Kuala Lumpur Engineering Science Fair (KLESF) (3-5 November 2017)

Malaysia’s largest science festival KLESF is back. Founded in 2013, KLESF aims to inspire and enhance the interest of STEM among school children in Malaysia by promoting activities that emphasize on experimental learning for students and teachers in a fun and interactive way.
In conjunction with KLESF 2017, MCMC, Intel, myMaker communities and IoT partners bringing together IoT and makers partners under the same roof. Visit our MCMC Pavilion, where we have lined up an array of activities from STEM to IOT. About 40 IoT and makers partners will be showcasing their initiatives and programs for the duration of the 3 days exhibitions on various IOT ecosystem ( Transportation, Agriculture, Healthcare, Retail, Environment, Smart Cities etc) and makers initiative.
Intel will be conducting their IoT showcase and workshops on UpBoard. Workshop will be conducted and you can register on site and it's FREE.
Others programs in our exhibition pavilion are Augmented Reality Art Gallery, Virtual Reality Gaming experience, AR/VR, 3D Printing, IOT showcases, hands-on activities, Soccer robotics competition, sumo robotics, IoT Cloud Platform (myMaker.io) and other workshops. There will be a talk on Eco-Artistic Robotics - The Art of Science on Day 1 (morning session) at 11am.
Not only that we will also showcases variety of maker creativity which complement the existing STEM curriculum taught in school.
So, save the date and join us
Date : 3 - 5 November 2017
Time : 9am - 6pm
Venue : Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre (MIECC)
Entrance is FREE.
See you there.
An initiative by MCMC in collaboration with Intel, maker communities and IoT partners.
Register here.

PREVIEW SESSION - BDA, IOT, INFOSECURITY (18 Aug 2017, MIMOS KL)

This preview session will provide a summary of key learnings and essence of MIMOS training programmes. The session will highlight programmes offered by MIMOS which focus on emerging technologies, specifically Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data Analytics & Information Security.

Who should attend?
ICT players, start-up companies, developers, students, academia, government agencies

The preview session will cover the following:
Big Data Analytics
Video Surveillance System & Video Analytics
Finance Technology (Fintech) Security
Engaging Industrial 4.0 with IoT
MIMOS Internet Services of Things (Mi-MIST)
Programming in Java 8
Software Quality Management Implementation


Register at eventbrite
                                                     _________________________________

 For any inquiries, kindly contact zalina@mimos.my / anis@mimos.my

Seminar - Recent Development in Neural Network (18th August 2017, FSKTM, UM)

Wish to do a PhD or Masters but unsure if you have what it takes or is it the right choice? JOIN this FREE Seminar next week!

Also, listen to an interesting talk on Neural Network from one of the pioneers in Neural Network!

FSKTM UM, Seminar Series 2017

Prof. N. Sundarajan, Senior Research Fellow NTU Singapore & Former NASA's Senior Research Associate

How to do a good PhD/ Masters? 

15, 16 August 2017, 9 am to 5 pm

Recent Development in Neural Networks

17 Aug, 2017, 3 pm to 4.30 pm

Venue: DK2, FSKTM

Admission is FREE for all UM Staffs and Students! Free food will be provided!

Register now! Seats are limited! 

https://goo.gl/forms/kAw8iarUdkVADk1K2

1-Day Altera Free Training

Title: The Quartus Prime Software: Foundation
Date: 12th October 2016 (Wednesday)
Time: 9am- 5pm
Venue: MM3, Block B, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

Register at https://goo.gl/OsxPZ8

THE QUARTUS PRIME SOFTWARE: FOUNDATION
Course Description

You will learn how to use the Quartus® Prime software to develop an FPGA design from initial design to device programming. You will create a new project, input new or existing design files, and compile your project. You’ll learn how to search for compilation information, use settings and assignments to adjust the results of compilation, and manage I/O-related assignments using the Pin Planner and the BluePrint Platform Designer. You will also learn about device programming files and how to program an FPGA device on your board. You will learn techniques to help you plan your design. You will employ Quartus Prime features that can help you achieve design goals faster. You will also learn how to plan and manage I/O assignments for your target device.

