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IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter

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Table of Contents

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IEEE Malaysia Section Activities- Professional Activities & industry Relations- Educational Activities- IEEE Day 2020

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IEEE Malaysia Subsection Activities- IEEE Sarawak Subsection Activities 16-17

Chapters Activities- IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS)- IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS)- IEEE Electronics Packaging Society (EPS)- IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society (GRSS)- IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Society (IMS)- IEEE Photonics Society Malaysia Chapter (IPS)- IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES)- IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES)- IEEE Robotics and Automation Chapter (RAS)- IEEE Sensors and Nanotechnology Joint Council Chapter- IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS)- IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE)- IEEE Young Professionals (YP)

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Student Branch Activities- IEEE Curtin Malaysia Student Branch- IEEE University of Malaya Student Branch- IEEE Universiti Malaysia Perlis Student Branch- IEEE Universiti Sains Malaysia Student Branch- IEEE Swinburne Sarawak Student Branch

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Message From the Editor

It’s our pleasure to release a Q4 edition of 2020 IEEE Malaysia Sectionnewsletter. This edition covers activities which have been conducted betweenthe month of October to December 2020. Section’s activities include,Educational Activities, IEEE Day 2020, Innovate Malaysia Design Competition2020 and IEEE Social Innovation Award and Professional and Industry Relationsactivities.

We also received reporting articles from 13 Technical Chapters, Sarawak sub-section and 5 Student Branch. I would like to thank all who contributed thereporting articles to this edition and a big round of applause to all volunteersfor your effort in organizing various activities despite MCO.

I hope that you find this newsletter informative and useful. Looking forward toyour continued support in the newsletter activities in Year 2021. If you haveany suggestions or comments, you can reach me at [email protected].

Thank you and kind regards.

Haidawati Mohamad Nasir,

Editor – IEEE Malaysia Newsletter


IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterProfessional Activities & industry Relations

Despite the covid-19 pandemic, 2020 IEEE R10 Panel of Conference Organizers (POCO2020) was successfullyorganized and broadcasted virtually on 30 November 2020, 9.00 AM – 14.00 PM Malaysia Time. The POCO is anannual event for leading conference organizers around the world. IEEE organizes this event to share resources andideas with all scientific associations and non-profit conference organizers. POCO convenes thought leaders anddecision-makers to share conference leadership practices, discuss challenges in the conference landscape, envisionthe future, and launch new conference initiatives. The event provides an opportunity to conference organizers tonetwork and share ideas with the full community. POCO2020 in Kuala Lumpur was organized for the second timeafter the successful event in year 2017. This POCO2020 event was supported by IEEE Region 10 Support Grant.The event was joined by more than 100 participants from various places within Asia.

The organizing committee of the POCO 2020 has outlined various renowned speakers from Region 10 as well asfrom local Malaysians. The event started with the officiating remarks by the current Director of IEEE Region 10,Prof Akinori Nishihara. He emphasized on the importance of preserving quality in conference management whichwas also the important element to be reviewed by the Region 10 office. The keynote address was delivered byProf Lance Fung, the 2021/2022 Director-Elect, where he again emphasized on the quality control in the processof the reviewing the paper is conducted. Other speakers include Prof Zuhaina Zakaria, Prof Celia Shannaz, DrNirmal Nair, Dr Mohamad Faizal, Dr Fawnizu and also Dr Md Pauzi. Mr Deepak Mathur, 2021/2020 Director, alsoexplained his vision and plan for year 2021, and shared his idea on enhancing collaboration.

Reported by NORDIN RAMLI, Executive Committee, IEEE Malaysia SectionSenior Staff Researcher, MIMOS Berhad, MALAYSIA

Malaysia Section successfully organized the Virtual POCO 2020

List of speakers at POCO 2020


IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterProfessional Activities & industry Relations

Reported by NORDIN RAMLI, Executive Committee, IEEE Malaysia SectionSenior Staff Researcher, MIMOS Berhad, MALAYSIA

Malaysia Section successfully organized the Virtual POCO 2020

POCO2020 was also fortunate to have the CEO of MyCEB who shared their initiatives and support grantsfor conferences by the government. We are hoping that the conference organizers will benefit and takeaction to utilize all the support initiatives by the Malaysian government.At the end of the event, a panel session to discuss the experience of running virtual conferences in the midstof the pandemic. The panelists include Prof. Supavadee Aramvith (Vice Chair, IEEE SYWL2020), and also MrMuhammad Faris Mohd Firdaus and Mr Muhammad Hisyam Harmizon, from UTHM Student Branch whoorganized SCORED2020.

The POCO2020 event was successfully organized and benefitted many participants throughout the AsianRegion. A similar event is planned in the future to provide a refresh of information and best practices onconference management to the potential group within IEEE Region 10.

Prof Zuhaina Zakaria, delivered talk on managing conferences in pendamic

Prof Akinori Nishihara has emphasized in his officiation address

on the quality management in conference

The CEO of MyCEB, shared the support initiatives from the government

Prof Lance discussed on Why the Quality Matters in IEEE

Conferences.

Panel discussion on running the virtual conferences

Dr Mohammad Faizal shared on the managing conference finance.


IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterEducational Activities

IEEE Region 10 Educational Activities Project Reaching Locals 2020

International COVID-19 Congress (ICC 2020)

IEEE Region 10 Educational Activities has launchedProject Reaching Locals 2020 on 22 June 2020 tofulfil the IEEE 2020-2025 Strategic Plan – “Enhancepublic understanding of engineering andtechnology”, and, “Be a trusted source ofeducational services and resources to support Life-Long Learning”. The objectives of Project ReachingLocals are:•To raise the awareness of IEEE’s brand and logo.•To enhance public understanding of engineering and technology.•To provide a trusted source of educational resources and services.•To inspire a worldwide audience and expand knowledge for the benefit of humanity.

IEEE Bangladesh Section has organized a full virtual event, International COVID19 Congress (ICC-2020) which washeld on 9th and 10th August 2020 to exchange views and share our ideas to fight against the COVID19 pandemic.Five different Competition/Sharing/Discussion were conducted during ICC-2020 with 136 participants from 7countries: (1) Idea Sharing Competition, (2) Project Competition, (3) Debate Competition, (4) Research ProgressSharing and (5) Great Initiative/Policy Making Sharing.Mohd Hafiz Ismail, IEEE Malaysia Section Educational Activities Chair 2019-2020 has involved as a judge for ICC-2020 competitions.

Reported by Mohd Hafiz Ismail (IEEE Malaysia Section Educational Activities Chair 2019-2020)[email protected]

IEEE Malaysia Section has been awarded with Certificate of Appreciation and fundingsupport of USD300 from IEEE Region 10 Educational Activities for the contribution in:

1. conducting activities reaching out to non-English speaking communities with Malaylanguage.2. developing Malay language translation of IEEE TryEngineering Lesson Plans for STEMworkshops and exhibitions.



IEEE Malaysia Section continued to support Innovate Malaysia Design Competition 2020 (IMDC 2020)with IEEE Social Innovation Award. IMDC is an industry-driven undergraduate-level design competition led bylocal and multinational companies aimed to elevate quality of industry-ready talents to be competitive globally,inculcate innovation culture among the young talents and promote adoption of industry platforms in universities.In the 10th year the competition which was held from September 2019 until August 2020, IMDC 2020 received367 teams from 28 universities nationwide participating in various application domains. 10 projects have beenshortlisted for IEEE Social Innovation Award, evaluated by IEEE Malaysia Section Executive Committee. Thewinner for IEEE Social Innovation Award is Low-Cost Front Wheel Modular System WheelchairAssist Device with Brain Computer Interface (BCI) and Touch Screen Interface Joystick BasedControl by Alkisah Binti Mubin, Muhammad Fawwaz Bin Badrul Hisham and Mohd Hafizulhadi Bin Mohd Asrifrom UTM, supervised by Dr Ahmad Zahran Bin Md. Khudzari and Mr. Arief Ruhullah Harris.


Innovate Malaysia Design Competition 2020 | IEEE Social Innovation Award

Mohd Hafiz Ismail has represented IEEE Malaysia Section as one of the judges for IMDC 2020 ExcellenceAward during the Online Innovate Malaysia Conference on 17th August 2020 via Microsoft Team. IEEE MalaysiaSection will continue to support Innovate Malaysia Design Competition with IEEE Social Innovation Awardin 2021.

