Thursday, December 16, 2010

CMS Seminar Monday 20/12/2010 10 -11 am, Rear Meeting Room, Level 5, SA block, KL Campus


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Centre of Mathematical Sciences Seminar Series

Date: 20 December 2010 (Monday)
Time: 10 - 11 am
Venue: Rear Meeting room, Level 5, SA Block
Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wong Hoi Yin, CUHK
Title: Topic in Quantitative Finanace

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Dear all,

Next week's CMS talk will be on Monday 20/12/2010, 10-11 am. The speaker is Dr
Wong Hoi Ying from Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Dr. Wong is also the co-director of Interdisciplinary Major in Quantitative
Finance and Risk Management Science (IQR). His background can be found at

http://www.sta.cuhk.edu.hk/hywong/

This talk will be on Quantitative Finance.

Thank you very much.

regards,
Kheng

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

4th MSC Malaysia R&D Series and IP Connect 2010 "Wireless and Mobility"



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ayu Hazlin Bt. Mustapha <ayuhazlin@mdec.com.my>

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

On behalf of Technology Policy & Research Department of Multimedia Development Corporation Sdn Bhd and Sunway University College, I would like  to invite you to our 4th MSC Malaysia R&D Series and IP Connect 2010 focusing on Wireless and Mobility on 21 December 2010 at Sunway University College, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya.

 

Kindly note:

 

1.     Morning tea break is at 10:40am

2.     Lunch break is at 12:30noon

 

Also, for your reference attached are:

 

1.     IP list and registration form for IP Connect presentation session (2pm onwards)

2.     Map to Sunway University College

 

Interested? RSVP your participation to:

 

1.       MSC Malaysia Client Contact Center (CliC) Tel: +603 8315 3000 / 1-800-88-8338 Email: clic@mdec.com.my OR

2.       Ms. Ayu Hazlin: ayuhazlin@mdec.com.my / 03-8315 3102.

 

Thank you.

 

Regards,

 

HARMANIZA MANSOR (NIZA)

Senior Executive

MGS Unit, Technology Policy & Research Department

Capacity Development Division

Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)

DID: +603-8315 3101 | Cell: +6019-271 7575 |Fax: +603-8318 8786 | http://www.mscmalaysia.my

 

 

MSC Malaysia- National ICT Initiative

4th MSC Malaysia R&D Series & IP Connect 2010
"Wireless and Mobility"

 

Date:         21 December 2010
Time:        
8:30 am – 4.30 pm
Venue:        
Auditorium 7, Level 2, Sunway University College (Sunway Campus).       
Click here for location map.

 

About IP Connect

IP Connect is the platform for Institutions of Higher Learning (IHLs), Research Institutions, MSC Malaysia status companies to showcase their IP assets to the market for potential IP licensing and/or IP Commercialisation opportunities.

IP Connect on 21 December 2010 will witness Sunway University College, Universiti Putra Malaysia, TM Research & Development and Clarify Consulting showcasing their IP assets (as attached) in the related area of Wireless Technology. Thinking of increasing your business opportunities and profitability? Come and join IP Connect.

Attached is the list of IP portfolio topics and presenters. Please bring this document during event.





Wireless technology is firmly taking root in today's society. Mobile phones, WiFi-enabled laptop / computers and PDAs, and Bluetooth-connected devices are everywhere, and new wireless technologies, such as WiMax, are appearing. With the increase popularity of social media application and powerful mobile devices, we can expect this technology and its mobile applications to continue to evolve in the future.

But, what directions will this evolution take? What are the enabling technologies and trends? What changes need to be made in mobile services and applications for global use? What are the business opportunities in the emerging markets?

Join us to discover new technologies, trends and opportunities from the research, findings and perspectives of BT Multimedia Malaysia, EA MSC and Sunway University College on Wireless and Mobility. Seats are limited, so send your reply today!

For RSVP and enquiries, please contact :

MSC Malaysia Client Contact Centre (CliC)
Tel :         +603 8315 3000
Toll free no.:     1-800-88-8338 (Within Malaysia)
Fax :         +603 8315 3115
Email:        clic@mdec.com.my

RSVP by: 17 December 2010.
*Kindly provide your Full Name, Designation, Company Name and Contact Number in your RSVP.

