Visit of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Prof. Kamel Baddari,

   As part of his visit to Médéa, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Professor Kamel Baddari, inaugurated a remote forest fire detector, in the presence of the Wali of Médéa, Mr. Djahid Mouss, and the Rector of the University of Médéa, Professor Dr. Djaafar Bouarouri, accompanied by a delegation. The Minister then visited the University of Médéa, where he met members of the academic community in the large Hadj Hamdi Arselan lecture hall. In his speech, he presented the fire detector project and the prospects for its future development, highlighting the progress made in the higher education sector.

The Minister affirmed that the launch of this device responds to the directives of the Council of Ministers meeting on April 30, 2023, where the President of the Republic ordered that scientific research be boosted to develop modern means of monitoring and controlling forest fires in order to protect wooded areas. The higher education sector has made a major contribution, through the Centre for the Development of Advanced Technologies, which has developed a device using artificial intelligence, consisting of an optical pulse emitter that scans the horizon using a rotating system, enabling it to locate the smoke given off by a fire within a radius of between 10 and 30 km around it. This detector will be crucial in helping the civil protection and forestry services to intervene rapidly and define intervention methods in real time.

The Minister emphasized that this achievement was made possible by Algerian skills and the use of advanced technologies and artificial intelligence. Participants also heard from Mohamed Traiche, Director of the Centre for the Development of Advanced Technologies, who spoke about the importance of the device and how to develop it.

On the sidelines of his visit, the Minister paid a visit to students in the medicine stream at the University of Médéa, where he attended a model course with them, encouraging them to continue their efforts to achieve outstanding academic results.