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UAE University researchers working on microalgae for biodiesel

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This could have a profound impact on future energy needs and the environment. As a research intensive university we continue to contribute to this transforming knowledge economy and hope that in time, the UAE can become a biofuel leader. Sulaiman Al-Zuhair, Associate Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department.

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Competition Spurs Robotics and AI Innovations for Maritime Challenges

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And the maritime environment actually lends itself really well to those kinds of applications.” So, just from both a police and a coast guard perspective, doing this in a GNSS denied environment is probably the right thing to do,” said Morrish. Both robots and AI are really good at doing the dull, the dirty, and the dangerous.

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Opinion: OPEC Divorce And Self-Destruction Thanks To Saudi Oil Strategy?

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If you are the world’s leading energy economy, you produce energy, that’s what you do.”. “A oil analyst cited in this article, who has tracked oil companies’ budgets for many years, estimates that Aramco and its Kuwaiti and UAE counterparts will increase their investment in oil exploration and production in 2015 by 4.5 percent to $38.1

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Open-Source AI Is Good for Us

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Today, our digital economy runs on opaque systems that feed us content, control our access to information, determine our exposure to advertising, and mediate our online interactions. In this environment, open models play a vital role. Congress and U.K. We’re unable to inspect these systems or build competitive alternatives.

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Building a Zero Trust Security Model for Autonomous Systems

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Just last year, a half dozen precisely targeted malicious drones managed to slow oil production in Saudi Arabia for days, and more recently, several low-cost drones caused significant damage to oil tankers in the UAE. 5 In another effort, UAE teams used drones to plant 6.25 million trees in only two days. hyperautomation.

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Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

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National oil producers can and are shifting the cost of the lowered prices to other sectors of the economy. Given this environment, it is not surprising that the revenue elasticity of production is highly sensitive, and negative. million), and its allies, UAE (2.87), Kuwait (2.8), and Qatar (.67), a durable decrease in output?