Dr. Ebtesam Almazrouei is Executive Director and Acting Chief AI Researcher for the Al-Cross Center Unit (AICCU) at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII). She is a renowned leader and visionary in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and technology. With a wealth of knowledge and experience, she has made significant contributions to AI research, development, and innovation - earning her a distinguished reputation in the industry.

Dr. Almazrouei’s leadership and expertise have been vital in the successful development of TII’s Falcon LLM models (home-built rivals to ChatGPT), which significantly outperform models like BLOOM-62 and GPT-3. Her commitment to pushing the boundaries of AI innovation and her instrumental role led to the creation of the Middle East’s first homegrown, open-source large language model (LLM), Falcon 40B for use in research and commercialization. Following the phenomenal success of Falcon 40B, she then developed Falcon 180B, an advanced iteration of its predecessor and the world’s most powerful AI model.

Both Falcon LLMs’ exceptional performance have ranked them number one globally on Hugging Face's Open LLM Leaderboard; Falcon 40B in May 2023, and Falcon 180B in September 2023 respectively. Falcon LLMs managed to surpass competitors such as Meta's LLaMA models and Stability AI's StableLM Dr. Almazrouei led the development of NOOR, an Arabic NLP model in 2022. She has greatly contributed towards addressing global challenges in order to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs)

Dr. Almazrouei is recognized worldwide for her contributions to AI and was featured in Leading AI Women in the World in 2023 list, alongside other distinguished women in the field. She is also an advocate for sustainability and AI for Good initiatives, as well as the general chair of Abu Dhabi AI Connect and TPC chair of many IEEE international conferences.

Her contributions extend beyond her work at TII where she leads the big data expert subcommittee of the UAE Council for AI and Blockchain and is a member of the worldwide steering board of the Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF). She is also a member of the Science and Engineering Advisory Board at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (SUAD). She is a scientific author, patent inventor, entrepreneur, and renowned speaker, known for her keynote speeches at prestigious summits such as the AI Summit in London, CogX Festival, World AI Cannes Festival, and Tech summits.

Dr. Ebtesam Almazrouei previously worked in the telecommunications industry delivering business solutions for companies like BT, Etisalat, and KU where she leveraged her expertise to develop advanced tech solutions and products for stakeholders across multiple industries on the Internet of Things (IoTs), autonomous vehicles and drones, wireless localization, intelligence network optimization, 5G and beyond.

My Sessions

3rd October, 14:45 - 15:30: 

• Falcon 180B: transparency through open-source LLMs