Q4 edition 1 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter

IEEE Malaysia Chair Appointed as Region 10 Education Activities Chair

The current IEEE Malaysia chair, Zuhaina Zakaria, has been appointed as the IEEE Region 10 Educational Activities chair for the term from Jan 2017 to Dec 2018. Zuhaina has been appointed by Kukjin Chun, 2017-2018 IEEE Region 10 Deadline: 13th January 2017, 1700 hrs. Director for her active Don’t delay. Vote now! contribution to the region, especially in Malaysia. Congratulations!

For the first time, IEEE Malaysia section is conducting the website competition for all 27 operational units (chapters, affinity groups, subsection). Members’ votes are sought for the best websites. Please visit this URL to case your vote. Vote here: http://bit.ly/ieeemy-wc

The Annual General Meeting will be held on 14th January 2017 at the Grand Bluewave Hotel, Shah Alam at 9am. 2016 Outstanding Branch Counselor Award This is followed by the Annual Appreciation and Award Dinner at 7:30 pm. Please register for the AGM at IEEE Malaysia website at the following URL http://ieeemy.org/mysection/?p=3711.

From the Editor

This edition will be the last publication for 2016. This edition features a lot of new events that took place in 2016 Executive Committee October through December 2016. This 27-page newsletter features activity reports from Malaysia section The Executive Members for 2016 are as follows: officers (excomm), Sarawak subsection, 14 . Chair Zuhaina Zakaria chapters/affinity groups and 4 student branches. This . Vice Chair Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi report also features the publication of the 30th . Past Chair Norliza Mohd Noor anniversary commemoration book, As usual, this fourth . Hon. Secretary Haidawati Mohamad Nasir quarter has also been very busy for Malaysia section. . Hon. Treasurer Christopher Chew . Committee P. Susthita Menon Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin Rozita Jailani Editor, Abdul Rahim Ahmad IEEE Malaysia Newsletter Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin [email protected] . Auditors Franklin Joseph Michael Joseph Q4 edition 2 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter IEEE Sarawak Subsection

Reported by Pan Zheng [email protected]

IEEE Sarawak Technically Co-sponsored Young Invited Industrial Talk on Power Quality Innovate Sarawak Organized by IEEE Sarawak Young Innovate (YI) is an annual program to catalyse Besides community focus, IEEE Sarawak also works on maker movement in secondary schools through an industrial linkages and explores the opportunities embedded system design national competition. where the industry experts benefit the community. On 18 Oct 2016, an invited industry talk on power quality This year the program in Sarawak was held at Swinburne is organized with effort from our Excomm member Mr. University of Technology Sarawak Campus on 15 Oct Victor Wong. A pioneer in power quality industry, 2016 with 16 schools and total 174 students participated. Terence Chandler, is invited to deliver the talk. Mr YI is considered to be an important initiative to boost Chandler who has more than 30 years of power quality school children’s STEM awareness and uptake rate. engineering, training and management experiences is the founder and the director of Power Quality Asia and currently he is also managing the Asian operations for Dranetz-BMI- Electrotek.

Young Innovate 2016 Sarawak

Power Quality Talk given by Mr. Chandler IEEE Sarawak was actively involved in this program. Dr Jacey Lynn Minoi, Ir Dr David Bong Boon Liang and Dr Students and academics from UNIMAS and Swinburne Pan Zheng from IEEE Sarawak played the role of judges attended this interesting talk. and provided feedback, suggestions and ideas to the teams who would represent Sarawak to compete in national level in Kuala Lumpur later. By participating in external community programs and activities, IEEE Sarawak enhanced the reputation of IEEE and improved the cognizance of the IEEE brand in the region.

Post-talk discussion with Mr. Chandler Q4 edition 3 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter IEEE Young Professionals (YP)

Reported by Zuraidah Zan [email protected] and [email protected] Finally, Mr. Hussain Mahdi gave a talk about his long- IEEE Day 2016 Celebration standing involvement with IEEE. The highlight of the In conjunction with event was the cake-cutting session, where participants the annual IEEE Day were treated to an IEEE Day-themed cake and other which fell on 4th refreshments. Overall, the program was deemed a October 2016, IEEE success and we look forward to celebrating IEEE Day Young Professionals again in 2017! Malaysia together with IEEE UTM Student Branch have jointly- organized the Malaysia IEEE Day Celebration. The inaugural event, held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UTM Johor Bahru, was well received with around 100 in A cake to complete a celebration attendance. IEEE Day is a worldwide event where members CONGRATULATION!: 2016 MGA Young celebrate all things IEEE. Every year, it is celebrated Professionals Achievement Award concurrently by sections and chapters throughout the 2016 is a year to remember for IEEE YP Malaysia when world, from US, South America, Africa, Asia-Pacific and one of our committees; Mr. Hussein Mahdi has been more. Information on the event can be found at awarded with this prestigious award from the IEEE ieeeday.org. The event comprised of insightful talks by Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Board. notable IEEE Malaysia volunteers. Dr Pauzi Abdullah Quoting the letter on the award recipient; ”This is a very introduced everyone to IEEE as a society and its benefits, prestigious award, and we are pleased to honor you for while Dr Anang Hudaya Mohd Amin talked about the the outstanding contributions you have made to activities conducted by IEEE Young Professionals numerous IEEE activities and the example you set in Malaysia. This was followed by Dr Zaid Omar who carrying forward the goals and objectives of the IEEE shared his interesting experience participating in the MGA Board”. Mr. Mahdi received this award for Region 10 Congress in Bangalore, India. exemplary leadership and contributions to student and IEEE Young Professionals activities and for continuous efforts supporting the technical and professional development of IEEE members.

The young and enthusiastic YP committees sharing their YP’s experiences; from the left, Mr. Hussein Mahdi, Dr. Anang Hudaya (Chair) and Dr. Zaid Congratulations Mr. Hussein Mahdi on the 2016 MGA Young Professionals Achievement Award Q4 edition 4 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter IEEE Young Professionals (YP)

Reported by Zuraidah Zan [email protected] and [email protected]

IEEE YP National Technical Poster Competition And we are proud to present you the winners 2016 (Congratulations!): Undergraduate Engineering Category IEEE YP Malaysia has successfully organized the IEEE YP Katrina Marie Fernandez, Taylor's University, Power National Technical Poster Competition 2016.This Flow Management in Electric Vehicle competition was held via online submission, which was Undergraduate IT Category opened to all IEEE and non-IEEE members, since August Dr. Tan Choo Kim, Sam Wong, Wong Kar Sang, Tan 2016. There are about 40 submissions received for four Choo Peng, MMU, MyFitTrack different categories; Undergraduate Engineering, Postgraduate Engineering Category Undergraduate IT, Postgraduate Engineering and Muhammad Muzakkir Bin Mohd Nadzri, Dr Afandi Bin Postgraduate IT. The prize-giving ceremony for this Ahmad, UTHM, Efficient Reconfigurable Architectures of competition was held during the IEEE SCOReD 2016 Surveillance System for Wildlife conference on 13th of December 2016, at Berjaya Postgraduate IT Category Times Square Hotel. Nur Amalina Mohamad Hazawawi, Dr. Mohd Hafiz Zakaria, Syariffanor Hisham, UTeM, SpIke

