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Doha, Qatar – October 2024, We are a silver sponsor at the 3rd annual event Forum for Open Research in MENA 2024 (FORM), held from October 21 to 23. This year’s conference theme is: Transforming Knowledge Into Action, The forum will take place in Doha, Qatar and is hosted in collaboration with Qatar National Library and Knowledge E Foundation.

FORM is a non-profit member of the Open Science organisation, acting as a spark for positive change towards more accessible, inclusive, and sustainable research and education models in the Arab region.

The aim is to help libraries, universities, research councils, and policymakers collaborate on projects and resources that support open research. As a result, they can better meet the needs of local research communities. FORM focuses on guiding these groups by sharing the latest insights and practical solutions toward a more ‘open’ world and encouraging collaboration across different regions.

About Zendy

Zendy is an AI-powered library established in 2019 to enhance accessibility and discoverability for researchers, students, teachers, and professors. Over 636,000 users worldwide utilise our in-house AI tools in their pursuit of knowledge and the latest findings.

About F.O.R.M 2024

The highly anticipated 3rd annual event, F.O.R.M. This October, will present panel sessions on research development in the Arab world and valuable case studies, in addition to a series of workshops led by experts to “Transform Knowledge Into Action”

To register for online or in-person attendance, please visit https://forumforopenresearch.com/

Buchmesse, Germany – October 11, 2024, We’re exhibiting at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2024. Kamran R Kardan, Zendy’s Co-founder, will take part in a fireside chat with Sabine Louët, founder of SciencePOD. In collaboration with Knowledge E, the AI-powered digital library, Zendy, will exhibit the Frankfurt Book Fair event this year. Kamran, Zendy’s Co-founder to speak in a fireside hosted by Sabine Louët, founder of SciencePOD, the title of the fireside session “Superpower of AI in The Quest For Research Discovery And Dissemination”

About Frankfurt Book Fair Buchmesse

The top destination for digital and printed publications worldwide, where readers, publishers, writers, and representatives of both, the political and cultural, gather to share the latest innovations in the publication sector, the annual event Frankfurt Book Fair, this year, will be based in Buchmesse, Germany. FBF24 doors opens between 16th to 20th October.

If you are attending the Frankfurt Book Fair, join us in hall 4.0 stand G99 to get direct insights into the latest trends, data, and changes in the academic publishing industry. To book a meeting with our team, please email hello@zendy.io

We are excited to announce that Zendy is a Gold Sponsor at PLANNER 2024, a biennial convention with a special focus to uplift academic libraries in the North-Eastern region of India

Zendy’s Co-founder, Kamran R. Kardan, will be speaking about how Zendy’s AI-powered tools, the next generation for academic research, have an impact on the research process, making it more accessible and easy to use as AI keeps evolving academic sector

The theme of the event is “Libraries in the AI Era: Applications and Perspectives”
When? 19-21 September
Where? The event is organized by INFLIBNET Centre at Rajiv Gandhi University.

If you’re attending PLANNER 2024, make sure you visit our booth.

For more information please reach out to hello@zendy.io

About PLANNER

PLANNER stands for Promotion of Library Automation and Networking in North-Eastern Region (PLANNER). The convention of this event aims to explore latest tools and techniques, especially ICT applications, that are influencing today’s library management.

The event will focus on promoting library automation and networking, particularly in North-Eastern India, and offer participants a chance to learn new skills and address current issues in library services.

To learn more, please visit: https://planner.inflibnet.ac.in/

We are pleased to announce that we are speaking and exhibiting at THE Digital Universities Arab World!

Kamran, Co-founder of Zendy will discuss our latest AI integrations and developments around higher education

When: 16th-18th September
Where: American University of Cairo (AUC), Cairo, Egypt

What is it? An event that brings together researchers and experts in education and technology to rethink how universities work in the digital age.

If you are attending THE Digital Universities Arab World don’t hesitate to reach out with one of our team members at hello@zendy.io

We would be delighted to see you during this event.

To learn more, please visit: https://www.timeshighered-events.com/digital-universities-arab-world-2024/

[Dubai, August 2024] – Zendy has signed an agreement with Lexxion, a leading academic publisher that specialises in research in the field of law. This agreement enables Lexxion’s diverse collection to be discoverable to Zendy’s growing user base of over 600,000 readers from 200 countries and territories.

Berlin-based publisher Lexxion was established in 2000 and has since built a valuable reputation in disseminating academic research on the EU’s legal and regulatory system. Working with academic institutions and leading law firms across the globe, Lexxion hosts scholarly literature that addresses challenges and pivotal research in European legal systems.

“We are happy to partner with Lexxion to bring an influx of legal academic research on Zendy. Integrating Lexxion’s scholarly content on Zendy will not only diversify the research already available on Zendy but accelerate our mission in making academic research accessible everywhere across all disciplines.” said Zendy Co-founder, Kamran Kardan.

