The University of Sharjah strongly encourages and supports the establishment of multidisciplinary research groups in state-of-the-art research areas. The Intelligent Information Systems and Applications group has been originally formed at the Department of Information Systems in the College of Computing and Informatics to provide a scientific platform to energize collaborative efforts among faculties, researchers and students at the University of Sharjah in the fields of Business Information Systems, Business Administration, Enterprise Systems, Expert Systems, Operational Research, Computer Science, and Engineering.

Intelligent systems, multi-modality data, and various computing platforms enable rapid, personalized, dedicated services for our communities. The global perspectives on intelligence information systems showcase cutting-edge research that embraces several fields from system design to deployment and from data acquisition to analysis in cross-disciplinary areas that require the discovery of valuable information from dynamic, massive, diversified data. The research of this group focuses on the pressing, contemporary aspects of the intelligence techniques for data management in information systems applications including business, resource management, transportation, health, environment, and security, to name a few.

The mission of the IISA research group is to serve the community through developing and disseminating knowledge related to intelligent Information systems and covers the theories, methods, and applications of distributed data management, business intelligence, as embedded in the fields of information systems and computer science as well as the cross-disciplinary fields. To achieve its mission, the IISA research group is planning to seek collaboration with government and private organizations through joint projects and exchange meetings as well as specialized training and consultation services. Moreover, the group plans to involve local, regional, and international communities through organizing public seminars, workshops, webinars, and international conferences.

Members of the IISA research group will strive to emphasize the practical and innovative aspects of intelligent information systems through enhancing existing undergraduate and graduate courses in the engaged departments within the IISA research group, as well as offering new integrated courses. The members of the research group will integrate graduate and undergraduate students in research and professional activities to help prepare a new generation of data analysts, system designers, engineers, and scientists ready to meet the development needs of the society and strategic goals of the government outlined in the UAE vision 2030.

Both fundamental and applied research will be synergistically conducted in various facets of intelligent information systems spanning the areas of business intelligence, big data analysis, smart systems, internet of things, urban intelligence, self-organizing systems, metaheuristics techniques, intelligent transportation systems, operational research, and hybrid intelligent systems.