Dr. Mohd Hanif Dr. Anang Hudaya Mr. Simon (IEEE YP Chair)

Among the winners; certificates and prize giving ceremony Mr. Simon shared the IEEE entrepreneurship initiative, in which YP Malaysia has been selected as a pilot. Dr. Mohd Hanif Yaacob shared his experience winning the IEEE Young Professional (YP) Malaysia Meet Up prestigious global award from IEEE on YP activities during his time as Chair for IEEE YP Malaysia. The IEEE Young Professionals (YP) Malaysia has organized a meetup session during the 2016 IEEE Malaysia Student Congress on 20th of October 2016. The event was successfully held at Asia-Pacific University (APU), Bukit Jalil, Selangor. The meetup session comprises two main sharing sessions conducted by Mr. Simon Yeoh and Dr. Mohd Hanif Yaacob. Mr. Simon shared his experiences on IEEE entrepreneurship initiatives and Dr. Mohd Hanif inspired IEEE YP members on his experiences as the founder and the first chair of IEEE Graduate of the Group photo; the participants Last Decade (GOLD) affinity group in 2005. Q4 edition 5 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Components, Packaging & Manufacturing Technologies Society (CPMT)

Reported by CHEW Guat Li

IEEE CPMT Malaysia Best Final Year Project (FYP) IEEE-CPMT IMPACT Taiwan Conference (Taipei, Undergraduate Prizes 2016 26th to 28th Oct) Dr. Siow Kim Shyong from National University of International Microsystems, Packaging, Assembly and Malaysia was the Project Manager for this program Circuit Technology (IMPACT) is a joint international which is targeted to encourage greater awareness conference consisting of IMAPS All Asia Conference amongst students of career opportunities in (IAAC) organized by IEEE CPMT-Taipei, iMAPS-Taiwan, microelectronics components, packaging and ITRI and TPCA. IEEE M’sia CPMT chapter was honored manufacturing technology as well as motivate them to with multiple submissions in both Invited Papers and excel in it. Winners will receive RM500 cash and a Oral Presentations categories. CPMT M’sia was book valued at RM300 donated to their respective represented by Shaw Fong Wong (from Intel university by Rolf Aschenbrenner (Fraunhoffer IZM). Technology) to deliver 2 invited papers entitled ”Trends For 2016, 3 students won Best FYP Undergraduate and Opportunity in Malaysia IoV” and “Packaging as IP Prizes. They were Mah Chee Weng from University of Differentiator”. The other 5 orals presentations were Nottingham Malaysia Campus with the topic “Modeling presented by M’sia delegates, from Altera-Intel, Jabil and of an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion System”; Freescale-NXP. The overall successful IMPACT Norhafifah Binti Zainal Azlin from University Malaysia conference had became a vortex of valuable resource Perlis with the topic “The Effect of Thermal Aging on under various APAC region CPMT chapters’ Intermetallic Compound Growth of Lead free SAC and contribution and participation; a hallmark of strong SAC/Activated Carbon Composite Solder Joint”; Chin collaboration forum between CPMT M’sia and Taipei on Kim Keat from Inti International University and College continuous technical sharing and development. with the topic “Cryptanalysis using Genetic Algorithm”. Big Congratulations to the 3 winners!! Well Done!

Dr Chee CK witnessed the presentation of Degree by Pro Vice- Chancellor Prof Robert Parkin to Chin Kim Keat Taiwan Delegates, iNEMI representatives and keynote speakers.

LEFT: Dr Khairel Rafezi Bin Ahmad, Dr Luqman Bin Musa and Norhafifah Binti Zainal Azlin. RIGHT: Dr Chee CK presenting The view of a well attended keynote lecture award to Mah Chee Weng Q4 edition 6 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS)

Reported by Dr. Hazlee Illias

Renewable Energy Demonstration in SUKRA Family Day 2016 IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation (DEIS) Malaysia Chapter has participated in 2016 Sunway Kayangan Resident Association (SUKRA) Family Day on 19th November 2016 through “Renewable Energy Demonstration” activity. The demonstration was also supported by the University of Malaya Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre (UMPEDAC). The demonstration was led by Dr. Hazlee Azil Illias, an academic staff from the University of Malaya. The objectives of the demonstration are:

. To create awareness among the community on the importance of renewable energy Dr Hazlee Illias at SUKRA Family Day 2016

. To disseminate basic information on renewable energy and its latest updates to the community Membership Drive Activity

. To demonstrate renewable energy process to the In conjunction with the 6th IEEE International community, particularly for wind and solar energy Conference on Power and Energy (PECON) on 28th and 29th November 2016 at Hatten Hotel, Malacca, IEEE During the event, Dr. Hazlee and his team Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society (DEIS) demonstrated and explained how electricity can be Malaysia Chapter has set up a promotion booth of DEIS generated from wind and solar energy to the as part of its membership drive activity. The booth was community. The demonstration received handled by two IEEE DEIS Malaysia Chapter committee overwhelming response from the community, members, Dr. Lau Kwan Yiew and Dr. Hidayat especially residents of Sunway Kayangan, Shah Alam. Zainuddin. IEEE DEIS Malaysia Chapter hopes that similar The main objectives of the booth were to bring demonstration can be organized again in future awareness to the public on the presence of the recently community events in Malaysia. established IEEE DEIS Malaysia Chapter, especially to the conference participants, and to promote activities related to DEIS. IEEE DEIS Malaysia Chapter was established in Malaysia in May 2015 with the aims to enhance networking and stimulate research and development in the field of dielectrics and electrical insulation in Malaysia. Its field of interest is in line with that of DEIS, i.e., the study and application of dielectric phenomena and behavior and the development, characterization and application of all gaseous, liquid and solid electrical insulating materials and systems utilized in electrical and electronic equipment. IEEE DEIS Malaysia Chapter hopes to promote the close Dr. Lau (left) and Dr. Hidayat at the IEEE DEIS Malaysia Chapter’s cooperation and exchange of technical information promotion booth among its members. Q4 edition 7 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) Reported by Rosmiwati Mohd Mokhtar & Mohd Rizal Arshad [email protected]; [email protected]