This partnership with Lexxion facilitates Zendy’s mission to expand the content on its digital library and take further steps towards creating a more equitable research discovery ecosystem.

Zendy recently announced a series of new partnerships with IntechOpen, IEEE, IT Governance Publishing, and IGI Global.

About Zendy: Zendy is a product of Knowledge E. Since its inception in 2019, Zendy has connected over 600,000 users to academic journals, proceedings, articles, e-books, and more. Zendy is an AI-powered library that is on a mission to make academic literature more affordable and accessible for students, researchers, and professionals worldwide. Zendy recently launched ZAIA – Zendy’s AI assistant for research. ZAIA is a domain specific Large Language Model designed to help researchers deepen their knowledge base credible answers backed by references. To learn more, visit www.zendy.io.

About Lexxion: Lexxion is an academic publisher that specialises in legal research. Since its establishment in 2000, Lexxion has worked with academic institutions and leading law firms to disseminate quality academic content that addresses legal frameworks in the EU. To learn more, visit www.lexxion.eu/en/

[Dubai, July 2024] – The AI-powered digital library, Zendy, has signed a partnership agreement with prominent science, medical and technology publisher Bentham Science. This agreement is set to further diversify Zendy’s open access offering with research across the fields of pharmacy, medical subspecialities, engineering, technology, and social sciences.

Founded in 1993, Bentham Science Publishers has developed a formidable reputation by disseminating peer-reviewed research papers in science, technology, and medicine. Currently, Bentham publishes more than 160 journals in print and digital formats, out of which more than 70 have now received impact factor rankings.

Zendy’s Co-founder, Kamran Kardan said, “As an evolving digital library, we’re always happy to welcome open access content to Zendy to accelerate our mission in making academic content accessible and discoverable. This partnership with Bentham Science Publishers will add a diverse collection to Zendy in the disciplines of science, medicine, and technology”

This partnership plays a significant role in Zendy’s mission to advance SDG-4 (Quality Education) and SDG-10 (Reduced Inequalities) by publishing and disseminating open access research across the globe.

Zendy recently announced a series of new partnerships with IntechOpen, IEEE, IT Governance Publishing, and IGI Global.

About Zendy: Zendy is a product of Knowledge E. Since its inception in 2019, Zendy has connected over 500,000 users to academic journals, proceedings, articles, e-books, and more. Zendy is an AI-powered library that is on a mission to make academic literature more affordable and accessible for students, researchers, and professionals worldwide. Zendy was awarded Best Startup – Education at the Middle East Technology Excellence Awards 2022. To learn more, visit www.zendy.io.

Bentham Science Publishers is a leading academic publisher that specialises in medical and general STM (Science, Technology, and Medicine) disciplines. With a diverse portfolio of over 130 hybrid and Open Access journals, Bentham Science aims to disseminate high-quality research to the scientific community worldwide. Founded in 1992, Bentham Science was established “by scientists for scientists” and has always been committed to quality. The publisher maintains the most robust peer review process in the scholarly publishing industry with all papers undergoing a blind review, from a verified pool of experts. For media inquiries, please contact: marketing@benthamscience.net

[Dubai, July 15, 2024] – Zendy, a global AI-powered digital research library, has signed an agreement with academic publisher, British Online Archives (BOA). This partnership will bring an influx of primary sources covering the humanities and social sciences to Zendy.

British Online Archives is a leading academic publisher that hosts over five million records, carefully sourced from private and public archives, such as The National Archives (UK) and British Library. BOA’s specially curated primary source collections cover over 500 years of world history. They boast extensive documentation from across the globe, providing invaluable source material for students and researchers working within a wide range of scholarly disciplines.

Zendy Co-founder, Kamran Kardan said, “We’re happy to partner with British Online Archives to diversify the academic content available on Zendy. The humanities and social sciences are pivotal in understanding the landscape of the current world. We’re delighted to welcome archival content onto our platform. Offering our users a diverse range of enriching scholarly literature is part of our core mission. Through partnerships, we can make a significant impact to ensure that accessibility remains at the forefront of innovation in the academic publishing industry.”

Head of Publishing at British Online Archives, Katherine Waite, said, “We are delighted to be forming this partnership with Zendy, whose ethos of providing access to all researchers regardless of their location greatly aligns with our own goal of being an ethically conscious publisher. We look forward to working with them as we open new doors for researchers to access some of our great content.”

This partnership with British Online Archives facilitates Zendy’s mission to enhance the discoverability of quality academic content all over the globe. With a significant increase in scholarly literature from the humanities and social sciences, Zendy aims to provide a seamless solution for accessibility with the convenience of having a wide range of research available on one easy-to-use platform.

Zendy recently announced a series of new partnerships with IntechOpen, IEEE, IT Governance Publishing, and IGI Global.

