CCIS Talk: State of The Net by Goh Su Gim

You are cordially invited to attend the following CCIS Talk:

Date: 4 Sept 2015 (Friday)
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Venue: KB522, UTAR Sungai Long Campus, Bandar Sungai Long, Selangor.

Title: State of The Net

Abstract:
Majority of the attacks today are well targeted, gone are the days of the amateurs hacking for fun with a few tricks up their sleeves from a YouTube video. Today we are dealing with targeted attacks more than ever, they know what to get and how to do it stealthily.
They may not be after you money, but your reputation and secrets: the private stuff. We’ll review the threat landscape, and mobile devices and ever growing data that is making life easy for these hackers

Speaker: Mr Goh Su Gim, F-Secure Corporation (M) Sdn Bhd

Biography:

Mr. Goh Su Gim is a Security Advisor who represents F-Secure in the Asia Pacific region, where he is actively involved in activities that raise public awareness of the IT threat landscape. He can be found giving talks in conferences, and acting as a liaison between the public and the local F-Secure office in Kuala Lumpur. He stays on top of the latest IT security related news, blogs about the latest threats and attacks or interesting findings from the F-Secure Labs, and provides advisories to the general public and media should there be any virus outbreak.

Su Gim’s past 15 years of IT security experience includes working for several companies in the USA in the area of IT system integration, IT security consulting (network and systems design), penetration testing and assessment, and working at a 24/7 security operations center. Prior to returning to Malaysia, he lived in Hawaii, USA, for 12 years. During his free time, he enjoys playing badminton, jungle trekking, camping and photography.

CCIS Talk: 3D Challenges by Hsueh-Ming Hang

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Title: 3D Challenges
Date: 28th August 2015 (Friday)
Time: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Venue: N010, UTAR Kampar Campus, Perak
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hsueh-Ming Hang, NCTU
Admission: Free

Abstract:
3D films have a history of several decades, but only recently 3D video consumer products are gradually becoming popular. The focus of next-negation 3D research is on the so-called virtual-viewpoint (or free-viewpoint) video system. It is also an on-going standardization item in the international ITU/MPEG Standards. In addition to the movie special effects, one application of virtual-view system is the multi-view auto-stereoscopic (glasses free 3D) display.
Typically, a densely arranged camera array is used to acquire input images and a number of virtual view pictures are synthesized at the receiver using the depth-image based rendering (DIBR) technique. Three essential components are needed for building a virtual-view system: depth estimation, data compression, and view synthesis.
An interesting application of virtual-view system is 3D scene composition. It is an extension of the traditional chroma key technique but it now tries to merge two sets of 3D vide scenes into one consistent 3D scene. Another issue is depth map acquisition. Recent devices such as Microsoft Kinect offers an inexpensive hardware solution to this problem. However, its depth map quality needs to be improved. We will give a quick overview of these challenging topics and summarize our studies on these subjects.

Biography:

Hsueh-Ming Hang received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 1978 and 1980, respectively, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, in 1984.
From 1984 to 1991, he was with AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ, and then he joined the Electronics Engineering Department of National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Hsinchu, Taiwan, in December 1991.
From 2006 to 2009, he took a leave from NCTU and was appointed as Dean of the EECS College at National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT). He is currently the Dean of the ECE College, NCTU.
He has been actively involved in the international MPEG standards since 1984. Dr. Hang holds 13 patents (Taiwan, US and Japan) and has published over 190 technical papers related to image compression, signal processing, and video codec architecture. He is a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal and is a Fellow of IEEE and IET and a member of Sigma Xi.

CCIS Talk: What’s Next On Video Coding Technologies and Standard by Hsueh-Ming Hang

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Title: What’s Next On Video Coding Technologies and Standard
Date: 28th August 2015 (Friday)
Time: 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Venue: LDK2, UTAR Kampar Campus, Perak
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hsueh-Ming Hang, NCTU
Admission: Free

Abstract:
After the profound success of defining H.264/AVC video coding standard in 2002, in the past a few years, the ITU-T Video Coding Experts Group (VCEG) and ISO/IEC Motion Picture Expert Group (MPEG) have been actively searching for new or improved technologies that can achieve an even higher compression efficiency.
After several years’ struggle, in January 2010, VCEG and MPEG formed a joint team and issued a call-for-proposal for the “High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)”. This standard work item attracts a lot of attention and it was done in early 2013.
In addition, 3D video products are aggressively growing recently. One step further, the free-viewpoint video becomes the current MPEG standardization item. Its aim is to define an efficient data representation for multi-view (free-view) synthesis at the receiver, which can be a multi-view auto-stereoscopic (glasses free 3D) display.

