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Upcoming Events
2015 International Conference on Space Science and Communication (IconSpace2015)Langkawi, MalaysiaAugust 10th-12th, 2015
More info visit www.ieeemy.org
Chair: Zuhaina ZakariaPast Chair/Award & Recognition: Norliza Mohd NoorVice Chair/Membership Development: Mohammad Faizal Ahmad FauziSecretary: Rozita JailaniTreasurer: Christopher ChewProfessional Activities /Industrial Linkages:Franklin Jeyasekhar JosephCommunications & Promotion:Fawnizu Azmadi HussinEducational Activities:Lee Yoot KhuanStudent Activities:Md Pauzi Abdullah
IEEE Malaysia Section Executive Committee 2015
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2015 6th IEEE Control and System Graduate Research Colloquium (ICSGRC2015)
2015 International Conference on System Engineering & Technology (ICSET 2015)
Shah Alam, MalaysiaAugust 10th-11th, 2015
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Note: RetentionHigher Grade Member: 36.9 %Student Grade Member: 25.6 %
NEW SENIOR MEMBERS OF IEEE MALAYSIA
SECTION 2015
FEBRUARY 2015:Zool IsmailRozita JailaniChui LeongAbd Manan SamadDinesh Sathyamurthy
MARCH 2015:Ramli AdnanHazry DesaSam GoundarShahid IqbalMeng Chuan LeeAmin M. MohammadManjeevan SeeraThuong Thuy VuKim Ho Yap
APRIL 2015:Rehan AkbarBablu GoshSwee Har KhorMegat S.A. Megat AliSuhaidi Shafie
MAY 2015:Bok Eng CheahAdib HabbalEttikan K. KarupiahPing Jack Soh
Implementation of GST Procedures in IEEE Malaysia Section
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IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter
The Malaysian Good and Services Tax (GST) is effective
1st April, 2015 and all taxable persons/entitiesundertaking transactions/businesses in Malaysia with ataxable turnover exceeding RM500,000 are obliged toregister for GST.
IEEE Malaysia Section has registered for GST as ourtaxable turnover, consolidated with those all our Chapter,exceeds RM500,000 per year. Registering for GST willrequire us to charge GST (currently 6%) on all oursupplies (essentially items such as conference fees) usingtax invoices conforming to Custom’s requirements.Similarly, suppliers providing goods and services to uswill also charge us GST where appropriate (eg. Hotelconference hall rental) and it is important that we alsoreceive the requisite tax invoices from our suppliers.
The requisite tax invoices should indicate the followingminimum requirements (ref. Clause 121 of GeneralGuidelines):a) The name, address and GST identification number of
the supplierb) The date of issuance of the tax invoicec) The tax invoice serial numberd) A description sufficient to identify the goods and
services suppliede) For each description, distinguish the type of supply
for zero rate, standard rate and exempt, the quantityof the goods or the extent of the services suppliedand the amount payable, including tax.
f) The total amount payable inclusive of total taxchargeable.
g) The rate of tax and the amount of tax chargeable.
The taxable period of IEEE Malaysia Section is threemonths and hence we need to submit our GST returnsduring the month after taxable period (ie. In July for thetaxable period April – June).
Currently, Chapters are not yet registered to receive theirrespective GST identification numbers and hence it isnecessary that all tax invoices received from suppliers beaddressed to IEEE Malaysia Section and preprintedletterheads from Section be used to issue all tax invoices
where necessary. A scan copy of such tax invoicesreceived/issued should be emailed to the Treasurer ofIEEE Malaysia Section (not later than a week after themonth in which the transactions occur) forconsolidationand calculation of tax payable and record keeping foraudit purpose. Once Chapters are registered for GST,Chapters are then responsible for record keeping andsubmission of GST returns to Customs. A copy of suchreturns should also be emailed to the Treasurer of IEEEMalaysia Section.
In registering for GST, Section will need to thefollowing from each Chapter:1) Name of Chapter2) Contact person (preferably Chair or Treasurer)
responsible to ensure GST submission done as andwhen necessary (once every 3 moths to Customs).
3) Telephone contact No.4) Chapter address5) Chapter banking details:
Bank codeBank account typeBank account no.Bank address (incl. post code)
It is important that all Chapters provide Section wththe above information as soon as possible so thatChapters can continue to operate autonomously to thegreatest extent possible.
