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• 2019

  Munib Mesinovic from New York University Abu Dhabi selected as 2020 UAE Rhodes Scholar
  December 2, 2019 | Sarajevo Times

  NYU Abu Dhabi students win at global student cybersecurity games
  November 18, 2019 | Network Middle East

  NYU Abu Dhabi Team Wins Hack3D Challenge
  November 11, 2019 | 3dprint.com

  Judges named for ‘Innovators Under 35 MENA
  Dubai Future Foundation and EmTech MENA have announced the committee of judges for “Innovators Under 35” in its second year. 
  July 06, 2019 | Arab News

  NYU Abu Dhabi Chip Processes Encrypted Data
  Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have designed a co-processor that relies on partially homomorphic encrypted (PHE) execution, enabling it to perform computations directly on encrypted data.
  July 05, 2019 | EE Times

  NYU Abu Dhabi and IIAI join forces to boost Artificial Intelligence research 
  NYUAD has announced it's partnership with the Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence, IIAI, to fund up to five NYUAD researchers as part of its Global PhD Fellows programme in Artificial Intelligence, AI. Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NYUAD Yi Fang, supervisor to both Global PhD Fellows, said, "We have partnered with IIAI following discussions on furthering a research collaboration between both entities on the potential impacts of AI in a range of different industries. We are proud to partner with such an institute to offer this PhD programme, and we look forward to working with them closely as the programme matures."
  June 25, 2019 | WAM

  Opinion: The Construction Industry needs a Robot Revolution
  Borja Garcia de Soto, Assistant Professor Civil and Urban Engineering, debates about the future of work where technology is often portrayed as the villain.
  June 4, 2019 | WIRED

  Meet the capital's best buddy
  Abu Dhabi has been given its very own Buddy Bear named Sadeeq, which was designed and hand-painted by eight students at NYU Abu Dhabi.
  May 29, 2019 | Abu Dhabi World

  '#StayHome made world greener; now we have to keep it that way' 
  As millions #StayHome, fuel is saved, pollution reduced and perhaps also made a profound impact on mindset of people with respect to travel needs, said Monica Menendez, associate professor of civil and urban engineering at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) and director of the NYUAD Research Centre for Interacting Urban Networks.
  May 26, 2020 | Khaleej Times

  UAE's Fulbrighters hope to bridge cultural gap with US
  Amal Badri, a mechanical engineering student at New York University Abu Dhabi will be a Fulbright scholar at Penn State University and recipient of NYUAD's cultural ambassador award in 2018. Amal aims to develop a research centre combining biomedical engineering and nanotechnology in the UAE.
  May 20, 2019 | Khaleej Times

  Podcast: In Conversation with Dr. Saif Jabari
  Dr. Saif Jabari from NYU Abu Dhabi has done some research that found that motorists would pay more to change lanes and get ahead of other drivers - a live interview with the Dubai Eye on "The Agenda" Podcast with Tom Urquhart.
  May 8, 2019 | Dubai Eye

  'Pay to change lanes' idea sparks interest of global road body
  The Secretary General of the World Road Association praised a plan which Saif Jabari, of New York University Abu Dhabi, thinks could be rolled out once driverless cars become common. The system that would see motorists pay each other for space on the roads has attracted the interest of a major international transport body.
  May 7, 2019 | The National

  UAE traffic congestion: would you pay to have priority over other motorists?
  Saif Jabari, Assistant Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering at NYUAD, believes a system of micro-payments could revolutionise the way cars interact.
  May 6, 2019 | The National

  NYUAD Researchers find new use for desalination waste
  Researchers from New York University's Advanced Materials and Building Efficiency Research Laboratory in Abu Dhabi, UAE, have discovered a new, less carbon-intensive process for producing concrete that uses briny waste from desalination plant operations.
  April 29, 2019 | SmartBrief

  A new breakthrough lowers the footprint of making both concrete and fresh water
  Cement is typically manufactured through a carbon-intensive heating process, but Kemal Celik and his team think they can make a cleaner version.
  April 26, 2019 | FastCompany.com

  Alexander MacKay is 1 of 147 students from across the globe named to the 2020 Schwarzman Scholars program
  April 9, 2019 | CBC News

  Has the World's First Unhackable Chip Arrived?
  April 5, 2019 | OZY

  NYU Abu Dhabi students win first place in Tests in Orbits competition
  A team of New York University Abu Dhabi, NYUAD, students have won the Tests in Orbits competition, which invited university students based in the UAE to develop, design, and conduct a "nano-experiment" pertaining to the field of space.
  March 20, 2019 | Emirates News Agency
  

  These Pakistani students invented a low-cost ventilator
  A team of students has won first prize for inventing a low-cost ventilator which they are hoping to introduce in Pakistan. The team includes Farzan Khan, who recently graduated from New York University Abu Dhabi.
  March 20, 2019 | Samaa Digital

