Preparing National Research Ecosystems for AI: Strategies and Progress in 2024 (New Report From the International Science Council)
From the International Science Council (ISC):
The report
offers a comprehensive analysis of the integration of artificial intelligence in science and research across various countries. It addresses both the advancements made and the challenges faced in this field, making it a valuable read for science leaders, policy-makers, AI professionals, and academics.
This working paper provides fundamental information and access to resources from countries from all parts of the world, at various stages of integrating AI into their research ecosystems:
- Australia: Preparing for human-centric use of artificial intelligence
- Benin: Anticipating the impacts of artificial intelligence on West Africa’s aspiring digital services hub
- Brazil: Reaping the benefits of artificial intelligence with some cautionary notes
- Cambodia: Seeking artificial intelligence approaches to national research missions
- Chile: Finding possibilities to apply artificial intelligence in an existing research financing ecosystem
- China: Promoting the Artificial Intelligence for Science approach
- India: Gaining insights into transformative technologies and their social integration
- Malaysia: Enabling the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- Mexico: Creating a national lead agency for artificial intelligence
- Oman: Fostering innovation through an Executive Program
- Uruguay: Following a roadmap to prepare national science systems for artificial intelligence
- Uzbekistan: Building the right conditions and skills for artificial intelligence
Direct to Full Text Report
76 pages; PDF.
Additional Resources
- A list of critical issues for the uptake of AI in science
- Bibliometric results (317 documents on national AI in science resulting from the bibliometric study)
- Bibliography per country (a compilation of resources and documents provided by each country)
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.