Biography:

Hsueh-Ming Hang received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 1978 and 1980, respectively, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, in 1984.
From 1984 to 1991, he was with AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ, and then he joined the Electronics Engineering Department of National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Hsinchu, Taiwan, in December 1991.
From 2006 to 2009, he took a leave from NCTU and was appointed as Dean of the EECS College at National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT). He is currently the Dean of the ECE College, NCTU.
He has been actively involved in the international MPEG standards since 1984. Dr. Hang holds 13 patents (Taiwan, US and Japan) and has published over 190 technical papers related to image compression, signal processing, and video codec architecture. He is a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal and is a Fellow of IEEE and IET and a member of Sigma Xi.

CCIS Talk: HTML5 and Beyond by Junichi Kishigami

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Title: HTML5 and Beyond
Date: 15 July 2015 (Wednesday)
Time: 2.30PM - 3.30PM
Venue: KB200, UTAR Sungai Long Campus, Bandar Sungai Long, Selangor.
For non-UTAR staff and students, please register yourself at the security booth, and inform them that you come for this event)
Speaker: Professor Junichi Kishigami a.k.a Jay Kishigami
Registration: Free

Abstract:
W3C released the final recommendation of HTML5 last October. At that moment, a lot of browsers have already complied with this version. HTML5 has a lots of dynamic functions, especially multimedia and communications; these new functions, namely webRTC, WoT, and webApps, will be discussed in this talk and its relevance with AI technologies.

Biography:

Prof Jay is currently a Professor in Muroran Institute of Technology, Hokkaido, Japan. He is also serving as an Adjunct Professor to UTAR now.
He has been a member or leader for more than 20 government committees. He is a senior advisor to NTT, sits on advisory board of W3D and Board member of MMHL
He had been working at NTT Lab and NTT America more than 30 years. During NTT era, he had been studying and leading a variety of fields such as solid state physics through ICT and IPTV.
Previously, he served as a Professor at Univ. of Tokyo, a Visiting Professor at Kochi Univ. of Tech, Rikkyo Univ. and an Adjunct Professor at Hokkaido Univ.

Research Assistantship (RA) Opening in Data Science

Research Assistantship (RA) Opening in Data Science

Number of Vacancies: 3 to 4

Available at 

Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science,

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) City Campus,

Bandar Sungai Long, Selangor,
Malaysia

GPS: 3.120883, 101.785710

Project Leader

Dr. Tay Yong Haur (tayyh@utar.edu.my),
Department of Internet Engineering and Computer Science,
Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science (LKCFES),

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) City Campus,

Bandar Sungai Long, Selangor,.

Description

There are several research assistantship opening available at UTAR's Centre for Computing and Intelligent Systems (CCIS) for motivated candidates who are passionate in understanding and applying data science in various industrial applications, from forestry to transportation.

Scope of Work and Remuneration

• To undertake a specific industry topic and solve the problems by applying techniques in data science, especially in deep learning technology. Tools and techniques used are C/C++/Python, GPGPU, image processing, machine learning, deep learning, etc.
• To help the lead researchers in administrative matters to create a conducive environments for researchers.
• Remuneration of RM1500-2500 per month for 12 to 18 months, depending on experience.

Requirements

• Passionate in computer programming, esp. in Python and C/C++.
• Have good mathematical foundations
• Strong interest and/or has working experience in machine learning/artificial intelligence/computer vision/image processing/GPGPU projects.
• Good English written and verbal communication
• Good analytical skills
• Self-motivated, requires minimal supervision, resourceful and willing to learn.

Interested Candidate

If you are interested in the RA position advertised above, please email your CV directly to Dr. Tay Yong Haur (tayyh@utar.edu.my) as soon as possible. Feel free to write to Dr Tay for any further inquiry of the project.

Only short-listed candidates will be called for interview.

CCIS Talk: Professional Software Development - What you don't learn in college by Ilyas Sapiyan

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Title: Professional Software Development - What you don't learn in college
Date: 27 July 2015 (Monday)
Time: 9AM - 10AM
Venue: KB522, UTAR Sg Long Campus, Bandar Sungai Long, Selangor.
For non-UTAR staff and students, please register yourself at the security booth, and inform them that you come for this event)
Speaker: Ilyas Sapiyan, Managing Director, InternetNow International Sdn. Bhd.
Admission: Free

Abstract:
So you will soon be entering the IT industry as a software development professional? Compared to your contemporaries in other fields such as medical, engineering (other than software engineering of course),  legal, accounting, do you think you received all the necessary training to be a professional? A doctor is entrusted to make life and death decisions, engineers build constructions which must not collapse, accountants are expected to produce accurate accounts.

Are you able to produce software which is correct (i.e. not buggy) and not fail (i.e. not crash).

