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WE CONTINUOUSLY INNOVATE TOWARDS DEVELOPING AI MODELS AIMED AT DELIVERING NEAR REAL-TIME ASSESSMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE .
The Environment Agency Abu Dhabi ( EAD ), the organisation responsible for the regulation and implementation of environmental laws in Abu Dhabi , has implemented SAS Analytics to support its environmental initiatives . The implementation will assist the agency to utilise its data towards making more informed decisions and driving positive change .
Ahmed Baharoon Executive Director , Environmental Information Science and Outreach Management , EAD
The SAS Analytics solution provides a unified platform for data exploration , advanced analytics , decisioning and visualiaation . In addition , it intelligently helps users to explore data , uncover insights , summarise results and share them widely across the organisation in an enhanced user experience .
“ The Environment Agency Abu Dhabi is the designated competent authority to protect and preserve the environment in Abu Dhabi . Environmental protection and preservation require information derived from analyses of credible scientific data , gathered from the agency ’ s monitoring and inspection programme . The agency also publishes and shares this information as indicators , reports , research , educational and executive media materials , and others ,” said Ahmed Baharoon Executive Director , Environmental Information Science and Outreach Management , EAD .
Michel Ghorayeb , Country Manager , UAE , SAS , said : “ SAS has always been committed to building and developing an innovators-led global community that possess the power and capabilities to positively impact our planet . Our collaboration with Environment Agency Abu Dhabi , a true pioneer in environmental protection ,
Baharoon added : “ In order to do its job effectively , EAD needs to be able to organise its large volume of environmental data , manage it effectively and analyse it to decide on the measures and approaches required to ensure sustainable development . Using traditional methods to access environmental data and process them manually is very time consuming and inefficient , in addition to the large number of human errors that can negatively affect the accuracy and quality of the data . As such , we are using modern data analytical tools to ensure it is accurate , credible and scientific .”
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