Daffodil International University-DIU has demonstrated the success in the application of artificial intelligence, one of the most discussed points of the present time. In a ‘Meet the Press’ event at Daffodil Tower 71 auditorium in Sobhanbagh of the capital, It was announced on Thursday (December 28), that the Master’s program on AI or Artificial Intelligence has been launched keeping the goal of building skilled manpower in mind in making the Smart Bangladesh by 2041 using artificial intelligence. Apart from CIS, other departments are also very active and you will be happy to know that Daffodil International University has adequate research and development efforts to focus on artificial intelligence applications. AI tools are already being used to tailor jobs in the Information Technology and Management (ITM) sector. Ten AI projects of software engineering department and seven AI projects of CSE department are already being used in Bangladesh in education, medical and communication systems.
This program will also be launched next year under the supervision of the Department of Computing and Information Systems. Simultaneously, the use of artificial intelligence technology has been incorporated in the Undergrad programs conducted under various departments of the Faculty of Science and Information Technology and today marks the third year of application of artificial intelligence in the activities of all departments of the Faculty of Science and Information Technology of Daffodil International University.
The Dean of Science and Information Technology Faculty of the University Dr. Syed Akhtar Hossain read the written statement at the press conference.
Daffodil International University’s Head of Computing and Information Systems Department and convenor of the celebration committee, Sarwar Hossain Mollah, Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Entrepreneurship of the University, Professor Dr. Md. Masum Iqbal, Director of Student Affairs Professor Dr. Syed Mizanur Rahman and Director of Career Development Center Dr. Tanveer Fitti Abeer also spoke at the ‘Meet the Press’ event.
In the ‘Meet the Press’ event, it was informed that before the pandemic in 2019, with the sincere efforts of the chairman of the university’s board of trustees Dr. Md. Sabur Khan, topics like Machine Learning, Data Mining and Data Science were added to the curriculum of various departments of the Faculty of Science and Information Technology and the teachers successfully applied the technology in various projects in the classroom. Daffodil International University is said to be presenting a shining example of cutting-edge technology and application right from its inception.
Another high-level topic of artificial intelligence is “Generative AI,” the press conference said. It is a type of artificial intelligence that can generate content and ideas for conversations, stories, images, videos and music. Artificial intelligence will be added to all academic programs in science and information technology majors, such as computer science and engineering, software engineering, computing information systems, multimedia and creative technology, and information technology management in 2021, and generative AI will dominate in early 2023.
“Multimodal AI Platform” is a unique project among the many successful projects in application of artificial intelligence at Daffodil International University. This unique platform developed by final year students of CIS department is the best example of successful application of artificial intelligence for the first time in Bangladesh.