 

Agenda

8.30 am     

Registration of Participants

 

9.00 am  

Welcome Speech
Robert Bignall

Vice-Chancellor
Sunway University College

 

9.10 am    

Opening Remarks
Ms. Ng Wan Peng

Chief Operating Officer
Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)

 

10.00am   

Presentation by Dr. Lim Tong Ming
Head, School of Computer Technology
Sunway University College

 

11.00 am      

Presentation by Mr. SH Tan
Chief Executive Officer
EA MSC Sdn Bhd

 

11.40 am    

Wireless Network Application – Indoor Positioning
Dr. Pu Chuan Chin

Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Technology
Sunway University College

 

2.00pm           

MSC Malaysia IP Connect
Ms. Rahimah Ahmad Akhirudin

Manager
Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)

 

2.15pm         

Presentation of IP portfolios by Sunway University College – 3IPs

 

2.40 pm        

Presentation of IP portfolios by UPM – 7IPs

 

3.30 pm      

Presentation of IP portfolios by TM R&D – 5IPs

 

4.00 pm        

Presentation of IP portfolios by Clarify Consulting Sdn Bhd – 1IP

 

4.30 pm            

Tea Break & Networking Session

End of 4th MSC Malaysia R&D & IP Connect 2010

 

Co-organised by:
MDeC        Sunway University College

 

For further enquiries, please contact MSC Malaysia Client Contact Centre (CliC)
Tel: +603 8315 3000 | Toll free no: 1-800-88-8338 (within Malaysia) |


 

Monday, December 6, 2010

Social Networking: Past, Present & Future by Mark Suster


Social Networks: Past, Present & Future -

Monday, November 15, 2010

Technical seminar: Human Machine Interfaces Design

You are cordially invited to the following talk.

Title: Human Machine Interfaces Design

Venue: SA228, FES, UTAR KL Campus.

Time: 3-4pm, Nov 22, 2010

Abstract

The research frontier of human machine interaction is pushed forward by inventions and integrations of robotics and medical electronics. The body movements of desktop robots are used to enhance online conversations of instant messaging. They are sociable human machine interface that bridges the virtual world and humans in an intuitive and humane manner. ECG is a bio-signal interface between human body and computer. The appearance of highly integrated ECG frontends will soon make it wearable and ubiquitous like mobile phones. Besides serious medical application, ECG can be applied to instant messaging, emotion regulation, and traffic safety.


About Speaker

Dr Xing Shusong has been with the School of Software, Nankai University in Tianjin, China from 2005. He obtained the PhD degree from Nanyang technological University, Singapore. His research interests are in human-robot interaction, human machine interfacing devices, embedded system design, and visualization. He has published more than ten papers and patents. He is the supervisor of Eling Student Society in Nankai University. His students have been the winners of a series of innovation competitions including Microsoft ImageCup.

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Best Regards,

Wang Xin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechatronics and BioMedical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering and Science
University of Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
P.O.Box 11384
50744 Kuala Lumpur
email: wangx@utar.edu.my


Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Free Workshop: Image Processing, Image Analysis and Real Time Imaging Workshop - 16 Dec 2010

Image Processing, Image Analysis and Real Time Imaging Workshop
16 December 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

IEEE Signal Processing Malaysia Chapter and UTM RAZAK School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, will jointly organize a Symposium on Image Processing, Image Analysis and Real Time Imaging Workshop, to be held on 16 December 2010 at UTM International Campus, Kuala Lumpur.

This free event is for all IEEE members and non-members with the aim of promoting IEEE Signal Processing Malaysia Chapter to Malaysian audience. This event is also aim in bringing the university-industry community together to share and discuss the latest trends image processing, image analysis and real time imaging technology. The topics of this workshop include but not limited to:

Image Acquisition and Display: imaging sensors and acquisition systems; sampling, scanning and quantization; color reproduction; image rendering; display and printing systems; evaluation of image quality.

Image and Video Processing: image filtering; enhancement and restoration; image and video segmentation; image registration; stereoscopic and 3‐D processing; video and image sequence processing; morphological processing.

Image and Video Analysis: low‐level feature extraction – color, texture and shape; high‐level semantics; pattern recognition and classification; motion detection and estimation; motion analysis and object tracking; object, event and scene recognition.

Storage and Retrieval: Image, audio and video databases; multidimensional indexing; content‐based retrieval; semantics retrieval; automatic image and video annotation.

Coding and Transmission: still image coding; video coding; audio and speech coding; stereoscopic and 3‐D coding; compression standards; image and video transmission over wireless networks.

Methodology and Algorithms: mathematical models; statistical and probabilistic models.

Abstract Submission
Prospective presenters are invited to submit an abstract. The selected presenters will receive a certificate of appreciation as an invited speaker.

