IEEE Malaysia Section Newsletter

Fourth Quarter | October – December 2013

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Aerobics

Telematch -3 legged walk

Prize Giving Blow Till It Bursts

Colouring Contest Mini Treasure Hunt

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DISTINGUISHED LECTURE PROGRAM

Robust Hashing and its Applications to Content Identification Prof. Dr. Pierre Moulin, Fellow IEEE University of Illinois Beckman Institute Coordinated Science Laboratory and ECE Department

2.30pm – 4.00pm Friday October 11, 2013

BM – 1 – 001 College of Engineering Universiti Tenaga Nasional Putrajaya Campus

The need to compress signals (audio, video, etc.) into short bitstrings for the purpose of reliable identification (instead of reconstruction) arises in many modern applications, including management of user-submitted content websites such as YouTube; connected audio, e.g. the Shazam application running on smartphones; and contextual advertising. These short bitstrings are called robust hashes, or fingerprints of the signal. A successful application of content identification requires that different versions of a signal can be matched reliably based on their fingerprints (a property called robustness) whereas unrelated signals yield a negative match (this property is called discriminability). This talk will overview the fundamental decision-theoretic and information theoretic concepts behind these applications and outline practical approaches.

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Member Elevation

Feb-13

Name Chapter

Sharul Abdul Rahim Antennas and Propagation Society

Musse Ahmed Power and Energy Society

Ayyoub Akbari Moghanjoughi Communication Society

Lim Soo Yong Communication Society

Nor Azhar Mohd Arif Consumer Electronics Society

Mohamad Hadi Sohod Power and Energy Society

Zuhaina Zakaria Power and Energy Society

Mar-13

Md Pauzi Abdullah Power and Energy Society

Boey Kean Hong Circuits and Systems Society

Mohammad Tariqul Antennas and Propagation Society

Lee Yoot Khuan Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

Siow Kim Communication Society

Apr-13

Gan Chong Leong Communication Society

Goi Bok Min Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society

Muhammad Ibrahimy

Teddy Mantoro Communication Society

Yaser Miaji Communication SocietyJun-13

Mohd Zainal Abidin Ab Kadir Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Society

Omar Aliman Power and Energy Society

Mohd Zamri Che Wanik Power and Energy Society

Dianne Cheong

Jamal Dargham

Ramana Gajula Computer Society

Nursuriati Jamil Computer Society

Franklin Joseph Oceanic Engineering Society

Lau Bee Theng Society on Social Implications of Technology

Lau Siong Hoe

Lim Heng Siong Communication Society

Abbas Mehdizadeh Communication Society

Abu Bakar Miyim Communication Society

Marinah Othman Photonics Society

Manun Bin Ibne Reaz

Khairul Salleh Robotics and Automation Society

Thangaprakash Sengodan

Wee Kuok Kwee Communication Society

Chong Kok Keong

Sahrul Hilmi Ibrahim Communication Society

Sevia Idrus Photonics Society

Ali Jalal

Oh Tick Hui

Gnana Rajagopal Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

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Member Elevation

Jul-13

R Badlishah Ahmad

Badariah Bais Electron Devices Society

Agung Firmansyah Industry Applications Society

Md Zaini Jamaludin Photonics Society

Faizal Jamlos

Varun Jeoti Signal Processing Society

Shahrul Azmi Mohd Yusof

Ahmad Shukri Muhammad Noor Photonics Society

Hariharan Muthusamy

Ooi Pei Cheng Antennas and Propagation Society

Pang Ying Han

Sep-13

Daniel Kho Cheok Kiang Communication Society

Adrian Lim

Wahju Sediono Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

Mohamed Shaaban Power and Energy

Kenneth Sundaraj

Tay Hong Yet

YTD Total Goal % to Goal

R1 149 260 57% R2 133 230 58%

R3 94 210 45% R4 77 165 47%

R5 112 210 53% R6 263 420 63%

R7 99 120 83% R8 486 490 99%

R9 69 95 73% R10 744 530 140%

Totals 2226 2730 82%

2013 Region Senior Member Elevation Goals Update

The IEEE Board of Directors, at its November 2013 meeting, elevated Prof Chuah Hean Teik to IEEE Fellow, effective, 1 January 2014, with the following citation: for leadership in engineering education. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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Educational Activity

