Malaysia IEEE Computer Society Annual Report for 2008

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ANNUAL REPORTANNUAL REPORT

FOR 2008FOR 2008


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Email: [email protected]: http://cs.ieeemalaysia.org

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ANNUAL REPORT for 2008

1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Despite the fact that the elected Executive Committee has only about 9 months to plan, organize and carry

out activities for the year, the IEEE Computer Society-Malaysia Section (IEEE-CS Malaysia) has had another

busy year organizing numerous activities for the benefit of members, professionals and students. A total of

32 activities were organized for the year 2008 and in fact, this is the highest number of activities organized

by IEEE-CS Mlalaysia so far.

This year's activities were mainly conferences where IEEE-CS Malaysia either a co-sponsor or a technical

co-sponsor of these conferences. The year also saw the IEEE-CS Malaysia successfully organized two (2)

technical lectures by international subject matter experts which were made possible via the Distinguish

Visitor Program (DVP). The last activity of the year saw IEEE-CS Malaysia collaborated with Freescale

Semiconductor Malaysia (Freescale Malaysia) to organize the Smart Car Competition 2008. The competition

which was held for the first time in Malaysia, saw 28 teams from 11 local universities taking part in the

competition which was made possible through the sponsorship and guidance of Freescale Malaysia.

Several conferences organized in 2008 will contribute to income which shall be utilized for organizing next

year's activities. All in all, 7 conferences were organized, 8 educational / technical trainings were conducted

and 3 professional programs were attended. As for the Smart Car Competition 2008, it has been categorized

as a special educational program. The chapter will continue to become co-sponsor for several conferences in

2009 and shall continue in providing opportunity for professional education and training to members.

2.0 CHAPTER EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Committee members elected at the chapter AGM held on 1st March 2008 :

Chair : Mohamed Rawidean b. Mohd Kassim

Vice Chair : Zainal b. Abu Kassim

Secretary : Mohd Redzuan Affandi b. Abdul Rahim

Treasurer : Ibrahim b. Mat

Committee Members : Assoc. Prof. Dr Suhaidi b. Hassan

Assoc. Prof. Dr Mohamed Othman

Annie Irlapati

Muhammad Faidzal b. Zainal

Auditors : Christopher ChewDr L. Chockalingam

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Mr. MohamedRawidean Mohd

Kassim

Mr. ZainalAbu Kassim

Mr. Mohd RedzuanAffandi Abdul Rahim

Mr. Ibrahim Mat Assoc. Prof. Dr.Suhaidi Hassan

Ms. Annie Irlapati Mr. MuhammadFaidzal Zainal

Assoc. Prof. DrMohamed Othman

Mr. Christopher Chew Dr L. Chockalingam

IEEE Computer Society Malaysia Section: Executive Committee Members

3.0 ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES

3.1 ADMINISTRATIVE MEETING

A total of 4 administrative meetings were held throughout the year to plan and coordinate

programs and activities. The following table provides detailed record of the meetings:

No. Name Post Meeting Dates Total29/3 14/6 9/8 8/11

1. Mohamed Rawidean b.Mohd Kassim

Chair 1 1 1 1 4

2. Zainal b. Abu Kassim Vice Chair 1 1 1 1 4

3. Mohd Redzuan Affandib. Abdul Rahim

Secretary 1 1 1 1 4

4. Ibrahim b. Mat Treasurer 1 1 - 1 3

5. Assoc. Prof. Dr Suhaidib. Hassan

Comm.Member

1 1 - 1 3

6. Assoc. Prof. DrMohamed Othman

Comm.Member

1 - - 1 2

7. Annie Irlapati Comm.Member

1 - 1 - 2

8. Muhammad Faidzal b.

Zainal

Comm.

Member

1 1 1 1 4

Attendance 8 6 5 7

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3.2 EDUCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES

The chapter have become co-sponsor or technical sponsor of the following conferences :

No. Date(MM/DD/YYYY)

Conference Title Chapter's Role TotalParticipants

1 07/12/2008 -07/13/2008

2nd IEEE Conference on InnovativeTechnologies in Intelligent Systems &Industrial Applications (CITISIA'08)

Co-sponsor 95

2 08/11/2008 -08/15/2008

Second Asia Pacific Trusted Infrastructure(APTISS '08) Summer School

Technical Sponsor 20

3 08/26/2008 -08/29/2008

International Symposium on InformationTechnology (ITSIM) 2008

Co-sponsor 460

4 10/21/2008 -10/22/2008

The International Conference onDistributed Frameworks & Applications2008 (DFmA 2008)


5 11/21/2008 -11/22/2008

International Conference on NetworkApplications, Protocols and Services 2008(NetApps2008)


6 12/1/2008 -12/3/2008

International Conference on ElectronicDesign (ICED 2008)


7 12/16/2008 -12/17/2008

4th. Malaysian Software EngineeringConference


The Smart Car Competition, which is considered as a 'Special Educational Program', was initiated in the

second quarter of the year and a total of 8 project meetings were held throughout the period. Summary ofactivities under the Smart Car Competition is as per the following table:


Activity Title Venue TotalAttendance

1 08/02/2008 Smart Car Competition Workshop Freescale Malaysia,Petaling Jaya

75

2 12/12/2008 -12/13/2008

Smart Car Competition 2008 Multipurpose HallSIRIM, Shah Alam

200

The following are list of technical and educational talks organized by the chapter :

No. Date

(MM/DD/YYYY)