Advances in Image/Video Compression Using Graph Transform Lecture Series

Title : Advances in Image/Video Compression Using Graph Transform
Date : 16 May 2016 (Next Monday)
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Venue: Dewan Taklimat, Level 2, Tower Block, Faculty of Engineering, UPM


Abstract

This talk describes recent developments in several areas of image and video compression employing new signal processing and computer vision techniques. After an initial discussion about the future of video compression, the talk will be centered around graph transforms. I will first address the design of graph transforms achieving very good compression efficiency on both piecewise-smooth and natural images, and their application to image compression and intra-frame video compression. Next, I will introduce a new video compression paradigm that replaces macro blocks with superpixels, and employs a graph transform to encode each super pixel. Finally, I will describe a new and very efficient transform, called ?steerable? DCT, which is able to orient the DCT basis functions spatially and spectrally so as to adapt to directional features of the block being encoded.

Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Enrico Magli

Enrico Magli was born in Torino (Italy) in 1972. He received the degree in Electronics Engineering in 1997, and the Ph.D. degree in Communications Engineering in 2001 at Politecnico di Torino. From January 2011 he holds an Associate Professor position in the Dept. of Electronics of the same University. His research activities are in the field of compressed sensing, error resilient image and video coding, compression of remote sensing images, distributed source coding, and image/video security. He has coauthored over 130 scientific papers in international journals and conferences, including more than 50 journal papers, and has organized several journal special issues and conference special sessions.

All are invited to attend the DLP Lecture Series.
Contact: suhaidi@upm.edu.my/ 019-2113989

Thank you.

Best regards,
Noor Ain Kamsani
Secretary, IEEE CASS Malaysia Chapter

Postgrad International Food Day

Another successful event was held on the 21st April 2016. A virtual reality product demonstration by BTR Evolution Sdn Bhd (http://www.virtalis.com/systems/activedesk/) and the Postgraduate International Food day. This is the day where students and supervisor expressing the phrase "Sharing is Caring"*. Thanks for sharing the food and for your continuous support.

Do you that the Salvation Army has had "sharing is caring" trademarked since 1950.

https://trademarks.justia.com/761/80/sharing-is-caring-76180417.html

VR Talk/Demo

VR Talk/Demo

Doa Recitation by Ammar Abu Znaid

Arab Rice (Lamb/Chicken)

Sharing is Caring

Bio-metrics and Face Recognition Distinguish Lecturer Program, Prof Jean Luc Dugelay, 20 Oct 2015, Kuala Lumpur

Title:  Introduction to Biometrics and Face Recognition

Speaker:  Prof. Jean-Luc Dugelay, EURECOM, France. (IEEE Fellow)

Date & time: 20th Oct 2015, 2.30pm 

Venue: Seminar Room 14-1, 14th Floor, Wisma R&D, University of Malaya - can be accessed by LRT Kelana Jaya (Kerinchi Station)

For more information: koksheik@um.edu.my

Abstract

Face is one of the most investigated biometrics. It includes several advantages. This biometric trait is used by humans themselves to recognize each others; there is neither need of contact nor cooperation from the user. FR is a very dynamic domain. Beyond classical face recognition from still images based on well established techniques (e.g. PCA/LDA), numerous on-going R&D works exist around face recognition. In this presentation, after an introduction on biometrics and in particular face recognition, we will present and discuss some of the aforementioned items illustrated by works performed at Eurecom Sophia Antipolis for several years.