Team ID Project Title UniversityMY015 AI Personal Assistant Sports Supervision (AI-PASS) CurtinMY038 Drop-off Car Rental UTMMY112 Digitalized Immunochromatograpghy Test For Rapid Dengue Screening UTM

MY133Low-cost Front Wheel Modular System Wheelchair Assist Device With Brain Computer Interface (Bci) And Touch Screen Interface Joystick Based Control UTM

MY147 Smart Irrigation System KDUMY175 Safety Gear Detection Using Swept Frequency Capacitive Sensing CurtinMY248 Driver Alert And Behaviour Monitoring System Using Video Analysis UTeMMY269 Gesture Recognition And Control MonashMY360 Automated Recycle Items Sorting Machine With Reward System TARUCMY373 Emotion Detection On Social Media Text (Multilingual & Informal) Using Machine Learning Algorithms TARUC

IMDC Website: https://innovate.dreamcatcher.asiaIMDC 2020 Video: https://youtu.be/8VXfv6rJACY



IEEE TryEngineering Translation Pilot Project

TryEngineering is an initiative from IEEE, aims to empower educators to foster the next generation oftechnology innovators. IEEE TryEngineering provides educators and students with resources, lesson plans, andactivities that engage and inspire. Currently TryEngineering has been translated to all 108 languages using GoogleTranslate, however only 70-80% accurate. IEEE Malaysia Section Educational Activities Chair, Mohd Hafiz Ismail isone of the pilot team members involved with this IEEE TryEngineering Translation project. which started on 14th

October 2020. IEEE Malaysia Section involves in translation of IEEE TryEngineering into Malay Language.

IEEE Malaysia Section members who are interested to get involve in this translation project, please contact MohdHafiz Ismail at [email protected].




Pandemic Remote Online Teaching, Learning & Assessment

A series of Best Sharing Session has been conducted byIEEE Malaysia Section Educational Activities (IEEE MYEA) on Pandemic Remote Online Teaching, Learning andAssessment during this COVID-19 pandemic withCentre for Sustainable Academic LeadershipDevelopment (LEAD UniMAP), IEEE UniMAP StudentBranch and Faculty of Electronic EngineeringTechnology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis (FTKEN UniMAP).


05 Oct 2020 | Jerayawara Pengajaran & Pembelajaran Dalam Talian 2.0 (LEAD UniMAP)03 Nov 2020 | Finite Element Analysis using ANSYS (IEEE MY EA, IEEE UniMAP SB & FTKEN UniMAP)09 – 10 Dec 2020 | Continuous Alternative Assessment – Rubric Development & Assessment (LEAD UniMAP)11 Dec 2020 | Continuous Alternative Assessment – Rubric Development & Assessment (IEEE MY EA & FTKEN UniMAP)


IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterIEEE Day 2020

Reported by Mohd Hafiz Ismail (IEEE Region 10 Regional Lead 2020)[email protected]

IEEE Day 2020 Malaysia Section

IEEE Day is the celebration of the first time in history when engineers worldwide and IEEE members gatheredto share their technical ideas in 1884. Worldwide celebrations demonstrate the ways thousands of IEEEmembers in local communities join together to collaborate on ideas that leverage technology for a bettertomorrow. This year the official IEEE Day was on Tuesday 6th October 2020. IEEE Malaysia SectionEducational Activities Chair 2019-2020, Mohd Hafiz Ismail has been selected as IEEE Day 2020 R10Regional Lead by IEEE Day 2020 Core Team.





A total of 410 IEEE Day events were virtually organized worldwide i.e. Region 1 (25 events), Region 2 (1 event),Region 3 (4 events), Region 4 (5 events), Region 5 (2 events), Region 6 (29 events), Region 7 (5 events), Region8 (81 events), Region 9 (82 events) and Region 10 (178 events). 15 IEEE Day events have been successfullyorganized in hybrid platforms in Malaysia Section throughout the IEEE Day 2020 celebration from 1st Octoberuntil 17th October 2020 by various IEEEE Organizational Units.

02 Oct | IEEE UTeM SB – Introduction to Java Workshop03 Oct | IEEE Malaysia Section (Student Activities Committee) – Student Congress 202004 Oct | IEEE Malaysia Section (Student Activities Committee) – Student Congress 202005 Oct | IEEE Malaysia Section (Educational Activities) – Online Teaching & Learning Roadshow 2.006 Oct | IEEE Sensors & Nanotechnology Joint Councils – IEEE Virtual Technical Talk06 Oct | IEEE Photonics Malaysia – Photonic Lecture Series10 Oct | IEEE Day Malaysia Section – Executive Committee Meeting10 Oct | IEEE Malaysia Section – IEEE Day Official Launching10 Oct | IEEE Malaysia Section – Leveraging Technology through Humanitarian Activities 10 Oct | IEEE Malaysia Section – 2019 Awards Ceremony11 Oct | IEEE UPSI SB – Celebrating IEEE Day 2020 @ UPSI 12 Oct | IEEE RAS Malaysia & IEEE UTP SB – IEEE Day 2020 I13 Oct | IEEE RAS Malaysia & IEEE UTP SB – IEEE Day 2020 II14 Oct | IEEE EPS Malaysia & IEEE UniMAP SB – Electronics Packaging Webinar I14 Oct | IEEE EPS Malaysia & IEEE UniMAP SB – Electronics Packaging Webinar II16 Oct | IEEE EPS Malaysia & IEEE UniMAP SB – Electronics Packaging Webinar III16 Oct | IEEE UTeM SB – An Introduction to Deep Learning





IEEE Day 2020 Malaysia Section and 2019 Award Ceremony Organizing Committee

Advisor Fawnizu Azmadi HussinChair Zuhaina ZakariaSecretary Suhaila SubahirFinance Chair Chong Yu ZhengEvent Manager Mohd Hafiz IsmailSponsorships & Sales Rozita JailaniLogistics Haidawati Mohamad NasirMedia & Publicity Fakhrul Zaman RokhaniVVIP & Protocol Nur Idora Abdul RazakRegistration Nur Ashida SalimProgram Book Md Pauzi AbdullahAwards Mohammad Faizal Ahmad FauziLIVE Streaming IEEE MMU Student Branch

Facebook LIVE IEEE Day 2020 Malaysia Section | https://www.facebook.com/IEEE.my/videos/335904757686866

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Virtual Image Processing Workshop

IEEE Sarawak Subsection organized an Image ProcessingWorkshop on 31 October 2020 through virtual (fullyonline) medium. The workshop aimed to introduceuniversity students with basic concepts and applicationsof image processing using MATLAB software andaccompanying toolboxes. Participants were exposed toacquiring video feed using their laptop camera forapplications of intruder detection in a building andanalyzing machine-readable codes, such as barcodes andQR codes.

The workshop was conducted by Dr. Riady Siswoyo Jo,Educational Activities Chair of IEEE Sarawak Subsectionand Lecturer in Robotics & Mechatronics fromSwinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campusand co-organized with IEEE Swinburne Sarawak StudentBranch and members of Swinburne Sarawak Roboticsand Automation Club.

IEEE Sarawak SubsectionReported by Ong Chin Ann

[email protected]://sarawak.ieeemy.org/

On a separate occasions, the IEEE Sarawak Subsectiononce again in collaboration with IEEE SwinburneSarawak Student Branch, Swinburne Computer ScienceClub and, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawakhosting the first event in a series of game developmentworkshops using Unity on 14 Nov 2020 via MicrosoftTeams.

The workshops aimed to provide participants anoverview how games are created, figure out how tointegrate virtual environments with microcontrollerhardware, and observe Object-Oriented Programmingin action within the 3-hour hands-on session.

The workshop has attracted 60 participants from thepublic, college and university student as well as studentsfrom local high school.

Unity Game Development Workshop

3rd Gamification in Learning Seminar

The 3rd Gamification Seminar in collaboration with theCreativeCulture, IEEE Sarawak Subsection and UNIMAS was heldvirtually on the 21 December 2020. The theme is Rising StrongThrough Playful Learning and this year, we had an internationalflavour of speakers from the UK, Indonesia, Vietnam, andinspirational local teachers and educators, and kids were sharingtheir experience in playful learning during the pandemic. We hadover 150 participants coming from Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam.All participants had a chance to participate in the bite-sizedworkshops on (i) Engineering for Young Learners by Dr. RiadySiswoyo Jo and (ii) SDGs and Schools by Dr Tan Chong Eng and DrLeonard Lim under the GCRF ACES project, and they also had achance to play the virtual escape room game.