IEEE OES Malaysia Chapter Meeting 2016 IEEE 6th International Conference on Underwater System Technology: Theory & Date Meeting Applications (USYS’16) 6th Oct 2016 9th IEEE OES MY Meeting (USM Eng. Campus, Penang) The 2016 IEEE 6th International Conference on 28th Oct 2016 10th IEEE OES MY Meeting Underwater System Technology: Theory & (Toray-USM KTC, Penang) Applications was successfully organized on the 13th to 12th Dec 2016 11th IEEE OES MY Meeting 14th December 2016 at the Toray-USM Knowledge (Toray-USM KTC, Penang) Transfer Centre, USM Pulau Pinang. The conference was organized by the IEEE OES Malaysia Chapter, The 9th , 10th and 11th committee meeting for IEEE technically joint by the Malaysia Society of Automatic OES Malaysia Chapter was held on the 6th Oct 2016, Control (MACE) and hosted by the Universiti Sains 28th Oct 2016 and 12th Dec 2016, respectively. The Malaysia (USM). meeting main agenda was on preparation for the 2016 IEEE USYS conference which was first time to be With theme “Go Deeper, Reach Further” USYS’16 organized by the IEEE OES Malaysia Chapter. Each marked significant achievement to the chapter since portfolio was given task list as to assure the smooth this is the first time that the conference was organized running of the conference. During the 9th meeting, the by the IEEE OES Malaysia Chapter and also first time committees were also informed on the adjournment of for the conference to be registered under the IEEE. National Technical Seminar on Underwater System One thing unique about the conference was that the Technology to next year. The meetings were also organizing committees come from different institutions. concluded on IEEE OES Malaysia Chapter account Each portfolio had committees from different which was officially opened and issue related to finance university. The spirit of team work, cooperative such as GST and process of making a claim was coordination and positive commitment has led to the explained to all the committees. successful conduct of the event. During the 2 days conference, 4 keynote speeches were delivered and 41 technical papers were presented. Aside from keynote and technical sessions, the conference also had exhibitions on ROV and UAV platforms which were developed by researchers from various institutions. 3 best paper awards were also prepared and given to authors of which their technical papers and presentation had been chosen by the judging panels as winners. The next 2018 USYS is planned to be organized in Wuhan, China. USYS’16 – Go Deeper, Reach Further Photo taken during 11th Meeting

IEEE USYS 2016 Q4 edition 8 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Electron Devices Society (EDS)

Reported by Jahariah Sampe

GENERIC Program Technical Talk by Ir Cheang Kok Meng

On 26th- 28th of September 201, the Kulliyyah of Engineering, UIA had held an event called ENGITEX. In The IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Malaysia this event, the IEEE- EDS Malaysia Chapter has the Chapter with the collaboration with IEEE EDS UKM opportunity to co-organize a sub-event of ENGITEX Student Branch Chapter have successfully organized known as GENERIC. GENERIC is program which the technical talk by Ir Cheang Kok Meng on the 9th involved that participation from primary and secondary of December 2016. He is now a visiting lecturer in school to inculcate interest in Science Technology, several universities where he talks on Engineering Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). There were 45 Ethics, Technology & Society, Professional students participants from primary schools and 33 Development and Broadcast Systems. His students from secondary schools around Kuala Lumpur. presentation entitled: The Thin Line between Right The program was divided into two parts; Generation of and Wrong-Ethics in Engineering. The event was co- Engineers for primary school and Eco Race Challenge for organized by Pusat Citra, UKM. There were about secondary school. Participants are required to answer 16 audiences consists of staffs, postgraduate and some questions regarding the experiments using EDS- undergraduate students from UKM. ETC kits conducted in the Eco Race Challenge. DL by IEEE EDS Vice President

The IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Malaysia Chapter with the collaboration with IEEE EDS UKM Student Branch Chapter have successfully organized the Distinguished Lecturer (DL) Talk by Prof. Dr. M.K. Radhakrishnan on 07th November 2016. The event was co-organized with the Institute of Participants using EDS-ETC kits Microengineering and Nanoelectronic (IMEN), UKM. Prof. Radhakrishnan is the IEEE EDS Vice-President of Regions & Chapters and a Member of Board of Governors of IEEE Electron Devices Society. He is an lEEE EDS Distinguished Lecturer from 1997, has presented his research work entitled: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) Issues and Challenges in Si Nanometer Devices. There were about 28 audiences comprised of staffs from UKM, as well as Ir Cheang Kok Meng and the participants after the talk postgraduate students from IMEN.

Prof. Dr. M.K. Radhakrishnan and the participants after the lecture Q4 edition 9 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Power & Energy Society (PES)

Reported by Mohd Zainal Abidin Ab Kadir

TREES 2016 by IEEE PES Malaysia Chapter

IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Malaysia Chapter in collaboration with the Solar Group Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), The Electrical and Electronics Association of Malaysia (TEEAM) and the Young Scientist Network-Academy of Sciences Malaysia (YSN-ASM) have successfully organized a one-day workshop called Transfer Renewable Energy & Electrical Safety (TREES) on 27th October 2016. TREES is an educational outreach project with the purpose of promoting and educating school children from age 13-15 on the fundamental theory of power engineering as well as on solar system development. Outcome of this workshop include a group’s mini project on solar system development and installation and also provide awareness on electrical safety aspects. TREES received fund of USD5000 under the IEEE PES Member Driven Initiatives campaign. This event also served as a platform for IEEE PES Malaysia members to interact with the students and instil the important role they can play in shaping the future of the nation. The event commenced with a talk on the Importance of STEM and the Electric Safety, delivered by Associate Professor Dr Samsul Bahari Mohd Noor (UPM) and Professor Dr M. Iqbal Saripan (YSN-ASM Representative), respectively in the morning session. Before they were dismissed for their afternoon break, another one-hour session on the Electrical Safety Demonstration was conducted by the TEEAM personnel. The students showed very good response as this was a new experience for some of them. In the afternoon, a total of 67 students were grouped into 15 groups and led by one Facilitator. They were given briefing on the Solar PV system development before they were assign a task to complete the simple installation.

A group photo of the 2016 IEEE CAS M High Tea participants Q4 edition 10 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society (SMC)

Reported by Anang Hudaya Muhamad Amin [email protected]

Robotic Workshop at Manipal International University

IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Malaysia and Manipal International University (MIU) have jointly organized a robotic workshop at MIU Campus in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan on 7th of December 2016. The robotic workshop was conducted by the IEEE SMC Malaysia Chair, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Khairul Salleh Bin Mohamed Sahari and his team from Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). Participants of the workshop are mostly students from MIU.

During this workshop, the participants are exposed to the knowledge and skills related to the field of robotics. (Left) Doctoral Dissertation winner (Right) Master Dissertation winner Participants are also been given a hands-on training on developing a small-scale robotic module.