The software industry today is still riddled with many delayed projects and bad products. The truth is that many of the exponents of the industry still do not know how to deliver products on time and with minimum bugs.  The computer science courses they undertook at the college level do not fully prepare them for the career ahead. They are not taught how professionals behave, nor the skill-sets needed to be a professional developer.

In this talk, the speaker covers what it means to be a professional developer: how to behave, how to deal with different people in the team, how to code, how to manage your time, how to practice and hone your programming skills, how to test your software, how to estimate your completion dates, how to deal with pressure and what tools professionals use.

Hopefully, this will motivate you to explore further and in turn prepares you to join the workforce as a true professional.

Biography:

Ilyas Sapiyan is the Managing Director of InternetNow International Sdn Bhd (www.internetnow.com.my), a software development company specialising in Internet communication and security. He has over 15 years of experience developing software products which have been sold for millions of ringgit worldwide.

A former child prodigy, he completed is Bachelors degree at the age of 19 as the best student in his faculty and started his working career at Microsoft. He is a finalist of NEF-Awani Young IT Entrepreneur Award 2010.

Away from programming, he enjoys being in nature, sports and photography. He also served as a committee member of Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) Selangor.

CCIS Talk: Joys of Tech: Discovering Your Calling in a Tech Career by Leong Seh Hui

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Title: Joys of Tech: Discovering Your Calling in a Tech Career
Date: 13 July 2015 (Monday)
Time: 12PM - 1PM
Venue: KB106, UTAR Sg Long Campus, Bandar Sungai Long, Selangor.
For non-UTAR staff and students, please register yourself at the security booth, and inform them that you come for this event)
Speaker: Leong Seh Hui, MindValley
Registration: Free

Abstract:
It couldn’t be a more exciting time to be part of the tech industry right now: other than the usual staples of working in a corporate environment, you can now work on the web, mobile, embedded devices, games, interactive media…
So many options! But wait, you ask yourself, “where should I start?”.
In this talk, Seh Hui will be sharing his experience and perspective of the tech industry and how would you chart your career path. As a bonus, giving you hints in terms of tools and practices that you’d be interested to pick up and set yourself up for your own dream job.
It’s an exciting time to be working in technology after all :).

Biography:

Seh Hui is a programmer for ten years, currently specializing in developing API services and data solutions in Mindvalley.
Landed his first job with Genting after winning merit prize in E-Genting Programming Competition in 2004 and have since worked in both big corporations and start-up environments.
He is also a co-organizer, speaker and proud volunteer for several tech communities and meetups, such as LvlUp.KL (previously known as Webcamp KL) and Python User Group Malaysia.

Research Assistant Opening in Data Science

Research Assistantship (RA) Opening in Data Science

Number of Vacancies: 3 to 4

Available at 

Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science,

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) City Campus,

Bandar Sungai Long, Selangor,
Malaysia

GPS: 3.120883, 101.785710

Project Leader

Dr. Tay Yong Haur (tayyh@utar.edu.my),
Department of Internet Engineering and Computer Science,
Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science (LKCFES),

Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) City Campus,

Bandar Sungai Long, Selangor,.

Description

There are several research assistantship opening available at UTAR's Centre for Computing and Intelligent Systems (CCIS) for motivated candidates who are passionate in understanding and applying data science in various industrial applications, from forestry to transportation.

Scope of Work and Remuneration

• To undertake a specific industry topic and solve the problems by applying techniques in data science, especially in deep learning technology.
• To help the lead researchers in administrative matters to create a conductive environments for researchers.
• Remuneration of RM1500-2500 per month for 12 to 18 months, depending on experience.

Requirements

• Passionate in computer programming, esp. in Python and C/C++.
• Have good mathematical foundations
• Strong interest and/or has working experience in machine learning/artificial intelligence/computer vision/image processing projects.
• Good English written and verbal communication
• Good analytical skills
• Self-motivated, requires minimal supervision, resourceful and willing to learn.

Interested Candidate

If you are interested in the RA position advertised above, please email your CV directly to Dr. Tay Yong Haur (tayyh@utar.edu.my) as soon as possible. Feel free to write to Dr Tay for any further inquiry of the project.

Only short-listed candidates will be called for interview.

Research Assistant: Video Surveillance System with Demographics Classification

Research Assistant (RA):
Video Surveillance System with Demographics Classification

Number of Vacancies: 1

Available at
Centre for Computing and Intelligent Systems (CCIS),

Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science,
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) KL Campus*,
Jalan Genting Klang, 53300 Kuala Lumpur

Project Title

Video Surveillance System with Demographics Classification

Job Description

• To develop software for video surveillance system with demographics classification.
• To assist the project leader in all works associated with the research.
• Opportunity to be involved in software prototype development of application involving computer vision, image processing and machine learning.
• Gain exposure to cutting edge technologies- AI (deep learning), GPU, Open Source. 
• The RA may register for Master's degree by research with UTAR.
• Remuneration of RM2000-2500 per month for up to 12 months (can be extended up to another 12 months subject to satisfactory performance).