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IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterIEEE Sarawak Subsection

Reported by Ong Chin [email protected]


8th IEEE R10 Humanitarian Technology Conference 2020 (R10HTC2020)

coming from Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, Philippines, SriLanka, Indonesia, Japan, China, Australia. Mongolia,Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States andFrance.

According to Prof Akinori (IEEE Region 10 Director),IEEE Sarawak is the first subsection in the history ofIEEE Region 10 (Asia Pacific countries) whichsuccessfully bid and organized the Region 10 Flagshipconference. Many volunteers from Swinburne Sarawakacademic members serve in this conference. They areProf. Su Hieng Tiong, Dr. Hudyjaya, Dr. Riady, Dr.Then Yi Lung, Dr. Tay Fei Siang, Dr. Siti Salwa, and Dr.Mark Tee.

The organising committee from IEEE R10 HTC 2020would like to take this opportunity to express theirgratitude and appreciations to all parties from IEEERegion 10, IEEE Malaysia Section, Sarawak TourismBoard, Swinburne University of Technology, SarawakCampus, volunteers and participants for theircontributions and supports to make this conference asuccess.

The IEEE Region 10 HTC 2020 is the flagship premierinternational conference of IEEE Region 10 Asia Pacific.This year, R10 HTC 2020 was held virtually from 30thNovember to 3rd December 2020.

The theme of the conference, Digital Ecosystem forHumanitarian, is to draw special attention to thesocietal expectations of humanitarian technologies’ability to provide practical and lasting solutions which isalso vital during this COVID19 pandemic.

IEEE R10 HTC 2020 accepted full papers (to beindexed by Scopus and IEEEXplore) from authors

The first project titled “Community EmpowermentPromoting Safe and Sustainable Food Production” aimsto boost the local communities’ resilience of foodsupplies (i.e., enhance food security) throughencouraging the establishment of family/kitchengardens with the use of organic fertilizer, compost.

The second project titled “Enhancing HumanitarianEngineering within The Vulnerable Communities”project aims to spread the awareness of climatechange, clean water, hygiene and pandemic COVID-19to the vulnerable communities (i.e. rural communitiesand school children). While the final project of“Tackling Challenges To Water-energy-food Security(WEF) Nexus” aims to introduce and start a studentdiscourse on the challenges and potential solutions onthe WEF Nexus.

More information and updates about the projects areavailable at https://r10htc2020.org/projects

Winning IEEE Humanitarian Activities Committee and R10 HTA Initiate Program Supporting Fund

The IEEE Sarawak Subsection and the IEEE R10 HTC2020 has established collaboration with SwinburneUniversity of Technology, Sarawak Campus volunteers,Dr Xavier Chee, Dr Chew Jiuan Jing, Lai Jia Chi and DrAngelia Liew San Chuin and has won USD2000 as wellas USD5000 from the challenges under the IEEE Region10 HTA Initiate Program Support Fund 2020 and IEEEHAC respectively. The two funded HumanitarianTechnology Projects has been executed in Dec 2020 inSarawak.

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IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Reported by Lim Chern [email protected]

International Conference on Computational Intelligence (ICCI 2020)

ICCI 2020, an international virtual conference was mainlyorganized by the Department of Computer andInformation Sciences of the University TechnologyPETRONAS along with partners Japan, Pakistan, Vietnamand Malaysia in Oct 2020. It was technically co-sponsoredby the IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, MalaysiaChapter. High quality papers on computational intelligencewere presented in the conference and all presented papersare published in IEEE Xplore. Besides, the conference hadorganized four keynote speeches by world renownedscholars and academicians.

At the successful completion of the first ICCI conference,the management of ICCI 2020, pledged to hold this seriesof conferences bi-annually (alternate years).

13th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2020)

The 13th International Conference on Intelligent Roboticsand Applications, as well as the first virtual ICIRA was heldon 5-7 November 2020, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ICIRA2020 is organized by IEEE Computational IntelligenceSociety (Malaysia Chapter), technically sponsored bySpringer, and financially sponsored by Malaysia Convention& Exhibition Bureau. ICIRA 2020 was a successful event thisyear with more than 80 participants in spite of COVID19pandemic and as a virtual event. High quality researchpapers were selected for publication in Springer’s LectureNotes in Artificial Intelligence. To introduce and discuss thestate-of-the-art robotics technologies, the conference hasconducted 10 regular paper presentations, 2 special sessionpresentations, 3 keynote speeches, and 3 invited talks thatare closely related to the conference theme. We believethat the published papers of ICIRA 2020 will prove to betechnically beneficial and constructive to both the academicand industrial community in robotics, automation, andmechatronics.

IEEE Malaysia Chairman, Prof. Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin is giving opening speech in ICIRA 2020

Screen shot of the concluding session of ICCI 2020

Screen shots of the keynote speech and invited talk in ICIRA 2020

It was technically supported by the IEEE ComputationalIntelligence Society, Malaysia Chapter. The summer schoolwas held online over four days. Two keynotes werepresented by Prof Fabrice Meriaudeau from Université deBourgogne and Prof Germain Forestier from Université deHaute Alsace. The design of the Summer school allowedparticipants, from Academia and Industry, to learn aboutthe theories as well as implementations by themselves ofdifferent techniques using Python programming.

Summer School: Machine and Deep Learning for Applications

The 4th edition for Summer School Machine and DeepLearning Applications was co-organized by the Institute ofHealth Analytics (IHA) and Centre for Intelligent Signals &Imaging Research (CISIR).

Screen shot and the speakers of the Summer School


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IEEE Electron Device Society Malaysia Section

Bringing STEM to life (Amazing graphite) - Train of trainers

In the spirit of promoting the advancement of technology to the schoolteachers and students, Bringing STEM to life (Amazing Graphite) is aneducational and a community service event organized by IEEE ElectronDevices Society (EDS) Malaysia Chapter and sponsored by IEEE Region10 EA Fund and IEEE Malaysia Section. Located in the middle city ofKuala Lumpur, Sekolah Kebangsaan Lelaki Jalan Batu is among theunderprivileged schools selected under ‘Sekolahku Universitiku’program. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the session was conductedonline on 23rd September 2020. 2 trainers (IEEE EDS members) and 6teachers participated in the session. The trainers and the teachers wereat Kulliyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia andSekolah Kebangsaan Lelaki Jalan Batu respectively. The session beganwith the introduction on the basic concept of conductivity with graphiteand nanotechnology. The hands-on session focusses on the concept ofbasic series and parallel circuits using graphite pencil. The session hascertainly helped them in seeing the real application of electronics and it ishoped it will stimulate their interests in this field.

Reported by Aliza Aini Md Ralib and Rosminazuin Ab Rahim


Train of trainers- participants and the trainers are IEEE EDS member & lecturers from IIUM

Prepared by Maizatul Zolkapli [email protected]

Webinar on Final Year Project Preparation

On 4th December 2020, IEEE EDS Malaysian Chapter co-organized withECE Department, Kulliyyah of Engineering International IslamicUniversity Malaysia had successfully conducted a webinar entitledMIMOS Semiconductor (MYSEM): An overview of wafer fabrication by Ir.Dr. Hazian Mamat, senior engineer from MIMOS Berhad Malaysia. Thewebinar managed to attract 73 audiences. The audience were mainlyfrom final year project engineering students, postgraduate students fromKulliyyah of Engineering, IIUM and also IEEE EDS members. An overviewof wafer fabrication process in the clean room has been explained by theinvited speaker. Dr. Ir. Hazian also explained about the facilities availableat MIMOS which are related to the wafer fabrication as an exposure tothe students. The program lasted for an hour. The program had receivedpositive feedback from the audience.

Reported by Aliza Aini Md Ralib and Maizatul Zolkapli

Webinar on MIMOS Semiconductor (MYSEM): An overview of wafer fabrication

Google Meet webinar organized by EDS Malaysia Chapter and participants.

Zoom webinar organized by EDS Malaysia Chapter and participants.

