zakaria maamar , associate professor at the center of information technology at zayed campus , emirates , tell science and development communications ( scidev . gov ) that , " this initiative is another boon to the research and developer events that are carried out in the uae . it will definitely provide us with the appropriate funding to enable such activities and develop best practices in the community . " said elnaffar , the professor at the college of information systems at the three arab emirates academic , told scidev . org that , with this enterprise , the uae is taking the lead and set a fine example by built a strong community infrastructure founded on knowledge discovery and research .
Said Elnaffar is an employee of the United Arab Emirates University.