Hossein Afshin announced the creation of a powerful computational infrastructure for the developme of artificial ielligence in the coury and announced that the Vice Preside of Science has spe a significa portion of his resources buying graphic processing units (GPUs) in year 6.
At a meeting with members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly’s Education Committee on determining the priorities of the Parliame’s Knowledge Committee, with the aim of realizing the slogan of the year, “investing in production” designated by the leader of the revolution, he explained that if a company wishes to move in the direction of investme, production and effectiveness. He added that the scieific deputy has also put this principle as one of its main priorities.
Emphasizing the importance of supporting knowledge -based companies in the direction of investme, he said that all the power and energy of the scieific deputy would serve the coury on this path and that there has been measures. For example, the conversion of the Departme of Science Financing io a specialized ceer has been one of these measures.
Afshin we on to refer to the scieific deputy programs to finance knowledge -based companies and said that in March, a working group was formed with the participation of knowledge -based companies, and as a result, three new financing models were designed for these companies. Also, in cooperation with Bank Mellat, technology developme securities worth $ 4 trillion will be issued; A small but importa step towards developing this area.
Hossein Afshin announced that, given the year -long naming of the “Photonics Year”, the scieific deputy has focused on new areas such as quaum, photonics and artificial ielligence. In this regard, he said, visits to the active ceers in the field of quaum and serious support for the field have been on the agenda.
Focus on powerful and quaum computing infrastructure
He also explained that a meeting called the Quaum Administration Council was held with the presence of the Preside and related institutions, and the scieific departme was obliged to formulate and prese the coury’s comprehensive program in the quaum field by the end of June. He added that ideifying the coury’s capabilities in various areas of quaum technology, including quaum sensors, calculations and communications.
Afshin we on to poi out the actions of the Scieific Departme to impleme the Seveh Developme Plan, saying that it was one of the few institutions that have succeeded in drafting all bylaws related to the Seveh Plan Law and approved them in the specialized and public committees of the Majlis.
In another part of his remarks, Afshin poied to the significa growth of the number of knowledge -based companies and explained that the number increased from about 1,000 companies to 10,000 companies, but unfortunately the budget of the scieific deputy has not increased in proportion to this growth and has reached only one -teh of the needed resources. He warned that this situation could be a problem for the coury’s science and technology.
He also said that last year, the only financial obligations of the medical field were about 2 trillion tomans (1) and that there was no budget for new programs next year. Afshin expressed hope that with the support of parliame, this problem would be resolved.
Hossein Afshin said in his remarks that the scieific deputy has made a significa investme in the purchase of graphic processing units (GPUs), and for this reason, it can now be said that the coury has a good computational infrastructure in the field of artificial ielligence. He also announced the launch of a specialized platform in the field of artificial ielligence in collaboration with one of the coury’s universities, adding that there are currely two universities and nearly 5 knowledge -based companies have joined the platform.
In the end, Afshin poied to the shortage of specialized human resources in the quaum field, and said that the scieific deputy had taken action to strengthen the area. According to him, ideifying and supporting professors and universities that have the capacity in this field has begun and is trying to make the responsibility that the governme, parliame and the people have given the deputy to the best possible way.
