D. Serikbayev EKTU won the competition for the grant program "Consortia of the Manufacturing Sector I: Competence Centers". Our University is part of the project "Stimulating Productive Innovation" from the Russian State Institution "Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan" and the World Bank.

A team of employees and scientists of our University, in partnership with Rating LLP, will develop AI systems for the mining and metallurgical industry. This project involves the creation of the "Industrial AI" Competence Center, which is engaged in the implementation of complex software and hardware solutions using artificial intelligence for the main (exploration, production, enrichment, metallurgy) and auxiliary (energy, maintenance and repair, ecology, etc.) processes of companies mining sector. It will be led by Ruslan Chettykbaev, head of the Center for Competence and Technology Transfer in the field of information technology of EKTU. I am sure his experience will be extremely useful in this project.

D. Serikbaev EKTU is proud of her employees and their achievements; we are confident that the creation of the Industrial AI Competence Center will be an important step towards the development and implementation of innovative technologies in the region's industry. The development of artificial intelligence and solving systemic industry problems through the development of new technologies will help both in the economic and scientific spheres.