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TABLE OF CONTENTS IEEE MALAYSIAS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

IEEE MALAYSIA SECTIONCHAIRS FOREWORDPAGE 01-021 IEEE FELLOW IN MALAYSIASECTIONPAGE 05-063

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IEEE MALAYSIA SECTIONEDITOR-IN-CHIEFS FOREWORD

PAGE 03-04 6IEEE MALAYSIA SECTIONCHAIRS HISTORYPAGE 11-12

IEEE CAS CHAPTERPAGE 31-3213

IEEE IMS MALAYSIA CHAPTERIEEE EDS/MTT/SSCS JOINT CHAPTERPAGE 33-3414

IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION CHRONOLOGICALPAGE 09-10

IEEE COMSOC/VTS JOINT CHAPTER

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15 IEEE RAS SOCIETY CHAPTERIEEE EDUSOC CHAPTERPAGE 37-3816

IEEE WIE CHAPTERPAGE 39-40

17IEEE EMBS CHAPTERPAGE 41-4218

IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION SUMMARYPAGE 07-084


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IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE 2015PAGE 13-147

8IEEE ELECTRON DEVICES SOCIETYIEEE AP/MTT/EMC JOINT CHAPTERPAGE 15-209IEEE PES MALAYSIA CHAPTERPAGE 21-22

11IEEE SPS MALAYSIA CHAPTER

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10IEEE CS MALAYSIA CHAPTERIEEE CPMT MALAYSIAPAGE 23-26

IEEE IE/IA JOINT CHAPTERIEEE PS MALAYSIA CHAPTER

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IEEE CSS CHAPTERIEEE SMC CHAPTERPAGE 43-4419

IEEE CES CHAPTERPAGE 45-4620

IEEE GRS CHAPTERIEEE PELS CHAPTER

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21IEEE TEMS CHAPTERIEEE CIS CHAPTERPAGE 49-50

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IEEE YP CHAPTERPAGE 51-53

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IEEE STUDENT BRANCH IN MALAYSIA SECTIONIEEE DEI CHAPTERIEEE OE CHAPTER

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IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION CHAIRS FOREWORD IEEE MALAYSIAS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION01

WORDS OFOUR LEADERBY ZUHAINA ZAKARIA

In 2015, we cele-brate the 30th anni-versary of IEEEMalaysia Section. Itwas established on28 July 1985 with400 members. Overthe past 30 years ofestablishment, IEEEMalaysia Section has

developed into a thriving organizationand has experienced various phases ofdevelopments. IEEE Malaysia Section isnow proud with 4 joint chapters, 20 chap-ters, 2 affinity groups, 20 Student Branch-es and 5 student chapters. Its member-ship has reached 3500 members whichindicate encouraging development in theeffort to attract electrical engineeringprofessionals in Malaysia to IEEE.

IEEE Malaysia Section with its technicalchapters had successfully organized manymajor events ranging from conferencesand technical talks to social events. Someof the past major events include Region10 Conference (TENCON) 2000 and IEEERegion 10 Technical Symposium 2014(TENSYMP). From these activities, thepresence of IEEE in the Malaysian publicand in Region 10 has been enhancedtremendously. As a result, IEEE Malaysia

has received several accolades fromRegion 10. In the year 2000, it was award-ed Region 10 Distinguished SectionAward and once again in 2006, IEEEMalaysia was the recipient for Region 10

Distinguished Large Section Award. Thesection has also initiated its own confer-ence i.e. Student Conference on Researchand Development (SCOReD) in 2001.SCOReD has become a series of highlysuccessful Asia Pacific regional confer-ence. Each year, the student branches inMalaysia take turns in hosting this confer-ence.

Anniversaries provide a valuable opportu-

nity for reflection. Thus, this book com-memorates the thirty years of IEEE Malay-sia Section. It reflects on the history andgrowth of the section and its technicalchapters through the years. However, it isnot possible to cover these in about 60pages. The content in this book has beendriven by associate editors from eachchapter and they have had the opportuni-ty to explored the significance importancefor the past thirty years. I hope as youbrowse this book, you will gain a realsense of the history of IEEE Malaysia Sec-tion.

This book has been made possible withthe much appreciated input from associ-ate editors and chapter chairs. Finally, Iwould like to recognize Fawnizu AzmadiHussin and Norliza Mohd Noor who over-saw the project and ensured its success.


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It is important to note that the IEEE Malaysia

Section is comprised of volunteers. Onbehalf of the current Executive Committee, Iwould like to express my appreciation to allpast chairs and executive committees fortheir contributions that made the journey asuccess. I also hope that the incoming com-mittee will continue to drive IEEE MalaysiaSection to a greater height.

ANNIVERSARIES PROVIDE A VALU-

ABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR REFLEC-

TION. THUS, THIS BOOK COMMEMO-

RATES THE THIRTY YEARS OF IEEE

MALAYSIA SECTION. IT REFLECTS ON

THE HISTORY AND GROWTH OF THE

SECTION AND ITS TECHNICAL CHAP-

TERS THROUGH THE YEARS.


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To all members, I hope this special docu-ment can become a source of reference for

you to understand more about this organi-zation. Without all the volunteers featured inthis book as well as those who contributeddirectly or indirectly behind the scene, IEEEMalaysia Section and all the TechnicalChapters would not have been able to pro-vide the countless benefits to all its3500-strong members.

Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin

IT TOOK AN EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT TO COM-

PILE ALL THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION

INCLUDED IN THIS BOOK, IN ORDER TO GET

THIS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE

PUBLICATION PUBLISHED. THE EFFORT HAS

BEEN TREMENDOUS. MANY MONTHS WERE

SPENT, AND MANY PEOPLE WERE INTER-

VIEWED, EMAILED AND CALLED. MANY MORE

PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN THE EDITING AND

PROOFREADING OF THIS BOOK.


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The idea to publishthis special editionto commemoratethe 30th anniversa-ry of the IEEEMalaysia Sectionwas mooted by thechair, ZuhainaZakaria, when sherealized that import-

ant milestone. I knew early that the jobwas not going to be a trivial one. It wasgoing to involve an extensive research onthe history of Malaysia section, whichincludes all the 23 chapters and 2 affinitygroups. The editing job was not going tobe an easy one considering how complexthe organization is and how many volun-teers are involved in making this profes-sional society run like a well-oiledmachine it is today.

I started using my good helper Googleto find all annual reports of the Malaysiasection, but as expected I only managedto find a handful of those reports; all fromthe last 15 years. The reports from the first15 years were non-existent. Having beenacquainted with the IEEE Asia PacificOperations Center during the earlierexcomm meeting, I sought the assistanceof Wan Chin Teh, who connected me to

Fanny Su Beh Noi and Ewell Tan who werevery helpful to provide me the history ofall section and chapter chairs in the Malay-sia Section. Of course, in doing this, theIEEE AP staff, who are based in Singapore,

was careful to ensure that we abide to allthe required Personal Data Protection Actguidelines. That information was theimportant seed that created this 50-pagereport that you are holding in your hands.I couldnt have done this alone. I alsoengaged the assistance of the AssociateEditor for the Malaysia Section history,Norliza Mohd Noor, who is also the imme-diate past chair. Special appreciation goesto one past chair, Borhanuddin Mohd Ali,

who were tireless in answering my bar-rage of questions regarding the pasthistory of the Malaysia Section.

The twenty-five detailed chapter historieswould not have been possible without thecontinuous contributions from the associ-ate editors that represent each chapter;the associate editors were nominated bythe 2015 chapter chairs. They were taskedto compile the historical information fortheir respective chapters, which include abrief history of formation, where applica-ble, photos and biographies of all pastand current chairs, a summary of all execu-tive committee members since formation,and highlights of the chapters majoractivities and achievements. The list of allthe associate editors involved in makingthis special 30th anniversary commemora-tive publication possible, is given on everypage for each chapter. I would like toespecially thank each and every one of

them for their efforts.

FROM THEEDITORS DESKBY FAWNIZU AZMADI HUSSIN


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ABOUT OURFELLOW

Dr. Chuah Hean Teik graduated with a BEng(First Class Honours), MEngSc and PhD inelectrical engineering, all from University ofMalaya, Malaysia. From July 1988-April 1997,he was on the faculty of the Electrical Engi-neering Department of the University ofMalaya. From March-Nov 1994, he was aFulbright Scholar at the Wave ScatteringResearch Centre, University of Texas at Arling-ton, USA. From May 1997Jan 2008, Dr

Chuah was a Senior Professor at the Multime-dia University (MMU), during which he heldvarious posts as Vice President (R&D and Aca-demic Development), Dean of Engineering,and Director of Research. From June2001-Jan 2008, he also assumed the duty ofthe Penang State Government Professor ofICT in MMU. Since April 2008, he has beenappointed as President of Universiti Tunku

Abdul Rahman (UTAR) in Malaysia.

