zakaria maamar , associate director at the college of communications engineering at zayed universite , uae , asked science and development network ( scidev . net ) that , " this initiative is an boost to the research and development activities that are carried out in the uae . it will definitely provide researchers with the appropriate funds to sustain such projects and promote best practices in the community . " said elnaffar , acting director at the school of information technology at the three arab emirates university , assured scidev . it that , with this initiative , the uae is taking the lead and giving a good example by building a strong development infrastructure founded on knowledge discovery and research .
Said Elnaffar is an employee of the United Arab Emirates University.