak of COVID-19, and it aims to honour technological transformation leaders for their efforts and ideas in AI, whose importance has increased during the COVID-19 crisis, not only in Bahrain but all over the world.

Dr Haji affirmed that Bahrain has made major strides in using artificial intelligence at the public and private levels, and cited its use in tracking COVID-19 patients, discovering medicines, teleworking, education, industry, electricity, workers, and robots, among others. He was the only winner from Bahrain. He has also claimed more than 20 international and regional individual accolades for his innovations and contributions to technologies and AI in past years.