Abu Dhabi’s Bayanat inks MoU with UoS for mapping and surveying – MEP MiddleEast

Abu Dhabi’s Bayanat inks MoU with UoS for mapping and surveying – MEP MiddleEast

Abu Dhabi-based government firm Bayanat has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Sharjah (UoS) for mapping and surveying.

Bayanat is currently working on several development plans in the field of remote sensing and the use of artificial intelligence in the analysis of geospatial data and digital maps.

The University of Sharjah offers programmes in the field of geographic information systems and remote sensing at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

The MoU aims to enhance cooperation in the educational fields and practical research between the education sector and the private sector, and is being considered a prelude to cooperation in survey engineering and geospatial data analysis.

In addition, the MoU aims to increase cooperation in the field of data exchange, information, and scientific documents related to joint research and consulting studies projects, as well as providing information, data, and resources necessary to conduct joint research programmes.

The agreement will include researching the obstacles and challenges facing Bayanat, studying them, and proposing appropriate solutions. Concerned and interested faculty members, researchers, or graduate students' projects can tackle these researches.

The MoU was inked by the vice chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies, Prof Maamar Bettayeb, and the executive director of Bayanat, Hassan Al