Mehdi Bennis
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Mehdi Bennis
@PhantomBenn
Professor & Head of ICON


MBZUAI is proud to be part of Spring School - AI For Impact, convening the brightest minds in AI to tackle real-world challenges in social impact. Day 1 – March 23 🎙️ Round Table: AI Foundations (11:15 – 12:15) Moderated by MBZUAI's Department Chair and Professor of Machine Learning Eric Moulines, featuring Assistant Professor of Machine Learning Salem Lahlou and Associate Department Chair and Associate Professor of Machine Learning Martin Takáč alongside leading voices from University of California, Berkeley, Google DeepMind, Inria, and CentraleSupélec. Day 2 – March 24 🔬 GFlowNets for Diverse Generation (09:45 – 10:30) Salem Lahlou ⚙️ From Distributed Optimization to Federated Learning (10:30 – 11:15) Martin Takáč Day 3 – March 25 🧠 AI Foundation Models (14:00 – 15:00)- MBZUAI President and University Professor Eric Xing ⚡ Debate: World Models (15:00 – 16:30) - Eric Xing & Yann LeCun More information here: ai4impact2026.com #MBZUAI #AIForImpact #ArtificialIntelligence #AIResearch







The future belongs to those ready to solve Africa’s biggest challenges through STEM! Applications are open for the AIMS Master’s in Mathematical Sciences 26/27. Have a Bachelor’s in mathematics, science or engineering? Apply via: apply.aims-network.org Deadline: March 15, 2026