Deadline for abstracts submission is 30th November 2010.

Please email your abstract to norliza@ic.utm.my

Participant Registration:
Please email or fax the following form to norliza@ic.utm.my (fax. No: 03-2693-4844)

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

MAD TechVentures 2010 Conference (8th – 9th November, 2010)


Please go to http://www.madtechventures.com/ for more info

Free attendance with Promo Code: MAD2010

Monday, October 18, 2010

mYprize: a 4G Global Developer Challenge

Dear MSC Malaysia Status Companies,MDeC would like to invite you to
participate in mYprize a 4G Global Developer Challenge.

Ideas will be evaluated by a panel of top judges from Head of New
Business Development of Google, Associate Director of MIT MediaLabs,
Partner of Crosslink Ventures, a Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist,
Senior Consultant of Light Reading & Datuk Badlisham Ghazali, CEO of
MDeC.

YTL Communications Sdn Bhd is launching the world's first Nationwide
Converged 4G Network. As a partner, MDeC would like to extend this
opportunity for you to be part of the YTL Communications' 4G
Innovation Network.

Submit your innovative ideas, applications, solutions or devices and
YTL's 4G Innovation Network collaborates with you to bring it into
reality & to the market place together.

Registration & Submission Closing Date:  30 November 2010

For more info, please visit:
www.myprize.my

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Work Completion Seminar / Proposal Defence

Re: Postgraduate Seminar Announcement

We wish to inform that the Postgraduate Seminar for Work Completion and Proposal Defence are scheduled as follows:-

Work Completion Seminar/ Proposal Defence

Venue: 5th Floor Meeting Room, Block SA, Kuala Lumpur Campus

No.

Candidate

Programme

Title

Low Yi Qian

Date: 21 Oct 2010

Time: 10:00am-10:45am

Room: Blk SA 5A, FES

MEngSc (A)

Dual-camera System for Multi-Scale Video Surveillance Application

Teoh Lay Eng

Date: 27 Oct 2010

Time: 2:00pm-2:45pm

Room: Blk SA 5A, FES

PhDEng (A)

Air Transportation Management and Optimization

Tai Wei Hang

Date: 9 November 2010

Time: 2:00pm-2:45pm

Room: Blk SA 5A, FES

MMS (A)

Difference sets and codes

Choong Chi-Jing

Date: 10 Nov 2010

Time: 10:00am-11:10am

Room: Blk SA 5A, FES

MSc (A)

Investigation of the Dual Cyto-toxic/-protective Roles of a α-Synuclein in Human Neuroblastoma, SH-SY5Y and Human Melanoma, SK-MEL 28 Cells

Yeannie Yap Hui Yeng

Date: 10 Nov 2010

Time: 11:10am-12:20pm

Room: Blk SA 5A, FES

MSc (A)

Evaluation of the Anti-apoptotic Property of Cellular Prion Protein in Kidney, Oral and Colon Cancer Cell Lines

The Seminar is opened to all FES postgraduate students. All are welcome to attend the Seminar.

Faculty General Office

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Sunday, October 10, 2010

PCB Modeling Requirements for Personal Computer Systems By Howard Heck

PCB Modeling Requirements for Personal Computer Systems
By
Howard Heck
21st October 2010 (Thursday)
2.00pm - 5.00pm
USAINS Auditorium 1, Kompleks Eureka, USM Main Campus, Penang

Abstract:
Moore's Law has been the fundamental driving force behind the PC industry and the microprocessor for nearly thirty years, providing a doubling in system performance approximately every two years. In addition to the more visible measures (e.g. transistors per chip), staying on the Moore's Law trend drives exponential growth in inter-chip signaling bandwidths. Meeting this demand places pressure on interconnect modeling to provide repeated accuracy improvements while handling increased frequencies. This presentation will examine the requirements for printed circuit board (PCB) interconnect models, taking a historical view to demonstrate the growth in modeling requirements through time, and to project future requirements while suggesting areas for high speed modeling research, covering specific modeling issues for printed circuit boards and connectors, such as:
• Copper surface roughness and effects on skin effect loss
• FR4 dielectric weave construction and effects on mode conversion in differential signals
• 3D modeling of plated through holes and edge card connectors
• Dielectric losses at 40+ GHz

Biography:
Howard Heck has 25 years experience working in the electronic packaging and signal integrity. Since joining Intel in 1995, he has focused on R&D of high speed inter-chip signaling solutions in technical and management roles for a number of products, including the Pentium® II/III/IV Frontside Bus, Direct RDRAM™, DDR II and Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) interfaces. He currently leads development of the specifications and interconnect solutions for SuperSpeed USB 3.0 technology. From 1997 through 2009, he was an Adjunct Professor at the Oregon Graduate Institute, teaching High Speed Signal Integrity and Interconnect Design. He is an IEEE Senior Member, is co-author of Advanced Signal Integrity for High-Speed Digital Designs, a graduate level SI textbook published in 2009.


