In August this year, Elsevier, one of the world’s major providers of scientific, technical, and medical information has announced their new AI Resource Center. The idea behind this was to offer free access to published research & other resources in the area of Artificial Intelligence.
Through its Artificial Intelligence Program, Elsevier wants to build a comprehensive global examination of artificial intelligence by combining semantic research with insights from AI experts and practitioners.
Today, Elsevier released a comprehensive report clarifying the scope and activity within the large field of artificial intelligence (AI). This work, as part of Elsevier’s Artificial Intelligence Program, is expected to help research leaders, policymakers, funders, and investors navigating and understanding AI. The comprehensive, 80-pages report contains useful insights into AI research, education, ethics, and trends.
According to Elsevier: “The report holds a special focus on delineating the field of AI bottom up by using AI technologies.”. It is available free of charge on Elsevier’s AI Resource Center.
The report is divided into 5 chapters: “Identifying Artificial Intelligence research”, “Artificial Intelligence: a multifaceted field”, “Artificial Intelligence research growth and regional trends”, “Artificial Intelligence education” and “The imperative role of ethics in Artificial Intelligence”.
In general, it tries to answer questions such as where AI is now and where it is headed and what are the global trends in this research area. It reveals seven AI research clusters and provides insights on growth and regional trends in AI research.
As part of Elsevier’s AI Resource Center, this report is expected to help a large number of people across different disciplines. According to Elsevier, the report is just a contribution to the wider dialogue around AI and cannot cover all aspects of the discussion. In any case, it represents a significant open-source contribution to the field of AI.