A group photo of the 2016 IEEE CAS M High Tea participants Q4 edition 11 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Malaysia Communications and Vehicular Technology Society Joint Chapter (ComSoc/VTS) Reported by Fazirulhisyam Hashim and Khairil Anuar [email protected] and [email protected] Towards the end of the program, Dr. Fazirulhisyam Humanitarian and Social Program: Reaching out to Hashim has delivered a speech and gave away some Community in Flood Prone Areas tokens of appreciation to the representative of SMK Kuala Krai. The program ended around 3pm. On November 20, 2016, ComSoc/VTS, together with Persatuan Mahasiswa Kejuruteraan (PEMAJU) Universiti IEEE Malaysia ComSoc/VTS is Putra Malaysia, IEEE Malaysia Signal Processing (SP) 2016 ComSoc Chapter of the Year Society, and representatives of UKM have visited Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Kuala Krai, Kelantan. The main objective of this visit/program is to create awareness among students and understanding of responsibility to build intellectual society. In addition, the program also promotes the importance of radio communication during disaster and also knowledge sharing session on how to stay connected during severe (Left) Doctoral Dissertation winner (Right) Master Dissertation winner flood notably when all the communications were disconnected. The team departed from Serdang on the midnight of Dr Fazirulhisyam Hashim has attended the IEEE November 19, 2016 by UPM bus, and arrived in Kuala Globecom 2016 from December 4-8, 2016 at Hilton Krai around 5am on the next day. We went to SMK Hotel, Washington DC. He also represented IEEE Kuala Krai at 8am and greeted by the school teachers Malaysia ComSoc/VTS for receiving the 2016 ComSoc and 200 Form 4 students of SMK Kuala Krai. The Chapter of the Year award during the Award Luncheon program started with the introduction to IEEE, ceremony on December 5, 2016. Moreover, ComSoc/VTS and SP by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aduwati Sali, ComSoc/VTS also won the 2016 ComSoc Chapter followed by amateur radio demonstration and talk by Achievement Award (Asia Pacific). The year 2016 has Prof. Dr. Mahamod Ismail. The 200 students were then been an exhilarating year for ComSoc/VTS, as we were divided into 3 smaller groups. They were exposed to also the current winner of VTS Chapter of the Year various activities related to science and technologies, and award. As the winner of 2016 ComSoc Chapter of the communication such as a competition to build and design Year, Dr. Fazirul was invited to deliver several talks and an antenna using straw. In addition, there were several sharing sessions during the conference. One of the games being played such as Laser Maze and Light Box. talks were during the Asia Pacific Board Meeting, which The students were also introduced with the basic was attended by the Chairs and representatives of concept of electrical design. The group sessions were respective ComSoc chapters in Asia Pacific region. carried out for 3 hours, and groups that scored the This is indeed a great honour to the Chapter where highest points in the activities were given special prizes by the recipe of success stems from the selfless ComSoc/VTS. commitment of successive groups of Executive Committees and above all the great support and cooperation by the members.

A group photo of the 2016 IEEE CAS M High Tea participants Q4 edition 12 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter AP/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter

Reported by Fauziahanim Che Seman [email protected]

2016 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics (APACE 2016)

The 7th IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied The event was also brightened up by the two tutorial Electromagnetics (APACE 2016) has been successfully speaker, Prof Mohammad Zarar Mohd Jenu from conducted. This year the event was held at ADYA Universiti Teknologi Tun Hussein Onn presented about Hotel, Langkawi, Malaysia, from December 11 to Electromagnetic Compatibility: Concepts, Test Methods December 13, 2016. In brief, total of 128 papers have and Design Considerations and Prof Yoshihide Yamada been submitted and it involved more than 100 reviewers from Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology coming from more than 10 countries. The average of an presented about Antenna Designing Methods by acceptance ratio of the paper is about 75.6%, which MATLAB Software. This year, the event was also contribute to 87 papers have been accepted for the enlighten to welcome 17 Invited Speakers who are presentation at APACE 2016. From these numbers, coming from various disciplines of field and experts. The about 65% of authors are from Malaysia and the balance peak of the event is the Networking Dinner who attract are coming from Japan, UK, India, Middle East Countries, more than 60 participants to come. Australia and New Zealand. All of the registered, paid and presented papers will be published in IEEE Xplore, which is indexed by SCOPUS-Elsevier. For the year 2016, the IEEE APMTTEMC Joint Chapter was delighted to have three keynote speakers who are Prof. Hiroyuki Arai, from Yokohama National University, Japan, presented about ‘Smart Suit for Body Area Network’; Prof. Mohamad Kamal A Rahim from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia presented about ‘Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna for Wireless Communication The organizing Committee of APACE 2016 System’ and Dr Imadun Rahman from Ericsson Research Sweeden presented about 5G Overview and Challenges.

A group photo of the IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics (APACE 2016) Q4 edition 13 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Photonics Society (IPS)

Reported by Norhana Arsad, & Aiman Ismail [email protected]; [email protected]

IEEEIEEE Photonics Photonics Society Society Awards Awards @ Hawaii 2016: USA IEEE Photonics Society Distinguished Lecture 2016 Largest Membership Increase Award Series (DLP) in Malaysia

The award was given IEEE PS Malaysia Chapter was as an appreciation to honoured to host one of the DLP the IEEE Photonics series given by Prof. Hoe Tan, from Society Malaysia The Australian National University (ANU), Australia. It was held at UKM Chapter’s effort in st conducting education on 1 November 2016. This event programs, social and was co-organized by IMEN. technical workshops Prof Tan presented “Semiconductor Nanowires for and increment Optoelectronic and energy applications” , an number of members overview of compound semiconductor nanowire who took part in the research activities at The ANU. programs.

At the same event, IEEE Photonics Society Malaysia Chapter was invited to attend the forum IEEE PhotonicsProf. HsuehChapter-Ming Hang Leadershipfrom National Taipei at Hilton University of Technology (NTUT) Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA on 3 October 2016.

Photonics Lecture Series (PLS) A series of Photonics Lectures have been organized throughout year 2016. The aims of PLS is to share knowledge and networking with all IPS members in Malaysia. The lectures are given by our enthusiasm and This forum aims to provide opportunities for every energetics from young academicians. representatives from every country to share experiences, methods, strategies and discussion about the development of photonics in their respective countries. This is in line with IPS mission statement, to establish and maintain IPS as the global leader for professional member development and societal engagement in the fields of lasers, optoelectronics, and photonics. The forum was chaired by the Vice President of the IEEE Photonics Society, Dr. Paul Juodawlkis. Q4 edition 14 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Photonics Society (IPS)

Reported by Norhana Arsad, & Aiman Ismail [email protected]; [email protected]

Photonics Lecture Series (PLS) Photonics Lecture Series (PLS) UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA UNIVERSITI SAINS ISLAM MALAYSIA (USIM) (UTeM), MELAKA PLS was held for the first time, at Universiti Sains First PLS was held at UTeM on 23 Sept. 2016. The PLS Islam Malaysia (USIM) on 11th of November was delivered by Dr Siti Khadijah Idris @ Othman with title “Towards Self –Clocked Gated OCDMA Receiver” 2016. Dr. Affa Rozana Abdul Rashid, Dr. Wan while Dr Hanim Binti Abdul Razak talked about Maisarah Mukhtar and Dr Nur Athirah M Taib “Modeling and Optimization Silicon Photonics Device” had shared their expertise on “Evanescent Wave from Faculty of Electronics and Computer Engineering Fiber Optic Sensor”, “Surface Plasmon (FKEKK), UTeM Melaka. Resonance (SPR) for Sensing and Optoelectronic Applications” and “ Carbon-nanotubes Based Saturable Absorber” respectively.