Requirements

• Passionate in computer programming, with good mathematical foundations
• Strong interest and/or has working experience in computer vision/image processing/machine learning projects.
• Good English written and verbal communication
• Good analytical skills, self-motivated, requires minimal supervision, resourceful and willing to learn.
• Vacancy is available starting from 1 April 2015.

Interested Candidate

If you are interested in the position advertised above, please email your CV directly to:

Mr. Ng Choon Boon 

Email: ngcb@utar.edu.my

Only short-listed candidates will be called for interview.

*To be relocated to Sungai Long from May 2015 onwards.

CCIS Talk: Build Your Prototype for Free by Lim Wai Kheong

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Title: Build Your Prototype for Free
Date: 3 March 2015 (Tuesday)
Time: 11AM - 1PM
Venue: SE109, Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, UTAR KL Campus, Jalan Genting Klang, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur.
(*For non-UTAR staff and students, please register yourself at the security booth, and inform them that you come for this event)
Speaker: Lim Wai Kheong, EFox Sdn. Bhd
Admission: Free

Abstract:
A walkthrough on creating a prototype using various tools, a LAMP stack, and some free resources such as Bitbucket, Trello and Openshift.

Biography:

Lim Wai Kheong is the project manager of Efox Sdn Bhd, a software development house with a strong focus in creating Management Information System (MIS) for Money Services Businesses (MSBs).

CCIS Talk: Keeping Singapore bright through sensor and data analytics by Koh Niak Wu

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Title: Keeping Singapore bright through sensor and data analytics
Date: 16 February 2015 (Monday)
Time: 4PM - 5PM
Venue: DK4, Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, UTAR KL Campus, Jalan Genting Klang, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur.
(*For non-UTAR staff and students, please register yourself at the security booth, and inform them that you come for this event)
Speaker: Dr Koh Niak Wu, CEO, Cosmiqo International Pte Ltd.
Registration: Free

Abstract:
A city that is optimally lit results in many socio-economic benefits enjoyed by the urban population. This sharing session will touch upon what we do at Cosmiqo and some fun (at least in our definition) analytical solutions that we are building.

Biography:

Dr Koh Niak Wu specialises in supply chain analytics, strategy deployment and operations management innovation.
He is part of the team at Cosmiqo International Pte Ltd that drives change and now enjoys an 80 hour work week at his startup to avoid working 40 hour ones in his past lives.
With his cross-functional background, Niak Wu lives in a rather surreal world of convergence that has in its sensor-based systems. He believes in the power of analytics and how it shapes business decisions. Niak Wu also limits his fluid intake so he can stay at his desk longer.

This event is supported by:

IEEE SMC Malaysia chapter

CCIS Talk: Image Processing and Interactive Arts by Lee Byung Gook

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Title: Image Processing and Interactive Arts
Date: 23 January 2015 (Friday)
Time: 11AM - 12PM
Venue: SA 6th Floor West Wing Meeting Room, Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, UTAR KL Campus, Jalan Genting Klang, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur.
(*Please register yourself at the security booth, and inform them that you come for this event)
Speaker: Professor Lee Byung Gook, Dongseo University, Korea
Registration: Free

Abstract:
Professor Lee Byung Gook will share his past, current and future researches which include: Image Sensor, Color Sensor, Flat Panel Display Defect Detection, Keypad Inspection System, Hand Tracking, Shadow Garden, Interactive Board – IR Pen & Laser Pointer,
u-Pointer, AR Toolkit, Shall we dance, Magic Projector, Multi Touch Table, reacTIVision, Mixed Reality Interfaces, DJ Mix with Kinect, Deform 2D Shape Manipulation, Multi Touch System with Kinect, Multi-Level AR, MiniCar with Arduino, MagicalSketchPad and LookEdu@AR

Biography:

Professor Lee Byung Gook received the B. S. degree in Mathematics from Yonsei University, Korea in 1987. He got his M. S. and PhD in Applied Mathematics from KAIST, Daejon, Korea in 1989 and 1993 respectively. He was a researcher in Computer Center of Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science from 1992 to 1993. Besides that, he worked in R&D Center, DACOM Corporation as a senior engineer in the division II Open Systems Lab.
Since 1995, he was the Associate Professor in Division of Systems Engineering. In 1999 to 2000, he went to University of Oslo, Norway for post-doctoral in the Department of Informatics under Professor Tom Lyche.
He is currently a Professor in Division of Computer & Information Engineering, Dongseo University and the Director of BK21 Institute of Ambient Intelligence.

This event is supported by:

IEEE SMC Malaysia chapter