Monday, June 22, 2023 – The minister of higher education and scientific research Mr. Kamel Baddari was accompanied by the minister of knowledge economy, start-ups and micro-enterprises Mr. Yacine El Mahdi Oualid, to supervise the inauguration ceremony of the Scientific Council’s members, at the Higher National School of Artificial Intelligence in Sidi Abdallah.
Minister Baddari stated that ‘the development of the use of artificial intelligence -especially in the sectors of education, industry and economy, has become necessary in order to scale-up the level of A.I. and keep it up with the ongoing developments, in light of the dynamism that Algeria is witnessing nowadays particularly. Noting in this regard- to the several institutions allocated for the formation of students in the field of A.I., such as the Higher School of Artificial Intelligence and the Higher School of Mathematics, in addition to more than 50 university institutions, 20 research laboratories in artificial intelligence, and other 30 laboratories in Mathematics.
For his part, the minister of knowledge economy, start-ups and micro-enterprises, Mr. El-Mahdi Oualid, mentioned that’ the Scientific Council translates the attention span of the Republic of Algeria in the field of artificial intelligence, as well as, the concern of the Republic in deploying A.I.; in view of the magnitude of changes induced by the uses of A.I., particularly ,in labor-markets and economic sectors’; which thereby requires reconsidering formation programs, and update them with the ongoing developments.

It is worth noting that the Scientific Council of A.I. is an advisory body of a scientific nature, which carries out several functions, such as diagnosing human potential in A.I, proposing formation programs, and monitoring international collaboration opportunities in A.I., with the assistance of Algerian competencies inside and outside Algeria.