Photonics Lecture Series (PLS) UNIVERSITI TENAGA NASIONAL (UNITEN), PUTRAJAYA

UNITEN organized the PLS on 4 November 2016 by inviting Dr Raja Zahilah Raja Mohd Radzi from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and Mr Pavala Malar Kannan from Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) respectively. Dr Raja shared her expert on Programmable Network whereas Mr Kannan presented “Practical Usage of Telecommunications Standards and Product & Service Commercialization Challenges”. It was attended by postgraduates students from various universities nearby. Q4 edition 15 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Signal Processing Society (SPS) Reported by Vijanth Sagayan Asirvadam email: [email protected]

SPS Winter School 2016 Professional Development Workshop Series

The IEEE SPS Malaysia Chapter has organized the The IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter 2016/2017 Winter School on Recent Advances in and the Center for Signal Processing and Control Biomedical Imaging, which was held at UTM KL from 7- Systems (CSPaCS), UNITEN organized a Professional 11 November 2016. The school was part of the Development Workshop Series (PDWS2016), Seasonal School Series sponsored by IEEE Signal sponsored by the IEEE Signal Processing Society, at Processing Society worldwide, featuring a mix of local UNITEN during November-December 2016. and international speakers. The 5-day program covers all aspects of biomedical imaging, from basic topics such as PACS/DICOM, image registration, structural imaging, functional imaging and 3D modeling, to advanced topics such as fusion imaging, digital pathology, image-guided procedures, deep learning and big data in biomedical imaging. For This series of six talks by experts in signal processing each topic, recent advances within their domain were from across the nation discussed concepts and ideas in the main focus. signal processing. (Refer to https://goo.gl/BNDZBX). Besides the regular lecture session, there were also dedicated session to meet local radiologists, a poster session for participants to showcase their current work, a forum among the speakers to discuss a particular topic of interests, a visit to the National Heart Institute of Malaysia (NHI) and last but not least, a session on how to write a good biomedical imaging article. The Winter School was a success event. The committee Workshop: Optimization using MATLAB would like to thank all the speakers, NHI, the poster presenters, the participants and all those who made it The 4th annual Optimization using MATLAB such a fruitful and beneficial experience. We hope to (Optim2016) workshop was held at UNITEN on conduct similar schools in the future, and wish to get Thursday October 21, 2016. The event attended by 25 continuous support from IEEE SPS. participants from across the country introduced the essential concepts of optimization, and explored the tools available in MATLAB to execute these. Several examples and case studies from his research portfolio were used by the speaker, Prof Farrukh Nagi. (Refer to https://goo.gl/89Q1IS)

IEEE ICSIPA 2017 open for submission (closing 15 Mar 2017). Details at http://spsocmalaysia.org/icsipa2017/ A group photo of the 2016 IEEE CAS M High Tea participants Q4 edition 16 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Computer Society (CS)

Reported by Lim Kok Cheng and Mohd Hazli Mohamed Zabil [email protected] and [email protected] The 2016 IEEE Conferences (ICOS, ICWiSe and e-learning contents, e-management, infrastructure, IC3e) architecture and tools for e-management, applications for e-management, e-services, issues/ opportunities in e- IEEE Computer Society Malaysia has recently government, web services and cloud based e-services, organized three joint conferences from 10 to 12 October trends in e-commerce/e-business and e-hospital 2016 at Holiday Villa Beach and Spa, Langkawi Island. The developments three conferences are held annually to welcome researches and technology practitioners from all over the world to share on current industrial and academic status. Besides, the conferences also aimed to encourage more IEEE members to publish their work whilst at the same time attracting more people to be IEEE members to participate in similar conferences annually with given privileges. The three conferences namely IEEE Conference on Open Systems (ICOS 2016), IEEE (Left) Doctoral Dissertation winner (Right) Master Dissertation winner Conference on Wireless Sensors (ICWiSe 2016) and IEEE Conference on e-Learning, e-Management and e- Services (IC3e 2016) has successfully bring together 76 presenters from more than twenty countries this year. 19 presenters published their work in ICWiSe 2016, 22 presenters published in ICOS 2016 and 35 presenters published in IC3e 2016 respectively. Works presented in ICOS 2016 includes tracks such as open systems and technologies. software engineering and tools, open systems applications, security, open systems in public sector, standards and infrastructure, business, licensing and legal issues just to name a few. ICWiSe 2016 on the other hand includes article from tracks such as sensor networks software and architectures, wireless The conference invites two prominent keynote information networks, hardware, data manipulation, speakers this year round. The first keynote speech was signal processing, obstacles, simulations, applications and delivered by Professor Dr. Zaidatun Tasir from uses. As for IC3e, it includes tracks such as e-learning, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in the related field technologies and platform, emerging hardware and of e-learning courseware. The second keynote speech software for e-learning, infrastructure and portals, was delivered by Mr. Marcos Bonfim de Azevedo from authoring and content management tools, developing Schlumberger on data analytics in current era. Both keynotes were much enlightening discussing on current issues, challenges and technology advancement. The conferences also organized a beach front dinner attended by all participants on the second night of the conference. Several Best Paper awards have also been presented to a few most prominent authors from respective categories and conferences. Overall, the 2016 IEEE conferences have been a successful and memorable one. It is hoped that these conferences will A group photo of the 2016 IEEE CAS M High Tea participants proper further and better in the future Q4 edition 17 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS)

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IEEE Workshop on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 2016 (IWGRS2016)

The IEEE Workshop on Geoscience and Remote This workshop provides participants the opportunity Sensing 2016 (IWGRS2016) has been successfully to learn the basics of airborne laser scanning (ALS) conducted. This year the event was held at Faculty of data processing in ArcGIS software with some Engineering Auditorium, UPM on 8-9th November practical applications. It is our belief that the scope 2016. The IWGRS is our yearly event, aimed at of this year’s workshop will provide an interesting providing a forum for IEEE GRSS members to share technical program which will further enhance our knowledge and experience on recent development and knowledge on sustainable environmental and advancement in geosciences and remote sensing resource management. You are all cordially invite to technologies, particularly in the context of earth join the workshops on ALS data processing, keynote observation, disaster monitoring and risk assessment speeches, and paper presentation. for sustainable development. This year, the IWGRS consists of a distinguished keynote lecture by international expert, 20 full papers, and a practical workshop on LiDAR technology. More information of IWGRS2016 workshop can be found on the IEEE GRSS Malaysia website http://grss.ieeemy.org/events/iwgrs2016/ For the year 2016, the IEEE GRSS was delighted to have Keynote Lecture by Mr Atsushi Murakami, Japan. The title of the keynote lecture is “Trend of Earth Observation Satellite and Launch Vehicle for Small Satellite”. Mr Atsushi presented the current trend of small satellite, especially for the earth observation satellite. The program started with a welcoming IWGRS organizing committee member remark given by Assoc. Prof. Ir Dr. Raizal Saifulnaz Muhammad Rashid from UPM, the Head of department of Civil Engineering, UPM.

