Keynote Speakers
Hazlie Mokhlis received a Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng. (Hons)) degree and a Master of Engineering Science (M. Eng.Sc) in Electrical Engineering from the Universiti Malaya in 1999 and 2003 respectively. He received Ph.D. degree from the University of Manchester in 2009. He is currently Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya. He held several important positions; Deputy Dean of Research (2013-2014), Deputy Dean of Postgraduate Studies (2014-2015, 2017-2018), Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Studies (2018-2019, 2021-2022), and Head of Department (2015-2017) at the Faculty of Engineering. Currently, as Chairman of Cluster Innovative Industry & Sustainability Science at the university level. Dr Hazlie is actively involved in research as a principal investigator with a total amount of research grants worth more than RM 2.5 million. He is the author and co-author of more than 300 publications in international journals and proceedings in the area of Power Systems and Energy. Up to now, he had successfully supervised 32 Ph.D., 10 Master (by research), and 56 Master (Mix-mode and Course Work) candidates. He is also active as a reviewer for many reputable journals and several international conferences in the area of power and energy system. His outstanding research had been recognized by Stanford University in 2021 & 2022 as one of the Top 2% of scientists in the world. In 2021 he was awarded Top Research Scientist Malaysia by Academic Science Malaysia. Besides research, he is also active in the development of Malaysian Standards as a member of Working Group in the Development of Malaysian’s Power System Analysis and Studies (WG6) and Expert Representative in IEC for project TC 8/PT 62786. Prof Hazlie is a Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council UK and a Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineers Malaysia. He is also an external examiner/assessor for many local universities for the Electrical Engineering programme. Currently, He is chairman of IEEE Power Energy Society, Malaysia Chapter session 2020-2022 and Associate Editor for IEEE Access journal. His research is focusing on improving the efficiency and resiliency of power system operation.
Dr. Maru has established Leave a Nest while he was in the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo, with his fellow undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering. Its core business is developing and delivering advanced science workshops for schools. Leave a Nest runs “Knowledge Manufacturing” industry that combines technologies or knowledges from various fields in science. He as an initiator of the biggest Deep-tech Venture ecosystem in Asia, tackles to solve issues in global scale by digging deep issues in every parts of the world. He has been also involved in launching various startups including Euglena Co., Ltd. He has also appointed as Chief Research＆Development Officer of Euglena Co., Ltd., and as Representative Director of Real Tech Holdings Co., Ltd. He has been initiating the expansion of both Japanese companies to Malaysia and Malaysian-born startups to Japan. He is one of the directors of Leave a Nest Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. and takes a key role of management in collaborative projects with Malaysian universities.
Abstract
This keynote speech will explore the potential synergies between Japanese trends and opportunities in robotics and the Malaysian engineering R&D ecosystem, with the aim of fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing between the two nations. Leave a Nest, a global knowledge manufacturing venture that works to bridge Japan and other Southeast Asia countries, can play a pivotal role in initiating this collaboration. Dr. Yukihiro Maru has successfully grown the Leave a Nest Group and continuously expands in SEA, especially in Malaysia.
Dr. Maru also has vast experience in supporting and growing deep-tech startups, as well as encouraging them to venture overseas. The growing robotics industry in Malaysia focuses on industrial automation, healthcare, and education, while Japan is a leader in robotics technology with significant knowledge and expertise in the field. By working together, we can create innovative solutions that address the challenges faced in Malaysia’s socio-economic settings towards achieving a technology-driven economy.
Talk title: Knowledge Acquisition from Linguistic Data
Abstract
In real-life scenarios, the meanings of natural language words can often be vague. To address this issue, we propose a Knowledge Acquisition model from Linguistic Data based on a type-2 fuzzy set approach that can effectively handle hybrid uncertainty. We illustrate this approach by discussing our experience evaluating earthquake damage to architecture in San Francisco in the 1980s using a knowledge acquisition model. In this paper, we develop a type-2 fuzzy random regression model with a credibility measure as its foundation. To effectively capture ambiguous information, we represent the fuzzy input and output data as confidence intervals. The proposed regression model is formulated as a nonlinear programming problem, ensuring the construction of a well-trained model. This approach shows significant promise in facilitating the assessment of natural language words. Additionally, we provide a numerical example to demonstrate the practical application of the model. The results indicate that our method can be applied to various domains, particularly for handling non-meta natural language data. This approach enables decision-makers to make appropriate choices with minimal time costs by considering multiple evaluations.
Biography
Dr. Junzo Watada received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Osaka City University, Japan in 1970 and 1972 respectively, and his Ph.D degree from Osaka Prefecture University, Japan in 1983 after the 7-year-contribution to Fujitsu Co. Ltd.
Currently, he is a Professor Emeritus of Waseda University since its retirement in 2016 and a Research Professor of several institutes such as Indian Institute of Finance, Delhi, India and Research Institute of Quantitative Economics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China and.
He is a Life Fellow of the Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics (SOFT). Prof Watada is an IEEE Life Senior member, He is an honorary member of BMFSA, and the Executive Chair of ISME as well as WCICME, a life member, Forum of Interdisciplinary Mathematics.
He commits himself in editing various international journals as a principal editor of several journals and an editorial board member of more than 30 journals.
His professional interests include artificial neural network, human centric data mining, soft computing, tracking systems, knowledge engineering, financial engineering and management engineering.
Talk title: Preference for color in art paintings
Short Bio
Shigeki NAKAUCHI received his Ph.D degree in information and computer sciences from Toyohashi University of Technology in 1993. He is currently Vice President in charge of International Affairs / a professor of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan. His research interests include color & material perception, face & emotion, preference & aesthetics, and imaging technology.
Talk title: ANSYS – Simulation lead Digital Transformation
Short Bio
I am a business development & sales manager of CADFEM Group @ Malaysia – helping customers to realize the benefits of simulation in their engineering project management, adopting technology of engineering simulation in their development activities
My vision is helping community from industry and academician to adopt simulation engineering technology to test their ideas before deployment –design for a better world! emotion, preference & aesthetics, and imaging technology.