GeekWire April 9, 2024
A new partnership between universities in the U.S. and Japan backed by $110 million from tech corporations aims to boost advancements in artificial intelligence.
The agreement will establish research partnerships between the University of Washington in Seattle and the University of Tsukuba in Japan, as well as between Carnegie Mellon University and Keio University.
NVIDIA and Amazon are each putting $25 million behind the new collaboration. Other backers include Arm, Microsoft, and nine Japanese companies.
The College of Engineering at the UW will lead an interdisciplinary team that will focus on AI-related research, entrepreneurship, workforce development, and social implementation. The UW will split $50 million with the University of Tsukuba. The funding will support research awards, post-doctoral and doctoral students,...
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