Sunday, October 3, 2010

The 9th International Conference on Cryptology And Network Security (CANS 2010): Call for Participation

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The 9th International Conference on Cryptology And Network Security (CANS 2010)
12-14 December 2010
The Royale Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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The 9th International Conference on Cryptology And Network Security
(CANS 2010) will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on December 12-14,
2010. It will be co-organized by Multimedia University, Malaysia and
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). The main goal of the conference
is to promote research on all aspects of network security, as well as
to build a bridge between research on cryptography and network
security. We therefore welcome scientific and academic papers that
focus on this multidisciplinary area. Previous CANS have been held in
Taipei (2001), San Francisco (2002), Miami (2003), Xiamen (2005),
Suzhou (2006), Singapore (2007), Hong Kong (2008) and Japan (2009).
You are invited to attend as a participant in the conference.

CONFERENCE WEBSITE:
For updated information regarding fees and registration as a
participant, please visit CANS 2010 conference website at:
http://fist.mmu.edu.my/cans2010/

FURTHER INQUIRIES:
For inquiries and further information regarding the conference, please
send an e-mail to: goibm@utar.edu.my,
cans2010-pc-chairs@dimacs.rutgers.edu

Saturday, September 25, 2010

MCMC Lecture Series 03/2010

MCMC Lecture Series 03/2010

Wireless Strategies
Thursday, 30th September 2010
9am - 11.45am
Auditorium, MCMC Cyberjaya
Free admission

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

MSC Malaysia 3rd R&D Series & IP Connect




Dear Colleague,

You are cordially invited to attend the 3rd MSC Malaysia R&D Series and IP Connect jointly organized by Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and Monash University (Sunway Campus).

Theme: Computer System & Mobile Security

Date: Thursday, 5 August 2010

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Venue: Plenary Theatre, Monash University (Sunway Campus)

Registration is on first-come-first-serve basis.

You may register by sending your name, designation, company name, phone and email to clic@mdec.com.my

For more information you can also call MSC Malaysia Client Contact Centre (CliC) at 1-800-88-8338. Please dial 0 for assistance.


With kind regards,

Simon.


Saturday, July 31, 2010

Public Lecture by Prof. Feng Da Hsuan, National Cheng Kung University

亞洲學術,學識與人才的發展:過去,現在,將來

The Development of Asian Academics, Intellects and Human Resources: Past, Present and Future

馮達旋 Da Hsuan Feng

國立成功大學資深執行副校長

Senior Executive Vice President

National Cheng Kung University

主辦單位 Organizers

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) 拉曼大学

and

KL and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall 隆雪中华大会堂

地點 Venue

馬來西亞 吉隆玻中华大会堂

Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

時間與日期 Date and Time

7:30pm 8/8/2010

摘要

無可否認,有史以來,學術,學識與人才的發展是人類社會發展與進步的推動力。 也是因為其基本重要性,在21世紀的今天,尤其在變化神速的亞洲,擴展與深入學術與學識與延攬人才已經是人云亦云的大客題。但是要了解亞洲的今天﹐尤其是華人的東亞﹐我們必須從歷史的角度去探討。今天的亞洲是千年西方與東方千絲萬縷的交流﹐合作與對抗的結果。這個結合可以給我們一些信息關於21世紀亞洲的學術,學識與人才的發展。 本演講是吾人在這方面幾十年來的一些淺見。

Abstract

Undoubtedly, throughout history, the driving force to move forward and improve society is the amalgamation of academics, intellects and human resources. As it is of fundamental importance, it is now a much talked about theme in the 21st century fast growing Asia that there should be ubiquitous and deepening development of academics and intellects as well as proactive search and recruitment of best minds. To understand Asia, especially pertaining to Chinese East Asia, history could be out guiding principle. Today’s Asia is the amalgamation of the convoluted interactions and conflict between East and West. This amalgamation can give us some information about 21st century Asia. This talk will discuss some personal views about these issues.

