College of Information Technology

Research

Overview

CIT faculty and students are engaged in cutting-edge applied research, developing solutions and products that serve the needs of society. CIT research output has increased over the past few years with contributions to many prestigious and often cited publications and world class journals, conferences and books as well as many international patents.

CIT’s research covers a wide range of issues relevant to the needs of the nation. These areas include Data Science, Health, Education, Communications Networks, Transportation, Information Security and Privacy, Microelectronics and Energy. CIT faculty have taken part in several internally and externally funded research projects in cooperation with ICT, SRC and the Emirates Foundation, and ADEC among others. Some of these research projects have been participated in by UAE national research assistants, including undergraduate and graduate students from the CIT.

Capabilities

The College of Information Technology (CIT) offers research capabilities on a global scale. Our highly experienced faculty and graduate students can provide a wealth of standardized and customized solutions to serve society’s needs. The college has a broad range of active research interests that include:

The Internet of Things (IoT)
Artificial Intelligent
Bioinformatics
Communications and Mobile Networking Systems
Data Analytics/ Data mining
E-Health
Grid/ Cloud Computing
Smart Grid Systems
Information, Network and Cyber Security
Privacy
VLSI design

To support these research activities the CIT is home to some of the most up-to-date laboratories anywhere in the world. There are 20 specialized laboratories that include laboratories dedicated to Robotics and AI, Data Science, Information Security and Privacy, Drones and IoT, Grid and Cloud Computing and Immersive Learning.

The CIT hosts a distinguished lecture series to engage both faculty and students in current research activities. It also hosts the Middle-East’s largest and most prestigious annual IT research conference: ‘The International Conference on Innovations in IT’, which has become a hub for IT research innovation and has received worldwide recognition.

Opportunities

The College of Information Technology offers a remarkably diverse array of research opportunities for both faculty and students. Faculty and students can enjoy access to over 20 specialized research laboratories. Research support is provided through the following grants:
Internal Grants

These are university funded grants that are available to all UAEU faculty through a university wide competition. They include the following:

UAEU Program for Advanced Research (UPAR)
Research Start-up Grant Competition
UAEU Interdisciplinary Center-based Research Grant Competition
UAEU Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE) Program

Call for proposals, proposal templates and submission deadlines for internal grants are announced here.

External Grants

These are externally funded projects from international and national institutions interested in conducting research in information technology. The faculty, the college or the university at large may initiate these opportunities. Externally funded grant opportunities when available are announced through the college website or here. Some of the current external grants available include:

The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Fund
National Research Foundation (NRF)
Aerospace by Dassault Aviation
Abu Dhabi Environmental Agency
Space Science and Technology Center
Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)

College Research Support Programs

These are college funded research opportunities available only to CIT faculty and students intended to support research. They include:

The Faculty Research Seed Grant: A funding opportunity to support junior faculty to initiate a research project.
International conference travel funding at the College level: Each faculty is given the opportunity for financial support to attend a reputable conference for a full paper review once a year.

Research Groups

The College of IT (CIT) seeks to foster high quality research and to improve the college’s long-term research capacity by establishing and executing a research strategy, that is designed to deliver excellent research outcomes commensurate with UAEU’s strategic priorities and the national drive towards a knowledge-based economy. This strategy comes timely with the UAE Vision 2021, and the nation’s innovation strategy. To help achieve that, the CIT established research groups with the aim to produce high quality research and successfully engage the college in strategic sponsorship, partnership and collaboration with national and international entities and to be the catalyst for a future interdisciplinary research center in Intelligent Systems at the CIT. The three created Research Groups are in the areas of Data Science, Cyber Security and Connected Autonomous Intelligent Systems.

Publications

Please click here to view the Google Scholar Profile for the College of Information Technology. Please note that the publications listed on Google Scholar are categorized by faculty and not by their current place of employment. Therefore, some publications listed on this website may not have been done whilst the faculty member was employed at the United Arab Emirates University.

Industry

The CIT provides opportunities for cooperation with industry partners and government agencies through joint research and/ or consultancy services. Our research partnerships and consultancies include: the National Science Foundation, IBM, SAP, EMC, Cisco, DASSAULT, FEWA, ADWEA, DEWA, Thuraya, Du, Etisalat, the UAE Air Force, ADEC, Abu Dhabi Police, Dubai eGov, Intel, Advanced Technology Investment Company and the Semiconductor Research Corporation.

For more information, please contact:
Prof. Abderrahmane Lakas
Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
College of Information Technology

Phone: +971 3 7135533
Email: alakas@uaeu.ac.ae