Biography:

Jean-Luc Dugelay received his PhD in Information Technology from the University of Rennes in 1992. He then joined EURECOM in Sophia Antipolis, where he is now a Professor in the Department of Multimedia Communications. His current work focuses in the domain of multimedia image processing, in particular activities in security (image forensics, biometrics and video surveillance, mini drones), and facial image processing. He has authored or co-authored over 300 publications in journals and conference proceedings, 1 book on “3D Object Processing: Compression, Indexing and Watermarking” by Wiley, 2008, 5 book chapters and 3 international patents. His research group is involved in several national projects and European projects. Prof. Dugelay is a Fellow of the IEEE. He is currently the Regional Director-at-Large of IEEE SP R8 (Europe, Middle East and Africa). He is an elected member of the EURASIP Board of Governors. He is/was Associate Editor of several international journals, such as IEEE Transactions on Image Processing and IEEE Transactions on Multimedia; Founding Editor-in-Chief, EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing (SpringerOpen); Member, SPS Image, Video, and Multidimensional Signal Processing Technical Committee (2002-07), SPS Multimedia Technical Committee (1999-2003 and 2005-08), and SPS Information Forensics and Security Technical Committee (2010-12). 

Webpage:http://www.eurecom.fr/~dugelay

Meet the experts in New SoC FPGA Technologies, November 3, 2015, Shenzhen, China

There will be Altera® SoC Developers Forum(ASDF) in Shenzhen, China on November 3, 2015. The ASDF event gives you an edge in developing your next system design through in-depth technical content and workshops, alone with the opportunity to interact with industry leaders such as Arrow, ARM, Lauterbach, MathWorks, Terasic, WindRiver and more.

Why should you attend?

• Get insightful keynotes from Altera executives and industry leaders on the future of technology
• Get in-depth technical content with presentations from industry experts, and experience a hands-on software workshop
• View leading-edge technology demos from SoC FPGA technology partners

Chance to Win an Apple Watch

Online registration is now open until October 27. Click here to register for the event and secure your seat now!

Seminar on Smart City Framework, 10 September 2015, Cyberjaya, KL

MCMC, in collaboration with MTSFB, is hosting a Seminar on Smart City Framework that will focus on  Malaysia's smart city landscape, international guidelines and standards framework available for smart city strategy, planning and development.  This seminar is the follow up to their successful Symposium on Empowering a Smart Digital Nation at KL Converge! 2015.

The seminar will be held on 10 September 2015 at Auditorium, MCMC Old Building, Cyberjaya. There will be 8 presentation sessions and a panel discussion. The tentative agenda for this seminar is as follows:

Time	Potential Topic
8.30	Registration
9.00	Welcoming Remark by Mr. Toh Swee Hoe MCMC Chief Officer, Digital Empowerment Sector
9.15	Official Opening by Dato’ Sri Dr Halim Shafie, MCMC Chairman
9.30	Smart Cities and Smart Communities – How to Make Them Work -      Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
10.00	Smart City Malaysia -      Huawei
10.30	COFFEE BREAK
11.00	Smart City Implementation – Requirements for Standards & Regulatory Input -      Telekom Malaysia (TM)
11.30	Smart City Services Enabled By Telecoms Operators' Digital Platforms -      Analysys Mason
12.00	Smarter Cities Analytics -      IBM Smarter Cities
12.30	NETWORKING LUNCH
2.00	ITU-T Activities on Smart City -      Dr Sang Ziqin, Vice Chairman ITU-T SG 20
2.30	IEEE Activities on Smart City -      IEEE Smart City Initiative
3.00	Smart Community Infrastructures - Principles and Requirements for Performance Metrics -      Mr. Isao Endou, Secretary ISO/TC 268/SC 1
3.30	Panel Discussion Moderator: MTFSB Panel members: BCG, ITU-T, IEEE, ISO
4.15	REFRESHMENT

This event is free to all participants from the industry, government agencies, regulatory bodies, academia, researchers and local authorities. Interested participants can register at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/seminar-on-smart-city-framework-tickets-18430432921 .

GPU Developer Conference, Singapore 27th August 2015

GPU Technology Conference (GTC) is the largest and most important event of the year for GPU developers and the entire ecosystem.This year, the GTC Asia South highlights the growing revolution in deep learning, and how technology enables growing number of Smart Cities around the world.

GTC ASIA SOUTH 2015 TRACKS:

• Smart City
• Deep Learning & AI
• High Performance Computing & Accelerated Science

To learn more about agenda and speakers, please visit GTC Asia South website.

