UPM – PPJ Partnership to examine environmental landscape at Putrajaya

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 26 – The Faculty of Design and Architecture (FRSB), Universiti Puta Malaysia (UPM) has established a smart partnership in landscape and environmental research in the field based on sustainable development and green technology.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Prof. Dato’ Ir. Dr. Mohd Saleh Jaafar, said UPM and Putrajaya Corporation (PPj) will be working in various fields of research, sharing of resources and training of students for the mutual benefit of both parties.

He said FRSB will lead the expertise in architecture, design, landscape architecture and product design to help PPj produce the best models.

“PPj can draw on the expertise of researchers, training, soil science laboratory facilities, study of insects and plant diseases, design development, resource centre, ecology studies and other UPM facilities,” he said at the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between UPM and PPj recently. Also present at the event was the Dean of the Faculty of Design and Architecture, Prof. Dr. Rahinah Ibrahim.

Professor Mohd Saleh Jaafar said through the joint research, UPM will generate knowledge in publishing, teaching and industry and community networks.

Meanwhile, the President of PPj, Tan Sri Samsudin Osman said UPM would be able to help in management and urban planning, architecture and landscaping through futuristic designs.

He also said that besides cost savings, both parties would be able to optimize the use of resources through sharing of knowledge, technology and infrastructure in the field of technology, in line with the implementation of Blue Ocean Strategy which was introduced under the Government Transformation Programme (GTP).

“Other than the Wetland Park, which is in the heart of Putrajaya Lake for water plants and animal studies, UPM researchers will benefit from the 120-hectare area planted with various tree species in Taman Rimba Alam, Precint 15 with the expertise required.”

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UPM Innovation in ‘Malaysian Innovators’

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 – UPM vaccine research on Newcastle Disease Vaccine (NDV$-UPM Vaccine) has been included in the book, “Malaysian Innovators – Everyone can Innovate”.

The innovation is a research by UPM Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic & International), Prof. Datin Paduka Dr. Aini Ideris and Prof.Emeritus Dato’ Dr. Abdul Latif Ibrahim.

Prior to this, in October 2010, Prof. Datin Paduka Dr. Aini received the Product Innovation and Commercialization Award at the National Academic Awards (NAA).

This second publication by the Malaysian Productivity Corporation (MPC) and Malaysian Association of Creativity & Innovation (MARCI), records the efforts of enterprise pioneers, researchers, and youth in order to show that innovative products from Malaysia can be internationalized.

Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Dato’ Mukhriz Tun Mahathir, who launched the book, said the initiative by MPC is an opportunity for the researchers to share their experiences with readers.

“Research done by individuals and organizations included in this book will inspire readers to be innovative and forward-looking,” said Dato’ Mukhriz. Also present at the MPC CreaNova 2012: Power of Collaborative Innovation event was MPC Chairman, Tan Sri Azman Hashim.

Other innovations included in this book are five from public institutions of higher learning (IPTAs), one from a research institute, three from the small medium enterprise (SME) sector and seven from secondary schools that developed the commercialization of products, patents, industry designs, trademarks, and copyrights.

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UPM - CAMP12ideal platform to solve technology challenges

SERDANG, March 14 – The International Conference of Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management (CAMP ‘12) which was held from 13-15 March 2012 was the ideal platform for academicians and researchers from various countries to discuss the challenges of Information Retrieval, Computational Linguistics, and Knowledge Management.

Deputy Vice Chancellor of Industry and Community Network, Prof. Dr. Tai Shzee Yew said he was amazed by the rapid development of software and applications and noted that CAMP ’12 offered a great opportunity for participants from various countries to share information and create solutions for many technical challenges.

“Through this conference, there was transfer of knowledge and expertise and the promotion of research activities aimed at producing cost-effective base technology platforms,” said Prof Tai, who added that the role of such a knowledge-sharing platform was vital to help the nation become a high knowledge society through innovation and creation.

PECAMP President, Prof. Dr. Tengku Mohd T. Sembok believed that Malaysia needed its own search engine in order to manage the political, societal, and business sectors.

The three-day conference theme, “Towards Global Information Seeking and Knowledge Success” was targeted to bring together participants from private industry, government agencies, and academic institutions to share their ideas and findings gained from their research and creations.

The keynote speakers for this conference were Prof. Dr. Fabio Crestani from the University of Glasgow, UK, Prof. Dr. Alan F. Smeton from Dublin City University (Ireland), and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tang Enya Kong who is a well-known authority on machine translation.

The 100 participants were from various countries including India, Japan, the Middle East, Myanmar, USA, France and Malaysia while UPM was represented by a total of 30 participants.

The Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology (FCSI), UPM was the main organizer of this very successful conference.

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UTM lancar program Open Courseware (OCW)

 

 

JOHOR BAHRU, 16 Mac: – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) telah melancarkan program perisian kursus terbuka (Open Courseware (OCW)) untuk berkongsi bahan pembelajaran secara global.

Naib Canselor Profesor Datuk Dr Zaini Ujang berkata, OCW mengandungi bahan pembelajaran digital berdasarkan kursus yang ditawarkan di UTM yang boleh dimuat turun secara percuma.

OCW adalah tren pembelajaran terkini yang memanfaatkan teknologi maklumat untuk menyediakan pendidikan bertaraf dunia yang telah lama diamalkan oleh universiti terkemuka seperti Institut Teknologi Massachusetts (MIT), Universiti John Hopkins dan Universiti Tokyo.

Tujuan UTM mengadakan program ini bagi menyediakan platform kepada staf akademik mempamerkan kepakaran dan membolehkan pengguna dari seluruh dunia berkongsi bahan pembelajaran digital bermutu tinggi.

Bahan yang terdapat di dalam OCW boleh dimuat turun oleh sesiapa sahaja untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan mereka mengenai bidang yang berkaitan di samping menjadi rujukan tambahan kepada semua pelajar universiti.
Selain itu, Ibu bapa dan bakal pelajar boleh menilai bahan pembelajaran yang ditawarkan dan OCW boleh menjadi daya tarikan kepada mereka untuk melanjutkan pengajian dalam bidang yang diminati di UTM.
Sehingga kini bahan pembelajaran bagi lebih 40 kursus telah dimuat naik ke laman web dan UTM merancang untuk menerbitkan 500 kursus secara online  dalam tempoh empat tahun.
MIT yang menjadi pengasas kepada projek ini telah menerbitkan bahan pembelajaran bagi 2000 kursus yang ditawarkan di universiti berkenaan secara online, manakala Khan Academy memuat naik 3,000 bahan pembelajaran dalam bentuk video.
OCW adalah sumbangan sosial UTM kepada masyarakat ke arah peningkatan kualiti pendidikan di negara ini khususnya dan masyarakat dunia umumnya.
Penglibatan UTM dalam OCW mampu menaikkan imej UTM, sebaris dengan universiti ternama di seluruh dunia yang kini mengamalkan konsep perkongsian melalui kemudahan internet untuk meningkatkan ilmu pengetahuan.
Bahan OCW UTM boleh diakses menerusi laman web http://ocw.utm.my.