Keynote lecture by Mr Atsushi A group photo of the IWGRS workshop Q4 edition 18 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter IEEE Circuit and Systems Society (CASS)

Reported by Nurul Amziah Md Yunus and Tang Tong Boon [email protected] and [email protected] The next stop BioPro 2017 will be in Singapore, and IEEE CAS BioPro 2016: Asia-Pacific Winter School the BioPro 2018 in Australia. on Bio-inspired Systems and Prosthetic Devices in Seri Iskandar, Malaysia IEEE CAS JOINT SEMINAR - FRENCH - Asia-Pacific Winter School on Bio-inspired Systems and SHIKOKU – MALAYSIA Prosthetic Devices (BioPro) 2016 is considered as analogous to the annual cognitive neuromorphic The IEEE CAS Joint Seminar - French - Shikoku – workshops in Telluride for the US region and in Capo Malaysia was conducted on 19th Dec 2016 at Universiti Caccia for the European region. The ultimate goal of the Putra Malaysia with three speakers. Amara Amara from annual Asia-Pacific Seasonal School is promoting the CAS France gave a talk on Extremely Low-Leakage applications of bio-inspired systems to real industrial or Memory and Logic Circuits Based on Tunneling FET medical problems. BioPro has been held in Taiwan from Devices while Yoshifumi Nishio from CAS Shikoku 2009 to 2015, with the support from IEEE Circuits and Japan gave a talk on Complex Phenomena in Coupled Systems Society under Outreach Initiative. This year Chaotic Circuits. The seminar ended with the talk on BioPro was organized by IEEE Circuits and Systems Towards Energy-Efficient On-Chip Communication Society (Malaysia Chapter) as one of the IEEE Seasonal given by Fakhrul Zaman Rokhani from Malaysia. The Schools in Circuits and Systems, in collaboration with event was attended by 20 participants. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) and National Tsing Hua University (NTHU). The hosts are Tong Boon Tang (UTP) and Hsin Chen (NTHU). The winter school received a total of 52 registered participants comprising both local and foreign nationalities (Fig.1). Besides the keynote lectures by eight invited speakers, we had a special session on microfluidic technology and applications with an additional six speakers from local universities to share their research projects and Fig. 2: Group photo of speakers and participants at Joint Seminar venue outcomes. The winter school further provided a demo session of brain controlled game and robot, a hands on INVITED TALKS - IEEE CAS CONFERENCES project for practicing the knowledge from the lectures, AND ACTIVITIES and a brainstorming day tour to Cameron Highlands on The IEEE CAS invited talk on CAS Conferences and 7th December for all the participants to have close Activities has been successfully conducted on 20th Dec interaction with speakers to discuss innovative ideas and 2016 at The Everly Hotel Putrajaya. Amara Amara the future collaborations. The winter school featured VP for CAS conference gave a talk on Dedicated To speakers from Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Your Success - IEEE CAS Conferences and Yoshifumi Malaysia. Nishio the BoG of CAS delivered a talk on Make the Members’ Connection - IEEE CASS Activities. Twenty participants attended. The event reached its point with unforeseen numbers of questions and answers which could then clarify the importance of the contents delivered.

Fig. 1: Group photo of speakers and participants at BioPro venue Fig. 3: Group photo were taken with Yoshifumi and Amara Q4 edition 19 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Student Activities Reported by P Susthitha Menon

2016 IEEE Malaysia Student Congress Team-building activities were executed by SSR Ashen IEEE Malaysia Section organized the 4th IEEE Malaysia th Gomes and Ali Najah, “Grab the Prize”; a written quiz Section Student Congress on 15 October 2016 at Asia competition about IEEE was conducted by Jeff Kong Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU), where the top 20 winners received gifts and prizes. Kuala Lumpur. The event was co-sponsored by IEEE Saaveethya (WIE) and Yoeh Hong Boon (YP) executed Region 10 Student Activity Committee and was co- the IEEE Collabratec Session where the IEEE Malaysia organized together with the IEEE APU Student Branch Community Collabratec Soft Launch was done. Several which was headed by Dr Ehsan and Dr Manoj. prizes sponsored by IEEE Collabratec USA were given The event was inaugurated by Prof. Ron Edwards, Vice away to participants for the various activities. The Chancellor of APU, Dr Zuhaina Zakaria, Chair, IEEE winners of the Collabratec SB Contest were UITM SB Malaysia Section and Dr P. Susthitha Menon, Student (1st) and Curtin SB (2nd). Winners of the Infographics Activity Chair, IEEE Malaysia Section. There were a few Competition are USM SB (1st), UKM SB (2nd) and Curtin keynote speeches delivered in the Congress including SB (3rd). An award ceremony was also held to recognize “IEEE Malaysia Section YP Overview” by Dr. Anang the R10/MGA award winners. Finally, the winners for the Hudaya, YP Malaysia Chair, ”IEEE Malaysia Section WIE Exemplary Student Branch were MMU SB (1st), UTM SB Overview & WIE Student Network Soft Launch” by (2nd) and Curtin SB (3rd). The R10 SYLC Congress Saaveethya, R10 WIE, “IEEE Individual Benefits and attendees from Malaysia Section were also recognized Services” by Dr Norliza Mohd Noor, IEEE R10/Malaysia for their efforts in winning the Best Cultural Exhibition Section Past Chair, “D2K: Data to Knowledge ” by Manoj Booth during the congress in Bangalore. They are P Jayabalan, APU, “How to be a Professional Engineer “ by Susthitha Menon, Hussain Mahdi, Saaveethya, Ashen Ir. Yau Chau Fong, ”Healthy Lifestyle and Stress Gomes, Fatimah Abd Rahman, Jeff Kong and Zaid Omar. Management” by Siti Munira, “Occupational Safety and In the evening, Student Activities, YP and WIE had their Health” by Yasin Mahanijah Md. Kamal, ”IEEE respective parallel sessions to emulate the R10 congress. Collabratec” by Saaveethya & Yeoh Hong Boon and Organizing Committee members received their token of “IEEE Resume lab” by Fatimah Abd Rahman. A total of appreciation and the congress ended with evening tea 200 participants attended the congress. break and photo sessions. The award ceremony for the 3rd IEEE Malaysia Section Online Final Year Project (FYP) Competition was during the congress. 33 winners from 13 technical tracks received cash prizes, plaques and certificates from technical chapter representatives. The winning posters were exhibited during the morning coffee break. Group Photo with the FYP Award Winners and Technical Group Photo with the Congress Participants Chapter Representatives

Organizing Committee

A group photo of the 2016 IEEE CAS M High Tea participants Q4 edition 20 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Student Activities Reported by P Susthitha Menon