馮達旋博士

國立成功大學資深執行副校長

馮達旋出生於印度的新德里。母親是音樂家,父親是新聞記者。1950年初期,馮全家舉遷至新加坡。馮在新加坡理工學院(Singapore Polytechnic)就讀土木工程兩年後,戲劇性地轉換興趣,投身於基礎科學。馮於1968年取得Drew 大學的物理學學士學位,並於1972年取得明尼蘇達州立大學博士學位。馮於1976年加入Drexel 大學。民國1990年獲選為M. Russell Wehr 物理講座教授。在此之前,馮分別在曼徹斯特大學及德州大學奧斯丁分校從事博士後研究工作。在其成為終身職教授之際,他同時擔任美國國家科學基金會(NSF)的理論物理部門主任,並且亦出任丹麥哥本哈根大學Niels Bohr 研究所以及英國Daresbury 實驗室的客座教授.

1998年至2000年,馮是SAIC公司,一個跨越多國的富豪500公司的副總裁。在2001, 馮榮任德州大學達拉斯分校研究部副校長,並兼任物理系教授。馮於該校的職責乃負責執行由校長及教務長所交付的任務,主要包括增強學校研究質量的內涵與深度,同時亦提升該校在國內及國際上的研究信譽。

馮亦獲得了台灣中原大學的友誼獎,同時也榮膺十二所中國大學的榮譽教授,其中包括北京協和醫科大學。他也曾經是美國Los Alamos, 橡樹嶺,布魯海汶三個國家實驗室以及英國的Daresbury驗室的顧問。2003年馮被委任為南京大學的榮譽董事。2007年被被李家誠基金會委任為汕頭大學的董事. 委任2005-2007年被選為Cellstar公司的董事,該公司代理全球手機,每年營業額達十億美元。2010年馬來西亞國油大學(Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS,亦稱國油工藝大學)委任為學術諮詢委員。其他的榮譽如美籍韓裔科技網路的顧問,南卡大學計算機與工程評估委員會會員,美國教育部分析的評估小組成員之一,國防工業協會科技會的執行委員等.

馮認為他作為教師最首要的成就是帶出了七個博士,六個博士後,並指導了眾多的本科學生。馮曾組織了三十多個國際性會議,每個都獲得了資助。其研究工作從1979年至1995年堅一直得到(美國)國家科學基金會的經費支持。在1995-1998間,馮是當時美國眾議院武器裝備委員會副主席Curt Weldon議員的全球技術顧問,專門負責中歐和亞洲事務。

馮的科學文章超過180, 編輯達20多本書。馮於1996年榮獲美國物理學會會士,這是該學會最高的榮譽。

馮於2007年加入國立成功大學為資深執行副校長.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

CMS Seminar: Geometric Modelling by Uniform B-splines: A Prelude to NURBS

Dear colleagues,

You are cordially invited to the following talk organized by the Centre for
Mathematical Sciences (CMS):

Title:   Geometric Modelling by Uniform B-splines: A Prelude to NURBS
Speaker: Prof. Lee Seng Luan
Date:    26 JULY 2010 (MONDAY)
Time:    2.00pm – 3.00pm
Venue:   DK1, Faculty of Engineering and Science
        Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
        Jalan Genting Kelang, 53300 Kuala Lumpur

The details of the talk is herewith attached for your information.
Hope to see you
soon.

Thanks and Best Regards,
Kheng
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Dr. Goh Yong Kheng

Friday, July 16, 2010

CCIS Seminar: Topics in CGIV by Prof Lee Byunk Gook, Dongseo Univesity, Korea

You are cordially invited to attend the following talks by Prof Lee Byunk Gook, Professor from Division of Information Engineering, Dongseo University, Busan, South Korea:

Title: Topics in Computer Graphics, Image Processing and Computer Vision
Speaker: Prof Lee Byung Gook, Dongseo University, South Korea
Date: 22 July 2010
Time: 3pm - 4pm
Venue: SE105, UTAR KL Campus, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur.