EVENT DETAILS
DATE: August 27, 2015
VENUE: Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre

Postgraduate Potluck Event @ FCSIT, UM

A potluck is a gathering of people where each person or group of people contributes a dish of food prepared by the person or the group, to be shared among the larger gathered group. (Wikipedia).

The Department of Computer System & Technology has successfully organized Postgraduate Potluck Event on the 9th April 2015. The goal of the event is to chill, relax and socialize among Postgraduate students and supervisors while enjoying good food brought by themselves. Other than tasting different types of food from different cultures, this event aims to bridge the gap between supervisors and students, cultivate team spirit and recharge positive attitude. Great thanks to all who have help to make the event a great success.

One head cannot carry an entire roof alone and that friendship means adding value. 

When cobwebs unite, they can tie up a lion. 

Ants united will drive a dead elephant to their abode

Malaysia Public Research Grants Workshop

We managed to conduct grant preparation workshop on the 1st April 2015 @ The Cube, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya. The purpose of the workshop is to prepare grant proposal for public grants and to expose the post graduate student with grant application. Grants are normally divided into two categories i.e Fundamental and Applied. Fundamental grants focus on fundamental research which questions the proposed algorithm, methodology or approach whether they will work or not. The Applied grants on the other hand looks at how the proposed method can be applied to certain area. Therefore, it is very important to choose the right title and objectives according to the grant applied. The Applied grants are also divided into several stages such as idea, prototype, pre-commercialization and commercialization.  There are also grants which target multidisciplinary research.    

In Malaysia, 2 main public grant comes from Ministry of Education (MOE) and Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI). Below are the grants

Ministry of Education (MOE)  (MOE Grant Info, applied through mygrants.gov.my)

• Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
• Long Term Research Grant Scheme (LRGS)
• Exploratory Research Grant Scheme (ERGS)
• Prototype Development Research Grant Scheme (PRGS)
• Geran Sanjungan Penyelidikan (GSP-KPM)
• Research Acculturation Grant Scheme (RAGS)
• Niche Research Grant Scheme (NRGS-KPM)
• Trans Disciplinary Research Grant Scheme (TRGS)
• Research Acculturation Collaborative Effort (RACE)

Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) (MOSTI grant info)

• Science Fund
• Techno Fund
• Inno Fund
• Flagship Program

If you're interested to have collaborative joint research project (national/international), please do not hesitate to contact us.

Talk on Approximate Computing & Its Research Potential

Knowledge Sharing Session

Date/Day : 26 March 2015/Thursday
Time       : 12.00 noon until 2.00 p.m
Venue     : The Cubes, Block A, Faculty of Computer Science & IT, University of Malaya
Speaker  :  Dr. Rehan Hafiz

Title: 
Approximate Computing & Its Research Potential

Abstract:

Power & energy is increasingly a first-order concern in computer systems. Approximate computing is an emerging computing paradigm that exploits energy-accuracy trade-offs. This talk shall discuss the various levels at which approximate computing is being explored. There are a number of challenges however when designing reliable systems based upon approximate computing. These include: Isolating & identifying parts of a program that must be precise, defining the correct matrices for accuracy and exploiting the application domain for error resilience.

BIODATA

Dr. Rehan Hafiz is an Assistant Professor (HEC Approved Supervisor)
Department of Electrical Engineering
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS)
National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
NUST Campus H-12, Islamabad


Research Interest:

My research revolves around algorithm development and their digital implementations. Some of my research projects can be broadly classified as:

• Computer Vision / Digital Image / Video / Signal Processing
• Video Mosaics, Image registration, Video Surveillance
• Immersive Environments & Interactivity
• FPGA based system design
• Digital balanced detection for multichannel optical tomography
• VHDL system development for real time Image registration
• Algorithm development
• Game simulation for battlefield simulation
• Analysis of equation generation for GSM A5/2 encryption
• Real time noise suppression algorithm for Laser based spectroscopic and Tomographic application

Specialization:
Digital Image Processing, Computer Vision, Digital System Design

Mobile Application Competition (MyAppsTEC 2015)

INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN APPS ASIA – UM MOBILE APPS DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION (MyAppsTEC 2015)

Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya is proudly organizing the Mobile Applications Development Competition challenge, co-supported by AppAsia Sdn Bhd. The competition serves as a platform that allows young talents from schools, colleges and universities in Malaysia to exhibit their creativity and innovative ideas in developing mobile applications.