  Opinion: How to fund the growth of the region's entrepreneurs
  Developing an angel investor pool in the Middle East will create a more opportunities and will strengthen regional economic growth. By Ramesh Jagannathan
  March 16, 2019 | Arabian Business

  Podcast: StartAD's Ramesh Jagannathan on innovation in the UAE
  Vice Provost for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Managing Director of StartAD talks to us about entrepreneurship, and how vital it is to the UAE's commercial outlook in this week's episode.
  March 7, 2019 | The National

  Video | Is Artificial Intelligence the future of Education?
  Featuring Ramesh Jagannathan,  Vice Provost of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the Managing Director of StartAD. 
  March, 2019 | CNN Business

  NYU Abu Dhabi-led cybersecurity research receives funding from Intel
  The American technology giant, Intel Corporation, has awarded NYU Abu Dhabi, NYUAD, a research grant of three years of funding, equating to US$300,000 worth to support NYU Abu Dhabi Associate Dean of Engineering Ozgur Sinanoglu’s research into new ways of securely testing and configuring computer chips by third-party companies.
  December 23, 2018 | Emirates News Agency
  

   

• 2018

  UAE buildings still at risk from earthquakes, warns scientist
  NYU Abu Dhabi professor leads research into the dangers of soil ‘liquefaction’
  The National | September 16, 2018

  Online security needs continual adjustment to tackle hacking: Expert
  Chaotic data breaches have characterized the state of affairs in cyberspace in the recent past.
  Kenya News | July 10, 2018
  

  UAE women's rights champion finding a formula for gender equality in the sciences
  Hoda Al Khzaimi is aiming to empower women in science by assisting them with scholarships, resources, funding and a support network.
  The National | June 28, 2018

  UAE bucks global trend as women lead the way in science studies
  More women in the UAE and the rest of the Middle East are enrolling in science and technology subjects than in many countries.
  The National | June 28, 2018

  Abu Dhabi pupils are first to learn handwriting with robotic helper
  Two classes at Cranleigh Abu Dhabi are involved in the study. The technology was developed by Mohamad Eid, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi.
  The National | May 27, 2018

  Tech for good: how drone technology is changing emergency rescue missions
  Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Antonios Tzes has been manning a project across five different universities in five countries, to develop drones for use inside buildings, particularly in fire situations.
  Evening Standard | May 10, 2018

  Autonomous drones will fly into danger zones for emergency services
  Automated drones will use sophisticated visual systems and machine learning techniques to carry out search and rescue missions where humans fear to tread.
  Computer Weekly | Apr 9, 2018
  

  Why we need more women in cybersecurity
  Women continue to be underrepresented in the cybersecurity workforce, which leads to missed opportunities for today’s organisations to acquire the best information security talents. But what is holding the security industry back from attracting more women in the field?
  Tahawul Tech | April 03, 2018

  Keyhole surgery needs to be faster and less expensive – and for that we need better tools
  We are developing a surgical robotic arm as part of research at NYU Abu Dhabi, where our engineering faculty are currently in the process of refining a snakelike, downsized version of the traditional fixed option.
  Health Spectator | March 16, 2018

  International forum in Abu Dhabi: How can robots improve the quality of life.
  NYUAD hosted the first International Intelligent Robots Symposium.
  :24 (in Arabic) | March 12, 2018

  Experts: UAE is a leader in the adoption of artificial intelligence
  Experts confirmed that robots are key drivers of UAE Vision 2021, noting that the UAE is a leader in the adoption of artificial intelligence and robotics as a strategic plan to achieve long-term economic growth and improve quality of life.
  Al Bayan (in Arabic) | March 13, 2018

  The International Robotics Forum kicked off in Abu Dhabi
  The forum brings together a group of researchers to discuss the development of intelligent robots. Intensive research efforts have been devoted over the past few decades to the development of intelligent robots and research into the fundamental challenges facing human beings' coexistence with robots.
  Al Ain (in Arabic) | March 12, 2018

  Robots could help make heart surgery minimally invasive
  Within the next five years, robotics technology could allow surgeons to offer minimally invasive heart surgeries to patients in the UAE,  top researcher Antonios Tzes said in the capital on Monday.
  Gulf News | March 12, 2018

  Next generation robots will be more human
  The next generation of humanoids may be able to do most things that humans do including climbing stairs, walking for many hours, walking in rough terrains and even fixing problems in complex disaster situations, where it's very dangerous for humans.
  Khaleej Times | March 12, 2018
  

  Robot to help its kind connect with humans
  TIAGo, a mobile manipulator with navigation, perception and grasping abilities, is one the robots on display at the first International Intelligent Robots Symposium at New York University Abu Dhabi.
  Khaleej Times | March 12, 2018