Title: Topics in Computer Graphics, Image Processing and Computer Vision
Speaker: Prof Lee Byung Gook, Dongseo University, South Korea
Date: 23 July 2010
Time: 11am - 12pm
Venue: IDK5, UTAR Kampar Campus, Perak.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Talk on "Next Generation Biometric Systems" by Anil K. Jain

Next Generation Biometric Systems

Anil K. Jain
Michigan State University
http://biometrics.cse.msu.edu

Date: 22 June, 2010
Time: 10.00am-11.15am
Venue: DKG31 Lecture Hall, School of Computer Sciences, USM

ABSTRACT
Prevailing methods of human identification rely mainly on credentials (identification documents and passwords/PIN). However, these methods are not able to meet the growing demands for stringent security in heterogeneous applications like identity management, international travel, government welfare programs, and access control. As a result, numerous person identification applications are adopting biometric technology that automatically recognizes people based on their anatomical or behavioural characteristics. Unlike credentials, biometric traits (e.g., fingerprint, face, and iris) cannot be lost, stolen, and easily forged; they are also supposed to be persistent and unique. The use of biometrics is not new; for over one hundred years, law enforcement and forensic agencies have successfully utilized fingerprints to apprehend criminals or identify victims. But, as biometric technology permeates our society, it faces new challenges. One such challenge is the need to design identification systems for ultra large scale civilian applications such as the Government of India's planned Unique ID project, which is projected to cover a population of over one billion citizens. The design and suitability of biometrics technology for person identification depends on the application requirements with respect to recognition accuracy, throughput, user acceptance, system security, robustness, and return on investment. Therefore, the next generation biometrics technology must overcome many research challenges such as the ability to deal with poor quality biometric data, interoperability, user privacy, system security, and information fusion. This talk will present our ongoing research work on latent fingerprint matching, models for facial aging, template protection, extraction and matching of soft biometric attributes, biometrics of twins, and matching sketches to the corresponding facial images in support of next generation biometrics systems.

BRIEF BIODATA
Anil K. Jain is a University Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Computer Science & Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Michigan State University. He received a B.Tech. from IIT, Kanpur (1969) and Ph.D. from Ohio State University (1973). His research interests include pattern recognition, computer vision and biometric recognition. His articles on biometrics have appeared in Scientific American, Nature, IEEE Spectrum, Comm. ACM, IEEE Computer1,2, Proc. IEEE1,2, Encarta, Scholarpedia, and MIT Technology Review.
He has received a number of awards, including Guggenheim fellowship, Humboldt Research award, Fulbright fellowship, IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement award (2003), W. Wallace McDowell award (2007), IAPR King-Sun Fu Prize (2008), and ICDM 2008 Research Contribution Award for contributions to pattern recognition and biometrics. He also received the best paper awards from the IEEE Trans. Neural Networks (1996) and the Pattern Recognition journal (1987, 1991, 2005). He served as the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Trans. Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (1991-1994). He is a Fellow of the ACM, IEEE, AAAS, IAPR and SPIE.
Holder of six patents in the area of fingerprints (transferred to IBM in 1999), he is the author of several books: Handbook of Biometrics (2007), Handbook of Multibiometrics (2006), Handbook of Face Recognition (2005), Handbook of Fingerprint Recognition (2003) (received the PSP award from the Association of American Publishers), Markov Random Fields: Theory and Applications (1993), and Algorithms For Clustering Data (1988). ISI has designated him as a highly cited researcher (his h-index is 86). According to CiteSeer, his book, Algorithms for Clustering Data is ranked # 91 in the Most Cited Articles in Computer Science (over all times) and his paper "Data Clustering: A Review" (ACM Computing Surveys, 1999) is consistently ranked in the Top 10 Most Popular Magazine and Computing Survey Articles Downloaded.
He was a member of The National Academies committees on Whither Biometrics and Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and a member of the Defense Science Board (2008-2010).

ORGANISED BY:
Pusat Pengajian Sains Komputer, USM
Pusat Pengajian Kejutereraan Elektrik & Elektronik, USM
Pelantar Penyelidikan Teknologi Maklumat & Komunikasi, USM

Participants are encouraged to send an email of confirmation of attendance to:
Mr Jeffiz Ezuer Shafii, email: jeffiz@notes.usm.my

Monday, May 10, 2010

CVT Seminar - Real World Crash Investigations

Dear all,

The Centre for Vehicular Technology (CVT) is organising a research seminar on Crash Investigations.

Title: Real World Crash Investigations
Speaker: Dr. D. Logan (MUARC Australia)
Date & Time:  12/5/2010(Wed), 3.00-4.00pm
Venue:  DK1, UTAR Setapak Campus, KL.

Attendance: All students and staff are welcome

Highlights: Brief history of vehicle safety and comprehensive introduction to real world crashes with a couple of examples (including motorcycle).

