Engineering and Information Technology

The opening session attended by Acting Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Dr. Mujahid Aliyat, Head of Geographic Information Systems Department Dr. Jacqueline Abu Daoud, representatives of Palestinian universities in the West Bank, representatives of some ministries and related institutions and municipalities in the West Bank and the 1948 lands, the Arab American University academic and administrative staff and students of the University GIS Department.

The course included in-depth lectures in design and information mining in “Palestinian Heritage Sites as a Case Study,” field trips to work on creating digital information from archaeological sites and organize workshops for student groups with specialists in applications field. Both Prof. Khaldoun Zriq Head of the CITU laboratory at the University of Paris VIII, and Prof. Nassir Aldeen Bouhi Head of Informatics Master Program at the University of Paris VIII, gave the course.

Mari has received an invitation to participate in this important conference as a representative of Google Worldwide Groups “GDG” of 500 members.

Prof. Dr. Ali Zeidan Abu Zuhri, University President, praised this participation and stressed the university family encouragement and his to Mari, who’s a model for the persevering student and excellence seeker. Wishing more success for him and all the university students, locally and internationally.