His research interests include microwaveremote sensing and applied electromagnetics.He has authored/co-authored more than 260papers in international journals and confer-ences. Dr. Chuah has received many awardslocally and internationally. Among theminclude the Professor Chin Fung Kee GoldMedal for Engineering Management in 1986,the inaugural Young Engineer Award by theInstitution of Engineers, Malaysia in 1991;1990 Young Scientist Award at the 23rd Gener-

al Assembly of the International Union of

Radio Science (URSI) at Prague, Czechoslova-kia; 1993 Young Scientist Award at the 24thGeneral Assembly of URSI at Kyoto, Japan;1995 Young Scientist Award (Industrial Sector)by the Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technol-ogy and the Environment; 1999 MalaysianToray Science Foundation Science and Tech-nology Award for his contributions in the areaof microwave remote sensing; 2002 SterlingAward from the Sterling Group of Universities(research-based universities in UK with engi-

neering faculties) for his services to promotionof engineering profession; 2011 IET MalaysiaOutstanding Achievement Award; RotaryCharity Foundation of Kuala Lumpur ResearchGold Medal 2012 for excellence in originalresearch and significant achievement in thefield of electrical engineering; 2014 Distin-guished Engineer Award by IEM PenangBranch, 2016 Taiwan Professional Educationand Culture Medal for his contribution towardseducation and cultural exchange betweenMalaysia and Taiwan. In collaboration withMalaysian Centre for Remote Sensing, hisresearch team working on Paddy Monitoringand Yield Prediction System using RemoteSensing and GIS Technologies won a GoldMedal at the 2003 Malaysian Science andTechnology Expo, and a Gold Medal at the32nd International Exhibition of Inventions atGeneva in 2004. In recognition of his valuableservices, the Governor of the State of PenangMalaysia conferred upon him an Order ofChivalry, Darjah Setia Pangkuan Negeri, which

carries the title Dato, in July 2005. For hissignificant contribution in engineering profes-sion, he was awarded Honorary Doctor ofEngineering by MMU in August 2013.

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Dr. Chuah is an eminent technical leader. Hewas the President of the Federation of Engi-neeering Institutions of Asia and the Pacific(FEIAP) from 2011-2015, and is currently theChairman of FEIAP Standing Committee onEngineering Education. Dr. Chuah was thePresident of IEM (2009-2011). He is a SeniorFellow of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia(ASM); Hon. Fellow of the ASEAN Federationof Engineering Organisations, IEM, and Myan-mar Engineering Society; a Founding Fellow of

the ASEAN Academy of Engineering and Tech-nology; Fellow of the Remote Sensing & Pho-togrammetry Society, UK; the Institution ofEngineering and Technology, UK; the Instituteof Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA;and the Electromagnetics Academy, USA. Heis also a Professional Engineer in Malaysia, aChartered Engineer with the EngineeringCouncil, UK; an APEC, EMF and ASEAN Engi-neer; and Hon. Member of the Golden KeyInternational Honour Society. Dr. Chuah servesas reviewer for technical papers submitted tointernational journals such as Progress in Elec-tromagnetics Research (PIER) Journal, andIEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing.He is currently a member of the DisciplinaryCommittee Panel under the Advocates andSolicitors Disciplinary Board, Malaysia, Coun-cil Member of ASM (2007-2011, 2014-2016)and was a Council Member of the MalaysianQualifications Agency (2008-2012). He alsoserves in Technical Committee or AdvisoryCommittee of a few regional and international

conferences and symposia.

Due to his technical expertise, he has beenappointed to various committees at nationallevel, which included:

Chairman, KLIA2 Independent Safety Com-mittee (appointed by Minister of TransportMalaysia in Dec 2014) to review safety issuesfor KLIA2 Airport in Malaysia (2014-2015)

Member, Malaysia Education System ReviewPanel, appointed by Government of Malay-sia as one of the 12-member Panel to review

the Education Blueprint of Malaysia (2012)

Member of Selection Committee forScience and Technology Award and Scienceand Technology Research Grant, MalaysiaToray Science Foundation (2012-to-date)

Member, Auditor Committee, MahathirScience Award Foundation (2012-to-date)

Member of Examination Committee forScience Education Award of Malaysia TorayScience Foundation (2006-2011)

Member of the Independent InvestigationPanel, Cabinet of Malaysia Government forthe Cameron Highlands Bus Accident(2011)

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IR. PROFESSOR ACADEMICIANDATO DR. CHUAH HEAN TEIK,UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN

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EYE-TRIPLE-E

IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION SUMMARY

IEEE, pronounced "Eye-triple-E," stands forthe Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engi-neers. IEEE, an association dedicated toadvancing innovation and technologicalexcellence for the benefit of humanity, is theworlds largest technical professional society.It is designed to serve professionals involvedin all aspects of the electrical, electronic, andcomputing fields and related areas of scienceand technology that underlie modern civiliza-tion.

IEEEs roots go back to 1884 when electricitybegan to become a major influence in society.There was one major established electricalindustry, the telegraph, which since the 1840shad come to connect the world with a datacommunications system faster than the speedof transportation. The telephone and electricpower and light industries had just gottenunderway.

IEEE Malaysia Section established its roots inMalaysia 30 years ago, in 1985. Since estab-lishment, Malaysia section has been headedby 13 charismatic leaders from both industryand academia; a few of them are no longerwith us today. Twenty-four technical chaptershave been established, with the first one in1992 during the tenure of the second section

chair, who was instrumental in driving andbringing a strong momentum to this profes-sional society. The trend of technical chapterestablishments and activities is a good indica-tor as to how interests in technologies havedeveloped in Malaysia. From Electron Devices(1992) and Power and Energy (1992), to Anten-na & Propagation, Microwave, ElectronagneticCompatibility (1997), Computer (1999), SignalProcessing (2002), Instrumentation and Mea-surement (2005), Robotics and Automation(2006), Control Systems (2007), Engineering inMedicine and Biology (2008), Systems, Manand Cybernetics (2010), Geoscience andRemote Sensing (2012), Computational Intelli-gence (2014), and Oceanic Engineering(2015). Various other chapters have also been

established; theirdetails are available in thisspecial book which has beenprepared for the 30th anniversa-ry commemoration for IEEE Malay-sia Section.

In addition, two affinity groups namelyWomen in Engineering and Young Profes-sionals are actively bringing together mem-bers with similar demographics. In the univer-sities, more than twenty student branches andstudent chapters have been established. Theseplatforms provide avenues for the students tobe involved with the professional society at anearly age.

Annually, hundreds of technical activities are

conducted by the IEEE members in Malaysia,normally through one of the technical chapters,affinity groups and student branches and chap-ters. Every year, Malaysia section and the techni-cal chapters receive various awards either fromRegion 10 (Asia Pacific) or the IEEE Headquarter(based in the United States). Many of its volun-teers have also been awarded. Some specificdetails are available in the individual chapterreports in this book. Most of the details are alsoavailable at IEEE Malaysia section website(http://ieeemy.org/) or the chapters own web-sites.


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Membership in Malaysia section has grown significantly in the last decade as show in the plotsbelow. The plots also show a healthy growth in the number of higher grade membership.

Figure B.1: Total Number of IEEE Malaysia Active Members (2008-2015)

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Figure B.3: IEEE Malaysia Active Members by Grade (2011-2015)

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2011 53 89 276 364 1535 143 3 1

2012 47 83 258 489 1820 180 2 1

2013 44 68 293 598 2026 247 3 1

2014 15 58 447 685 2105 291 5 1

2015 43 49 411 552 2073 345 5 1


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IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION CHRONOLOGICAL IEEE MALAYSIAS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION09

2002 2004

THROUGHOUTTHE DECADES

ELECTRON DEVICES SOCIETY(EDS)CH101051992

POWER AND ENERGY SOCIETY(PES)CH101061992

ANTENNA & PROPAGATION /MICROWAVE THEORY & TECHNIQUE /ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITYJOINT CHAPTER(AP/MTT/EMC)CH102261997

CIRCUITS ANDSYSTEMS SOCIETY(CAS)CH103072003

ELECTRON DEVICES / MICROWAVETHEORY AND TECHNIQUES /

SOLID STATE CIRCUITSJOINT CHAPTER, PENANG

(EDS/MTT/SSCS)CH10341

2005

INSTRUMENTATION ANDMEASUREMENT SOCIETY(IMS)

CH103552005

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS /INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATIONJOINT CHAPTER(IE/IA)CH102952003

PHOTONICS SOCIETY(PS)

CH103062003

1992 2000 2006

ROBOTICS ANDAUTOMATION SOCIETY

(RAS)CH10365

2006

COMMUNICATION SOCIETY ANDVEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY

JOINT CHAPTER(COMSOC/VTS)

CH10361

2006

SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY(SP)CH102842002

COMPONENTS, PACKAGING &MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIESSOCIETY(CPMT)CH102582000

COMPUTER SOCIETY(CS)

CH102531999

GRADUATES OF THE LAST DECADES(GOLD)CH101061999


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20102008 20142013

EDUCATION SOCIETY(EDUSOC)CH103962007

CONTROL SYSTEMS SOCIETY(CSS)CH104212007

CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SOCIETY(CES)CH104552008

SYSTEMS, MAN ANDCYBERNETICS SOCIETY(SMC)CH105342010

ENGINEERING IN MEDICINEAND BIOLOGY SOCIETY(EMBS)CH104412008

POWER ELECTRONICS SOCIETY(PELS)CH10628

2013

TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERINGMANAGEMENT SOCIETY

(TEMS)CH106532013

COMPUTATIONALINTELLIGENCE SOCIETY

(CIS)CH10669

2014

GEOSCIENCE & REMOTESENSING SOCIETY(GRS)CH106192012

2016

DIELECTRICS AND ELECTRICALINSULATION SOCIETY

(DEI)CH10733

2015

OCEANIC ENGINEERINGSOCIETY(OE)CH107292015

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS(YP)

2014

WOMEN IN ENGINEERING(WIE)2007

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IEEE MALAYSIA SECTION CHAIRS HISTORY IEEE MALAYSIAS 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION11

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Academician Dato Ir. (Dr.) LeeYee Cheong, BE Hons(Adelaide), Hon. Doc Eng(UNITEN), DPMP, KMN, AO,Dato Lee is the MalaysianChairman, Governing Council,International Science Technolo-gy and Innovation Centre forSouth-South Cooperationunder the auspices of UNESCO

(ISTIC), Kuala Lumpur; Commissioner of the UNBroadband Commission, Member of the National

Science and Research Council, Malaysia; Pro-Chancel-lor, Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur; ChairmanGlobal Council InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) ScienceEducation Program; Jury member of "OECD Award forTaking Innovative Development to Scale"; formerChairman of Governing Board, the Institute of EnergyPolicy and Research (IEPRe), University Tenaga Malaysia(UNITEN); Adjunct Professor of UNITEN; Advisor toMIGHT International; Member of Global ScienceInnovation Advisory Council (GSIAC); Vice Chairman,UN Sustainable Development Solution Network (SDSN)Malaysia; former Patron of the International YoungProfessionals Foundation; former Member of theInternational Advisory Board of Engineers WithoutBorders Canada; Director of Malaysia AustraliaFoundation and Honorary Fellow of the Institution ofEngineering and Technology, UK, the Institution of Civil

Engineers, UK, Engineers Australia, Myanmar Engineer-ing Society and the Institution of Engineers, Mauritius.