Membership Drive – UM SB IEEE Day 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section organized a membership drive at IEEE Malaysia Section Student Activities Chair, Dr P Universiti Malaya on the 21st October 2016. A total of 25 Susthitha Menon celebrated IEEE Day at the National participants attended the talk entitled “Benefits of University of Malaysia (UKM) on 4th October 2016 by becoming an IEEE Student Member” delivered by Dr P inaugurating the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Susthitha Menon (SAC Chair – Malaysia). SSR Ashen newly formed IEEE UKM SB Electron Devices Society Gomes also gave his overview on the advantages of being Technical Chapter. The UKM SB EDS is the 12th SB an IEEE student member. Finally the UM SB Chair, Farid Technical Chapter which was formed in the Malaysia encouraged all participants to be IEEE members. Section. The Advisor of the Technical SB is Dr Badariah Bais and the Chair is Mohd Nuriman Nawi. Most of the postgraduate student members are from the Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), UKM and the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering UKM

Group Photo with the EDS SB Participants

Group Photo with the Membership Drive Participants

IEEEXtreme 24-Hour Programming Competition Formation of New SB, Technical SB and WIE Affinity Groups The IEEEXtreme Programming Competition was IEEE Malaysia Section Student Activities is glad to executed worldwide on 22nd October 2016. IEEEXtreme announce the formation of the following student is a global challenge in which teams of IEEE Student branches, technical SB and SB affinity groups in 2016. members—advised and proctored by an IEEE member, 1. Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Student Branch and often supported by an IEEE Student Branch— 2. Curtin University - Sarawak WIE SB Affinity Group compete in a 24-hour time span against each other to 3. Universiti Sains Malaysia WIE SB Affinity Group solve a set of programming problems. A total of 35 4. Universiti Putra Malaysia WIE SB Affinity Group teams from the various universities and student branches 5. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia EDS SB Chapter in Malaysia Section participated in this competition. IEEE 6. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia IAS SB Chapter Malaysia Section sponsored meals worth RM25/student 7. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia PES SB Chapter for each participating student. The top three teams from 8. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka SB Malaysia are from Swinburne University (ranked 279 9. Curtin University - Sarawak IAS SB Chapter worldwide), Nottingham University (ranked 573) and 10. Universiti Tenaga Nasional PES SB Chapter USM SB (ranked 759). 11. Universiti Malaysia Perlis SB

A group photo of the 2016 IEEE CAS M High Tea participants Q4 edition 21 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter Student Activities Reported by P Susthitha Menon

IEEE-SCOReD2016 based talk entitled “Recent Advances in Electrostatic Sensors and Instruments for Industrial Measurement and The 14th IEEE Student Conference on Research & Monitoring”. Development (SCOReD2016) was successfully organized by IEEE Malaysia Section and IEEE International Islamic The second keynote speaker was Prof Mahamod Ismail University Malaysia (IIUM) Student Branch from 13-14 from UKM with his talk entitled “Mitigating Inter-cell December 2016 at the Berjaya Times Square Hotel Kuala Interference in 5G Ultra-dense Femtocell Networks: Lumpur. The conference was chaired by Dr Zuhaina Issues and Challenges”. A total of 71 papers categorized Zakaria, Chair of IEEE Malaysia Section. IIUM SB was led into 10 technical tracks and hailing from 15 different by Dr Musse and Dr Sheroz Khan. countries were presented at the conference. Other highlights during the conference were the launching of IEEE SCOReD 2016 focusses on the findings from the Student Activities Video Montage, IEEE Membership research students, post-doc fellows and research Talk & Booth and the Young Professionals National associates in the institutions of higher learning pursuing Technical Poster Exhibition & Award Ceremony. research degrees. Beside the main fields of electronics, electrical, and communication engineering, SCOReD SCORED2016 Best Paper Award Winner was Ms covers other fields related to biosensing, materials, Kiasatina Groupfrom PhotoUSM with thewith EDS SBher Participantspaper entitled renewable energy, professional engineering ethics, and “Construction of Partial Discharge Measurement System mechatronics. The IEEE Malaysia Section has transformed Under Influence of Cylindrical Metal Particle in it into an event that is going beyond the borders of Asia Transformer Oil”. Meanwhile the Best Student Presenter Pacific Region. Award Winner was Samuel Jia Wei Tang from Monash University with his paper entitled “Closed-loop Color The first keynote speaker of the conference was Prof Md Control of an RGB Luminaire Using Sensors Onboard a Moinul Hossain from University of Kent with his Skype- Mobile Computing System”

Group Photo with the SCORED2016 Organizing Committee & Participants Q4 edition 22 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter IEEE MMU Student Branch

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Diploma in AutoCAD Technical Visit (Measat)

In order to deliver better understanding of satellite Multimedia university IEEE Student Branch conducted two full courses communications, IEEE MMU Student Branch organized a site visit of AutoCAD where participants received Diploma in AutoCAD to MEASAT Teleport and Broadcast Centre, Cyberjaya on 7th certification from eduCAD (Autodesk Educational Partner). First October 2016. A total of 20 Multimedia University students session was carried out on 20th to 24th of October and second participated in this trip. MEASAT staffs gave participants a tour of session was conducted on 5 full days, the weekends from 16th to 25th the facilities and explained technical details during the visit. of December. Mr. B. Varun Nair, a certified professional in Autodesk Students had the opportunity to observe the three main trained and introduced participant to AutoCAD and the basics of 2D departments, namely satellite controlling department, Network and 3D designing. Students mastered the skills through workshops department and antennas farm. and various projects. Furthermore, participants experimented with environmental and sun effects, as well as material rendering. A total of 25 individuals attended the courses.

(Left) Doctoral Dissertation winner (Right) Master Dissertation winner

AutoCAD courses MEASAT technical visit Freescale Workshop Writing Grant Proposal for Young Researchers A Freescale training workshop was carried out for engineering students by IEEE MMU Student Branch on 16th of December. Learning Freescale is important for MMU IEEE Student Branch with collaboration IEEE comsoc organized a full-day workshop on writing grant proposal for young researchers electrical and electronics engineer students as they can on 6th November 2016. The speaker Dr. Mardeni gave a motivation utilize the device in various projects such as IoT. 40 points that improve the skills of writing grant proposal with high level students were trained by Dr. Tan Wooi, a senior of acceptance. The workshop was conducted at faculty of engineering, Multimedia University lecturer. Participants were MMU and it was very popular and well received with more than 30 individuals attending with diverse backgrounds. awarded a certificate of participation from IEEE MMU Student Branch.

Writing grant proposal for young researchers Freescale workshop Q4 edition 23 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter IEEE MMU Student Branch

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Workshop on Satellite Communication Workshop on Mobile Android Development

On December 24th, the committee carried out a full day workshop on In alliance with APSEC 2016, IEEE MMU Student Branch co-organized Mobile Android Development in an attempt to familiarize participants a workshop on satellite communication in Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur, with the fundamentals of mobile software development. As many as Malaysia, on 6th of October. Steamed speakers lectured participants on a variety of satellite communications like: Applications, 30 students were partaking in the workshop where they learnt how Regulations, Industry overview and Career in Space. Furthermore, to set-up Android Studio as well as other necessary software like JDK participants were presented with few case studies to solidify their and SDK. During the full day workshop, participants were walked understanding of satellite communication. through making their very first android app.

