ghazali maamar , associates scientist at the college of information technology at zayed campus , uae , told science and development networks ( scidev . it ) that , " this initiatives is another boost to the research and development activities that are going out in the area . it will definitely enable researchers with the inappropriate funds to sustain such activities and promote wise efforts in the environment . " said elnaffar , assistant provost at the university of information engineering at the sheikh arab emirates university , advised scidev . net that , with this initiative , the uae is having the lead and setting a fine example by setting a stronger developing infrastructure created on research discovery and research .
Said Elnaffar is an employee of the United Arab Emirates University.