In recent years, there has been significant progress in the field of artificial intelligence and its applications in all spheres of humanity. This lecture focused on projects in machine learning, deep learning and natural language processing related to healthcare, security and robot vision at the Perception Robotics and Intelligent Machines – a research group based at the Canadian Université de Moncton. PRIME has executed many AI applied research projects and carried out high-impact technology transfers with industry. The lecture was based on the experiences of the speaker, the Head of PRIME, Professor Moulay Akhloufi.