In the meantime (until Chapters are registered forGST), please ensure the following are adhered to:• Do not issue any invoice – if need to, use the
preprinted letterhead from Section• All invoices from suppliers that are GST registered
should be addressed to Section and not Chapters(else we may not be able to claim GST rebate forinput tax paid).
Please email the information required or queries, ifany, to the Treasurer IEEE Malaysia Section at:[email protected]
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IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia
Chapter was awarded for the second time with2014 Best Chapter of the Year award on 21st
April 2015. The ceremony was held inBrisbane, Australia during the IEEEInternational Conference on Acoustics, Speechand Signal Processing (ICASSP) which is thetop flagship conference in IEEE SignalProcessing Society.
IEEE EDS Malaysia is the proud recipient of the 2014 EDS Region
10 Chapter of the Year Award. On May 30th 2015, the award waspresented to EDS Malaysia during the EDS Region 10 ChaptersJoint Meeting at the Marina Mandarin Singapore.
Chapter Advisor, Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis andChapter Chair, Assoc Prof Dr Badariah Bais from UKM receivedthe award.
2014 EDS Region 10 Chapter of The Year Award
April - June
2015
Dr. Syed, chair of
IEEE SPS Malaysia
Chapter, receiving
the Best Chapter of
the Year certificate
from Alex Acero,
the president of
IEEE SPS.
IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter
SP Best Chapter Of The Year Award
In 2015, several new student branches andchapters have been established in Malaysia,including the following:o Universiti Selangor - Bestari Jaya Campus
Student Branch located in region 10 withstudent branch code 13321.
o Asia Pacific Univ of Tech and InnovationCommunications Society Student BranchChapter on 28th January 2015.
o Malaysia Section Oceanic EngineeringSociety Chapter on 3rd March 2015, geo-code CH10729
o Asia Pacific University of Technology &Innovation Computational IntelligenceSociety Student Branch Chapter on 6th ofApril 2015 which is considered the latestaddition towards achieving anothermilestone
o Malaysia Section Dielectrics and ElectricalInsulation Society Chapter.
o Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Power &Energy Society Student Branch Chapter.
Formation of New Chapters and
Student Branches
The award was received by Assoc. Prof. Dr.Syed Abd Rahman Abu-Bakar, the chair ofIEEE SPS Malaysia Chapter, from thepresident of IEEE SPS himself. This award isgiven to a Chapter that has provided theirmembership with the highest quality ofprograms, activities and services.
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A workshop on publishing articles in Q1
journals was held on 7-8th April 2015 atRHR Hotel UNITEN. This event was jointlyorganized by Functional DevicesLaboratory, Institute of AdvancedTechnology, Universiti Putra Malaysia andIEEE Electron Devices Society MalaysiaChapter. About 50 participants attended theworkshop which was held as a platform forresearchers and students to gain knowledgeon how to produce high impact articleswhich is suitable to be published in Q1journals. Prof. Dr. Mohd. Zobir Husseinfrom Universiti Putra Malaysia was invitedto present tips and guidelines on thismatter. At the end of the workshop about 30articles were submitted through on-linesubmissions.
by Badariah Bais, Zubaida Yusoff, Norjannah Ibrahim and P SusthithaMenon
Invited Talk at IEEE AP/EDS Joint Chapter Mumbai, India
Assoc Prof Dr P Susthitha Menon, IEEE
EDS Malaysia Chapter Secretary was invitedby IEEE EDS/AP Joint Chapter Mumbai togive two invited talks at the Department ofElectric and Electronics Engineering, IndianInstitute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai, Indiaon 26th May 2015. Her first talk was onOptoelectronics and Nanophotonics Researchat IMEN, UKM and the second talk was aboutIEEE EDS Malaysia Chapter activities. Afterthe talk, a visit was arranged to thenanofabrication facility at IIT Mumbai. Bothparties showed interest in mutualcollaboration either between institutes of EDchapters.
