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Research and Initiatives Center Welcomes

Dr. Dhafer Almakhles as Director

Over the past five years, Prince Sultan University has significantly stable funding resources to maintain the research excellence establishment of spin-off companies, and student startups. This
improved its position in regional and world rankings. This framework built by RIC. This requires RIC to focus on developing a knowledge transfer framework will provide research labs with
reflects the university's growing status in all areas of education parallel Knowledge Exchange Framework to minimize its reliance commercial avenues to push technologies to the production
and innovation, aligned with Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030. This solely on internal funding. floors.
progress was only possible through establishing the Research This shift involves focusing on applied and transdisciplinary
and Initiatives Center (RIC) and its research-focused initiatives. research to address social and business problems, creating Moreover, the framework will assist in transitioning theoretical
The adoption of a decentralized research governance strategy, opportunities for partnerships with industry, private foundations, research into marketable products and services. RIC will also
empowering colleges, encouraging incentives for scholars, and relevant government bodies, and international organizations. In focus on developing a fair reward system for academics who
fostering research collaboration opportunities, are just a few key my tenure, we will initiate this second phase, where the RIC team integrate their teaching, research, and enterprise activities
efforts. The university is proud of its research achievements, and will work on new initiatives to establish collaboration among to develop sustainable solutions addressing the Kingdom’s
I would like to begin by acknowledging the efforts of the former different departments, encouraging transdisciplinary project economic and social challenges.
RIC Directors, Prof. Anis Koubaa and Dr. Khaled Almustafa, whose teams to solve complex industry problems.
contributions have enabled RIC's accomplishments. The RIC team will coordinate knowledge transfer partnerships This will position PSU in a leading role, helping the Kingdom build
Prince Sultan University is now entering the next phase of among PSU academics and industry, providing opportunities for a knowledge economy and sustainable communities for future
Research Excellence, where it must develop sustainable and research commercialization, consultancy, patent licenses, the generations.

AIDA Lab's Research Recognized

as Editor's Choice!

We are proud to announce that a research article from particularly interesting to readers or important within the
the Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (AIDA) Lab respective research area.
has been selected in the prestigious category of Editor’s
Choice Articles. This recognition showcases the innovative Key Details:
work produced by the AIDA Lab team, contributing ● Article Title: A Revisit of Internet of Things Technologies
cutting-edge solutions in the field of smart agriculture. for Monitoring and Control Strategies in Smart Agriculture
The Editor’s Choice distinction is awarded based on ● Journal: Agronomy Journal
recommendations by the scientific editors of MDPI ● Link: http://www.mdpi.com/2073127/1/12/4395-
journals worldwide. They select a small number of articles ● Citations Count: 100
recently published in the journal that they believe are ● Article Views Count: 15,123

PSU Law Students Make History: Saudi

Arabia Participated for the First Time in the

International Competition on Space Law

The first-ever Saudi student team from the College of Raghad AlSenayen learned in record time the basics of
Law of Prince Sultan University proudly represented the space law – a high-tech cutting-edge area of law which
Kingdom in the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court is coming to the fore now in KSA with the growth of the
Competition (Space Moot) held in Tokyo, Japan, on 6-11 national space sector. The students showed excellent
June 2024. results in the written round of the Space Moot and
The Space Moot is the main international event for law successfully qualified for the regional oral round in Tokyo.
students who are excited about outer space and its legal They tirelessly prepared in the middle of final exams and
regulation. It is the most prestigious specialized moot performed impressively in the oral competition. The
competition which annually welcomes over 60 student team's dedication was recognized by a special prize – the
teams from the best law colleges in Europe, North Spirit of Lachs award.
America, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, and the Asia- The team was coached by Dr. Olga Volynskaya – Assistant
Pacific region. Professor of PSU College of Law, a qualified international
The competition was organized by the International space lawyer with 17 years of practical and academic
Institute of Space Law (IISL). The topic of the moot problem experience in space law, policy and diplomacy. The
for the year 2024 was “The protection of dark and quiet assistant coach was Dr. Iva Grgic – Lecturer of PSU College
skies and the freedom of scientific investigation”. of Law, an established legal practitioner and expert in
PSU students Jomana Aljarallah, Yumna Alnadeem and student moot court competitions.