The Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute (AIAI) at the School of Informatics at the

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was a

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technology transfer organisation that promoted

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research.

History

AIAI was created in July 1983, and received its formal charter from the

in July 1984. It joined the School of Informatics when the School was created from a number of departments and research institutes in 1998. The Director of AIAI was Austin Tate. In 2019 it became part of a larger research institute named the Artificial Intelligence and its Applications Institute within the School of Informatics.

References

External links

Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute (AIAI) website (1983-2019)

Artificial Intelligence and its Applications Institute (AIAI) website (2019-)
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