by Badariah Bais, Zubaida Yusoff, Norjannah Ibrahim and P SusthithaMenon
Dr Susi receiving a token from Prof Dr Chandorkar
Participants of the seminar
Participants of the DL MQ programme
April - June
2015
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DL Mini Colloquium (MQ) at UKM
IEEE ED Malaysia Chapter organized a
Distinguished Lecture Mini Colloquium event on29th May 2015 at the Institute of Microengineeringand Nanoelectronics (IMEN), UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). The 3 DL speakerswere Prof. Dr. MK Radhakrishnan of NanoRelTechnical Consultants, Singapore and DrFernando Guarin as well as Dr Mukta Farooqfrom IBM Systems & Technology. The title of theirtalks were “Interface Physics in SiliconNanodevices”, “Trends in Technology, Reliabilityand Qualification of Leading Edge CMOSTechnologies” and “3 Dimensional IntegrationTechnology” respectively. The talks were attendedby researchers and graduate students fromvarious universities and industries.
Short Course on TRIZ Innovation for Industry and Research & Development
A short course on TRIZ Innovation for
Industry and Research & Developmentwas held at College of InformationTechnology, UNITEN from 15-16 June2015. This course was co-organized byIEEE EDS Malaysia, COE UNITEN andIMEN, UKM. The instructors of the coursewere Prof. Emeritus Dr. Prakash R. Apte(College of Engineering Pune-COEP, India)and Mr. S. S. Narayan (DGM, Mahindra &Mahindra, India). The course was attendedby 15 participants both from industry andacademia. Participants were briefed on theconcepts of Triz and interactive sessionincluded using Triz to solve research andindustrial problems.
IEEE EDS Malaysian Chapter
by Badariah Bais, Zubaida Yusoff, Norjannah Ibrahim and P Susthitha Menon
by Badariah Bais, Zubaida Yusoff, Norjannah Ibrahim and P Susthitha Menon
Participants of the short course
Participants of the DL MQ programme
April - June
2015
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DL Talk at UIA
10th IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics(IEEE-RSM2015)
IEEE ED Malaysia Chapter will organize the 10th IEEE Regional Symposium on Micro and
Nanoelectronics (IEEE-RSM2015) at Primula Hotel, Kuala Terengganu. This is the tenth RSMorganized by the Electron Devices Chapter of IEEE Malaysia Section and is chaired by Assoc.Prof. Dr Mohd. Nizar Hamidon from the Institute of Advanced Technology, Universiti PutraMalaysia with Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UNISZA) as a co-organizer.
More info about the conference can be obtained at the conference websitehttp://ieeemalaysia-eds.org/rsm2015/home.html
The IEEE ED Malaysia Chapter organized a
Technical Talk by IEEE DistinguishedLecturer (DL) and IEEE Fellow, Prof. Bin Yufrom the State University of New York on the12th June 2015 at Auditorium A, Kulliyyah ofEngineering, International Islamic UniversityMalaysia (IIUM). The talk on “Graphene andBeyond: Two-Dimensional NanomaterialEnabled Electronics”, has successfullyattracted 33 participants from IIUM’s staff andpostgraduates and IEEE ED members. In histalk, Prof Bin Yu has comprehensivelyexplained how graphene (two-dimensionalcarbon sheet) and its derivative materialsystems have received significant amount ofresearch interests from both academia andindustry. The emerging 2D nanostructuresexhibit unique electrical, optical, thermal, andelectromechanical properties, attributed totheir distinctive layered configuration, energyband structure, and quantum phenomenasuch as massless Dirac fermion transport.
IEEE EDS Malaysian Chapter
Group Photo after the talk.
The talk has introduced basic structure,material preparation methods, and potentialdesign and implementation of logicswitches/on-chip interconnects/solarcells/photodetectors on 2D material platform.
by Badariah Bais, Zubaida Yusoff, Norjannah Ibrahim and P Susthitha Menon
April - June
2015
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IEEE IM Malaysian Chapter
The IEEE IM Malaysia Chapter has set in
planning for 2015 a more vibrant set ofactivities. This includes education bysponsoring the best FYPs in UG engineeringeducation, technical sponsoring conferencesbesides running its flagship so far in annualbasis. These are coupled with a couple ofcharitable events in the month of Ramadan.On technical side, Dr Kushsairy hasrepresented the chapter summit meeting andthe I2MTC Board of Directors meeting, bothin Pisa, Italy.