Tan Ching Seong
Chair, Centre for Vehicular Technology

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

CMS Seminar Series 7 May 2010

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Centre of Mathematical Sciences Seminar Series

Date: 7 May 2010 (Friday)
Time: 2 - 3 pm
Venue: Meeting Room, Block PD, UTAR PJ Campus
Speaker: Dr. Tan Aik Choon, University of Colorado
Title: Translational Bioinformatics: From Bytes to Bedside and Back

Abstract:

Cancer is driven by multiple genetic and epigenetic alterations, including changes in DNA sequence, aberrations of copy number, abnormalities of chromosomes, and modification of DNA methylation. Today's powerful and high-throughput technologies have enabled researchers: (1) to characterize these genomic abnormalities, which have largely been studied in isolation, within individual cancer genome; and (2) to survey these changes across large numbers of cancer genomes in great detail. Two major findings revealed from these studies: human tumors are heterogeneous and genomic alterations occur in specific pathways to drive cancer development and progression. These findings have major implication to oncology drug development and cancer treatment. In this talk, I will give an overview on how to develop and employ bioinformatics to integrate these massive data from diverse sources and translate them into meaningful clinical applications.


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Dear all,

This week CMS seminar is from Dr. Tan Aik Choon of University of Colorado.

Aik Choon Tan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics at the Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. He also has a secondary appointment at the Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health. He is a member of the University of Colorado Cancer Center, Developmental Therapeutics Program and a faculty member of the Head and Neck Cancer Research Program.

Aik Choon's research interest is to translate the basic research into clinical trials for personalized cancer treatment by 1) developing novel bioinformatics approaches to integrate and interpret high-throughput and complex biological data sources for biomarker discovery, and 2) devising new computational strategies to identify aberrant signaling and metabolic pathways in tumors. He is the Director of the Translational Bioinformatics and Cancer Systems Biology laboratory (The Tan Lab). He is also the coordinator of the bioinformatics and biostatistics group of investigators working in developing new algorithms and statistical methods to analyze next-generation sequencing data at the UCD School of Medicine.

Aik Choon graduated from the University of Technology Malaysia with First Class Degree in Bioprocess/Chemical Engineering (2000). He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science/Bioinformatics from the University of Glasgow in 2004. Subsequently, he received his post-doctoral training at the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering (2004 – 2007) and at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2007 – 2009) before he joined the faculty of the University of Colorado in 2009.

He is an editorial board member of the Cancer Informatics journal, and he is a regular peer reviewer for bioinformatics related journals. He is a member of the International Society of Computational Biology (ISCB), the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).


Thank you very much.

regards,
Kheng

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Dr. Goh Yong Kheng
Assistant Professor / Deputy Dean
Faculty of Information & Communication Technology
University of Tunku Abdul Rahman
13, Jalan 13/6, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, MALAYSIA
Tel: 03-7955-1511 Ext 105

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

TEDTalks : Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything

Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica, talks about his quest to make all knowledge computational -- able to be searched, processed and manipulated. His new search engine, Wolfram Alpha, has no lesser goal than to model and explain the physics underlying the universe.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Talk by Professor Binshan Lin on "The Publication Strategy in ISI-Ranked Journals For 2010"

We are pleased to inform your that FBF's External Examiner for
Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons), Professor Binshan Lin will
be giving a talk at our UTAR (Perak Campus). The brief details of the
talk is as follows :-

Date: 31/03/2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 3 pm to 5 pm
Venue: Room IDK5, UTAR Perak Campus, Kampar.
Title: The Publication Strategy in ISI-Ranked Journals For 2010
Speaker: Professor Binshan Lin
Biography: Dr. Binshan Lin is the BellSouth Corporation Professor at College of Business Administration, Louisiana State University in Shreveport. He received his Ph.D. from the Louisiana State University in 1988. He is a nine-time recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Award at LSUS. Dr. Lin receives the Computer Educator of the Year by the International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS) in 2005, Ben Bauman Award for Excellence in IACIS 2003, Distinguished Service Award at the Southwest Decision Sciences Institute (SWDSI) in 2007, SWDSI Outstanding Educator Award in 2004, and Emerald Literati Club Awards for Excellence in 2003. He has published over 210 articles in refereed journals since 1988.
Professor Lin currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of Industrial Management & Data Systems, and Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Computer Information Systems.
Dr. Lin serves as President of Southwest Decision Sciences Institute (2004-2005), President of Association for Chinese Management Educators (2003-2004), President of International Chinese Information Systems Association (2000), Program Chair of IACIS Pacific 2005 Conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Program Chair of Management International Conference (MIC) 2006 in Slovenia, General Chair of MIC 2007 in Slovenia and MIC 2008 in Spain. Professor Lin also serves as the Program Chair of Technology Innovation & Industrial Management (TIIM) 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand, and Conference Director of TIIM 2010 in Pattaya, Thailand and TIIM 2011 in Oulu, Finland. In addition, he serves as a Vice President (2007-2009; 2010-2012) of Decision Sciences Institute (DSI).


Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Talk by Prof. Ivan Andonovic on "Evolution and Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks"

Dear all,

You are cordially invited to the following talks:

Session 1:
Date: 24/3/10
Time: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Venue: UTAR PJ Campus PD206

Session 2:
Date: 25/3/10
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Venue: UTAR Perak Campus A009

Title: Evolution and Applications of Wireless Sensor Networks
Abstract: Advances in low cost wireless and processing hardware have stimulated a range of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) research and their subsequent deployment in a number of applications. Since cost is an essential factor in any development, their designs are driven according to issues such as restricted memory size, limited computation power and low power consumption. However advanced applications such as those demanded by the medical/health care, military and surveillance sectors require higher levels of network performance supporting time sensitive, guaranteed and secure high quality data delivery. These demanding applications drive the need to enhance first generation WSN concepts.

Speaker: Ivan Andonovic, University of Strathclyde, UK
Biography: Ivan Andonovic, Professor of Broadband Networks, graduated with a BSc (Hons.) in Electronic and Electrical Engineering in 1978 from the University of Strathclyde. He received a PhD in ‘Lithium Niobate Waveguide Devices’ in conjunction with neighbouring Glasgow University in 1982. He is presently the Head of the Centre for Intelligent Dynamic Communications Systems (CIDCOM) at the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Strathclyde University.
He joined Strathclyde in 1985 following several years at Barr and Stroud where he was responsible for the design, manufacture and test of optical guided wave devices. He has held a two year Royal Society Industrial Fellowship, in collaboration with British Telecommunications (BT) Labs during which he investigated novel approaches to broadband networking. Professor Andonovic’s research interests centre on the development of broadband networks, access and home networking and wireless sensor systems. He has edited two books and authored/co-authored six chapters in books and over 230 journal and conference papers. He has been chairman on the IET Professional Group E13, held a BT Short Term Fellowship, Visiting Scientist status at the Communications Research Laboratories of Japan, Visiting Professor at the City University of Hong Kong and Princeton University, USA. He is Topical Editor for the ‘IEEE Transactions on Communications’ and was Technical Programme Co-Chair for the recent ‘IEEE International Conference in Communications (ICC07)’. Prof. Andonovic is a Fellow of the IET, holds Senior Member status within the IEEE and is member of the Optical Society of America.
He was co-founder, Director and Chief Technology Officer of Kamelian Ltd., a high growth technology start-up focussing on the design and manufacture of advanced semi-conductor devices. He was also a member of flagship Scottish Enterprise (government agency for economic growth) establishment team of the Intermediary Technology Institutes (ITIs), aimed at bridging the gap between basic research and company growth. Presently he holds the ITI Techmedia Sponsored Chair in Broadband Networks facilitating the interaction between fundamental research in communications technologies and digital media and pre-competitive development of technologies that will form the input to commercialisation activities in Scotland.

Map to FICT-PJ

TEDx Kuala Lumpur

Event: What Malaysia Needs

Date: 27th March 2010 (Saturday)

Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm

Venue: Microsoft Auditorium, Level 29, Tower 2, Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur

Cost: RM50 early bird registration at http://www.tedxkl.com/register/


Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Skinput

Skinput. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Research developed a prototype for user interface, called Skinput. The prototype allows users to use their own hands and arms as touch-screens by detecting the various ultralow-frequency sounds produced when tapping different parts of the skin.
Read here for more details.

Talk on "Gaps between Observations – What Can One Learn from Them?"

Title: Gaps between Observations – What Can One Learn from Them?
Speaker: Professor Dr. S. Rao Jammalamadaka, University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A.
Date: 5 March 2010, Friday
Time: 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Venue: MM3, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
Abstract
This talk will provide an overview of some of the main ideas in the theory of spacings, i.e. the gaps between successive observations. After reviewing some basic properties of spacings, their use in testing statistical hypotheses and in estimating parameters, will be discussed. Two-sample tests based on “spacings-frequencies” and their relationship to locally most powerful rank tests will be explored, as are some possible extensions to observations in higher dimensions.
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