On 30th of Oct 2020, IEEE EDS Malaysian Chapter together with Kulliyahof Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) hadconducted a webinar for IIUM ECE final year project (FYP). This discourseis one of the requirements to obtain an undergraduate degree in theKulliyyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia. Twospeakers shared their experiences on how to conduct the final yearproject. Ir. Ts. Dr. Maizatul Zolkapli from Universiti Teknologi MARAtalked about “How to write a good literature review” while Prof TeddySurya Gunawan from IIUM shared about “How to write a good FYPreport”. The webinar managed to attract 77 audiences. The programlasted for two hour and received positive feedback from the audience.

Reported by Maizatul Zolkapli

Let’s Talk

IEEE EDS Malaysian Chapter had initiated a new technical talk seriescalled Let’s Talk of which the online program invites three panel ofspeakers – two panel from the academia and one from the industry. Thefirst edition of this series conducted on 4th Dec 2020 had focused on thetopic of ‘Electronics Reliability’ , while the 2nd series conducted on 30th

Dec 2020 focused on the topic of ‘Sensors’. Both series managed toattract 40 and 42 participants respectively. The audience mainly consistsof academics from Malaysia, United Kingdom and Turkey. The panelistsfor the first edition were Professor Ir. Dr. Norhayati Soin (UM), Ir. Ts.Dr. Azrif Manut (UiTM) and Mr. Mohd Hanif Kamaruddin, a PrincipalEngineer from Infineon Technologies (Kulim), The panelists for the 2nd

edition were Prof Mohd Nizar Hamidon (UPM), Dr Aminuddin AhmadKayani (RMIT) and Dr Muhd Zamharir Ahmad (MARDI). Themoderators were Dr. Sharifah Fatmadiana (UM) and Dr MaizatulZolkapli (UiTM). Each panel was allocated a 10 minutes’ session to talkon their topic and a Q&A session was allocated at the end of the lasttalk. The program lasted for an hour. The program had garneredpositive feedback from the audience.

Reported by Sharifah Fatmadiana Wan Muhammad Hatta andMaizatul Zolkapli

The panelists and the participants of Let’s Talk

mailto:[email protected]


IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterIEEE Electronics Packaging Society (EPS)

IEEE EPS Malaysia Chapter is organizing the combinedconference of the 39th IEMT and 23rd InternationalEMAP Conference at Le Meridien Hotel, Putrajaya, inSeptember, 2021. This biennial conference, pushedout in 2020 due to the COVID 19 global pandemic, isthe largest gathering of IC packaging and PCBprofessionals in Malaysia, organized by the IEEE EPSMalaysia Chapter with co-sponsorship from the IEEEEPS, Santa Clara Valley Chapter. It is a major forumsince the 90s, and is devoted to electronic packaging,power modules, WBG, MEMS sensor devices, systemsand semiconductor materials technology. It providesopportunities to meet and network with leadingexperts from industry and academia worldwide.IEMT2021 theme is “Packaging for the SMARTWorld”. We are looking forward to seeing you inSeptember 2021 in Putrajaya!! For more details, pleaserefer to: https://www.iemt.com.my/#

Technical Webinars organized by IEEE EPS Malaysia in the midst of the global Covidpandemic

Compiled and edited by Kian Chuan TAN & Guat Li [email protected] [email protected],

Technical Webinars organized by EPS and UniMAP in conjunction with IEEE Day 2020

IEEE EPS Malaysia Chapter successfully secured 3renown speakers who delivered 3 technical webinars inthe IEEE 2020 annual event. The first webinar entitled“What’s Driving - Automotive Electronics Assemblyand Packaging” was delivered by Dr Andy Mackie. Hecovered the introductory overview of advancedautomotive packaging technology trends, main marketplayers and a prospective outlook on related futuregrowth. This talk was attended by over 200participants; mainly from industry, academic andinternational backgrounds. Meanwhile, Prof Chris Baileyhighlighted the overview of IEEE EPS, achievements,membership benefits and packaging technologyadvancement in the 2nd webinar titled “Overview ofthe IEEE Electronics Packaging Society”. This talk wasattended mainly by academics and industry key players,with some international participants. Lastly, the speakerfor webinar entitled “Direction and Opportunities inHeterogeneous Integration using Advanced Packaging”was Dr Ravi Mahajan, who discussed technologicalopportunities and major challenges in heterogeneousintegration in package design domain. It received arousing reception!

We would also like to thank Universiti Malaysia Perlis(UniMAP) for the continued commitment and supportof this annual event. We are looking forward for agrand IEEE Day 2021 event next year once COVID-19is behind us!!!

Figure 1: The webinar delivered by Prof Chris Bailey,president of IEEE Electronics Packaging Society

39th International Electronics Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) & 23rd International Electronics Materials and Packaging (EMAP) Conference 2021

There were 3 technical webinars organized bycommittee members from EPS. Some were co-sponsored events but nevertheless, EPS membersplayed an important role in making them happen. Twoof the sessions were “Semiconductor packaging forAutonomous Driving” but with 2 different academicinstitutions (Taylor’s University and Universiti Malaya).The invited renown speaker in both was Dr. Eu PohLeng of NXP. Both sessions were conducted viaZOOM and received many positive feedbacks fromboth students and academic staff! The 3rd webinarentitled “Packaging Related Applications of Mechanicaland Interfacial Bonding Characteristics at Nano Scale”was delivered by Dr. Wei Pal-Jen of Bruker andmoderated by Assoc. Prof. Ir Dr. Wong Yew Hong.This was conducted via Cisco Webex.

Figure 2: Some of the Technical Webinars that was held by EPS

https://www.iemt.com.my/


IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterIEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) Malaysia Chapter

IEEE Workshop on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2020 (IWGRS 2020)

The IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) Malaysia Chapter organised the IEEE Workshopon Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2020 (IWGRS 2020) on 24 November 2020. IWGRS is an annualworkshop that is aimed at providing a forum to share knowledge and experience on recentdevelopments and advancements in geoscience and remote sensing technologies, particularly in thecontext of Earth observation, disaster monitoring and risk assessment. In view of the evolving COVID-19 situation, this year’s edition of the workshop was held online.

This year’s edition of the workshop was co-organised by the Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA), Science &Technology Research Institute for Defence (STRIDE), Institution of Geospatial and Remote SensingMalaysia (IGRSM), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Multimedia University (MMU), UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia (UTM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and Universiti Tenaga Nasional(UNITEN).

Highlights of the workshop include:• Opening remarks by Prof. Ir. Dr. Ewe Hong Tat, Chair of IEEE GRSS Malaysia Chair and Dr. Zafri

Baharuddin , Chairperson of IWGRS 2020• Keynote presentations on:

• Malaysian Space Science and Remote Sensing Programme: A Way Forward by YBrs. Tn. Hj. Gs.Azlikamil bin Hj. Napiah, Director General, Malaysian Space Agency (MYSA)

• Mathematical Morphology in Geoscience, Remote Sensing and Geospatial Data Science: An Overviewby Prof. Dr. Behara Seshadri Daya Sagar, Systems Science and Informatics Unit, IndianStatistical Institute, India

• 23 oral presentations

The following awards were presented during the conference’s closing ceremony:• Best Paper: Muhammad Akmal Asraf Mohamad Sharom, MYSA: Development of Video Data Post-

Processing Technique: Generating Consumer Drone Full Motion Video (FMV) Data for Intelligence,Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)

• Best Student Paper: Chia Ming Toh, UTAR: Study and Validation on Backscattering Mechanism of OilPalm Tree with ALOS-PALSAR 2


IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterIEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society

IEEE IMS Malaysia Chapter has sponsored two awardsfor 2020 Final Year Project Award organized byInternational Islamic University Malaysia. The awardsare given to encourage FYP projects related to area ofinstrumentation and measurement and also toacknowledge student working in these areas. IEEE IMSawarded the first prize with RM150 and RM100 forthe second prize along with certificates. The awardwinner for the first place went to Zahrina Binti Anwarwith project entitled Smart Alarm based on SleepCycle using Speech Analysis on Raspberry Pi andGoogle Voice Kit and the runner up went to NawshinRafiq with project entitled Precision chemicalcompound by conductivity analysis using Arduino.