Participants have the chance to win cash prizes and medals.  This competition is open to all students from schools and higher education institutions, as follows:

- Category A : School/Polytechnic/Matriculation/IPTA/IPTS – Idea Generation of Mobile Application (Fee: RM100)

- Category B :  School/Polytechnic/Matriculation – Mobile Application (Fee: RM200)

- Category C : IPTA/IPTS – Mobile Application (Fee: RM200)

If you or your students have ideas and skills that needs exposure, MyAppsTEC is the right platform to exhibit your innovation. Important dates are as follows:

Registration of products/ideas: 17th February 2015 to 15th April 2015

Competition Day: 9th May 2015

The event will be held at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology (FCSIT),

University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

For more information, email us at: myappstec@gmail.com or visit our Facebook at

www.facebook.com/MyAppsTEC or website at URL: http://myappstec.fsktm.um.edu.my  .

Thank you.

Big Data Week @ Kuala Lumpur (May 5- 11, 2014)

Big Data week @ Kuala Lumpur. From 5th May to 11th May 2014. For more info & to register  please visit http://bigdataweek.com/kualalumpur 

IEEE TCAS-II Special Issue on Biomedical and Bioelectronic Circuits for Enhanced Diagnosis and Therapy

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

CALL FOR PAPERS
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Special issue on
Biomedical and Bioelectronic Circuits for Enhanced Diagnosis and Therapy
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The application of innovative circuits and systems to healthcare applications is experiencing remarkable growth worldwide. Examples include electronics for smart biosensors to detect or monitor the progress of various diseases, implantable neural prostheses to replace lost function due to neural damage, wireless brain-machine interfaces for neuroscience research and control of prosthetic devices, and new generation cardiovascular technology with real time monitoring capability. Advances in medical device technology have been shown to greatly improve the quality of life for people with conditions such as Parkinson's disease, diabetes, hearing loss, blindness and heart failure, to name a few. The purpose of this special issue is to report the cutting-edge development of circuits and systems which have the potential to enhance diagnosis and therapy.

Authors are invited to submit Brief papers following the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II (TCAS II) guidelines, within the remit of this Special Issue call. Topics include (but are not limited to):

• Implantable integrated circuits including brain inspired cognitive chips and VLSI circuits for neuromorphic engineering applications in healthcare
• Bioelectronic and Bio-MEMS integrated systems; integration of heterogeneous technologies such as RF, MEMS and digital signal processing on silicon
• Biomedical imagers
• Lab-on-chip and biosensor circuits
• Innovative circuits for medical instrumentation
• Ultra-low power/sub-threshold, self-powered circuits, wireless communication and power transfer through human body; energy harvesting for wearable body sensors
• Circuits for multimodality sensing platforms
• Biomedical signal processing systems
• Body sensor networks; wearable health monitoring

Submission Guidelines: All submitted manuscripts must (i) conform to TCAS II's normal formatting requirements and page-count limits (at no more than 5 pages); (ii) incorporate no less than 60% of new (previously unpublished) material; (iii) validate principal claims with experimental results and all secondary, difficult-to-test claims with simulations; and (iv) be submitted on line at http://tcas2.polito.it/Forms/Authors/index.html. Please note that you need to select "Special Issue Biomedical and Bioelectronic Circuits for Enhanced Diagnosis and Therapy" when you submit a paper to this Special Issue.

Deadlines
Deadline for Paper Submission: June 15, 2014
Completion of First Review: August 15, 2014
Completion of Final Review: October 15, 2014
Target Publication: February 2015

Guest Editors

Professor Robert Rieger
National Sun Yat-sen University
Taiwan, R.O.C.
rrieger@mail.nsysu.edu.tw

Dr Jaswinder Lota
University of East London
London, U.K.
j.lota@uel.ac.uk

Dr Xiao Liu
University College London
London, U.K.
xiao@ucl.ac.uk