  UAE symposium hears about the possibilities – and limits – of social robotics
  Will you be ordering your future lattes from a robot barista? Speaking to students at NYUAD, a robotics pioneer says that robots are not quite as advanced as you might think.
  The National | February 04, 2018

  NYU Abu Dhabi invention to detect food contamination wins gold
  Jian Gao, PhD candidate in engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi, is investigating how a next generation model of mobile communications could be the key to faster cell service, fewer dropped calls, and cheaper phone bills.
  The National | January 14, 2018

  Taking on the GCC’s cyber criminals
  With cyber-attacks on the rise, a major skills shortage, and digital development continuing apace, just how secure is the region’s cybersecurity industry?
  Gulf Business | January 7, 2018

• 2017

  NYUAD engineers say 'crowdforwarding' is key to better mobile service
  A simple test to detect contaminated food developed by a team from New York University Abu Dhabi has won a major prize in the United States.
  Tahawul Tech | December 20, 2017

  Device-to-Device Cell Phone Networks Could Be the Key to Better Mobile Service
  NYU Abu Dhabi engineers are exploring communication possibilities for the 5G generation.
  Zawaya | December 21, 2017

  World Arabic Language Day: The Fight to Keep Arabic Relevant
  The role of new technology and how to harness it offers a tantalising look both forwards and back through time.
  Algebra, algorithm, zero, zenith, alchemy, lute, calibre, coffee. 
  The National | December 18, 2017

  Echo Festival Concludes in Dubai (Video)
  Under the theme of interaction with the future, the first edition of the Eco-Design and Technology Festival (ECO) was concluded in Dubai. The festival brought together the latest innovations in technology related to design, visual arts and audio.
  SkyNews (Arabic) | December 16, 2017

  PhD candidate Jian Gao received the Best Paper Award
  PhD candidate Jian Gao received the Best Paper Award at  the international conference on wireless networks and mobile communications (WINCOM'17). The awarded article entitled "Empathy and Berge equilibria in the Forwarding Dilemma in Relay-Enabled Networks" investigates  Device-to-Device communications  to enhance service coverage, particularly at cell edges or in hot spots within a neighborhood through relaying and forwarding.  
  WINCOM |  November 1-4, 2017
  

  They provided different approaches to solve the forwarding problem in multi-hop relay-enabled networks by means of empathy, mutual support and partial altruism between nodes.NYU Abu Dhabi team redefines sustainable living
  A dedicated team of students and faculty from NYU Abu Dhabi is set to unveil their design for the first-ever LEED certified sustainable agricultural tourism destination in the UAE at the 19th edition of the Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) from Oct.23 to 25 in Dubai.
  Gulf Today | October 23, 2017
  
  

  NYUAD students scale new heights, track Burj shadow
  Abu Dhabi Students of NYU Abu Dhabi have scaled new heights by using the Burj Khalifa as a tool for scientific enquiry to track its imposing shadow and study the rotation of the Earth.
  Gulf News | November 01, 2017

  'Unhackable' Electronic Chip Being Developed in Abu Dhabi
  With the evolution of technology and manufacturing process giving way to less safety, researchers at New York University Abu Dhabi have just received a grant to deploy their work into a solution.
  The National | October 22, 2017

  Ethical Hackers: The Moroccan Entrepreneurs Battling Cybercrime
  Moroccan entrepreneurs, Mohamed Amine Belarbi and Mohamed Zakariae El Khdime, are going into battle with the world’s cyber-criminals—protecting some of the biggest names in the Middle East by hacking their systems.
  Forbes Middle East | September 20, 2017

  2017-2919 Next Einstein Forum Fellows  Tembine Hamidou
  The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) today announces its second Fellows Class, 16 scientists, all under 42 years of age, who are solving Africa’s and the world’s challenges.
  Next Einstein Forum | September 12, 2017

  NYU Abu Dhabi researchers develop unhackable computer chip
  This is the first working prototype of a chip that has security features or locks implemented as part of its hardware design, protecting it from hardware-level threats.
  The National | August 20, 2017

  Study looks at how to ease Abu Dhabi traffic congestion
  A research project at NYU Abu Dhabi is creating a simulated model of Abu Dhabi's roads.
  Gulf News | July 27, 2017

  NYU Abu Dhabi: Fostering Entrepreneurs
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  CNN Money | June 2017

  Professors build AI to help autonomous vehicles locate themselves on a map
  Self-driving cars will need onboard artificial intelligence (AI) technology able to link them to highly detailed maps that reflect every change in the status of lanes, hazards, obstacles, and speed-limits in real time.
  Phys.org | February 16, 2017