Reported by Dr Farah Diyana Abdul Rahman

2020 IEEE IMS Final Year Project Award at IIUM

Reported by Farah Diyana Abdul [email protected]

Meeting and Discussion on Technical Program Committees I2MTC 2023

On 24th November 2020, a meeting and discussion ontechnical program committees I2MTC 2023 wasconducted. The meeting was hosted by Assoc. Prof.Dr. Kushsairy Abdul Kadir. Among the discussion,venue was on agenda. After a short presentation by thehost, all participants agreed on the proposal.Sponsorship, technical co-chair for I2MTC 2021 andinternational committees for I2MTC2023 were alsodiscussed. The meeting was attended by Gourab SenGupta (Massey University, NZ), Melanie Ooi(University of Waikato, NZ) and Serge Demidenko(Sunway University, Malaysia), Assoc. Prof. Dr.Kushsairy Abdul Kadir (UniKL), Assoc. Prof. Dr. RobiahAhmad (UTM) and Dr. Farah Diyana Abdul Rahman(IIUM).

Reported by Dr Farah Diyana Abdul Rahman

The 1st Virtual Sensory Circuit Workshop 2020,organized by UPM Robotic Club, co-organized by IEEEIMS and sponsored by IEEE CAS under Outreach SchoolProgram was held on 29th December 2020 from 10 am to12pm. This workshop is free but limited to 100participants. Total participants of 28 secondary schoolstudents attended from Selangor, Melaka, Pahang, andKuala Lumpur.The workshop aims to develop skills and interest tosecondary school students for participating in the circuitand systems projects and also to assist national agenda onpromoting STEM (Science Technology EngineeringMathematics).

Reported by Dr Wan Zuha Wan Hasan

The 1st Virtual Sensory Circuit Workshop 2020

Meeting and Discussion on I2MTC 2023 in session

The 1st Virtual Sensory Circuit Workshop 2020

poster

Part of the poster from Runner Up Award

Recipient

Part of the poster from First Prize Award Recipient


IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterIEEE Photonics Society (IPS) Malaysia Chapter

Reported by Farabi Iqbal & Norhana [email protected]; [email protected]

An online Photonic Lecture Series were held by FKABUSIM and MyIPS on 6 October 2020. Dr. Wan ZakiahWan Ismail from Faculty of Engineering and BuiltEnvironment, USIM gave a talk on “Biosensing: AnOptical Laser in Disordered Media”.

IEEE MyIPS – Online PLS IEEE MyIPS – Online PLSOn 19 November 2020, IEEE Young ProfessionalsMalaysia and IEEE MyIPS have organized an onlinePhotonic Lecture Series by Dr. Nadiah HusseiniZainol Abidin from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).Dr. Nadiah gave a talk on “Passively Pulsed FiberLasers With the Help of Nanomaterials”.

IEEE MyIPS – Online PLSIEEE MyIPS has conductedan online PhotonicLecture Series on 23 Dec2020. Dr. YasminMustapha Kamil fromUPM gave a talk on“Principle and Applicationsof Tapered Optical Fiber-Based Biosensors”.

IEEE MyIPS – Online PLS

An online PhotonicLecture Series were heldby PRRG IIUM and MyIPSon 13 November 2020.Assoc. Prof. Dr. NorzainiZainal from INOR USMgave a talk on “Reducingdislocation density inAlN/sapphire templatethrough novel MOCVDepitaxy for improvingefficiency of UVC LED”.

IEEE MyIPS – Online Talk

In collaboration with IEEE Microwave Theoryand Techniques Society - Santa Clara ValleyChapter (IEEE MTT-SCV), IEEE MyIPS co-organized a talk by Dr. Ed Ackerman of IEEEMTT-S on “Analog Photonic Systems:Features & Techniques to OptimizePerformance”. The local time for the talk was10.30am, Thursday 19th November 2020.


IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterIEEE Power & Energy Society (PES)Reported by Associate Professor Ir. Dr. Nur Ashida Salim

([email protected])

Electrical Power System Simulation Competition 2020(EPSSCom) was held between 4th August 2020 and 17thNovember 2020 for undergraduate students who majored inelectrical power engineering. The main objective of thiscompetition is to provide a platform for students to enhancetheir logical and innovative thinking in solving real practicalpower system problems. Students in groups of 4-5 students,work on solving the real power system problems given via aprofessional software simulation package. They need to deliver atechnical report, a video presentation and a live question andanswer session with a panel of judges. This event is a jointcollaboration between IEEE PES Malaysia Chapter and CIREDMalaysia. Furthermore, the competition was also supportedunder IEEE R10 EAC Challenge fund.

Reported by: Nur Ashida Salim

Electrical Power System SimulationCompetition

Quality Assurance of Transformer

Date: 11 December 2020, 4PM – 5.30PM

Speaker: Mr. Ronnie Minhaz from Transformer Consulting Services Inc.

Collaboration with IEEE Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Student Branch.

The speaker for this talk was Mr Ronnoe Minhaz from TransformerConsulting Services Inc that has vast experience in the powertransformer industry. He explains on the manufacturing oftransformer that is integrated to global supply chain and with theimprovement of technology, the design and manufacturing oftransformer can be more aggressive such as reduce clearance anduse of pure mineral oil during factory acceptance test (FAT) inorder to ensure the passing of tests during FAT. He also explainedabout clean room and environmental condition that can becompromised during the manufacturing process which can haveimpact in the life expectancy of transformer. This presentationsummarizes the quality assurance of transformer during themanufacturing of transformer. The talk was attended by more than50 participants

Technical Career Development for Electrical EngineerDate: 19 December 2020, 9.30 AM – 11 AM

Speaker: Ts Ir Ammar bin Alamshah

Collaboration with IEEE Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) PES Student Branch

This talk was given by Ir. Ammar, acompetent engineer that has vast experience in thepower and energy sector. It provides an excellentdescription on the career development of an electricalengineer. The focus was on electrical powerengineering. The talk has provided good exposure onthe career path that can be followed by youngelectrical engineers so that they can be highly skilledand competent engineers. The talk was attended by106 participants, mostly under undergraduatestudents.


IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterIEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (OES)

Reported by Herdawatie Abdul Kadir and Khalid Isa

IEEE OES Malaysia Chapter organized a CSR program withFKEE UTHM at Hidayah Islamic School to assist the school inconjunction with the opening of the school. Volunteers actas Frontliners to educate students on the new norms of theschool environment, such as temperature screening andsymptom check. Help the student understand the one-waymovement plan guide. Clean the classrooms before theschool session begins and after the end of the school session.Hope the Teaching and Learning atmosphere takes place in acheerful & safe atmosphere and comply with the SOP thathas been set. Hand sanitizer, masks and wipes were alsodonated to the school.

Reported by: Khalid Isa & Mohd Rizal Arshad

COVID-19 Corporate Social Responsibility Program Part 1

Virtual Distinguished Lecture Program (DLP)On September 1, 2020, IEEE OES Malaysia Chapter hasorganized a Virtual Distinguished Lecture Program (VDLP)via the Google Meet platform. The VDLP topic entitledBioinspired Marine Robotics and Sensors, has beenpresented by Prof. Ir. Ts. Dr. Mohd Rizal Arshad. ThisVDLP was attended by 45 attendees, which includeacademicians, students, and industrial people. The DLP hasbeen held for an hour, starting from 11.00 am until 12.00pm.

COVID-19 Corporate Social Responsibility Program Part 2

The COVID Community Social Responsibility (CSR) Phase 2Program was organized by IEEE OES Malaysia Chapter. Avolunteer team was formed to serve the community atHidayah Islamic Primary School located at Jalan Olak Batu,Ayer Hitam, Johor.In addition to acting as a frontline (Frontliner) in helpingteachers educate students on the new norms of the schoolenvironment, the team has also successfully developed anOffline Attendance System named 'sayaHadir'. The systemsayaHadir is beneficial to facilitate school or any organizationto record attendance either in online or offline mode usingQR-code technology. sayaHadir is an offline attendancerecording App with QR code recognition, designed to be anattendance recording solution during the COVID-19outbreaks. With an objective to serve a large number of end-user, internet connectivity can't be a limitation for this digitalApps. Thus, sayaHadir developed to manage attendancerecord by detecting QR code in the attendees' ID card. Itprocesses the data by producing attendance and absent listsfor data analysis and reporting. This offline feature also offersvarious benefits such as secure, manageable and economicalsince it does not require a web server for its operation. Theuse of this Offline Attendance System has been welcomed bythe school and received positive feedback from the teachers.Hopefully, the expertise can continue to be utilized to thelocal community. The donation also has been made to theschool in terms of Face shields, Thermometers and Studenttag Id for Attendance System.

