About the Centre

The Centre for AI-Driven Innovation will focus on the development and adoption of cutting-edge AI, exploring opportunities for industry as AI and frontier technologies converge.

AI presents a generational opportunity for economic growth and scientific progress.

Yet the pace of development of AI capabilities is outstripping traditional diffusion and adoption channels. New, agile mechanisms for collaboration across academia, industry and government are needed to support the transmission of ideas, tools, data and evidence within and between sectors.

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CADI sits at the confluence of frontier research, deep technology, and AI-driven innovation, providing the ecosystem to understand, navigate, and support breakthroughs to drive new industries and systems that will define the coming decades.

Our approach

The Centre addresses these challenges through a combination of:

Sectoral Innovation Policy Labs

Piloting AI solutions in Advanced Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Life Sciences, and other key sectors.

Collaboration and Convening

Connecting industry, academia, government and the global AI community to tackle barriers to adoption.

Convergence Science

Drawing on Imperial's leadership in technology convergence to open and progress new frontiers in AI-powered research.

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Part of the Centre for Frontier Technologies and Innovation

Empowering leaders to unlock the potential of frontier technologies and accelerate their inclusive and sustainable adoption.

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