The 2014 Outstanding Young
Engineer Award recipient
An innovation in industry-focused engineering
education and research in electronic testtechnology
Melanie Ooi Po-Leen received her BE (2006), ME(2006) and PhD(2011)from Monash Universityone of the world’s top universities by majorrankings. She is currently a Senior Lecturer at theSchool of Engineering of Monash UniversityMalaysia teaching and researching in areas ofelectronic and computer engineering andinstrumentation.
Kushsairy Abdul Kadir (90394143)IM Malaysia Chapter Chair
IEEE IM Chapter is panning to be seriouscontender of bidding for I2MTC, aiming at thistrip as a pre-bidding preparation exercise. Thisyear I2MTC in PISA was attended by 450delegates from all over the world with YoungEngineering award received by Malaysian, Dr.Melanie Po-Leen Ooi from Monash Malaysia;the IEEE IM Malaysia Chapter feels proud tocongratulate Dr Melanie.
Melanie Ooi Po-Leen Get special corporate rate and specialrate for meeting packages at selectedhotel/resorts until 31st December 2015
Please mention IEEE when making thebooking and present your membershipcard during check in.
Join IEEE or an IEEE
Society NOW !!
IEEE CAS Malaysia ChapterApril - June
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2015 IEEE International Circuits & Systems Symposium
The IEEE International Circuitsand Systems Symposium wasformerly known as IEEEInternational Conference onCircuits and Systems (ICCAS). Thissymposium provides a platformfor specialist presentations andinteractions in the current andemerging areas of electroniccircuits and systems.
2015 Women in Circuits & Systems Program
The aim of the WiCAS Program isto provide an environment forearly-career-stage researchers topresent their work in the area ofcircuits and systems, interact withtheir senior peers and receive high-quality feedback from theinternationally renowned audienceof researchers from academia andindustry.
2015 Networking Visit
The objective of this program is tomake networks between/amongCASS Chapters in different Asia-Pacific countries in order to raisethe activity level of all the chaptersin this region.
CASS Malaysia Award Programs
IEEE CASS (M) Innovation Awards
The awards recognize outstandingfinal year projects that have illustratedinnovation in the theory and/orapplications of circuits and systems.Each award will include anhonorarium and a certificate. Theawardee will be invited to travel toIEEE CAS High Tea event to receivethe awards.
IEEE CASS (M) Outstanding Master/Doctoral Dissertation
Awards
The awards recognize outstandingdoctoral/master dissertations thathave contributed to the advancementof the theory and/or applications ofcircuits and systems. Each award willinclude an honorarium and acertificate. The awardees will beinvited to travel to IEEE CAS High Teaevent to receive the awards.
Recipients of IEEE CASS (M) Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation
Award
2014 - Dr. Wameedh Nazar Flayyih,Universiti Putra Malaysia2013 - Dr. Wong Ming Ming,Swineburne University of Technology,Malaysia Campus
Hi-Tea
The Hi-Tea program provides aplatform for intellectual interactionbetween IEEE CASS Members, IEEEMembers, engineers andacademicians to share knowledge andcollaboration opportunities. The eventcomprises of invited talks, awardspresentation and research talk fromthe Outstanding Doctoral Awardrecipient.
Summer School on ICDesign & TestThis initiative will give anopportunity to CASS StudentMembers to learn and explore ICDesign & Test, in more fun andattractive ways outside the classroom.It is targeted to give a better overviewand learning experience to theparticipants so that more students areinterested in CASS related fields.
School Program
The main purpose of the SchoolProgram is to introduce and exposeprimary/secondary students withbasic electrical and electronic circuitsand engineering at early stage, so as todevelop interest among them towardsthe CASS related field.
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April - June
2015
IEEE Control System Society Malaysian Chapter
The 2015 IEEE Colloquium on Signal Processing and
Its Applications (CSPA2015) had been successfullyorganized at Impiana Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on the 6-8Mar. 2015. A total of about 50 participants hadattended the Colloquium. The upcoming conferencesare ICSGRC2015 & ICSET2015 that will be held at theFaculty of Electrical Engineering, UiTM Shah Alamon 10-11 Aug. 2015. About 70 participants areexpected to attending these conferences. Year-endevents, CSS will also be organizing 2 moreconferences that are ICCSCE2015 on 27-29 Nov. atBatu Feringhi, Penang and ICSPC2015 on 18-20 Decat Kuala Lumpur.