Reported by: Herdawatie Abdul Kadir & Khalid Isa

Reported by: Herdawatie Abdul Kadir & Khalid Isa


IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterIEEE Robotics and Automation Chapter (RAS)

Reported by Assistant Professor Mohamedkhan([email protected])

Webinar venue: UCSI University, Google Meet,Malaysia. 8 October 2020.Time 11 -1.30pm. The eventstarted by a welcoming speech by the organizing chair Mr.Ibrahim ,during his speech he introduced to the audiencethe main speaker Dr.M.K.A.Ahamed khan who iscurrently working as Assistant Professor, in UCSIUniversity, Malaysia about his profile and the topic ofinterest. Almost 40 participants were present. In this talkthe Trends in the market for Robot Industry and theevolution of modern techniques using Robotics in Surgerywill be shared and potential future directions will beproposed. The event ended at 1.30 pm by a closingspeech by Mr.Ibrahim.

Reported by: Mohamed Khan

Webinar on Modern Trends in Medical Robotics

Research Colloquium at UCSI RESEARCH CENTER

Webinar venue: UCSI University, MS Team,Malaysia. 13 November 2020,2.30pm – 4.00pm. Theevent started by a welcoming speech by the master ofceremony, during his speech the MC introduced to theaudience the main speaker Dr.M.K.A.Ahamed khan who iscurrently working as Assistant Professor, in UCSI University,Malaysia about his topic of interest Investigation of gait andbiomechanical motion for developing energy harvestingsystem. Almost 10 participants were present. A workingprototype has then been modeled and devised based on thefindings from the research. The prototype has been madefrom 3D printing, and a combination of piezoelectricmaterials, then tested and the results are tabulated which areprovided .

Keynote speech at “International Conference on Robotics Design and Applications using Wireless Sensor Networks, IoT and ArtificialIntelligence (ICRDASIA-2020)”

Venue : INDIA- virtual conferenceDate : 27 Nov 2020Time : 11.00 – 12.30pmThe event started by a welcoming speech by the ConferenceChairman Dr. Gomathi during her speech she introduced tothe audience the main speaker Dr.M.K.A. Ahamed khan who iscurrently working as Assistant Professor, in UCSI University,Malaysia about his profile and the topic of interest. Almost 90participants were present. . In this talk the Trends in themarket for Robot Industry and the evolution of moderntechniques using Robotics in Surgery will be shared andpotential future directions will be proposed. The event endedat 12.30pm by a closing speech by Dr.Gomathi.

Webinar on Engineering society and Benefits

Webinar venue: UCSI University, MS Team, Malaysia.6 November 2020,9.30am – 11.00am. The event startedat 9.30AM with a key note address. During the key noteaddress .Dr.Mohamed khan [Assis.Prof, Faculty of Engineering, IEEE Member,IEEE Robotics and automation society ,Malaysiachapter, IEEE UCSI STUDENT BRANCH COUNSELLOR ]briefed the audience of more than 25students the vision,mission and the complete IEEE organization structure and itsbenefits. Overall the event was well received by the audience .The event ended at 11.00 am.


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IEEE Virtual Technical Talk by Prof Dr Abhinav Kranti

“Unconventional Characteristics in Offbeat Transistors: Revisiting Our Understanding of

Device Physics and Operation”

On 06th October 2020, the IEEE Malaysia Section Sensorsand Nanotechnology Joint Councils Chapter in collaborationwith the Faculty of Electronic Engineering Technology andInstitute of Nano Electronic Engineering, Universiti MalaysiaPerlis have successfully organized an IEEE Virtual TechnicalTalk. This talk was delivered by Prof Dr Abhinav Krantifrom Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore,India) and has managed to attract around 39 participantsfrom across the countries.

IEEE Sensors and Nanotechnology Joint Councils ChapterReported by Noraini Othman

[email protected]

IEEE Virtual Technical Talk by Dr Tan Ju Lin “Reimagining Safety, Health & Environment using

NGS”

An IEEE Virtual Technical Talk entitled “Reimagining Safety,Health & Environment using NGS” has been delivered by DrTan Ju Lin on 23rd November 2020. This talk which wasorganized by the IEEE Malaysia Section Sensors andNanotechnology Joint Councils Chapter in collaborationwith the Faculty of Electronic Engineering Technology andInstitute of Nano Electronic Engineering, Universiti MalaysiaPerlis was attended by around 40 participants from acrossthe countries.

IEEE Virtual Technical Talk by:

Prof Dr Hiroshi Iwai“End of CMOS Miniaturization and Technology

Development Before and After”

Prof Cary Y. Yang“Nanocarbons Interconnects: from 1D to 3D”

around 84 participants and 40 participants respectively.

The IEEE MalaysiaSection SensorsandNanotechnologyJoint CouncilsChapter hassuccessfully co-organized 2 IEEEVirtual technicalTalk with theElectron DevicesSociety IEEEPenang JointChapter on 3rd

December & 9th

December 2020.These talksmanaged to attract



SASSP 2020

IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter incollaboration with the Faculty of Electrical and ElectronicEngineering Technology (FTKEE), Universiti Malaysia Pahang(UMP) organized the 8th IEEE Symposium on Acoustics,Speech and Signal Processing (SASSP 2020), on 26thNovember 2020 virtually. SASSP 2020 was attended by 50registered participants and 29 invited speakers. An IEEEmembership drive and Senior Member Elevation drive werealso conducted in conjunction with SASSP 2020.

Fig 1. SASSP 2020 Screenshot

IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS)http://sps.ieeemy.org/ https://www.facebook.com/SPSOCMAL/

Reported by Dr Mohd Norzali Hj Mohd ([email protected])

Invited Speaker at Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia

IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) Malaysia Chapter Executive Committee Meeting

The last meeting of IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS)Malaysia Chapter Executive Committee for the year 2020was held on 18 December 2020 at 2.30 to 5.00 pm onGoogle Meet. The agenda included was AGMpreparations besides welcoming address, minutesconfirmation and matters arising such as summer school,ICSIPA 2021, IPARTI and SASSP 2021.

Fig 3. Meeting Screenshot

Webinar on AI in Healthcare

The IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapterco-organized a free webinar on Biometrics: Exploringour hidden identities at Universitas Diponegoro,Semarang, Indonesia. The speaker for the event wasProf. Syed Abd Rahman Al-Attas from UTM. The totalattendance was 36 IEEE members, where 8 werestudent members. Fig 4. The presentation Screenshot

The IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter co-organized 2 free webinar on AI in Healthcare on 25November 2020. Prof. Loges presented talk on AI in MedicalDiagnostic. Prof. Faizal presented talk on Cancer Diagnosisand Prognosis: Bringing Machine Intelligence into DigitalPathology. 147 participants participated in both of the events,where 20 person were IEEE members.

Fig 2. The presentation Screenshot

ICSIPA 2021 Call for Paper

http://sps.ieeemy.org/

https://www.facebook.com/SPSOCMAL/


IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterIEEE Young Professionals (YP) Malaysia

Reported by Dr. Haroon Rashid ([email protected])

Most of the engineering graduates are full of technicalknowledge and skills but lack of presentation andcommunication skills, full of public speaking fear and have noconfidence even in their own achievements which creates agap in the job market for fresh graduates to secure a positionin high demand industries. Till date, there is no suchprogramme available at any engineering college or universitywhich specifically focus on undergraduate (diploma andbachelor) level engineering students to groom their soft skillssuch as avoiding nervousness, vocal effects, body language,presentation, and communication skills. IEEE YoungProfessionals (YP) Malaysia in collaboration with IEEE Powerand Energy Society (PES) Malaysia Chapter and IEEEConsultants Network (CN) Malaysia organised the firstcompetition of its kind in the history of IEEE Malaysia Sectionwhere diploma and bachelor level students from engineeringcolleges and universities from all over Malaysia participated inthe 1st IEEE Five Minutes Final Year Project (5MFYP)Competition 2020 which was held on Friday, November 20,2020. The aim of this competition was to develop students’academic, presentation and research communication skills toboost their confidence in public speaking as well as bodylanguage to overcome anxiety.

