Open UAE Research and Development

About

Background

The OpenUAE Research & Development Group spearheads cutting-edge research initiatives to drive the successful adoption of Open-Source Software (OSS) across the nation. With a strategic focus on OSS, Security, Blockchain, the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Large Language Models (LLMs), Quantum Computing, and Autonomous AI Agents, the group remains at the forefront of technological innovation. In addition to research, it designs advanced solutions and delivers specialized training and consultancy services to empower both the public and private sectors. This forward-thinking initiative is closely aligned with the University of Sharjah’s mission and supports the ambitious vision set forth by the UAE’s "We the UAE 2031" national agenda.

Goals

• Open-Source Software 
• Artificial intelligence 
• Blockchain 
• RPA and Fintech
• Digital Forensics & Security
• UAV Systems Research & Development
• Research in the Aviation Industry

Objectives

• Develop, apply, and evaluate OSS solutions in many sectors in the UAE. Our research group will play a vital role and take the lead in many OSS projects, such as security, medical applications, environmental applications, etc. 
• Contribute to the research world by sharing our findings locally and internationally through workshops, conferences, and journals. 
• Design of Blockchain reference model, and development of information security management assurance guidelines and security recommendations. 
• Report findings on research partners, to local, regional, and international organizations. 
• Establish an OSS awareness campaign through workshops, seminars, and conferences.
• Provide training and consultancy services to UAE government entities

• Portable Intelligent Edge Computing Oral Health System based on Deep Learning and IoT technologies.
• Development of an artificial intelligence object detection solution for automatic real-time visual inspection and charting of dental conditions.
• Potential of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms for identification of novel diagnostic biomarkers for early-stage Hepatocellular carcinoma.
• Health Monitoring in Camels Using Computer Vision and Machine Learning.
• Performance Analysis of the Ethereum and Cardano Blockchains.
• A Unified Blockchain-Based Electronic Dental Record (EDR) Ecosystem for Secure Data Exchange.
• FOREX Intelligent RPA.
• Drone Forensic.
• Blockchain Framework for Arabic and Islamic Culture using Metaverse.
• Robust Framework for Aircraft Detection and Type Recognition in Remote Sensing Images.
• Utilization of Heterogeneous Datasets in Developing Federated Learning-Based Intrusion Detection System.

• Dr. Manar Abu Talib has been awarded with IEEE Technical Community on Services Computing AWARDS  for her amazing efforts in the field of women empowering in computing and research. She received a Women in Services Computing Award. 
• Dr. Ali Bou Nassif chaired a session at AMLA 2023 Conference. The session will be about Machine Learning for Predictive Models in Engineering Applications.
• Prof. Qassim took part as a technical program committee member in ICSPIS 2023 The 6th International Conference on Signal Processing & Information Security, in Dubai University. 
• Dr. Manar Abu Talib was a panel co-chair in the ICBC 2023 which is focused on blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. 
• Dr. Ali Bou Nassif was among the program committee board of the 8th International Conference Information, Communication & Computing Technology. 
• Prof. Qassim and Dr. Manar have given a speech on security in the international student research colloquium on advances in Engineering and IT in Manipal University in 25-26, May, 2023. 
• Prof. Qassim Nasir and Dr. Manar Abu Talib were distinguished keynote speakers at the workshop organized by the Air Accident Investigation Sector, in 12, January, 2023, focusing on the security of aviation.

• Dr. Manar Abu Talib were jury for the Dubai Science Fair, an annual competitive exhibition where high school students present their science and technology projects.

• Dr. Manar Abu Talib chaired a session in The 3rd International Conference on Distributed Sensing and Intelligent Systems (ICDSIS2022) 19- 21 October 22 which was held in University of Sharjah.
• Prof. Qassim was a receipt of CIO300 Award at CIO300 Executive Forum and Awards - MENA 2021. The award is held for IT leaders who have done an extraordinary achievement in the last 12 months despite the challenges of COVID-19.
• Dr. Manar Abu Talib chaired a session in Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC-2021) in the Canadian University, Dubai. Couple of research assistant joined the visit to get an exclusive of the very recent technologies and research directions.  
• RAs from OpenUAE have been selected and won to participate in the Annual NYAD Hackathon organized by New York University in Abu Dhabi. Which was held online in April 19th, 2020 with 105 students, 36 mentors across multiple countries and almost 37 universities participating.
• Dr. Manar Abu Talib was panelist in Ramadan Virtual Tent: Digital Transformation of Education in COVID 19 Era: Opportunities & Challenges, in Distruptive Technology (AI, IoT, Big Data) and Sharjah Book Fair  
• OpenUAE Research group members have secured the Best Paper Award in 2019 IEEE Conference on Applications, Information and Network Security which was held in Malaysia. 
• Dr. Manar Abu Talib was a judge in 19th IEEE Intenational Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technlogy (Students' Poster Session)
• Dr. Manar Abu Talib was a Keynote Speaker in IEEE AICCSA Conference: Women in Research: Architects of Society.