About Zendy: Zendy is a product of Knowledge E. Since its inception in 2019, Zendy has connected over 500,000 users to academic journals, proceedings, articles, e-books, and more. Zendy is an AI-powered library that aims to make academic literature more affordable and accessible for students, researchers, and professionals worldwide. Zendy recently launched ZAIA – Zendy’s AI assistant for research. ZAIA is a domain-specific Large Language Model designed to help researchers deepen their knowledge base with credible answers backed by references. To learn more, visit www.zendy.io.

About British Online Archives: British Online Archives is one of the United Kingdom’s leading academic publishers whose goal is to provide students and researchers in the humanities and social sciences with access to unique collections of primary source documents. To learn more, visit www.microform.digital/boa/.

United Arab Emirates, 13th March 2024 – AI-powered research library Zendy has announced the launch of a significant version release for its domain-specific Large Language Model (LMM), ZAIA (Zendy AI Assistant). 

Developed by Zendy’s data science team and initially launched in December 2023, ZAIA is designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of research discovery and literature review. In this new version, a host of new features have been introduced to support researchers: 

• Ask ZAIA: You can now ask specific questions to ZAIA on a paper level, giving you a new way to conduct in-depth analysis during literature review.
• PDF Analysis: ZAIA can now analyse any PDF. Upload or link a research paper with sections, and ZAIA will extract, analyse, and summarise each section, including the abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, and references. 
• Reference validation and verification: using techniques such as chain of verification, all references go through a validation and verification process to increase accuracy. 
• Conversation and analysis history: once you log in, you can now see a complete history of all conversations with ZAIA and a history of PDFs analysed.
• An enhanced fine-tuned model for increased accuracy.
• ZAIA is also now accessible without registration. 

ZAIA is not a general-purpose language model. It is fine-tuned with Zendy’s own data sources, allowing it to support higher-level abstractions for research-specific use cases.

“ZAIA 0.1 takes us closer to our vision of creating an ecosystem of research-centric AI tools using the latest development methods that increase efficiency and reliability. The future of research is intertwined with the vast capabilities of AI, and we are committed to leveraging the best of AI to provide solutions to the pressing issues researchers face in research discovery,” said Zendy’s Chief Technology Officer, Rodrigo Pinto. 

“We have a core focus on increasing collaboration with publishers and data providers to navigate the increasing potential of AI. We look forward to extending the vast capabilities of our LLM and all our learnings to institutions, publishers, and organisations looking to streamline information discovery and retrieval using AI,” said Zendy Co-founder Kamran Kardan. 

Committed to helping foster an ecosystem of collaborative partnerships rooted in responsible AI practices, Zendy believes AI is important in fostering an equitable research and publishing ecosystem, but only with ethical guidelines. In response to the growing discussion around AI, Zendy recently released a list of AI imperatives to guide strategic development and the integration of AI technologies. 

To find out more about Zendy’s AI solutions, email hello@zendy.io.

You can use ZAIA now on Zendy, visit www.zendy.io/zaia.

To read the Zendy AI Imperatives statement, click here. 

About Zendy

Zendy is a product of Knowledge E. Since its inception in 2019, Zendy has introduced over 500,000 users to a better way to research. Zendy’s intuitive AI-powered research library features millions of journals, articles, e-books, and more, allowing users to access unlimited content for an affordable monthly subscription. Zendy also offers a free open-access plan. 

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We hosted a joint webinar with IntechOpen in November that addressed emerging technologies across different industries that contribute to sustainability and research accessibility and discovery.

The webinar was titled, “Emerging Technologies – Partnering for Accessibility, Discoverability and a Sustainable Future.” The session featured 3 key speakers, Dr. Jo Havemann representing AfricArXiv, Professor Tatiana Morosuk from Technical University of Berlin and Zendy’s Head of Marketing, Monica Chinsami.

Each speaker articulated how their organisation works to increase sustainable practices through research dissemination. Zendy’s Head of Marketing, Monica Chinsami highlighted our library’s initiatives to advance the accessibility and discoverability of scholarly literature. In an effort to break geographical barriers in research, Zendy partners with leading publishers to ensure their content reaches regions with limited access via our global subscription. 

Additionally, Professor Tatiana Morosuk from the Technical University of Berlin placed emphasis on the transionary period the energy sector is experiencing as it moves away from fossil fuel and towards technology focused on sustainability. The professor stated the importance of innovation to advance sustainable practices and energy use. 

Finally, Dr. Jo Havemann stated how AfricArXiv is on a mission to make African research more discoverable as this is in line with SDG 4 (Quality Education), the organisation announced their collaboration with Ubuntunet which is a network provider that assists with connectivity and infrastructure for research and education institutions. 

Advancing research dissemination catalyses SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities). As equitable research platforms emerge and partner to expand their reach, the more academic research is democratised to create knowledgable societies. 

We look forward to hosting more webinars in 2024, to tackle and highlight the initiatives in the world of academia.

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