Ten AI solution prototypes for various industries have been developed by participants of the Summer Research Program at the Institute of Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence (ISSAI). Over a month and a half, school and university students, along with their mentors – research engineers – worked on the projects. During the research internship, they were divided into teams, each presenting its own solution. One of the projects focuses on advancing the digital ecosystem of the Kazakh language by expanding its use across modern digital services and AI technologies.
«We’ve created a dataset containing more than 100 hours of audio. We sourced the audio from YouTube, filtered it, and specified the gender. And now we have a working demo that can generate Kazakh speech based on a given text,» said Adiya Yessen, participant of the ISSAI Summer Research Program.
Every year, the ISSAI holds a Summer Research Program for school and university students from Kazakhstan and other countries, including Russia, Armenia, and the Kyrgyz Republic. Since its inception, around 80 participants have completed the research internship and developed nearly 30 AI solution prototypes across various fields. This reflects a growing trend among Kazakhstan’s younger generation: they are not only adopting ready-made AI solutions but also exploring AI potential and are willing to contribute to its development.
«We want to hold the same program in the autumn and then
continue it in the winter, so that it becomes a regular initiative. One of the
main things we do at ISSAI is work on developing human capital so that AI is
not something we simply import, but something that is developed here,» noted Amina Baikenova,
Deputy Director of Product and External Affairs at ISSAI.
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