1st IEEE Five Minutes Final Year Project (5MFYP) Competition 2020

The 3rd session was conducted on 14th October 2020 by Dr.Yasmin Mustapha Kamil from inLAZER Dynamics Sdn. Bhd.,the winner of 2018 3MT Asia Pacific Grand Finale & People’sChoice. Overall, the workshop sessions were attracted byover 300 participants from all over Malaysia.

As a result, the contestants were able to effectively explaintheir research project in just five minutes with a single staticslide in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.Overall, 83 submissions were received from the students of16 Colleges and Universities all over Malaysia under thecategories of Diploma and Bachelor for semi-final. A total of21 finalists (13 from Bachelor and 8 from Diplomacategories) were selected to compete in the grand finale afterrigorous evaluation by the Panels of Juries.

Even the world’s best public speakers prepare beforeimportant presentations. Unlike the conventionalcompetitions, three pre-competition grooming workshopsessions were organised to educate, train, and groom theparticipants with necessary skills prior to the competition.Furthermore, to create an effective single static slide,guidance to vocal effects and body language etc. forpresentation of their final year project ideas in just fiveminutes to a non-specialist audience. The 1st session wasconducted on 06th October 2020 by Dr. Zaid Omar fromUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia, the National Winner ofFameLab Competition Malaysia. The 2nd session wasconducted on 08th October 2020 by Mr. Lam Jia Yong fromUniversiti Putra Malaysia, the 1st runner-up of 2019 YoungPersons’ World Lecture Competition.

Top 3 contestants from both categories were awarded withcash prizes of RM 500, RM 300 and RM 200 to the champion,1st Runner-up and 2nd Runner-up, respectively. Additionally,the winners of Bachelor category were awarded with one-year of complimentary IEEE as well as PES membership. Thegrand finale was LIVE streamed via YouTube & Facebook andwas appreciated by over 1,000 viewers approximately. Therecording can be accessed via https://youtu.be/j3cMK6Epl1w.

https://youtu.be/j3cMK6Epl1w


IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterIEEE Women in Engineering Affinity Group (WIE)

Reported by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nasreen Badruddin ([email protected])

In the recent announcement of the 2020 Women inEngineering (WIE) Awards, the IEEE Malaysia SectionWomen in Engineering affinity group received anHonorable Mention under the WIE Affinity Group of theYear Award category. The winner of the award was WIEOttawa of R7. This is the latest achievement of IEEEMalaysia Section WIE at the international level.Previously IEEE Malaysia Section WIE won the R10Women in Engineering Section Affinity Group Award in2018.

Furthermore, our very own Prof. Dr. Lee Yoot Khuanemerged as the winner of the WIE Inspiring Member YearAward for 2020. Prof. Dr. Lee Yoot Khuan has been aprominent WIE member for many years and was also partof the IEEE Malaysia Section WIE Excomm from 2015 to2017. Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Lee Yoot Khuan!

Reported by: Nasreen Badruddin

2020 WIE Award Recipients

The 3rd Malaysia Women in Engineering (MY WIE) Congress2020 was held on 18 December 2020. As in previousinstances of the congress in 2016 and 2019, it is open to allmembers and non-members, with free registration.However, unlike its predecessors, this year, the congresswas conducted fully online using the MS Teams platform, dueto the restrictions imposed by the COVID19 pandemic. TheDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) acted as co-organizer and host to this event.The theme for this year’s congress was “Women’s Career inthe Time of COVID19”.The congress started off withwelcoming remarks from the 2019-2020 Chair of IEEEMalaysia Section WIE, Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. RosmiwatiMokhtar. We were fortunate to have three speakers whoare all prominent leaders in their chosen fields, to sharetheir experiences and insights on the chosen theme.The first talk entitled “Minimising the Impact of Covid-19 onAcademic and Professional Careers of Women”, wasdelivered by Prof. Dr. Elaine Wong, Prof. Dr. Elaine Wong,Associate Dean, Diversity and Inclusion, Melbourne Schoolof Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia. In hertalk, Prof. Elaine discussed the impact of the lockdown onthe careers of women in Australia and how the pandemichighlighted that there is still a need for gender equity. At theend of her talk, she left the audience to ponder on what theycan do to actuate change in their current roles and positions.

The second speaker was Ms. Ezatul Effendee, AccountDirector of IPTS2, TM ONE, and the title of her talk was“New Norm: Opportunities & Challenges”. The talk mainlyfocused on how the COVID19 pandemic impacted theeducation ecosystem and how this presented newopportunities to explore different methods of delivering andreceiving education.Lastly, we had Assoc. Prof. Ts. Ir. Dr. Syuhaida Ismail, ofUTMKL deliver her talk on “STEM Supermom vs COVID-19:The Untold Stories”, in which she related the challenges ofworking mothers during the pandemic including healthproblems such as burnout and depression. Apart fromemphasising the need for employers and workplace to adoptnew working arrangements and policies, she also gave pointerson how the working mother can manage the extra stressbrought on by the pandemic.The congress was attended by a total of 83 participants, withmany giving positive feedback on the event. The eventconcluded with a group photo session.

3rd MY WIE Congress 2020


IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterIEEE Curtin Malaysia Student BranchReported by Nurul Ain Binti Hamizan ([email protected])

IEEE Curtin Malaysia Student Branch (CMSB) has recentlyended their first ever IEEE Innovation Nation Malaysia2020 Techno-preneurship Bootcamp in collaboration withIEEE Entrepreneurship, IEEE Engagement committee, IEEEMalaysia Section and partnership with local organizationsand companies such as TEGAS Digital Innovation Hub,Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Centre(MaGIC), FutureLab.my and Founders Malaysia. The aimof the bootcamp is to provide a platform for techno-entrepreneurs to learn and equip themselves withadvanced technical knowledge and business mindedpitching skills. The objective of this event organization isto motivate more Malaysia entrepreneurs to be driven bytechnology invention and creation to tackle local issueswith technological solution as well as to prepare themwith adequate knowledge on startup ecosystem.

The event started since the beginning of September,whereby call for proposal is opened for submission toselect teams to proceed to Sarawak and Malaysia Track.17 selected teams inclusive of 8 teams from SarawakTrack and 9 teams from Malaysia Track had gone througha series of various online workshops and virtualmentoring sessions before entering their final pitchingday.

IEEE Innovation Nation Malaysia 2020 On the 11th of December 2020, 8 teams from Sarawak Trackpitched 8 amazing projects, live on IEEE Innovation NationMalaysia Facebook Page. The session lasted from 10 am until 3pm with the help of judges from various background; BrianTan from FutureLab.my, Hazwan Razak from Sarawak DigitalEconomy Corporation (SDEC) and Shahrizan fromWatchTower & Friends. Malaysia Track pitching was done onthe 15th of December 2020 with a total of 17 teams presentingtheir projects. The live pitching was attended by 3 judges ; TanYee Siang from MaGIC, Wendy Chin from Intel and BrandonTan from Petronas. The judges for both tracks had attentivelylistening to all the project pitch from the participants andcontribute their time to select winners.

3 winners for Sarawak Track consist of team PlaMeB -Phytotizer, Herbal based sanitizer uniquely from formulationof native ethnic in Sabah, The Trios -UAS Traffic ManagementSystem and Aware Fresh - Smart Shelf-life Management &Demand Forecasting. Meanwhile, 3 winners are also selectedfor Malaysia Track ; team PlaMeB - Phytotizer, Herbal basedsanitizer uniquely from formulation of native ethnic in Sabah,The Bluettots Sdn Bhd – Millionaire Meal and Mecha-Hacker -Health Screening & Access Monitoring System.

With the completion of the bootcamp, IEEE CMSB wouldlike to thank everyone that has been involving in makingthe bootcamp a success. We hope this platform helps theparticipants one step ahead of their goal.


IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterIEEE University of Malaya Student Branch (UMSB)

Prepared by Ir. Dr. Hazlee Azil [email protected]

Participation in IEEEXtreme 14.0 On 24-25th October 2020, 4 teams of undergraduate andpostgraduate students from University of Malaya (UM),Malaysia had participated in the IEEEXtreme 14.0competition. The competition was organized by IEEE andIEEE UMSB coordinated the event at the university level.The team was mentored by Dr. Raja Jamilah Raja Yusof,from the Faculty of Computer Science and InformationTechnology UM. Among all of the universities in Malaysiathat participated in the competition, one of the teamsfrom UM was ranked first place. The other teams wereranked 3rd, 4th and 18th place.

