Paper at the Omani Supreme Judicial Council symposium on AI in judicial work
At the invitation of the Supreme Judicial Council of Oman, a paper titled Analysing legal texts using artificial intelligence: applications, benefits and challenges. It examined the role of generative AI, large language models and text mining in legal text analysis — improving efficiency, reducing time and cost, and supporting legal decision-making.
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Honoured by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior
At the conclusion of the fact-finding committee on the manipulation of electoral registers and the transfer of votes, formed by Ministerial Decision 698 of 2022. The committee's final report led to Decree-Laws 5 and 6, issued on 18 August 2022, which adopted Civil ID data as the basis for electoral rolls and for voting.
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Kuwait Television covers the Social Watcher award
Broadcast coverage of the project's selection among the five best worldwide in the media category at the WSIS Prizes.
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ITU honours Social Watcher as a WSIS Prizes 2022 Champion
The ITU honoured Salah Alnajem and Ahmad Al-Essa in Geneva on the selection of Social Watcher among the five best projects worldwide in the application of ICT to media. ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao presented the certificate at the WSIS Forum.
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ITU panel session, WSIS Forum 2021
A panel session on Social Watcher and the computational analysis of public opinion trends.
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Participation in an ITU documentary film
Screened at the close of the WSIS Forum 2021, documenting successful international use of ICT during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Microsoft publishes a case study on distance learning at the Ministry of Education
Prepared by Microsoft's headquarters in the United States and published on its official site on 30 March 2021, on the work to implement distance learning at the Ministry of Education using Microsoft software and cloud computing during the pandemic.
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ITU workshop on ICTs and COVID-19
On Social Watcher and the computational analysis of public opinion trends using natural language processing.
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ITU interview for the Coronavirus Response ICT Case Repository
A remote interview on Social Watcher and its handling of the crisis, for the ITU's Coronavirus Response ICT Case Repository.
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A training plan for e-learning and performance indicators
The Minister of Education and Higher Education, Dr Saoud Al-Harbi, met the supreme committee for the application of distance-learning rules and policies across all school stages, from kindergarten to secondary. Dr Salah Alnajem attended as professor of computational linguistics at Kuwait University.
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WSIS Prizes 2019 Champion for Social Intelligence
The ITU recognised the Social Intelligence project for social media analysis with the WSIS Prize Champion certificate, at the WSIS Forum in Geneva.
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Congratulations from His Highness the Amir, the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister
His Highness the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad sent a cable of congratulation on the ITU recognition at the WSIS Forum in Geneva, praising a career of perseverance and scholarly contribution. Cables were also sent by the Crown Prince, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad, and the Prime Minister. (KUNA)
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Cable of congratulation from the Speaker of the National Assembly
Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim sent a cable expressing his congratulations on the ITU recognition, and his confidence in the ability of Kuwaiti innovators to compete regionally and internationally. (KUNA)
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His Highness the Amir receives Alnajem and Safar
His Highness the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad received the Minister of Education, the Director of Kuwait University, Dr Salah Alnajem and Prof. Abdulmajeed Safar at Bayan Palace, on the occasion of their WSIS awards. (Al-Rai, 26 July 2017)
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The Prime Minister receives the award recipients at Bayan Palace
His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received the Director of Kuwait University and Dr Salah Alnajem, in the presence of the Minister of Education and Higher Education, on the occasion of the award for the best e-learning project worldwide. (KUNA, 25 July 2017)
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Al-Qabas: Alnajem wins a global award in informatics
Coverage in Al-Qabas of the WSIS Prize for the best e-learning project worldwide, awarded annually by the United Nations through the ITU.
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WSIS Prize 2017 — winner in the e-learning category
The World Summit on the Information Society awarded its annual e-learning prize to Dr Salah Alnajem, professor of computational linguistics at Kuwait University and founder and chief executive of Information Age Consulting. The certificate was presented by ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao in Geneva. (KUNA, 13 June 2017)
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Pulsar publishes a study of our Arabic language processing
Face Group, the British company behind the Pulsar social media analytics platform, published a study of the centre's work in Arabic language processing and sentiment analysis — the Social Intelligence Analyzer, integrated with Pulsar and used by the National Assembly and Kuwait Television.
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Al-Anbaa interview: social media analysis systems support decision-makers
An interview describing the Social Intelligence Listener as recognising some 400,000 Kuwaiti dialect words and 8 million words of Modern Standard Arabic, and setting out the use of these systems in crisis management and in countering rumour.
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Kuwait Hashtag Conference
Participation in the Kuwait Hashtag Conference on social media and its analysis.
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Jury of the 4th Gulf E-Government Award
Service on the jury for the fourth Gulf E-Government Award.
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