IEEE Colloquium on Signal Processing and Its Application (CSPA 2015)
The CSPA2014 secretariat members that
comprises of some Excom members and the
academic staff of the Faculty of Electrical
Engineeering, UiTM Shah Alam had organized a
tour visit to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 6-10
Feb. 2015 through As-Syukran Travel Agency. The
participants of the trip were about 25 persons
inclusive of family members.
The ICCSCE2014 secretariat members that
comprises of some Excom members and the
academic staff of the Faculty of Electrical
Engineering, UiTM Pulau Pinang and UiTM Shah
Alam had also organized an Academic Working
Visit to Western Australia, Perth from 1-5 June 2015.
The participants from Shah Alam are 4 academic
staffs and 7 academic staffs from Pulau Pinang.
Journey to Ho Chi Minh City & Perth
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April - June
2015
FYP Student Project Award
Competition
CSS with IEEE UiTM Student Branch had
successfully organized a student Program:
Introduction to Computed Tomography at the
Faculty of Electrical Engineering on 5 April
2015 with about 35 students attending.
Introduction to Computed Tomography Program at UiTM
The Final Year student Project Award Competition, UniTen
IEEE Control System Society Malaysian Chapter
CSS with UniTen manage to organize the
Final Year student Project Award Competition
on 13 Mar 2015 with about 120 students
attending. CSS also with the Dept. of EE,
UPM had successfully organized a
Postgraduate seminar on control system and
signal processing on 13 Jan. 2015 with about
25 participants.
Distinguished Lecture
Program
Membership Drive
Membership Drive was conducted during
CSPA2015 event at Impiana Hotel, KL on 7
Mac2015.
2015 IEEE 7th International Conference on Engineering
Education (ICEED 2015)
It is a great pleasure for IEEE Malaysia Education
Chapter to announce the 7th IEEE InternationalConference on Engineering Education (ICEED 2015) inKanazawa, JAPAN from 17 – 18 November 2015.
ICEED 2015 will serve as a forum for the sharing ofinnovation and good practices in engineering education.The previous proceedings of ICEED since 2009 have beenincluded in IEEE Xplore database. Papers on originalworks are solicited from prospective authors. Topicsinclude; but not limited to the following:
Submission of full paper30th June 2015Notification of acceptance3rd Aug 2015Early Bird registration15th Aug 2015Submission of camera ready paper15th Sept 2015Registration deadline15th Sept 2015
Important Dates
http://enter.uitm.edu.my/iceed2015
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Distinguished Lecture Program
The IEEE EMB Malaysia Chapter together with IEEE
CASS Malaysia Chapter and Universiti Putra Malaysiarecently organized a Distinguished Lecture Program (DLP).The invited DLP speaker was Professor Michael PycraftHughes, who is the Professor of Biomedical Engineering atUniversity of Surrey, United Kingdom. His 20-year researchcareer has primarily focused on the development ofdielectrophoresis – more specifically the development ofDEP-based assays. Since 2008, Mike has been Director of theCentre for Biomedical Engineering at the University ofSurrey. His talk was entitled “THE ELECTRICAL KEYTHAT UNLOCKS BIOLOGY”.
Practical System Identification using MATLAB
Over 40 participants of the ‘Practical System
Identification using MATLAB’ professional workshop
held recently at Curtin University, Sarawak Malaysia
(Curtin Sarawak) had the opportunity to learn more
about the practical applications of MATLAB, a high-
level language and interactive environment for
numerical computation, visualization, and
programming. The workshop was fully supported by
the Sarawak Convention Bureau (SCB) and IEEE
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)
Malaysia Chapter
Upcoming Events
International Student Symposium
on Biomedical Engineering &
Sciences (ISSBES) , November 2015.
2016 IEEE Conference on
Biomedical Engineering and
Sciences (IECBES), December 2015.
Official website :
http://www.myembs.org/
International Conference for
Innovation in Biomedical
Engineering and Life Science
(ICIBELS)
TBA
DR. SITI ANOM AHMAD 90740408DR. ALPHA AGAPE
IEEE EMBS EXCOMM (SECRETARY)80698364
DR. LIM KING HANN IEEE EMBS EXCOMM (EDUCATION & STUDENT ACTIVITIES)92134243
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2015
Distinguished Lecture Program
On March 26th, a distinguished lecture about
Exploration of Solar Photovoltaic Technology
Potential Towards Solar-Green-Earth was
organized. The speaker briefed the importance
of having huge solar photovoltaic technology
potential as powerful Renewable Energy (RE)
among many others. Systems and technologies
involved in the development and
implementation of Photovoltaic (PV) were well
presented. Successful stories of implementation
of PV around the globe were shown to have
faith in the technology. Finally, PV’s potential
had been introduced to let the audience judge
to choose as future energy resource.