IEEE UMSB received IEEE Regional Exemplary Student Branch Award 2020

Free webinar by IEEE UMSBTwo free webinars were organized by IEEE UMSB.Session 1 was held on 23rd December 2020, entitled“Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Solutions for IR4.0 Initiatives.” Session 2 was held on 29th December2020, entitled “From Wolfram Knowledge-based SearchEngine to Computational Thinking.” Both webinars weredelivered by Dr. Raja Jamilah Raja Yusof, from theFaculty of Computer Science and InformationTechnology UM.

Basics Programming using PYTHON

On 19th December 2020, Dr. Raja Jamilah and herpostgraduate student from the Faculty of ComputerScience and Information Technology UM, in collaborationwith IEEE UMSB and IEEE UM WIE Affinity, conducted afree workshop on basic programming using PYTHON.The objective of the workshop was to teachprogramming with python by utilizing game-based learningusing Padlet software. Several undergraduate andpostgraduate students from UM and other universitiesjoined the workshop.

In November 2020, IEEE UMSB received the IEEERegional Exemplary Student Branch Award 2020. UMSBis one of 9 student branches in Malaysia that receivedthis award. The award was given based on the branchesthat conform to IEEE bylaws, have an active programand support IEEE goals.

Participants of IEEEXtreme 14.0 from UM


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IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterIEEE UNIMAP Student Branch

Prepared by Soon Hwai [email protected]

SCCE Research Knowledge Sharing WebinarDue to the outbreak of COVID-19 in Malaysia, face-to-faceactivities are restricted. Thence, online platforms areutilized. IEEE UniMAP SB is honoured to have theopportunity to collaborate with SCCE and ACE, CoE ofUniMAP to conduct 11 series of webinars from April 2020till September 2020. The webinars conducted gave anauspicious opportunity to lecturers and researchers, notonly from UniMAP but researchers from all around theworld, to share their knowledge and research onrespective fields they master. Worth notifying that these 11series of knowledge-sharing webinars were opened to thepublic, and this is the point which makes them invariablyworthwhile and meaningful.

Utilizing IoT and AI in Predictive Modeling in IR 4.0

C Programming for Beginners

With objectives to built up undergraduates‘ interest inprogramming to kick-start their programming journey, a Cprogramming workshop was held on 8th of March 2020with 2 committees from IEEE UniMAP SB, Muhammad AliSajjad bin Mohamad Habibullah and Soon Hwai Ing,together with 1 representative from PPK MechatronicsUniMAP, Muhammad Zainul Arif bin Ahmad Zaki asspeakers to this workshop. This workshop had provided agood introduction to participants on programming.Tutorials, examples and references were given by speakersbesides assisting and guiding each participant in problem-solving to ensure all participants get the utmost from thisworkshop.

Augmented Reality AR Marker-based for Android Mobile Application Workshop

On 23rd September 2020, IEEE UniMAP Student Branch hadjointly organized a free Webinar on ‘Utilizing IoT and AI inPredictive Modeling in IR 4.0’ with UniMAP IET OnCampus and IEM UniMAP Student Section. Mr Lim Yee KeeCEng MIET, the chairman of IET IoT TN, IET, UK wasinvited as a speaker for this webinar.

AR that has widely supported and implemented innumerous modern devices is a technology that expands ourphysical worlds with superimposed computer-generatedimages. With the aim to enable students to experiencescientific phenomena and explore new technologies, an ARworkshop was conducted by IEEE UniMAP SB on 29th

February 2020. Through this workshop, thanks to Mr SyedMuhammad Hazry Asraf Bin Syed Abdul Rahim, the trainer,participants get to be familiar with the features of Unity,Vuforia and Mixamo, besides building augmented graphics,3d interactive objects and animation on the marker byMarker-based application.

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IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterIEEE USM Student Branch

Prepared by Nivashinishurya [email protected]

Engagement Day 2020

As saying goes value of idea lies in the use of it. Thiswas the main motive of Makerthon 2020. Makerthonencourages people to come up with new ideas and usethem to create innovative projects. Makerthon alsostimulates participants' juicy ideas to solve daily lifeproblem. Before the competition, there were a fewworkshop for the participants about Arduino, IoTthings and Solidworks. Participant learned to presenttheir idea in the creative and effective way.

Makerthon 2020

Connecting is the ability to identify people and relateto them in a way that increases your influence in them.This is why Engagement Day was held annually.Engagement Day 2020 held on 28 October 2020through Cisco Webex New members of IEEE will getto know their senior members and the IEEEorganization. New members will also learn about thejob description of respective departments. Interestedparticipants may apply for interview according to theirchoice of department.

Choosing Engineering As Your Career Sharing Session

A sharing session on engineering for fresher USM was organised by the IEEE USM Student Branch. Students fromother years were also invited to engage in the session to share their campus experience. The freshers wereupdated in the sharing session on what exactly they are going to do for the next 4 years. The speaker also tellsthem about the difficulty they will face and the ways to solve it. During the QA session, participants also allowedany questions to be asked. The participants realise at the end of the sharing session that engineering is going to befun and easy if they practice it in the right way.


IEEE Malaysia Section NewsletterIEEE Swinburne Sarawak Student Branch

Reported by Assistant Professor Lau Bee Theng ([email protected])

1st Prize in IEEE Region 10 PostgraduateResearch Paper Contest

Highlight from IEEE Region 10 Newsletter - October 2020Issue. Charissa Phua, MIEEE won the 1st Prize in IEEE Region 10Postgraduate Research Paper Contest with a paper entitled"Semiconductor Wafer Surface: Automatic Defect Classificationwith Deep CNN", supervised by our Student Branch advisor,Associate Professor Ts. Lau Bee Theng, SMIEEE.

IEEE Water, Energy and Food Workshop

Collaboration between IEEE R10 HTC 2020, IEEESarawak Subsection, IEEE Swinburne Student Branch andSwinburne Sarawak: 14-19 December 2020. The projectwas led by Assoc Prof. Dr. Lau Bee Theng, in conjunction with theIEEE R10 HTC 2020 (co-organized by Swinburne Sarawak) andDr. Xavier Chee. We reached out to 45 students through a seriesof coding and electronics boot camps held in Kuching, Sibu andMiri. The workshop was sponsored by the Institute of Electricaland Electronics Engineers (IEEE) US and the IEEE HumanitarianTechnology Committee 2020 to introduce students to thechallenges and future solutions in the Water, Energy and Foodsectors.

Kuching Miri Sibu

Enhancing Humanitarian Engineering within the Vulnerable Communities

Collaboration between IEEE R10 HTC 2020, IEEESarawak Subsection, IEEE Swinburne Student Branch andSwinburne Sarawak: 20 December 2020. The project led byDr. Angelia Liew and Dr. Lau Bee Theng is part of an initiative of aUS$5000 fund awarded by IEEE Humanitarian ActivitiesCommittee Events Fund under the Humanitarian Technology andSustainable Development Project in conjunction with the IEEE R10HTC 2020. The team conducted the activity in a small squattervillage. The 51 households of about 230 villagers including 61children mostly collect their daily drinking water from a standpipe.The aims of the project were to bring basic clean waterknowledge alongside awareness of the Covid-19 pandemic withinvulnerable communities and to encourage our engineeringstudents to contribute to building a more sustainable, stable, andequitable world, to promote creativity and problem-solving skillsto engineer inexpensive solutions for real-world challenges.

Community Empowerment: Promoting Safe and Sustainable Food Production

Collaboration between IEEE R10 HTC 2020, IEEESarawak Subsection, IEEE Swinburne Student Branchand Swinburne Sarawak: 1st – 23rd December 2020. ThisHumanitarian project aimed to boost the local communities’resilience of food supplies through encouraging theestablishment of family gardens with the use of organic compost.This project provided an opportunity for participants to bust themyths surrounding home composting and understand theprovision to perform an informed composting process withmeasurements. Participants realized the compost can be easilyproduced at home with almost zero cost and minimal careneeded in the overall process. The project has delivered apositive note to the local communities on the significance ofwaste management towards a sustainable and cleaner future.Most of the time, food scraps from the kitchen have value to berecycled and relocated for other purposes. Making food wasteinto compost in this project has shown a low-cost butenvironmentally friendly method to continuously feed familygarden or for farming purposes.


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