UAE University funds six FIT research projects rated highly competitive by NRF

UAE University funds six FIT research projects rated highly competitive by NRF

November 22, 2010. The UAE University approved to fund six research projects, previously rated as highly competitive by UAE’s National Research Fund (NRF), for the Faculty of Information Technology (FIT). The projects cover a wide spectrum of computing fields including nano-computing, grid computing and mobile computing, with practical applications to glucometry, visual impairment and oil industry.  These projects as well as other UAE University supported projects, are deemed to “respond to the Nation priorities” by the UAE University Chancellor and Minister for Higher Education and Scientific Research, H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan.

Dr. Falah Awwad is Principal Investigator of a project entitled “CMOS Based Implantable Biosensor integrated with Nano-layers of Biomaterials for Continuous-time Glucose Monitoring”, which aims at designing an implant chip that tests the concentration of glucose in the blood in real-time. With the rising diabetes affected people in the UAE, this project promises a novel approach to determine the glucose level in the blood, through a continuous probing technique via a judicious implantable biosensor.

Dr. Hesham Kamel is Principal Investigator of a project entitled “The Pedestrian Alarm and Security System (PASS): Improving the Mobility of Visually Impaired People at UAE”. This project looks at vital solutions to assist the visually impaired in mobile situations. The freedom of movement for this category of people is facilitated by relaying information through the ubiquity of today’s wireless-enabled devices and the pervasiveness of tiny information-transmitting sensors.

Dr. Leila Ismail is Principal Investigator of a project entitled “Boosting the UAE Oil Reservoir Production using our High Performance Computer Streaming and Grid Infrastructure”. An important development in IT envisions enterprise grids, and even global grids as part of the future Internet to provide computing and software, on-demand. This model delivers IT services in a manner similar to traditional utilities such as water, electricity, gas, and telephony. In such a model, users access services based on their requirements without regard to where the services are hosted or how they are delivered. Novel applications of grid computing to the strategic oil reservoir industry are investigated in this project as a promising solution to further boost production.   

Dr. Najah Abu Ali is Principal Investigator of a project entitled “Sustainable Wireless Infrastructures”.  To meet the prospects of increasing demands for more bandwidth, this project investigates eco-friendly wireless infrastructure designs in terms of energy and other networking related resource consumption.  This approach enhances urban connectivity with limited environmental footprint and extends wireless networking accessibility to far reaching areas. 

Dr. Walid Ibrahim is Principal Investigator of a project entitled “Nano-CRC: A Novel EDA Tool for Accurate Nano-Circuits Reliability Calculation”. The design and manufacturing of future nano-circuits are complex and inevitably may introduce defects or errors, which may adversely affect their functioning. This project investigates novel methods to calculate the reliability of future nano-circuit designs to optimize the trade-offs between the conflicting metrics of area and energy in nano-circuits versus their reliability. 

Prof. Valeriu Beiu is Principal Investigator of a project entitled “Brain-inspired Interconnects for Nanoelectronics (BiIN)”. Inspired by the global connectivity of the brain, Neural Networks (which are composed of tiny processing elements) have witnessed tremendous success in a range of architectures and learning applications. This project analyzes further the connectivity of the brain to build scalable designs of future nano-electronic circuits.