Satellite communication workshop Mobile Android development

Technical Visit to Proton To familiarize students with advance workplaces, IEEE MMU Student Branch facilitated a technical visit to Proton factory in Shah Alam. 12 participants had a tour in one of the most praised companies of Malaysia, while technicians elaborated various mechanism of the production line and the company.

Technical visit to Proton Q4 edition 24 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter IEEE APU Student Branch

Reported by Manoj Jayabalan

Industrial Visit to Public Bank Community service for Down Syndrome Children School On 21-Oct-2016, students from “Banking and Finance” APU IEEE Student Branch had a fascinating event to and “Computing” participated in a industrial visit to conclude a productive year. Public Bank in conjunction with 50th Anniversary Volunteers from the APU IEEE Student Branch celebration. APU IEEE Student Branch organized the participated in a community service in the cleaning and trip with two lecturers; Rozitaayu Binti Zulkifli and painting of the new premise for Down Syndrome Manoj Jayabalan. Children’s School, Pemulihan Dalam Komuniti (PDK Kiu) on 11th December 2016. Thank you Volunteers for the wonderful job. You are an inspiration to all!

(Left) Doctoral Dissertation winner (Right) Master Dissertation winner

The visit gave a brief introduction to Public Bank history and achievements over the years. Students had a prospect to attend the exhibition and visited the Head Quarters operation in action. Mr. Ryan Ong from Upcoming Events for 2017 Human Capital Management presented the careers and internship opportunities in the banking sector. He  Organizing your research using Mendeley – Feb added the different positions available in sales and non- 2017 sales teams along with the different benefits offered to  Technical workshop on Data Mining – Mar 2017 their employees.  Data Analytical Programming using Python – Apr Mr. Sooym is the Head of IT department, provided 2017 insights of the IT facilities, banking operations and the  IEEE Member Recruitment Drive – Jun 2017 level of data protection from natural disaster. He gave Contact us the students with valuable information on IT career paths in the banking sector and the different applications built and maintained in-house. @APUIEEE

Special thanks to the lead team: Prof. Dr. Ir. Vinesh Thiruchelvam; Prof. Siva Muthaly; Mrs. Kwan (Wong Hua Hung); Sryee Inthran [email protected] A group photo of the 2016 IEEE CAS M High Tea participants Q4 edition 25 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter IEEE UTeM Student Branch Reported by Izzati Yusri.

Official Formation of IEEE UTeM Student Branch The formation of IEEE UTeM Student Branch was pre-conceived as a result from an insightful IEEE membership workshop held in Canselori Auditorium, UTeM back in March 2016. TheUTeMnotion for establishment was push forward and received approval from R10 SAC by June 2016. However, it was until early October 2016, (Left) PECON 2016 (Right) FKE, UTeM our team has finally established officially as a student club Membership Drive in UTeM. Currently, our formation of IEEE UTeM Participation in Blood Donation Carnival Student Branch is established under the roof of Electrical Engineering Faculty (FKE), UTeM with the endorsement Many of our members took part from Dr. Ir. Nazri Othman as the Dean of FKE and in a Blood Donation Carnival in support from Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chong Shin Horng as IEEE which is jointly co-organized by UTeM Student Branch Counselor. UTeM, Infineon and Malacca Blood Bank held on 7th of Our team has been very fortunate to be offered a chance December 2016. Despite their to establish our presence by having a booth at the 2016 busy schedules, our members IEEE 6th International Conference on Power and Energy managed to carry out their (PECON 2016) held at Hatten Hotel, Malacca from 28th responsibility to contribute back to 29th of November 2016 and Distinguished Lecture Mock Cheque to the society through this event. Program on 30th of November 2016 held at Auditorium Presentation A token of appreciation was given Canselori, UTeM. With the golden opportunity, we were out to IEEE UTeM Student Branch from the organizing able to provide a platform for UTeM community to get to committee for proactive participation throughout the know more about IEEE as a professional body. Also, our carnival. The token of appreciation was received by our teams also have obtained many returns from the interim president and presented in the form of informative keynote and DLP speeches given by Prof. Dr. monetary reward of RM 300. The monetary reward -Ing. Ralph Kennel and Prof. Dr. -Ing. Hugh Rudnick. As would be utilized for our upcoming events and Prof. Dr. -Ing Hugh Rudnick was previously a student workshops. Lastly, the blood donation carnival ends on branch counselor, we manage to close up a short and a high note by registering the highest record in Malacca casual session of information sharing in which Prof. Dr. - in which 755 bags of blood were collected. We look Ing Hugh Rudnick offered us some on his humble tips for forward for more opportunities for us to exercise our student branch for growth and future development. social responsibility.

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Reach out to us : Q4 edition 26 Oct – Dec, 2016 IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter IEEE UNIMAP Student Branch

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Microelectronic Photonics Talk

On October 5th, 2016, an IEEE Photonics lecture series organized by School of Microelectronic, School of Computer and Communication engineering and co- organized by IEEE UniMAP SB was held. The talk was given by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Angela Amphawan who holds a PhD in optical communication obtained from University of Oxford, UK. Her talk was about the importance of Optical Mode Division Multiplexing (MDM) which leverages on the plurality of modes in multimode fiber. In IEEE UniMAP SB Color Run MDM, independent data streams are transmitted using modes in a multimode fiber. The lecture discusses several On November 19th, 2016, a Color Run to promote techniques for multiplexing/de-multiplexing modes in IEEE and to instill a healthy lifestyle amongst UniMAP MDM. undergraduates(Left) Doctoral Dissertationwas organized winner (Rightby) IEEEMasterUniMAP DissertationSB winner. The event was, officiated by the Deputy Vice Chancellor APACE 2016 (DVC) for Student/Alumni Affairs, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fo’ad Sakdan and closing ceremony was initiated by our From December 11 to 13, 2016, IEEE Asia-Pacific very own Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof Dr Zul Azhar Conference on Applied Electromagnetics (APACE) Zahid Jamal. A talk small about joining IEEE and its conference was held. This event was a program where benefits was given by the VC, where he urge every we at IEEE UniMAP SB had the chance to help run the student on joining such organization, which is filled with conference from behind the scene Fully sponsored by the great people, is one away to gain knowledge, expand IEEE AP/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter of Malaysia (Antennas social networking, learn from the experts and and Propagation, Microwave Theory and Techniques and opportunities for scholarship. The event ended after Electromagnetic Compatibility) prizes was given by the VC. This event was sponsored [http://www.myapmttemc.org], this APACE conference by Husmat Furniture, Malaysia Event and Printing, MSY series are organized alternately with the IEEE RFM. (Engineering Consultant), Brader Kopi, Kerajaan Negeri Academics and practitioners working in the domain of Perlis, and UniMAP as well. UniMAP Vice Chancellor applied electromagnetics are solicited to present latest (VC), Prof Dr Zul Azhar hope and give full support to research findings and best practices, share ideas and IEEE UniMAP SB to organizing an IEEE Color Run again initiate networking and collaboration. as an annual event for IEEE UniMAP SB.

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