Prof. Dr. Hussein Ahmadis a former professor ofHigh Voltage Engineer-ing at the Faculty of

Electrical Engineering,Universiti TeknologiMalaysia. He is also theformer Director ofInstitute of High Voltage

and High Current (IVAT) UTM. He receivedhis Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in HighVoltage Engineering, University of Manches-ter Institute of Science and Technology in1986. He received Individual AppreciativeAward at the IEEE Malaysia 2004 DinnerNight for his contribution as the Head of

Power Engineering Chapter (1994- 2000).

Dr. Shamsudin H.M.Amin (born in 1956) is aProfessor of Mechatron-ics and RoboticsEngineering in UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia(UTM). He is attached tothe Centre of ArtificialIntelligence and

Robotics (CAIRO) as head of RoboticsResearch Group, as well as at the Control andMechatronics Department (CMED) at theFaculty of Electrical Engineering, UTM. Hehas served in UTM since 1980 in variouspositions including as Dean of CyberneticsResearch, and Director of UTMs ResearchUniversity Secretariat. He obtained his

Bachelor of Engineering in Control Systemsin 1980 from the University of Sheffield,United Kingdom. He later obtained his MSc.and Ph.D in robotics from the same Universi-ty. His research interests: Intelligent mobilerobots, biologically inspired robots, visionsystem for automated inspection, wallclimbing robots, multi-agent robotic systems,behaviour-based robotics and humanoids.He is an associate editor of PolytechnicaHungarica. To date he has been invited todeliver 16 keynotes on robotics at various

conferences.

Muha Pandak Ahmad passedaway peacefully in his sleep on

March 6 2009 in Hospital Serdang,Selangor, Malaysia near his home. He was

49 and is survived by 6 children. Dr Muhabecame our first elected Chair and kept in officefor 9 years, from 1988 to 1996. This was at thetime that there was no limit set for the terms of

office for an executive committee member. Heestablished IEEE Malaysia Section with a smallband of people from his UKM (UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia or National University ofMalaysia) base and gradually grew it to arespectable organization by the time he leftoffice. Despite his failing health, his fervor toserve the community knew no respite; he wasthe Chair of Global Networking Bureau, in alocal Islamic base Business Community; thePresident of his school alumni association, andof late he became the founding member thenewly formed Malaysian Science, Engineeringand Technology Society (mSET), and dulybecame the Treasurer.Besides being a member

of IEEE, he is also acorporate memberofInstitute of EngineersMalaysia (MIEM) withProfessional Engineersqualification, which carriesthe title Ir for Ingenieur.

In the year 1987, Allahyarhamstarted his first professional career

in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)as Head, Control Engineering Laboratory,

Faculty of Enginering. Due to his excellencein service, Allahyarham was appointed asboth the Director of Centre of ArtificialIntelligence and Robotics and also the

Director of the Malaysia-Japan UniversityCentre. His last position was the Deputy ViceChancellor for Research and Innovation ofUTM. His contribution to IEEE Malaysia isimmense. With his vision and drive he hasexpanded IEEE Malaysia from an unknownlittle society to what it is now, a respectableorganisation with more than 3500 members(2015). He motivated many professionals to

join IEEE, especially from among thegrowing numbers of the academic commu-nity. He encouraged members to setuptechnical society Malaysia chapter and hehimself started a few Chapters, whichcurrently in 2015 with28 technical chapters.

He also encouragedthe setting up IEEEStudent Branch whereIEEE UTM StudentBranch became thefirst student branch inMalaysia.

In the year 1987, Allahyarhamstarted his first professional career

in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)as Head, Control Engineering Laboratory,

Faculty of Enginering. Due to his excellencein service, Allahyarham was appointed asboth the Director of Centre of ArtificialIntelligence and Robotics and also the

Director of the Malaysia-Japan UniversityCentre. His last position was the Deputy ViceChancellor for Research and Innovation ofUTM. His contribution to IEEE Malaysia isimmense. With his vision and drive he hasexpanded IEEE Malaysia from an unknownlittle society to what it isnow, a respectableorganisation withmore than 3500members (2015). Hemotivated manyprofessionals to joinIEEE, especially fromamong the growing.

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journals and over 200has just completed aWSN for the goverbecame a memberbecame active in IChapter in whichmember. After coComSoc as Chaptefocus on IEEE Secelected as one of theholding specific taskand newsletters. Lateof Vice Chair for 1 yefor 2 years.

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nuddin Mohd Alied his BSc (Hons)cal and Electron-ngineering fromg h b o r o u g hsity in 1979; MScD from Universityes, Cardiff, UK, in

and 1985, respec-r in UPM in 1985,served at variousnal organizations.

of IEEE and aartered Engineer.ous positions inion, ComSoc APB

and is presentlythe forthcomings research interest

Wireless ResourceManagement andess, in which hepers in refereederence papers. Hemplementation oft of Malaysia.He

E in 1987. He firsthrough ComSocwas a foundingng his term inair, he started to

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Prof. Dr Mohd Nasir Taibreceived his degree inElectrical Engineeringfrom the University ofTasmania, Australia,M.Sc. in ControlEngineering fromSheffield University, UK,and the PhD degree in

Instrumentation from the UMIST, UK.Currently, he is a Professor at the Faculty ofElectrical Engineering, University TeknologiMARA (UiTM), Malaysia. He is a veryproactive person in UiTM, shouldering manyresponsibilities via UiTM level committeesand intellectual discourses besides beingone of the appointed senate member ofUiTM. He is leading an active research groupin advanced signal processing with applica-tions in control system, biomedical engineer-

ing, energy studies, optical fibre sensors andnonlinear system. He has published morethan 200 technical papers, locally and atinternational level. He is a senior member ofthe Institute of Electrical and ElectronicEngineers Inc., USA (IEEE), and alsomembers of the IEEE Control Society, IEEEI&M Society, the Instrumentation System andAutomation Society, USA (ISA), the Societyfor Industrial and Applied Mathematics(SIAM), Malaysian Society of BME, theInstitution of Engineering & Technology, UK(IET), Optical Society of America (OSA) and

the International Society for OpticalEngineering (SPIE).

2007-2008 2009-2010 2011-2012

Mahamod Ismail( m a h a [email protected])

joined the Departmentof Electrical, Electronicsand System Engineer-ing, Faculty of Engineer-ing and Built Environ-ment, Universiti Kebang-

saan Malaysia (UKM) in 1985. He is theformer Head of the Department and aProfessor in Communication Engineering.He received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical andElectronics from University of Strathclyde,U.K. in 1985, the M.Sc. degree in Communi-cation Engineering and Digital Electronics

from University of Manchester Institute ofScience and Technology (UMIST), Manches-ter U.K. in 1987, and the Ph.D. from Universityof Bradford, U.K. in 1996. He was with the firstMalaysia Microsatellite TiungSat TeamEngineers in Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.U.K. from June 1997 until March 1998. In thesummer semester 2003, he served as aGuest Professor in Computer Engineering inthe University of Duisburg-Essen, DuisburgGermany funded by the German AcademicExchange Services (DAAD). His researchinterests include mobile and satellite

communication, and wireless networkingparticularly on the radio resource

management for the next generationwireless communication network.

Zuhaina Zakariareceived Bachelor ofEngineering in ElectricalEngineering fromUniversiti TeknologiMalaysia in 1989,Masters Degree from

Napier University,Edinburgh, UnitedKingdom in 1997 and PhD in Power Systemfrom University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UKin 2005. She has been working in UniversityTechnology MARA (UiTM) for more than 20years and currently an Associate Professor inthe Faculty of Electrical Engineering. Hermain research interests are in the areas ofpower quality, load profiling and powersystem analysis and operation. Dr Zuhaina isalso a senior member of IEEE and the currentchair for IEEE Malaysia Section. She has

joined IEEE since 1999 and in the technicalsociety, she is also one of the active volunteerin IEEE Power and Engineering (PES)Malaysia Chapter. She was appointed as

committee member, treasurer from2005-2007, Vice Chair from 2013-2014 andfinally the current chair for PES Malaysia. Dr.Zuhaina has also been appointed as theChapter Representative for R10 PES whichrequires her to monitor the running of sevenPES chapters in the south East Asia. Inaddition, she was the founder for IEEEMalaysia Section-Women in EngineeringAffinity Group which was formed in July2007.

20152005-2006

Prof. Ir. Dr. Norman Mariun is theProfessor of Electrical Power

Engineering at the Faculty ofEngineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia. He

as proved to be an active IEEE volunteerhere he has been serving various positionsIEEE such as Chapter/Section Committee

r IEEE Power and Energy, Executiveommittee Member of IEEE Region 10 Asia,ustralia and New Zealand Region007-2010), Chapter Rep for IEEE Asia,ustralia and New Zealand Region (East)ower and Energy Society, Chair IEEEalaysia Section 2007 etc.. Due to hiscellent contributions, he received IEEEalaysia Section Best Volunteer Award 2002d Distinguished Individual Award, InstituteElectrical and Electronics Engineers (USA)

ower Engineeringociety in November005.

