CCIS Talk: HTML5 and Beyond by Junichi Kishigami

You are cordially invited to attend the following CCIS event:

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

You are cordially invited to attend the following CCIS event:

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

You are cordially invited to attend the following CCIS event:

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.