Project Innovation and Commercialization Competition
Totally four groups from various engineering
discipline participated in this competition.Projects covering Robotics, sensors, Electricmotors, solar powered devices were displayedand demonstrated in front of the judges. Eachgroup consists of maximum 5 students.Students from Diploma and Degree level,participated in this event. Some of the bestprojects were nominated for commercialization.Each group was given 30 minutes durationduring their presentation.
Upcoming Events
2015 IEEE-RAS 3rd International Robot
PRIDE Competition (PRIDE2015), Oct 17th.
Visit www.robotpride.org
More events at www.ieee-ras.com
2015 IEEE International Symposium on
Robotics and Intelligent Sensors, Oct 18th.
Visit www.robotpride.org
DR. M.K.A. AHAMED KHAN IEEE RAS EXCOMM (MEMBERSHIP DRIVE & STUDENT CHAPTER) 92907451
DR. M.K.A. AHAMED KHAN IEEE RAS EXCOMM (MEMBERSHIP DRIVE & STUDENT CHAPTER)92907451
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April - June
2015
IEEE Malaysia Post-Flood Relief Mission (Part 2)
IEEE Malaysia students volunteers headed by Hussain Falih Mahdi (our Section Student
Representative) with the cooperation of UKM IEEE Student Branch and UKM has organizedPost-Flood Relief Mission (Part 2) to Gua Musang, Kelantan. They visited SekolahKebangsaan Limau Kasturi, Gua Musang Kelantan to give support to the children there.Majority of the children come from poor family and they lost everything during the flood. OurIEEE volunteers brought raya cloths for the children before Hari Raya to show ourcontribution and drew the smile over the poor children faces.
IEEE Malaysia volunteer team already went there before (Mission Part 1) to clean the schooland setup their small library and computer lab to support the children. The children and thestaff really happy to see people come and help them
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April - June
2015
Digital Week at Universiti Teknologi MARA Negeri Sembilan Seremban Campus
The Digital Week was co-organised by UiTM
NS Artificial Intelligence Club and thedepartment of Computer Science. The eventwas attended by 54 primary students from aneighbouring school, 10 IEEE faculty members,and the campus society. There were showcasesof AI students’ work: digital subscription,digital self, digital games, digital footprints,digital apps, digital films, as well as IoT, BrainTeasers, and 2D-Robothespian with IEEEbanner as the backdrop. Besides challenges tothe brain teasers, visitors were challenged totake selfie/wefie with the 2D-Robothespianwhile making it appeared 3D.
Dr Dianne Cheong, Vice Chair of TEMSChapter, delivered a topic entitled, "CyberForensics: Layering of Self" during the talk"Cyber Crimes" on 14 April 2015. The "Internetof Things" forum was held on 15 April. Thepanelist comprised Dr Vemal Raja Manikamfrom TEMS Chapter and Dr Siow Kim Shyong,Chair of CPMT. The panelist was also judges todisplay works of the AI students.
Dr Vemal spoke on "Cloud Computing at YourDoorstep" while Dr Siow, "NanotechnologyBehind Internet of Things: The SerembanStory".
Dianne Cheong Lee Mei (90604835)
TEMS Malaysia Chapter
Judging in progress by Dr Dianne, Dr Vemal and Dr Siow
Brain Teasers Challenge
Visitors to the Digital Week
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April - June
2015
IEEE SB UPM:
Arduino Workshop: From Zero To Hero
IEEE SB Universiti Putra Malaysia and
Department of Electrical & ElectronicEngineering, UPM have successfullyconducted a series of Arduino Workshop. Thefirst workshop was conducted on 17th January2015, which was targeted for postgraduate andfinal year students. Mr. Radin Yusof RadinSadi, a UPM alumnus led the workshop thatwere participated by 10 students.