Zaiki Awang (M97 SM03)received the BSc and MSc degrees

in microwave engineering from theUniversity of Portsmouth, England in

1984 and 1987 respectively, and the PhDdegree from the University of Leeds in 1995.His doctoral work involved implementationof sol-gel materials in the design of bulkacoustic wave resonators for microwaveintegrated circuits. Since August 1985 he hasbeen with Universiti Teknologi MARA, wherehe is currently Professor of Microwaves withthe Faculty of Electrical Engineering. He wasthe Deputy Dean from 1996 to 2002, andHead of Communication EngineeringDepartment from 1998 to 2002. He ispresently Head of Microwave TechnologyCentre of the university. He was a VisitingScholar at Illinois Institute of Technology fromAugust to November 2009. He is the authorof two books - Microwave Engineering forWireless Communications (Pearson/PrenticeHall, 2006), and Microwave Sub-SystemDesign (Springer,

2014). He has alsowritten several bookchapters, and morethan 170 technicalpapers.

Norliza Mohd Noor is currentlyattached as Associate Professor in

UTM Razak School of Engineering andAdvanced Technology, Universiti Teknolo-

gi Malaysia (UTM), Kuala Lumpur Campus.She received her B. Sc. In Electrical Engineeringfrom Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas andher Master of Electrical Engineering (by

research) and PhD (Electrical Engineering) fromUTM. Her research area is in image processingand image analysis. Her current work concen-trates on medical image analysis for lungdiseases. She has published many papers in

journals and in indexed conference proceed-ings, and has published one academic book andtwo book chapters. She is a senior member ofIEEE where she has been a member for morethan 25 years starting as student member whilestudying in USA. In 1998-2001, she held severalkey positions in IEEE Malaysia Section. She is thefounding chapter chair for IEEE Signal Process-ing Society MalaysiaChapter in 2002 and sheheld the position till 2006.Under her, many SignalProcessing Society DLPshas come to Malaysiashore.

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2015 EXECUTIVECOMMITTEE

ROZITA JAILANISECRETARY

(M03), Head of Degree Program in Faculty of ElectricalEngineering at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM),Malaysia. She received her Ph.D in Automatic Control andSystem Engineering from University of Sheffield, UnitedKingdom in 2011. Her research interests in BiomedicalEngineering are in the areas of exoskeleton technology forrehabilitation and mobility, image processing for medical imaging, gait analysis ofbrain impaired patients and artificial intelligence system for many applications.

MD PAUZI ABDULLAHSTUDENT ACTIVITIES

(M05, SM13), received the bachelors degree (B.Eng) inElectrical & Electronic Engineering from Universiti TenagaNasional (Uniten), Malaysia in 2002, masters degree

(M.Sc) in Electrical Power Engineering and doctoratedegree (Ph.D) in University of Strathclyde, Glasgow,United Kingdom in 2003 and 2008 respectively. Hisresearch interests include power systems analysis, power systems security, deregu-lated electricity market and demand side management. Currently he is a SeniorLecturer at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UTM.

LEE YOOT KHUANEDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Received her BSc (First Honours) in Aeronautical Eng fromBristol U in 1983, MSc in Control Eng from Bradford U in1990 and PhD in EE Eng (Biomedical) from Nottingham Uin 2007. She is an Assoc Prof at the Fac of EE, UniversitiTeknologi MARA. She has authored more than 120technical publications in international conferences andjournals. She is one of the Distinguished Faculty of the First IEEE-EMBS SummerSchool on Emerging Technologies and Applications in Telemedicine in 2012. She isan Invited Speaker for the Sustainable Healthcare Delivery Session - TelehealthSystems at IEEE EMBC2012.

M FAIZAL AHMAD FAUZIVICE CHAIR(M00, SM10), received the B.Eng. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineeringfrom Imperial College, London, UK in 1999, and the Ph.D. degree in Electronics andComputer Science from University of Southampton, Southampton, UK in 2004. Heis currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, MultimediaUniversity. His main research interests are in the area of signal and image process-ing, pattern recognition, computer vision and medical imaging. He was appointedas the Director for the Center for Quality Assurance and Academic Excellence(CQAAE) at MMU in August 2012. From May 2013 to June 2014, he was attached

to the Clinical Image Analysis Lab at the Ohio State University, USA where he workson digital histopathology, especially on follicular lymphoma and glioblastomadiseases analysis. He has published more than 70 journal and conference articlesto date. Mohammad Faizal is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical andElectronics Engineers (IEEE), which he first joined in 2000. He was the chair for theSignal Processing Chapter from 2008 to 2013. Under his stewardship, the chapterstarted organizing their flagship events such as the IEEE International Conferenceon Signal and Image Processing Applications (ICSIPA) and the IPIARTI and SASSPworkshops, as well as aggressively promoting the chapters through variousactivities such as workshops, seminars, DLP talks, competitions, social activities andmembership drives throughout the country. Subsequently the chapter wasawarded the first ever recipient of the IEEE Signal Processing Society Chapter of theYear Award in 2011. He was the general co-chair of ICSIPA2009 and the generalchair for ICSIPA 2011. He is currently serving as the Vice Chair of the IEEE MalaysiaSection as well as the past chair of the Signal Processing chapter.

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ZUHAINA ZAKARCHAIR(M99, SM13) received Bachelor of Enginee

from Napier University, Edinburgh, United Ki2005. She has been working in University TeFaculty of Electrical Engineering. Her main reand operation.Dr Zuhaina is also a senior meand has served as an office-bearer in IEEE MTreasurer, 2008-2009, Secretary, 2010, 201

society, she is also one of the active volunteer in IEEE Power and Engineering (PES) Malaysiafrom 2013-2014 and finally the current chair for PES Malaysia. Dr. Zuhaina has also beenrunning of seven PES chapters in the south East Asia. In addition, Dr. Zuhaina was the fouJuly 2007. She actively participated in organizing major IEEE conferences in MalaysiaInternational Conference on Engineering Education (ICEED) from 2009 until present, InnoDr. Zuhaina is an experienced and committed member of IEEE Malaysia Section and receiv

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NORLIZA MOHD NOORIMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

CHRISTOPHER CHEWTREASURER(M02), a UK graduate with a BSc(Hons) in Engineeringfrom the University of Surrey and an MBA from the Univer-sity of Strathclyde, United Kingdom. His professionalqualifications include Certified Diploma in Accounting &Finance (UK), Certified Professional Trainer (MIM-CPT) andCertified Financial Planner (CFP - US). He is also a member

of the Financial Planning Association of Malaysia and a General Council member ofthe Malaysian Institute of Management and a member of its Audit Committee.

FAWNIZU AZMADI HUSSINCOMMUNICATION/ NEWSLETTER(M02, SM14), Director of Strategic Alliance Office atUniversiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP), where he advises theVice Chancellor on matters related to collaborations withpartners from the industry, university or government. Hewas the Program Manager of Master by courseworkprogram at UTP (2009-2013) and the Deputy Head of

Electrical & Electronic Engineering department at UTP (2013-2014). He spent almostone year as a Visiting Professor at Intel Microelectronics (Malaysia)s SOC DFxdepartment in 2012-13.

FRANKLIN J. JOSEPHPROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/INDUSTRIAL RELATION(M'93, SM'13) ,an electrical engineer by training with avast sea-going experience. He served on four different

squadrons of ships over a span of 12 years beforeassuming desk jobs at the Naval Engineering Commandin Lumut and Naval Headquarters in KL. Some of his

notable contributions were the setting up of Obsolescence Management Office atthe Naval Engineering Command which still is the focal point on RMN's fleetupgrades and the Technical Seaworthiness Office at Naval Headquarters responsiblefor developing policies in ensuring a seaworthy fleet

(M83, SM08), currently attached as Associate Professor in UTM Razak School ofEngineering and Advanced Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), KualaLumpur Campus. She received her B. Sc. In Electrical Engineering from Texas TechUniversity in Lubbock, Texas and her Master of Electrical Engineering (by research)and PhD (Electrical Engineering) from UTM. Her research area is in image process-ing and image analysis. Her current work concentrates on medical image analysisfor lung diseases. She has published many papers in journals and in indexedconference proceedings, and has published one academic book and two book

chapters. She is a senior member of IEEE where she has been a member for morethan 28 years starting as student member while studying in USA. In 1998-2001,she held several key positions in IEEE Malaysia Section. She is the founding chapterchair for IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter in 2002 and she held theposition till 2006. Under her, many Signal Processing Society DLPs has come toMalaysia shore. She is an active IEEE volunteer and held key positions in IEEE SignalProcessing Society Malaysia Chapter and IEEE Engineering Medicine and BiologySociety Malaysia Chapter till now. She received the IEEE Malaysia Section BestVolunteer Award in 2004. She is the founder for IPIARTI, a free symposium for themembers to share and exchange knowledge in the field of image, video process-ing and analysis. Due to this event, research on image and video has increasedtremendously. She has been a committee member of ICSIPA, the flagshipconference of Signal Processing Malaysia Chapter. In 2014, she was the co-chair forIEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP2014) that was held in Kuala Lumpur. Shewas elected as the IEEE Malaysia Section Chair for two years 2013-2014, andappointed to be 2015-2016 IEEE R10 Individual Benefits and Services Coordinatorand MGA Geographic Unit Operations Support Committee Technical Chapter

Representative.

