We would like to congratulate Prof. Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman bin Syed Abu Bakar with a collaboration of Dr. Adel Hafiz from Taibah University for winning a research grant worth 1.8 million Saudi Riyal from the RDO International Collaboration Grant for their research proposal titled “Smart Video-Based Crowd Surveillance and Management System for Pilgrimages in the Holy places of Makkah and Madina