ISSAI - Institute of Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence
Driver of research and innovation in the digital sphere of Kazakhstan
Driver of research and innovation in the digital sphere of Kazakhstan
Institute of Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence (ISSAI) was founded in September 2019 to serve as the driver of research and innovation in the digital sphere of Kazakhstan with the focus on AI research. Located at the C4 Research Building of Nazarbayev University, ISSAI conducts interdisciplinary research on machine intelligence for solving real-world problems of industry and society. ISSAI aims to develop a national capacity for research in Artificial Intelligence incorporating the experience of exemplars from Asia, Europe and the United States. ISSAI provides an agile framework for research, innovation and collaboration with national and international partners in education, industry and government and contributes to the digital ecosystem of Kazakhstan in the advancement of national development goals.
17th March 2023
NIS students from all over Kazakhstan visit ISSAI labs as part of Nauryz Meetings
17th March 2023
Summer Research Program 2023
1st March 2023
Students from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar visit the ISSAI labs
21st February 2023
ISSAI at the 2023 International Conference on Big Data and Smart Computing
6th February 2023
ISSAI at the 5th International Digital Almaty Forum
30th January 2023
ISSAI researchers develop automatic speech recognition for ten Turkic languages by leveraging their advances in Kazakh
Research areas of issai focus on smart industry, smart healthcare and smart living
WiFi based localization and indoor navigation
Chest X-ray disease classification system
Speaking Faces
SF-TL54: A Thermal Facial Landmark Dataset with Visual Pairs
TFW: Annotated Thermal Faces in the Wild Dataset
Automatic brain tumor segmentation
Optimal camera placement in smart cities
COVID-19 simulator for Kazakhstan
Kazakh Speech Corpus
Kazakh text-to-speech conversion technology 2
Uzbek Speech Corpus
Multilingual Speech Recognition
Optical Tactile Sensors
Haptic Illusions
ExoMem - Human Memory Enhancement Using Artificial Intelligence
Kazakh Named Entity Recognition
Multilingual Speech Recognition for Turkic Languages
Circular Economy Indexing in Construction Industry Using Big Data and AI
AnyFace: A Data-Centric Approach For Input-Agnostic Face Detection
Director Huseyin Atakan Varol
Technical Project Coordinator Yerbol Absalyamov
Senior PR Manager Kuralay Baimenova
Administration Manager Gibrat Kurmanov
Senior Data Scientist Askat Kuzdeuov
Data Scientist Madina Abdrakhmanova
Data Scientist Saida Mussakhojayeva
Data Scientist Aknur Karabay
Data Scientist Ulzhan Bissarinova
Computer Engineer Makat Tlebaliyev
Computer Engineer Nurgaliyev Shakhizat
Technical Writer Rustem Yeshpanov
Research Assistant Timur Unaspekov
Research Assistant Tomiris Rakhimzhanova
Research Assistant Zarema Balgabekova
Research Assistant Batyr Arystanbekov
Research Assistant Darkhan Zholtayev
Join us
The Institute for Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence (ISSAI) was founded to provide a framework for collaboration, to develop new ideas and technologies which could have an impact on the society and economy. We believe that academic excellence and interdisciplinary collaboration fosters the professional growth of researchers, engineers and students. Join our team of experts and pave the way to innovation!
We invite undergraduate and graduate students from diverse academic backgrounds to conduct internships at the Institute of Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence. An intern will work collaboratively with our data scientists and post-doctoral researchers on ISSAI projects, and gain first-hand experience with state-of-the art computational facilities. Internships can be either on a paid or unpaid (potentially credit-bearing) basis, depending on the educational level and skills of the applicants. The average duration of an internship is six to eight weeks; the minimum duration of an internship is one month. Interested candidates should apply by sending their intended period of internship, resume, transcript and one paragraph describing their skills and research interests to issai@nu.edu.kz
We welcome individuals with backgrounds in Computer Science, Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Robotics or related fields to join ISSAI as Visiting Researchers. A Visiting Researcher will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, co-author impactful publications, gain experience in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, learn how to use advanced AI servers, as well as enjoy the vibrant academic environment of Nazarbayev University. The position is compensated based on the highest academic degree, and the minimum duration of stay is three months. Interested candidates should apply by sending their curriculum vitae, transcripts, and a cover letter highlighting their research interests and intended period of stay to issai@nu.edu.kz