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About Technology Innovation Institute

The Technology Innovation Institute (TII) is a leading global research center dedicated to pushing the frontiers of knowledge. Our teams of scientists, researchers and engineers work in an open, flexible and agile environment to deliver discovery science and transformative technologies.

We are part of the Abu Dhabi Government’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC), which oversees technology research in the emirate.

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Research Centers

9 Research Centers, 100+ International Collaborations &

70 Patents in process.

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Qualcomm Awards Its First Tech for Good Grant in the Middle East to Ab...

08 Sep, 2026

Technology Innovation Institute

TII Announces Its Founding Role in TRACE, an Open Standard for Verifia...

26 Aug, 2026

Technology Innovation Institute

TII Founding Partner of a New Global Standard for Verifiable, Quantum-...

24 Jun, 2026

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From Deep Science to Defence Deployment: Three Abu Dhabi AI Startups D...

18 Jun, 2026

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Residency at Sea: Decoupling Marine Data Collection from Manned Vessels with TII ARRC’s integrated solutions

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18 Sep, 2026

Residency at Sea: Decoupling M [...]

Persistent operations at sea are usually treated as an endurance problem. They are better understood as a reachability problem.The fundamental co [...]

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Advanced Thermal Energy Storage Solutions Using Phase Change Materials

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White Paper

17 Sep, 2026

Advanced Thermal Energy Storag [...]

Passive thermal management for a high-ambient economy AbstractThermal management is a defining constraint on economic activity in the United Arab [...]

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Cryptography

15 Sep, 2026

The Nation’s Immune System

Why the ability to take technology apart, and to do it ourselves, has become a foundation of national resilienceSomewhere in our lab, right now, an en [...]

Published by : Brian McGillion,

As Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Get Smarter, Can You Trust the Flight Controller?

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Autonomous Robotics

Secure Systems

27 Aug, 2026

As Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Ge [...]

Artificial intelligence is transforming what unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other autonomous systems can do. Most of the attention goes to the im [...]

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When the Satellites Go Quiet, Something Else Has to Fly the Aircraft

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Autonomous Robotics

21 Aug, 2026

When the Satellites Go Quiet, [...]

Earlier this year, drivers across the UAE opened their navigation apps and found themselves placed on the wrong street. Delivery riders watched their [...]

Published by : Eloy Roura

Small Radio, Big Range: The Video Data Link Streaming Live Video Across 30 Kilometres of Desert

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Autonomous Robotics

11 Aug, 2026

Small Radio, Big Range: The Vi [...]

By Dr. Jennifer Simonjan, Senior Director, Technology Innovation InstituteOne thing I’ve learned after years of working in robotics is this: even the [...]

Published by : Dr. Jennifer Simonjan

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At TII, our work results in significant breakthroughs, insights and new intellectual property. We are also committed to engaging with the international academic and scientific community.

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