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Electrical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1989, Masters Degree

m in 1997 and PhD in Power System from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK inogy MARA (UiTM) for more than 20 years and currently an Associate Professor in theinterests are in the areas of power quality, load profiling and power system analysis

of IEEE and the current chair for IEEE Malaysia Section. She has joined IEEE since 1999Section as Exco-Member (Student Activities)- 2000/2001, 2005/2006, 2007/2008,

3 and Student Counselor, IEEE UiTM Student Branch, 2005-2007. In the technicalter. She was appointed as committee member, treasurer from 2005-2007, Vice Chair

ointed as the Chapter Representative for R10 PES which requires her to monitor theor IEEE Malaysia Section-Women in Engineering Affinity Group which was formed in2006 which includes Student Conference on Research and Development 2006,Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT) Asia 2014, TENSYMP 2014 and many more.

cognition of IEEE Malaysia Section Outstanding Volunteer Award for 2010.

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IEEE ELECTRON DEVICES SOCIETY MALAYSIA CHAPTERCHAPTER :EDSSPO ID : CH10105ASSOCIATE EDITORS :P. SUSTHITHA MENON, UKM

HISTORYThe IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) Malaysia chapter was established in 1991 and was founded by the late Prof Dr Zahari Mohd Darus from the

Department of Electric, Electronic and System Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Till now, EDS Malaysia

has successfully organized conferences, short courses, technical talks and workshops related to electronic devices. Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin Yeop

Majlis (Director of the Institute of Microengineering and Nanoelectronics (IMEN), UKM) is currently the advisor for the society and Assoc Prof Dr

Badariah Bais from the Department of Electric, Electronic and System Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UKM is the current chair of the society.

IEEE ELECTRON DEVICES SOCIETY MALAYSIA CHAPTER

CONFERENCESIEEE Electron Devices Malaysia Chapter has been organizing twoconferences in a bi-annual manner since 1992. The first conference is

the International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics (ICSE)

and the second conference is the National Symposium on Microelec-

tronics (NSM) which later the name is changed to the Regional

Symposium on Micro and Nanoelectronics (RSM). The latest ICSE is

the ICSE2014, which is the 11th ICSE conference organized by the

IEEE EDS Malaysia. The latest RSM is the RSM2015, which is the 10th

RSM conference being organized by the IEEE EDS Malaysia.

CHAIRS

2015 COMMITTEES

Prof Dr Zahari Mohd Darus(UKM)1991-1994

Prof Dr Sahbudin Shaari(UKM)2007-2008

Prof Dr Ibrahim Ahmad(UNITEN)

2011-2012

Assoc Prof Dr Badariah Bais(UKM)2015-Present

Prof Dato Dr BurhanuddinYeop Majlis

(UKM)1994-2006

Assoc Prof Dr Zaliman Sauli(UniMAP)

2009-2010

Assoc Prof Dr Mohd NizarHamidon

(UPM)2013-2014

Year Conference Venue ED Malaysia Chair

1992 ICSE1992 PWTC, Kuala Lumpur Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin

Yeop Majlis

1996 ICSE1996 Shangri-Las Rasa Sayang

Resort, Penang

Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin

Yeop Majlis1997 NSM1997 UKM, Bangi Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin

Yeop Majlis

1998 ICSE1998 Equatorial, Bangi Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin

Yeop Majlis

1999 NSM1999 Pan Paciic Pangkor Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin

Yeop Majlis

2000 ICSE2000 Guoman Port Dickson

Resort, Negeri Sembilan


Yeop Majlis

2001 NSM2001 Awana, Genting Highland Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin

Yeop Majlis

2002 ICSE2002 The Gurney Resort Hotel

and Residences, Penang


Yeop Majlis

2003 NSM2003 Putra Palace, Kangar Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin

Yeop Majlis

2004 ICSE2004 Mines Beach Resort & Spa,

Kuala Lumpur


Yeop Majlis

2005 NSM2005 Hilton, Kuching Prof Dato Dr Burhanuddin

Yeop Majlis

2006 ICSE2006 Prince Hotel & Residence

Kuala Lumpur


Yeop Majlis

2007 RSM2007 Paradise Sandy Beach

Resort, Penang

Prof Dr Sahbudin Shaari

2008 ICSE2008 Johor International

Convention Centre,

Persada Johor Bahru

Prof Dr Sahbudin Shaari

2009 RSM2009 Kota Bahru, Kelantan Prof Madya Dr Zaliman Sauli

2010 ICSE2010 Holiday Inn, Melaka Prof Madya Dr Zaliman Sauli

2011 RSM2011 Le Meridien, Kota

Kinabalu, Sabah

Prof Dr Ibrahim Ahmad

2012 ICSE2012 Grand Millenium, Kuala

Lumpur

Prof Dr Ibrahim Ahmad

2013 RSM2013 Holiday Villa Beach Resort

& Spa, Langkawi Island

Prof Madya Dr Mohd Nizar

Hamidon

2014 ICSE2014 Berjaya Times Square

Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

Prof Madya Dr Mohd Nizar

Hamidon

2015 RSM2015 Primula Hotel, Kuala

Prof Madya Dr Badariah Bais

No Name Post IEEE number Affliation

1 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Badariah

Bais

Chair 41345811 (SM) UKM

2 Assoc. Prof. Dr Norhayati

Soin

Vice-Chair 90662495 (M) UM

3 Assoc. Prof. Dr. P Susthitha

Menon

Secretary 90569420 (SM) UKM

4 Dr. Zubaida Yusoff Assistant

Secretary

91081340 (M) MMU

5 Assoc. Prof Dr. Roslina

Sidek

Treasurer 41356415 (M) UPM

6 Prof. Dr. AHM Zahirul Alam Committee 41276664 (SM) UIA

7 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zainal Arif

Burhanudin

Committee 90543978 (M) UTP

8 Dr. Asrulnizam Abd Manaf Committee 90607617 (M) USM

9 Ir. Nor Azhadi Hj. Ngah Committee 92930766 TMRnD

10 Ir. Hazian Mamat Committee 90564738 (SM) MIMOS

11 Dr. Suhaidi Shaie Committee 90564817 (SM) UPM

12 Dr. Lim Wee Teck Committee 40168206 (SM) ON

Semiconductor

13 Dr. Hashimah Hashim Committee 80718309 (M) UiTM

14 Dr. Mohd Khairuddin Md Committee 92100646 (SM) UNIMAP

Arshad

15 Dr. Siti Noorjannah Ibrahim Committee 92428276 (M) UIA

16 Dr. Jahariah Sampe Committee 93298952 (M) UKM

17

Prof. Dato' Dr.

Burhanuddin Yeop Majlis

Committee,

Past Chair 1

428045 (SM)

UKM

18 Prof. Dr. Sahbudin Shaari Committee,

Past Chair 2

90446127 (M) UKM

19 Prof Dr. Zaliman Sauli Committee,

Past Chair 3

40304398 (SM) UNIMAP

20 Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Ahmad Committee,

Past Chair 4

40236591 (SM) UNITEN

21 Assoc. Prof. Dr Mohd Nizar

Hamidon

Committee,

Past Chair 5

41356221 (M) UPM


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MEMBERSHIP STATUS 2015Membership of IEEE EDS Malaysia Chapter is generally on the increasing trend. Please refer to thegraph below for the details of the membership between 2010 and 2014:

GALLERY

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IEEE ANTENNA & PROPAGATION / MICROWAVE THEORY & TECHNIQUE /ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY JOINT CHAPTER


The IEEE Malaysia Section AP/MTT/EMC Joint Chapter is an associa-

tion dedicated to serve profesionals involved in antennas and propa-

gation, microwave engineering and applied electromagnetics.

The chapter was founded in 1998 by a group of leading university

experts and industralists which included Prof. Dr Zaiki Awang, Dr.

Chandran, Dr Deepak K. Ghodgaonkar and Prof. Mazlina Esa. Sinceits initial inception, the chapter has grown to about 400 members

to-date.

The chapter organises the highly successful Asia-Pacific Conference

on Applied Electromagnetics (APACE) and IEEE International RF and

Microwave (RFM) series of conferences; and routinely invites promi-

nent speakers from around the world under the IEEE Distinguished

Lecturer Programme.

Due to its outstanding performance, and in recognition of its signifi-

cant contribution to IEEE professionals in Region 10, the chapter has

been given the priviledge to host the Asia-Pacific Microwave Confer-

ence 2017 (APMC 2017), which is ranked third in the world micro-wave conference.

HISTORY

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IEEE POWER & ENERGY SOCIETY MALAYSIA CHAPTERCHAPTER :PESSPO ID : CH10106ASSOCIATE EDITORS :MD PAUZI ABDULLAH, UTM

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HUSSEIN AHMAD (1994-1999)The first Chair of IEEE PES Malaysia Chapter. He is a former professor of High

Voltage Engineering at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti

Teknologi Malaysia. He is also the former Director of Institute of High Voltage

and High Current (IVAT) UTM. He received his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in

High Voltage Engineering, University of Manchester Institute of Science and

Technology in 1986. He received Individual Appreciative Award at the IEEE

Malaysia 2004 Dinner Night for his contribution as the Head of Power

Engineering Chapter (1994- 2000).

NORMAN MARIUN (2000-2003)The Professor of Electrical Power Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering,Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has proved to be an active IEEE volunteer wherehe has been serving various positions in IEEE such as Chapter/SectionCommittee for IEEE Power and Energy, Executive Committee Member of IEEERegion 10 Asia, Australia and New Zealand Region (2007-2010), Chapter Repfor IEEE Asia, Australia and New Zealand Region (East) Power and EnergySociety, Chair IEEE Malaysia Section 2007 etc.. Due to his excellent contribu-

tions, he received IEEE Malaysia Section Best Volunteer Award 2002.

AZAH MOHAMED (2004-2005)Obtained her BSc (Hons) Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Kings

College, University of London in 1978, MSc and PhD in Electrical Power

Engineering from University of Malaya in 1988 and 1995, respectively. She

joined UKM as a tutor in 1985 and became a lecturer at the Department of

Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering in 1988. Prior to the academic

post in UKM she was with Jabatan Telekom Malaysia for five years (1981-1985).