The second workshop were conducted on 25th
& 26th April 2015 and participated by 40undergraduate students from Faculty ofEngineering and Faculty of Science, UniversitiPutra Malaysia. The 2-days workshop exposedthe participants to basic of Arduinoprogramming and at the end of the workshop.Several projects being showcased during theevent were Line Following VehicleManoeuvring System, Fire and Gas AlarmSensor, Vehicle Rear Indication System, WaterLevel System, Water Irrigation ManagementSystem and Vehicle Fuel and BatteryManagement System. Dr. Nizam Tamchek, asenior lecturer from Faculty of Science, UPMand Mr Radin Yusof Radin Sadi led theworkshop.
The third workshop was co-organised by IEEECircuits & Systems Society (CASS) MalaysiaChapter as part of CASS Outreach For SchoolProgram. The workshop was participated by 3instructors and 19 facilitators from UniversitiPutra Malaysia; and 40 secondary schoolstudents from Sekolah Menengah KebangsaanSeri Indah, Selangor. The workshop wasdivided into two sessions, which were hands-on session and demonstration session. Theapproach taken during this workshop wasdirect coaching between the facilitators andstudents in order to get more engagement fromthe school students. The students weresuccessful in completing the projects usingLEDs where at the end of the session, they wereable to control the blinking speed of each LEDin their circuitry.
Noor Ain KamsaniCounselor, IEEE SB Universiti Putra Malaysia Secretary, IEEE CASS Malaysia
Group photo of the participants of Arduino Workshop 1.0
Group photo of the participants of Arduino Workshop 2.0
Group photo of the participants of Arduino Workshop 3.0
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April - June
2015IEEE WIE Award for Final Year Project
On March 2015, the IEEE Malaysia WIE Affinity Group has sponsored an Award of
Excellence for Final Year Project Competition, UNITEN to encourage woman in engineering.The award was won by Nur Umairah binti Ramli, with her project titled “Developing aProbabilistic Load Profile Model for a Distribution Network”. A WIE commemorative andcertificate were awarded to the winner. The judging criteria include novelty, creativity andpracticality.
At Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, uniquely for
ELECTREX held on 25 March 2015, the IEEE MalaysiaWIE Affinity Group has sponsored an Award ofExcellence. The objective of the award is to giverecognition to the best final year project by a femalestudent, to inspire female students in Electrical andElectronic Engineering. Prior to ELECTREX, fiveprojects by female students were shortlisted, based onmarks obtained in the first semester of the project.Then, the shortlisted projects were judged by a panelof judges consisting of members from the IEEE-WIEMalaysia Chapter. The IEEE WIE Award ofExcellence was won by Song Hui Lee, with herproject titled “Tag Recognition for Quadcopter DroneMovement”. Her project has also won the GOLDAward for Best Final Year Project from theDepartment of Electrical & Electronic Engineering,UTP and the People’s Choice Award, based on votesfrom visitors to ELECTREX.
Reported by Belle Ooi, Edited by Lee Yoot Khuan
Reported by Nasreen Badruddin and Norashikin Yahya, Edited by Lee Yoot Khuan
UTP
UNITEN
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April - June
2015
IEEE-PES UTM Student Chapter organized Bowling
Tournament on 29 May 2015 at Skudai Parade Bowling Centre, Johor Bahru. This tournament serves as an exposure to students, to expose them to IEEE and PES as well as to create networking among the participants.
This tournament successfully gathered 30 UTM students from the power and energy related background. Prizes were given to the top three teams. This tournament was a success as the participants had fun, most importantly the objectives aforementioned were achieved.
Irene Hii Wei Cheng,Chair IEEE PES UTM Student Branch Chapter
The IEEE Malaysia WIE Affinity Group successfully organized an event to conquer and clean up Broga
Hill on April 11, 2015. The event saw participation not just from WIE members but also from IEEEmembers, student members and IEEE Malaysia Section current and past Chairs, total at 15. The hikingstarted at 7:45 in the morning where all the participants were given a rubbish bag. During the hiking,spirit of teamwork was demonstrated where team members helped and encouraged each other to reachthe next level of the hill. Congratulations to all the participants who have successfully conquered BrogaHill and the support in making this event a success !!!
(Reported by Belle Ooi, Edited by Lee Yoot Khuan).
Conquering and Cleaning of Broga Hill Hiking
IEEE-PES UTM Student Chapter Bowling Tournament