Title Speaker Attendance

1 07/14/2008 Microsoft Visual Basic AdvancedProgramming

Mr Ang Moon Thiak 150



3 08/26/2008 DVP Talk : Data Analytic Integration &Business Intelligence

Dr MukeshMohania

30

4 08/27/2008 DVP Talk : Ubiquitous informationaccess in integrated healthcare

Dr Thanos Demiris 30





7 11/21/2008 Network Simulation Using NS2 Dr Osman Ghazali 908 11/22/2008 Network Simulation Using OMNET++ Mr. Amran Ahmad 90

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This year also saw the chapter participating in more professional programs as an initiative to make visible the

role of the local chapter in giving inputs to ICT development programs as well as to directly / indirectly

promote the IEEE-CS membership. The following summarizes some of the professional programs where

Executive Committee members presented the chapter:


Name of Program Organizer

1 04/22/2008 IEEE & IEEE Computer Society ProfessionalMembership Drive for TNB Employees

UNITEN

2 05/19/2008 -05/20/2008

Global Forum on Access and Connectivity andInnovative Funding Mechanisms

United Nations GlobalAlliance for ICT and

Development (UN GAID)3 06/30/2008 Workshop on Strategic Thrust 4 (Promote

Creativity And Innovativeness Via R&D To HarnessCompetitiveness) & Strategic Thrust 7 (OptimizeResources By Encouraging Smart PartnershipsWith Relevant Organizations)

Ministry of Science,Technology and Innovation(MOSTI)

During the IEEE Annual Dinner 2008, the chapter was awarded the High Performance ChapterAward and in addition to that, our Chairman was awarded the IEEE Volunteer of Year 2007Award.

4.0 HIGHLIGHTS OF 2008

The following are highlights on some of the events that have been co-organized and attended for the year.

CITISIA 2008

The 2nd IEEE Conference on Innovative Technologies in Intelligent Systems and Industrial

Applications (CITISIA'08) was the first

conference to take place in the year. This

year's conference which was organized

by the IEEE MMU Student Branch

managed to attract participations not only

from local universities but also from

Singapore. A total of 24 conference

papers were accepted from 29 papers

that was submitted. The papers accepted

were mainly from USM, UiTM, Monash

University, UTM, MMU, UPM, IIUM and

NTU (Singapore).

The CITISIA 2009 will be organized by the IEEE Student Branch of Monash University, Sunway Campus

from 25th until 26th July 2009 and the IEEE-CS Malaysia shall continue to be a co-sponsor of the conference.

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CITISIA'08 Group Photo


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UN GAID FORUM

The IEEE-CS Malaysia participated in the Global Forum on

Access and Connectivity and Innovative Funding

Mechanismswhich was organized by the United Nations Global

Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID). The event which

was held from 19th to 20th May 2008 was a side event to the World

Congress of Information Technology (WCIT) 2008. The two-days

event was attended by Vice-Chair and Secretary of the chapter.

The objectives of the event was to have a practical, results-

oriented format, including interactive, multi-stakeholder panel

discussions, partnership announcements, as well as opportunities

for participants to showcase their ICT development projects to

potential partners and donors. The Forum also was intended to

provide a networking platform for leaders from the public, private and financial sectors to meet and forge new

partnerships for the future.

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

The chapter has planned for 2 membership drive program to be held for the year. To support the plan, the

chapter has also printed out 50 IEEE-CS Malaysia t-shirts to add to existing promotional materials. The IEEE

HQ also sent over the necessary promotional materials; brochure, leaflets and posters to be used for the

membership-drive purposes.

The first membership drive program of the year was held at UNITEN on the 22nd April 2008 and the

objectives were to encourage professionals (TNB employees and UNITEN lecturers) to become members of

IEEE & IEEE Computer Society. The chapter t-shirts were put on display and were given away to those who

signed up as member of the chapter.

Another membership drive program was held during the ITSIM 2008 conference where the membership

promotional materials were enclosed together with other conference materials that were provided to the

participants.

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DVP TALKSTwo international subject matter experts were brought over to the country in August 2008 under the

Distinguish Visitor Program (DVP) to share their experience and knowledge in their area of specialization. Dr

Mukesh Mahonia, a Senior Manager with IBM India spoke on Data Analytic Integration & Business

Intelligence. The talk was held at Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra

Malaysia (UPM) Serdang.

The second DVP speaker, Dr Thanos Demiris who works with 2gen, a company based in Technology Park,

Greece, is an expert in Digital Media and Internet Technologies. He shared his knowledge on Ubiquitous

Information Access in Integrated Healthcare and the talk was held at MIMOS Berhad, Technology Park

Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.

ITSIM 2008

The International Symposium on Information Technology (ITSIM) 2008 conference

which was co-sponsored by the chapter is one of the major highlight of the year. The event

which was held from 26th until 29th August 2008 at KL Convention Center saw

participations not only from all major universities locally but also managed to bring in

participants from about 30 countries.

The ITSIM 2008 Conference proceedings have also been submitted for publication with

IEEE Xplore which will saw a knowledge contribution of more than 300 papers to be made

available online for the research community to benefits.

SMART CAR COMPETITION 2008

The final and major highlights of the the year was

the Smart Car Competition 2008 which was

targeted at engineering students of local

universities. The educational-based competition

aims to expose students to programming on an

actual 32 bit micro controller and to enable them

to enhance their technical skills by challenging

them to produce an intelligent racing car. The

programs also intend to indirectly motivates them to enjoy engineering subjects and provide to them the

avenue and opportunities to exchange knowledge and learn from peers from the other universities. A total of

28 teams from 11 universities participated in the competition which was held at the Multipurpose Hall SIRIM

Berhad, Shah Alam from 12 th until 13th December 2008.

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Smart Car development tools and demo trackused at the workshop

Handing over Smart Car Development Kitto participating teams

Teams from the initial 24 teams that attended the Smart Car Competition Workshop

Competition Day : Smart Car Champion for 2008 : Team UMS 'B'

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