She was promoted to Associate Professor in 1996 and a full Professor in 2004.

MICHAEL JOSEPH (2006-2007)With Alstom Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd. as the O&M Hub Director for the ExecutionCentre based on Kuala Lumpur covering the Asia Pacific area. His backgroundfrom power plant operations to various business development roles inorganization over the last 20 years. Currently he leads a team in the executionof the Gas Turbine Combined Cycle plant contracts for the Area. He is an activeSenior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Power and Energy Society Malaysia Chapter.

ZAHRUL FAIZI HUSSIEN (2008-2009)Currently the head of Malakoff Utilities Sdn. Bhd. (formerly known as Wirazone

Sdn. Bhd). Prior joining Malakoff utilities' he was a General Manager at TNBR

and was the Assoc. Prof at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (Uniten) prior tothat.During his tenure as PES chair, PES Malaysia won IEEE-PES Outstanding

Chapter Award, Small Chapters Category 2007 from PES HQ. He has been

actively involved with IEEE locally and internationally in which he was the

Committee Member of IEEE Malaysia Section and Chapter Rep for IEEE Asia,

Australia and New Zealand Region (East) Power and Energy Society.

ISMAIL MUSIRIN (2010)Obtained Diploma of Electrical Power Engineering in 1987, Bachelor ofElectrical Engineering (Hons) in 1990; both from Universiti TeknologiMalaysia, MSc in Pulsed Power Technology in 1992 from University ofStrathclyde, United Kingdom and PhD in Electrical Engineering from

Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia in 2004. He is a senior member ofIEEE, IEEE Power and Energy (PES), Computer Society, senior member ofInternational Association of Computer Sciences and Information Technolo-gy (IACSIT), International Association of Engineers (IAENG) and Artificial

Immune System Society (ARTIST).

IZHAM ZAINAL ABIDIN (2011-2012)Joined the Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) as a lecturer in the College of

Engineering in 2002. He received his Ordinary National Diploma in Engineer-

ing from Coventry Technical College in 1994. He then further his study into the

bachelors degree level and received his BEng in Electrical Engineering from

the University of Southampton in 1997. He was later obtained his PhD in

Electrical Engineering (Power) from the Strathclyde University in 2002. Over the

years, Assoc. Prof. Dr Izham has been actively involved in ProfessionalAssociations and bodies both at International and national levels to promote

engineering.

ZAINAL ABIDIN AB KADIR (2013-2014)Received his B.Eng. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering fromUniversiti Putra Malaysia and Ph.D. degree in High Voltage Engineeringfrom the University of Manchester, U.K in 2001 and 2006, respectively.Currently, he is the Deputy Dean (Research & Innovation) and Professor atthe Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia.He is also the Director at the Centre for Electromagnetic and LightningProtection Research (CELP), Universiti Putra Malaysia. He is a member ofIET, IEM, CIGRE and a Senior Member of IEEE. He is the recipient of the ViceChancellor Fellowship Award (Young Scientist) 2011, Young ScientistNetwork (YSN-ASM) 2012, Top Research Scientist Malaysia (TRSM) 2014,Anugerah Tokoh Jasa Gemilang 2015 (contributions to the schoolsdevelopment activities), Tokoh Anak Muda Kelantan (Akademik) 2015 andthe nominee for 2015 APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research andEducation (ASPIRE Prize). On a high note, Professor Zainal was promoted toa full professor in 2012 at the age of 33 and is recently selected and listed

as the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Distinguished Lecturer

ZUHAINA ZAKARIA (2015)Received B.Eng Degree in Electrical Engineering from Universiti Teknologi

Malaysia in 1989, MSc Degree from Napier University, Edinburgh, UK in 1997

and PhD in Power System from University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK in

2005. She is an associate professor in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering,

(UiTM). She is also a senior member of IEEE and the current chair for IEEE Malaysia Section. Dr. Zuhaina joined IEEE since 1999 and has served as an office-bearer in IEEE Malaysia Section as follows:

Exco-Member (Student Activities) in year 2000/2001, 2005/2006, 2007/2008, Treasurer in year 2008-2009, Secretary in year 2010, 2012-2013 and Student Counselor, IEEE UiTM Student Branch n year

2005-2007. In IEEE Power and Engineering (PES) Malaysia Chapter, she was appointed as committee member, treasurer from 2005-2007, Vice chair from 2013-2014 and finally the current chair for PES

Malaysia. Dr. Zuhaina has also been appointed as the Chapter Representative for R10 PES. She is also the founder for IEEE Malaysia Section-Women in Engineering Affinity Group which was formed in July

2007. She received recognition of IEEE Malaysia Section Outstanding Volunteer Award for 2010

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OUTSTANDING ENGINEER AWARDS

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WINNER FOR IEEE PES CHAPTERS WEB SITE CONTEST

WINNER FOR IEEE PES CHAPTERS WEB SITE CONTEST

RUNNERS-UP 2014 IEEE PES OUTSTANDING CHAPTER AWARD(LARGE CHAPTERS CATEGORY)

2007 IEEE-PES OUTSTANDING CHAPTER AWARD

(SMALL CHAPTERS CATEGORY)

RUNNERS-UP FOR IEEE PES CHAPTERS WEB SITE CONTEST

RUNNERS-UP 2012 IEEE PES OUTSTANDING CHAPTER AWARD

(LARGE CHAPTERS CATEGORY)

IEEE PES INNOVATIVE SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES 2014 ASIAN CONFERENCE (ISGT ASIA 2014)

IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POWER AND ENERGY (PECON) 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014

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INTRODUCTIONThe IEEE Computer Chapter, Malaysia Section (IEEE-CS Malaysia) formed in Dec 3, 1999 has continued to strive with various activities for the benefit

of its members. More than 100 major activities were organized from the year 2000 ranging from technical, educational to social activities. With full

commitment from the Executive Committee, IEEE-CS Malaysia will be looking forward to organizing more activities in future.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEThe IEEE-CS was chaired by Dr. Abdul Rahman Ramli from Universiti

Putra Malaysia (UPM) from year 1999 2001. Dr. Rahman has laid

some foundation for the chapter. During this period we organized ourfirst conference National Real-Time Technology and Applications

Symposium (RENTAS), 17-18 October 2000. Besides that we

organize some workshop.

Mohamed Rawidean Mohd Kassim who was Vice Chair before lead

the IEEE-CS Malaysia from 2002 2013. During his leadership the

chapter organized many activities. Some of the major conferences

are IEEE Conference on Open Systems (ICOS), IEEE Conference on

e-Learning, e-Management and e-Services (IC3e) and IEEE Confer-

ence on Wireless Sensor (ICWiSe). ICOS started in 2010 and this year

is the 6th ICOS organized successfully in Melaka. The above confer-

ences are organized annually. Besides that, several workshop and

DVP talks were organized such as Smart Home, Six Sigma for

Engineers, Green Computing and Crowd Sourcing.

In year 2012, IEEE CS Malaysia managed to create network with IEEE

Computer Chapters in other countries. The ex-comm. visited IEEE

Victoria Section (Melbourne, Australia) and IEEE Computer Chapter

(Beijing, China). The network will help in organizing and hosting talks

and conferences, and exchanging expertise and programs.

In year 2013, Dr. Rahim Ahmad from UNITEN became the Chapter

Chair. In 2013, the Chapter participated in bidding for ICDE 2015

conference in Brisbane, Australia. The ex-comm. went to Brisbane

and made a presentation to ICDE Committee. We did a good presen-tation however the Koreans won the bidding. The bidding was fully

funded by MyCEB.

Dr. Fakhrul Hazman Yusoff became Chapter Chair in 2014 and 2015.

The chapter organized the annual conferences; ICOS, ICWise and

IC3e in Melaka. A visit to Rangsit University, Bangkok and Software

House was organized in October 2015.

ACTIVITIESIn general, the activities can be divided into 3 categories; technical,

educational and social. The technical and educational activities are

mainly conferences, talks (including DVP) and workshops.

Major conferences are RENTAS (National Real-Time Technology and

Applications Symposium) , started in 2000, ICOS, annual conference

started in 2010, IC3e, annual conference started in 2011, ICWiSe,

annual conference started in 2012. The above conferences are

organized successfully in Melaka from 24-26 August 2015. More than

100 participants attended the conferences.

Besides that, the chapter also organized technical co-sponsorship

conferences. These conferences are organized in collaboration with

local universities and organizations. The ex-comm. will be part of the

organizing committee and their role is to advise the committee on

technical matters especially on the quality of the paper complying

IEEE requirements. Some of the conferences are Conference on IT &

Applications (CITA), Malaysian Software Conference (MySec), South

East Asian Network of Ergonomics Society (SEANES) Conference,

Data Mining & Optimization (DMO), International Conference on

Innovation Management and Technology Research (ICIMTR).

The Chapter also participated in social activities such as organizing

Hari Raya Open House, visiting Charity Homes and co-sponsoringIEEE-Freescale Smart Car Competition in 2008 and 2011. The

Chapter also organize membership drive in several local universities

and also during conferences and workshops. We hope more

members will join the Chapter in near future.

