{"publisher":"Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Cite as: Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","docs":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/llms.txt","item":{"id":"kacst-established-1977","event_date":"1977-11-29","published":"2026-10-03","category":"ai","importance":1,"title":{"en":"Saudi Arabia creates national science center that became KACST","ar":"المملكة تنشئ المركز الوطني للعلوم والتقنية الذي تحوّل إلى مدينة الملك عبدالعزيز للعلوم والتقنية"},"summary":{"en":"On 29 November 1977 a royal directive created the National Center for Science and Technology, which a royal decree converted on 31 December 1985 into the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST). KACST became the Kingdom's main applied-research organization, responsible for technology advice, turning research outputs into industrial products and supporting universities and research centers. It is the institutional root of the Kingdom's later computing and AI work.","ar":"في 29 نوفمبر 1977 صدر توجيه ملكي بإنشاء المركز الوطني للعلوم والتقنية، الذي حُوِّل بمرسوم ملكي في 31 ديسمبر 1985 إلى مدينة الملك عبدالعزيز للعلوم والتقنية. وأصبحت المدينة الجهة الرئيسية للبحث التطبيقي في المملكة، وتتولى تقديم المشورة التقنية، وتحويل مخرجات البحوث إلى منتجات صناعية، ودعم الجامعات ومراكز الأبحاث. وتُعد المدينة الأصل المؤسسي لأعمال الحوسبة والذكاء الاصطناعي اللاحقة في المملكة."},"entities":["KACST"],"figures":[],"sources":[{"url":"https://saudipedia.com/en/king-abdulaziz-city-for-science-and-technology-kacst","publisher":"Saudipedia","title":"King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)","published":null},{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Abdulaziz_City_for_Science_and_Technology","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology","published":null}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/kacst-established-1977","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/kacst-established-1977","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/kacst-established-1977.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/kacst-established-1977.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/kacst-established-1977.jpg"}}