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MIT set for major academic expansion in robotics, AI
Expansion to be funded by $1 billion from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Campaign for a Better World
The $1 billion will fund new faculty positions, seed grants for interdisciplinary research, and state-of-the-art facilities that will bring together faculty and students from across MIT.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has announced that it will establish a major new academic initiative in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) that will bring together faculty and students from across the university to work on challenges that span disciplines, such as healthcare, climate, and manufacturing.
The new initiative will be funded by $1 billion from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Campaign for a Better World, a university-wide fundraising campaign that launched in October 2021 and has already raised more than $5 billion.
The university says that the new initiative will help MIT continue to be a leader in robotics and AI research and education, and will help to ensure that the university is well-positioned to address the challenges of the 21st century.
"Robotics and AI have the potential to transform many aspects of our lives, from the way we work to the way we interact with the world around us," said MIT President L. Rafael Reif. "This new initiative will enable MIT to bring its world-class faculty and students together to tackle the most pressing challenges in these fields and to develop the technologies that will shape the future."
The new initiative will include the establishment of new faculty positions, seed grants for interdisciplinary research, and state-of-the-art facilities that will bring together faculty and students from across MIT.
The university plans to hire 50 new faculty members in robotics and AI over the next five years, and to create a new Institute for Robotics and AI that will house the new faculty and their research programs.
The institute will be located in the heart of MIT's campus, and will provide a central hub for robotics and AI research and education at the university.
In addition to the new faculty positions and research funding, MIT will also invest in new facilities for robotics and AI research.
These facilities will include a new robotics lab, a new AI lab, and a new center for human-robot interaction.
The new facilities will provide state-of-the-art resources for faculty and students to conduct cutting-edge research in robotics and AI.
The new academic initiative in robotics and AI is part of MIT's larger commitment to addressing the challenges of the 21st century.
The university has already made significant investments in other areas, such as climate change, healthcare, and energy.
MIT believes that robotics and AI have the potential to make a significant contribution to addressing these challenges, and the new academic initiative will help to ensure that the university is well-positioned to do so.
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