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2009 COMMITTEEChair : Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU)Vice-Chair :Dr. Low Sew Ming (Monash)Secretary :Mahendra V. Chilukuri (MMU)

Treasurer :Dr. Niranjan Debnath (UTAR)Committee :Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abu Bakar (UTM) Dr. Rajasvaran Logeswaran (MMU) Norliza Mohd Noor (UTM) Matthew Teow (KDU College) Dr. Yasmin Hanum Md Thayoob (UNITEN)

Farah Yasmin Abdul Rahman (UiTM) Zaipatimah Ali (UNITEN)

2008 COMMITTEEChair :Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU)Vice-Chair :Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abu Bakar (UTM)Secretary :Mahendra V. Chilukuri (MMU)

Treasurer :Dr. Niranjan Debnath (UTAR)Committee :Dr. Low Seng Ming (Monash) Norliza Mohd Noor (UTM) Matthew Teow (KDU College)

2011 COMMITTEEChair : Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU)Vice-Chair :Dr. Rajasvaran Logeswaran (MMU)Secretary :Dr. Vijanth S Asirvadam (UTP)

Treasurer :Dr. Yasmin Hanum Md Thayoob (UNITEN)Committee :Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abu Bakar (UTM) Dr. Norliza Mohd Noor (UTM)

Dr. Noraini Abd Jalil (UiTM) Dr. Mahendra V. Chilukuri (MMU) Syed Khaleel Ahmed (UNITEN)Auditor :Dr. Low Ser Ming (Monash)

2010 COMMITTEE

Chair :Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU)Vice-Chair :Dr. Low Sew Ming (Monash)Secretary :Ihsan M. Yassin (UiTM)

Treasurer :Dr. Rajasvaran Logeswaran (MMU)Committee :Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abu Bakar (UTM) Norliza Mohd Noor (UTM) Mahendra V. Chilukuri (MMU)

Dr. Yasmin Hanum Md Thayoob (UNITEN) Dr. M. Iqbal Saripan (UPM) Dr. Vijanth Asirvadam (UTP)Auditor :Dr. Hezerul Abdul Karim (MMU)

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2013 COMMITTEE

Chair : Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU)Vice-Chair :Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abu Bakar (UTM)Secretary :Dr. Vijanth Asirvadam (UTP)

Treasurer :Dr. Rajasvaran Logeswaran (Nilai U)Committee :Dr. Yasmin Hanum Md Thayoob (UNITEN) Dr. Hezerul Abd Karim (MMU) Dr. M. Iqbal Saripan (UPM) Syed Khaleel Ahmed (UNITEN) Dr. Noraini Abdul Jalil (UiTM) Dr. Sabira Khatun (UniMAP)

2012 COMMITTEE

Chair :Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU)Vice-Chair :Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abu Bakar (UTM)Secretary :Dr. Vijanth Asirvadam (UTP)

Treasurer : Dr. Rajasvaran Logeswaran (Nilai U)Committee :Dr. Yasmin Hanum Md Thayoob (UNITEN) Dr. Norliza Mohd Noor (UTM) Dr. M. Iqbal Saripan (UPM) Syed Khaleel Ahmed (UNITEN) Dr. Noraini Abdul Jalil (UiTM) Dr. Matthew Teow (Taylor's)

2015 COMMITTEEChair : Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abu Bakar (UTM)Past Chair :Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU)Vice-Chair :Dr. M. Iqbal Saripan (UPM)Secretary :Prof. Dr. Rajasvaran Logeswaran (APU)

Treasurer :Syed Khaleel Ahmed (UNITEN)Committee :Dr. Kushairy A. Kadir (UniKL) Prof. Dr. Sabira Khatun (UniMAP)

Dr. Noraini Abdul Jalil (UiTM) Dr. Yasmin Hanum Md Thayoob (UNITEN) Dr. Hezerul Abdul Karim (MMU)Auditor :Zaipatimah Ali (UNITEN)

2014 COMMITTEE

Chair :Dr. Syed Abdul Rahman Syed Abu Bakar (UTM)Past Chair :Dr. Mohammad Faizal Ahmad Fauzi (MMU)Vice-Chair :Dr. M. Iqbal Saripan (UPM)Secretary :Prof. Dr. Rajasvaran Logeswaran (Nilai U)

Treasurer :Syed Khaleel Ahmed (UNITEN)Committee :Dr. Kushairy A. Kadir (UniKL) Prof. Dr. Sabira Khatun (UniMAP) Dr. Noraini Abdul Jalil (UiTM) Dr. Yasmin Hanum Md Thayoob (UNITEN) Dr. Hezerul Abdul Karim (MMU) Zaipatimah Ali (UNITEN)


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IEEE SIGNAL PROCESSING SOCIETY MALAYSIA CHAPTERCHAPTER :SPSPO ID : CH10284ASSOCIATE EDITORS : VIJANTH ASIRVADAM, UTP

The IEEE Signal Processing Society (SPS) is an international Society whose purpose is to: advance and disseminate state-of-the-art scientific information and resources; educate thesignal processing community; and provide a venue for people to interact and exchange ideas. The term "signal" includes audio, video, speech, image, communication, geophysical,sonar, radar, medical, musical, and other signals.

IEEE SPS Malaysia Chapter was established in August 2002 with membership of only 25 people. It has been trying to place itself as the society that generates interest by bringing thelatest information and resources to the local members through its activity. This include the flagship events such as the ICSIPA conference series and the IPIARTI and SASSP workshops,as well as workshops, seminars, DLP talks, competitions, social activities and membership drives. The membership as of January 2015 is now 120+ people.The chapter has beenselected as the first recipient of the IEEE Signal Processing Society Chapter of the Year Award in the year 2011. The chapter again won the IEEE Signal Processing Society Chapter of theYear Award in 2014, together with the IEEE Malaysia Section Best Chapter Award the same year.

CONFERENCE

The International Conference on Signal and Image Processing Applications (ICSIPA) is abiennial conference organized by the IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter. Theconference provides a forum for the researchers and engineers from academia andindustry to discuss and present the latest technological advances and research results inthe fields of theoretical, experimental, and application of signal, image and video process-ing.

The conference aims to bring together engineers and scientists in signal, image and videoprocessing locally and internationally for a better cohesion and collaboration in the fieldsof mutual interest. The recent IEEE ICSIPA 2015 was the fourth in the series and was held inKuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. It was attended by about 120 participants from over50 countries with 60% international participation. 105 papers were presented at anacceptance rate of 45%. The previous IEEE ICSIPA conferences, held in 2009, 2011 and2013 at Kuala Lumpur and Melaka, were also major successes with 50% - 70%international participation.

Other conferences which IEEE SPS Malaysia Chapter technical co-sponsored were the IEEERegion 10 Symposium (TENSYMP 2014), the International Conference on Intelligent &Advanced Systems (ICIAS 2012, 2014, 2016) and the International Conference onInformation Science, Signal Processing and Their Applications (ISSPA 2010).

WORKSHOPS

The Image Processing, Image Analysis and Real Time Imaging Symposium (IPIARTI)and the IEEE Symposium on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (SASSP) areannual events organized by the IEEE Signal Processing Society Malaysia Chapter forresearchers working in the image processing and analysis, pattern recognition, comput-er vision and real-time imaging area.

This free event is open for all IEEE members and non-members with the aim of bringing

the university - industry community together to share and discuss the latest trends andtechnology in the field. This event also aims to promote IEEE Signal Processing MalaysiaChapter to Malaysian audience.

IPIARTI and SASSP provide good opportunities for local researchers to get together toshare their work as well as exchanging ideas with others. The 1-day symposiums usuallycomprises of a few keynote speeches followed by other presentations in a conferencestyle setting. The first IPIARTI was held at the UTM International Campus, Kuala Lumpuron 16th December 2010, with 9 presentations and over 80 participants. Since then, ithas been organized annually with at least one IEEE Signal Processing Society DLP andlocal invited presentations and had attracted no less than 100 participants in each event.SASSP started in the year 2013 at Universiti Tenaga Malaysia.

INTRODUCTION

GALLERY

Mohammad Faizal receiving the2011 Chapter of the Year Awardfrom SPS President, K.J. Ray Liu at ICASSP2012 in Kyoto, Japan

Syed Abdul Rahman receiving the2014 Chapter of the Year Awardfrom SPS President, Alex Aceroat ICASSP2015 in Brisbane, Australia


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EEE Malaysia IE/IA Joint Chapter was separated from IEEE Malaysia PEL

Chapter in Feb 2014 and was officially established in Feb 2014 by its first

chair, Mustafar Kamal Hamzah who was then a professor at Universiti

Teknologi MARA (UiTM). Mustafar Kamal Hamzah served as chair until

2015. The first election for Executive Committee was conducted on 23rd

February 2014 in Shah Alam Selangor and the following office bearers

are appointed for the year 2014:

Chapter Chair : Mustafar Kamal Hamzah

Vice Chair : Nooritawati Md Tahir Hon. Secretary : Gobbi Ramasamy

Treasurer : Mohammad Nawawi Seroji

Committee : Mohd Khairul Mohd Salleh

Rahimi Baharom

Mohd Amran Mohd Radzi

Oskar Hasdinor Hassan

The first activity of IEEE Malaysia IE/IA Joint Chapter was a Technical

Lecture sponsored by IEEE Industrial Applications Society in conjunction

with the Presidential Visit by Blake Lloyds namely President of IEEE

Industrial Applications Society together with Peter Magyar the IAS CMD

Chair that was held on the 20 December 2014 in Shah Alam, Selangor.

Technical Lecture by Blake Lloyd, IAS President was on The Effects of

Modern Variable Speed Drives on Motor Winding nsulation whilst Peter

Magyar, IAS CMD Chair talked on Overview of Young Member Activity.

Additionally, on the 9th December 2015, IEEE Malaysia PEL Chapter and

IEEE Malaysia IE/IA Joint Chapter have organized a National Lecture

Program (NLP) on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives at the Faculty

of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam,

Selangor. A total of 80 participants consisting of academic staff,

engineers and students attended the talk, which was held to presentcurrent challenges on electric motor drives system faced by industries.

Speakers were Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Gobbi Ramasamy while another

President of IEEE IAS Blake Lloyds and IAS CMD Chair Peter Magyar

technical talk on the artificial intelligence in power electronics was

delivered by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Amran Mohd Radzi. Meanwhile,

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nooritawati Md Tahir the Interim Chair of IEEE Malaysia

IE/IA Joint Chapter, took the opportunity to introduce and promote the

activities of IEEE Malaysia to participants. She also presented in brief, the

process to be followed to form an IEEE PEL or IE/IA Student Branch at

UiTM Shah Alam. The programme was a success as it managed to attract

quite a number of students to register as IEEE Student Members.