IEEE-iCARE PEKA: Exposure on Ethics and Safe Online Activities 23 October 2013

Dewan Bandaran, Bandar Penawar, Johor, Malaysia This 1-day workshop was funded with USD400 by IEEE Region 10 Educational Activities (EA). A total of 166 of Form 3 students from six schools in the Southeast region of Johore and eight teachers attended the workshop. The objectives of the workshop were (i) to expose the rural communities mainly those at the secondary school level on the importance of ethics and safety when engaging with online activities (ii) to create awareness on the appropriate engagement with online activities that involve communications either formally or informally, mainly among school leavers who will further their studies at higher level (iii) to promote knowledge transfer mainly from IEEE CS members, the researchers under iCARE project and interested parties to rural communities in the scope of ethics and safety among online communities. The workshop comprised five talks: Role of IEEE in Science and Technology; Online Communities: Ethics, Responsibilities and Safety; Online Safety: Technology and Software; Social Networking Sites: the Pros and Cons; and Online Communication: the Dos and Don’ts. A forum “Towards ‘Easternised’ Netizens in Malaysia” put a closure to the event. During the workshop, the students had to prepare mind maps of what they gained as a group activity.

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Training –Sept & Oct 2013

Initial State 23 May 2013 Information System

Over to MySkillsFoundation – 28 Nov 2013

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Using Information Communication Technology to Bridge Troubled Youths

IEEE Malaysia is paying finer attention to how we can actually make a positive difference to the living of youths. One of the ways to help these youths is to work alongside in the Transformation Program run by the MySkills Foundation situated in Port Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. The centre equips youths with work and life skills. Bringing ICT into a non‐profit youth transformation centre would certainly help to bridge troubled youths to adapt to the working environment. The youths that MySkills Foundation focuses on are those who were exposed and actively participated in the truancy, bullying, video games, pornography, alcohol, drugs, smoking, gangsterism, and criminal activities. We had to overcome our fears of being intimidated by them. Additionally, we did not anticipate that we have to spend a lot more time on site to build the information system. We had to study the processes by observing the workflow and interviewing the relevant staff who will eventually work on the system. Our subsequent visits and funding from R10 (USD250) enabled us to gather information for the design and development for a system called “StudentPrimus1.”

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IEEE MALAYSIA HUMANITY PROJECT 2013

Using ICT to bridge Troubled Youths

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Community Project

To make IEEE visible to the mission-driven social community comprising volunteering educationists, professional trainers and youths IEEE Malaysia Section through a participatory effort has successfully co-organized and sponsored a talentine cum social gathering. This event was an avenue for youths to showcase their communication and social skills as well as talents. The event was attended by 150 participants comprising IEEE members, Mr Pasupathi (founder of MySkills) and people from MySkills Foundation. Dr Dianne Cheong, the Communication Chair, in her opening speech expressed gratitude towards IEEE R10 support of USD700 from the Section Support Fund for this event, Mr Devasharma Gangadaran (COO of Primus Institute of Technology) and Mr Felix Amaldass (mentor) for their untiring efforts in organizing the talentine and social gathering for IEEE members and non-members. Dr Dianne also commended on the efforts of the students in designing and painting the banner. The talentine showcased a mix of languages among 15 songs, 15 dances, and 5 dramas reflecting the multicultural spectrum of Malaysia. IEEE Malaysia was proud to present 5 awards for each category of the talentine: Dancing, Drama, and Singing.

IEEE Malaysia Stands by Our Youths

30 November 2013

Dancing IEEE with Mr Pasupathi

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