HISTORY

CHAIRS BIOGRAPHY

GALLERY

MUSTAFAR KAMAL HAMZAHA lecturer with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam since 1985 until 2015.

He was the vice-chair of the IEEE Malaysia PELS/IES/IAS Joint Chapter (2008/09), Vice Chair of IEEE Malaysia Section

(2010/12) and Chair of IEEE Malaysia PEL/IE/IA Joint Chapter (2011/13). He has published/presented over 100 technical

papers in various areas and conducted over 100 public lectures/workshops, served as a power quality consultants to a

number of organisations, the Chief Examiner for the MLVK certification exams and served as chairmen of Applications

Bioinformatics for the formulation of National Bioinformatics Technology Roadmap. His research interests includes; Matrix

Converters, Active Power Filters, Bioinformatics, Industrial Electronics and Power Electronics.

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IEEE Photonics Society Malaysia Chapter was established in 2003 by Dr. Mohd Khazani Abdullah who then was working with Fakulti Kejuruteraan,

Universiti Putra Malaysia. Dr. Khazani was selected as pro-term committee chairman in 2003 and elected as chairman in first annual general meeting

of the chapter which was known as IEEE Laser and Electro-Optic Society (LEOS) then.

In 2004, myIPS organized the very first photonics conference called Malaysia Conference on Photonics (MCP). The conference objective was to

provide platform for local research to share their findings in photonics research. The event was a big success. From there, myIPS continues to support

photonics community in Malaysia through various programs.

After six years of laying the foundation, myIPS organize the first ever photonic conference locally in July 2010. The conference was known as IEEEInternational Conference on Photonics (ICP). The first edition was held in Langkawi and attracted participants from regional photonics community

apart from local institutions. The conference is organized annually to offer a platform where experts in photonics from all over the world were invited

to present their latest research in their institution. Optoelectronics Research Center (ORC) in Southampton University, UK and Centre for Ultrahigh

bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS), Australia are among the top research centers to give support for ICP every year.

Beside technical activities, myIPS also focus on membership development. The activities were designed to promote photonics field in Malaysia as

well as attracting member to join IPS. Photonics Lecture Series (PLS) is one example with objective to introduce young local expert who recently

graduated from PhD to the photonics community. During this event mainly IPS is promoted. Hence, in 2012 myIPS was given Highest Membership

Increase award by IPS HQ. In the following year, myIPS assist members to apply for promotion to senior member. The effort was acknowledged by

IPS HQ and awarded myIPS with Senior Membership Initiative award.

HISTORY

CHAIRS

2003-2004 2005 2006-2007 2008 2009-2010 2011 2012 2013-2014 2015

DR. MOHAMAD KHAZANI ABDULLAH

CEO,SIGNIFICANT TECHNOLOGIES SDN. BHD.

DR. KAHARUDIN DIMYATI

PROFESSOR,FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN,UNIVERSITI PERTAHANAN MALAYSIA

DR. MD ZAINI JAMALUDIN

MANAGING DIRECTOR,UNITEN R&D SDN. BHD.

DR. SUHAIRI SAHARUDIN

SENIOR RESEARCHER,MIMOS BERHAD

DR. AHMAD FAUZI ABAS

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN,UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA

DR. HAIRUL AZHAR ABDUL RASHID

DIRECTOR,RESEARCH MANAGEMENT CENTER,& PROFESSOR,FACULTY OF ENGINEERING,MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY

DR. FAIRUZ ABDULLAH

SENIOR LECTURER,COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,UNIVERSITI TENAGA NASIONAL

DR. AHMAD SHUKRI MUHAMMAD NOOR

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN,UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA

DR. AHMAD ASHRIF A BAKAR

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,FAKULTI KEJURUTERAAN& ALAM BINA,UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA

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The IEEE Circuits & Systems Society Malaysia chapter was established in 2003 by its first chair, Professor Sudhanshu S. Jamuar, who was then a profes-sor at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Prof. Jamuar served as chair for a period of 6 years until 2008. IEEE Circuits and System Society (CASS) MalaysiaChapter in 2003 2008 Chapter was under Prof. S S Jamuar. The IEEE CAS Malaysia Chapter was approved in Dec. 2003 with overwhelming supportof all the members of CAS Malaysia. Prof. S.S. Jamuar was named the Pro-term Chapter Chair till the election for appointing an executive committeefor the IEEE CAS Malaysia Chapter. Department of Electrical Engineering was the Secretariat for the Chapter.

The first activity of IEEE CAS Malaysia Chapter was held on 27th May2004 with a full day workshop Xfest 2004 Malaysia in UPM Serdang.The X-fest was organized by Memec Insight, Singapore and was

supported by IEEE Malaysia Section and Xilinx. Being the first activityof the Chapter, we were not expecting many participants. But we weresurprised to have more than 100 participants in the workshop. Thusexecutive committee decided to have more Technical, Social, Educa-tional and Professional meetings encouraged by the overwhelmingresponse in X-fest. We were able to reach many members andnon-members in organizing our technical seminars, tutorials,membership development program etc. Year 2005 was anothersuccessful year for the chapter during which. IEEE CASS VP (Region10) nominated our chapter for the best Chapter Award for the year2005. We missed it with small margin and decided to work harder toget this award in subsequent year. IEEE Circuits and Systems Society2007 Chapter of the Year Award was presented to IEEE MalaysiaSection during ECCTD 2007 in Seville, Spain. Prof. S.S. Jamuar,Chapter Chair received the award. We also received special fundingfor US$500 from CASS headquarters to conduct our technicalactivities during 2007. We were also adjudged the Runner up for theBest chapter Award in Malaysia for the year 2005-2006. Prof. S.S.Jamuar was adjudged as Runner up for the Best Volunteer Award forthe year 2005-2006. This resulted in many more awards coming to theChapter in subsequent years and this provided incentives in terms ofcash support from IEEE CAS Head Quarter to IEEE CAS MalaysiaChapter.

During Wan Zuha Wan Hasan chairpersonship in 2010, the Workshopon Smart Sensor Systems (WSSS2010) was held in April 20-21 atAuditorium, MIMOS Bhd, Kuala Lumpur. It gave a view of the impor-

tance of Ubiquitous Sensor Networks (USN) to the nations economy;which had focused on state of the art development in smart sensorsystems technology, the establishment of Community of Practice insensor system, Strategic direction, Central facilities, Funding andCollaborative research framework and had discussed collaborativeeffort for RMK10 project proposals. MIMOS, IEEE Circuits and SystemSociety and National Center of Excellent in Sensor Technology (NEST)were co-organizing the workshop. The workshop was a big achieve-ment in IEEE CAS Malaysia as it was able to cooperate with industry,MIMOS Berhad and National Center of Excellent in Sensor Technolo-gy (NEST), one of UPMs Center of Excellents. 70 participants nation-wide have attended the workshop. IEEE CAS Society Malaysia alsohad organized 10th biennial the 2010 IEEE Asia Pacific Circuits andSystems Conference (APCCAS2010) at Kuala Lumpur under Prof.

Sudhanshu Shekhar Jamuar as the General Chair of APCCAS 2010. Inthe conference, IEEE CASS M had offered all delegates an excitingtechnical program that showcases the recent development in the fieldof circuits and systems.

The IEEE APCCAS is a major international forum established by theCASS for students, engineers, scientists, educationists, and executives,to exchange their latest research. The conference received 410

submissions from 35 countries. There were contribution of tendistinguished experts from academia and industry gave both founda-tions and emerging applications of circuits and systems. There were10 parallel sessions consisting of 304 oral presentations and oneindustrial session. The success of IEEE APCCAS 2010 was indebted toa very long list of individuals, committees, and organizations. Therewere more than 400 participants have attended the conference.

In 2011 under the chairpersonship of Maryam Mohd Isa, a Workshopon Greentechnology Circuits and Systems (WGT2011) was held.There were 30 participants participated in the workshop. Fourrenowned speakers from academics and industries were invited togive the talk during the event. Dr. Ing Yiannos Manoli gave a talk onEnergy Harvesting from Devices to Systems, Prof. Magdy Bayoumi talkwas entitled Towards Green Circuits and Systems, Prof. YoshimitsuUemura gave an overview on Biomass Utilization to Mitigate CO2Emission and Mr. Victor Lee had enlightened the topic on Malaysiatowards Green Environment.

In 2013, under the chairpersonship of Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin, CASSMalaysia Section has successfully organized the 2nd ICCAS2013, heldon the 18th 19th September 2013 at the heart of Kuala Lumpur.Three speakers were invited to deliver keynote speeches during theconference. They were Assoc. Prof. Joseph Sylvester Chang (NanyangTechnological University, Singapore) Dr. Pui Boon Hean (SymmidCorporation) and Prof. Mingui Sun (University of Pittsburgh, USA).CASS Malaysia also organized two DLP talk, delivered by Prof. Mingui

Sun and Prof. Robert Chen-Hao Chang; plus three technical talksdelivered by Prof. Gerald Sobelman (University of Minnesota, USA),Mr. Edward Lim Jin Keong (Texas Instruments Malaysia) and Mr Benja-min Kwame Sarpong (Texas Instruments Dallas).

ACHIEVEMENTS

IEEE CAS Chapter of The Year (2007) IEEE CAS Region 10 Chapter of The Year (2011) IEEE CAS Region 10 Chapter of The Year (2012) IEEE CAS Region 10 Chapter of The Year (2014)

IEEE Malaysia 3rd Best Chapter (2014) IEEE CAS Region 10 Chapter of The Year (2015)

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Received his M. Te

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