Associate Professor Dr Jacob John completed his basic dental training in 1994 and subsequently qualified as a Prosthodontist in 1997 and has always been active in the field of oral health care. In 2023, he also qualified as a Master in Medical Education from Universiti Malaya. He had served as a Lecturer at the Tamil Nādu Dr MGR Medical University, India and as a Dental Officer in the Ministry of Health, Malaysia before joining as an academic at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Malaysia in 2009. He also holds an appointment as an Honorary lecturer at a few dental institutions in India. Over the past 14 years, Dr Jacob has actively supervised and guided students pursuing their Masters in Prosthodontics (MClinDEnt), Masters in Dental Sciences, Masters in Oral Sciences and at the doctoral level besides the many undergraduate dental students. He is a Life Member of the Indian Prosthodontic Society, founding Secretary of the Malaysian Association for Prosthodontics and currently the Honorary Secretary of the Asian Academy of Prosthodontics. He has been an active member of the International Association for Disability and Oral Health since 2011 and was recently conferred its Fellowship for his “sustained high level of iADH activity and clinical care for the people with disability, alongside research, pedagogy, advocacy and service in the area of Special Care Dentistry”. Dr Jacob also works very closely with the Special Olympics Malaysia, as its Clinical Director for Special Smiles, by providing oral health education and care for its intellectually disabled members. As part of his academic career, Dr Jacob has been actively involved in the field of research, collaborating within Malaysia and globally. Besides Prosthodontics, his special interest lies in the areas of Geriatric Dentistry and Dental Education. He is appointed as an Academic Board member of the Federation of Special Care Dentistry, India and as a Board Member of the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry. He has to his credit over 50 peer reviewed, international publications as scientific articles and book chapters with an H-Index of 15 and over 1800 citations in Google Scholar. Dr Jacob is very passionate about Community Outreach activities and he was the first recipient of the prestigious Jan Andersson-Norinder Award by the IADH in 2016 in recognition of his work among people with special needs and the under privileged. Over the years, he has also presented his work at numerous national and international conferences.
show more »Dr Sarinder was awarded a Bachelor of Computer Science in 2000 and a Master in Computer Science in 2002 from the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University Malaya (UM). She then completed her Ph.D. in Bioinformatics at the Faculty of Science, University of Malaya in 2007. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in the same department. Dr. Sarinder has been very active in teaching, supervision, publication, research, and administration. She has taught courses such as Introduction to Database Systems, Advanced Database and Big Data, Programming in Bioinformatics, Data Analytics in Biology, Algorithms and Tools in Bioinformatics, and Computing at Master and undergraduate levels. She is also the Principal Investigator of the Data Science & Bioinformatics Laboratory at UM which has a team of both local and international collaborators from the University Malaya Medical Centre, UM Cancer Institute, Monash University Malaya, University of Cambridge, and the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Sarinder’s main research interest is managing, representing, and analyzing scientific data using computational tools and techniques. Her contribution towards these projects is mostly in building digital systems using visual analytics, databases, and data science techniques. Currently, she is engaged in a project on Electronic Medical Records (EMR) at the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), mainly in building the Breast Cancer Digital Ecosystem using scientifically driven clinical informatics solutions for efficient clinical workflow. Dr Sarinder is also working with genome scientists from the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan to develop a framework for finding novel therapeutics for metastatic cancer using bioinformatics tools and algorithms. Dr Sarinder is on the Editorial Board of BMC Bioinformatics, BMC Medical Informatics, and Decision Making and an Associate Editor of the Malaysian Journal of Science (MJS). She was also the chair of the International Symposium on Biomedical Data Infrastructure 2013 and 4th Data Analytics in Biomedicine Workshop (DAB 2013) organized by IEEE. Dr Sarinder was also a Visiting Scholar at the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK, and a Visiting Professor and External Examiner for the Bachelor of Bioinformatics (Hons) Program at Management and Science University (MSU), Malaysia. She is on the MQA Panel of Assessors for Multimedia University and International Medical University Malaysia. Dr Sarinder is an exco-member of Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Network and an auditor for the Malaysian Society of Bioinformatics. She has recently been appointed as a Consultant by Sigma Teguh Sdn Bhd for Big Data and Machine Learning Algorithms projects. Research Interest Data Science, Bioinformatics Databases, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Genome Informatics, Data Modeling
show more »I am a Lecturer in Linguistics at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics. My research revolves around Critical Discourse Studies, social semiotics and Multimodality with a focus on (mediated) representation of conflict, hate speech and (non)violent extremism as well as (De)radicalisation, persuasion, (de)legitimisation and visual communication.
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Afzal, Suhail; Mokhlis, Hazlie; Illias, Hazlee Azil; Bajwa, Abdullah Akram; Mekhilef, Saad; Mubin, Marizan; Muhammad, Munir Azam; Shareef, Hussain (2024). Modelling Spatiotemporal Impact of Flash Floods On Power Distribution System and Dynamic Service Restoration With Renewable Generators Considering Interdependent Critical Loads. Iet Generation Transmission & Distribution
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Srinivas, M. Karthick; Alengaram, U. Johnson; Ibrahim, Shaliza; Vello, Vejeysri; Phang, Siew Moi (2024). Feasibility Study On The Use of Microalgae as An External Crack Healing Agent for Cement Mortar Rehabilitation. Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials
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Raju, C. S. K.; Basha, H. Thameem; Noor, N. F. M.; Shah, Nehad Ali; Yook, Se-Jin (2024). Significance of Body Acceleration and Gold Nanoparticles Through Blood Flow in An Uneven/Composite Inclined Stenosis Artery: a Finite Difference Computation. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation
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Priyadharsini, R.; Manoharan, C.; Bououdina, Mohamed; Sagadevan, Suresh; Venkateshwarlu, M.; Bahadur, S. Asath (2024). Impact of Nickel Substitution On Structural, Dielectric, Magnetic, and Electrochemical Properties of Copper Ferrite Nanostructures for Energy Storage Devices. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
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Al-Hiti, Ahmed Shakir; Yasin, M.; Najm, Mustafa Mohammed; Harun, Sulaiman Wadi (2024). Femtosecond Mode-Locked 1.5 M Fiber Laser Based On Pedot: Pss as Saturable Absorber. Optics Communications
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?Efficacy of Sollagen Gel in Treating Diabetic Foot Ulcer Versus Standard of Care in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes?
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Real Time Ramp-Rate Control Technique to Mistigate Solar Pv Output Power Fluctuations
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Study of Bga/Fbga Solder Joint Reliability Via Microstructure Characterization
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Optimizing The Design and Structural Integrity of Pipe and Utilities Rack Systems for Sustainable Manufacturing Facilities: a Computational Mechanics Approach
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Developing An Online Course On Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia for Postgraduate Medical Students
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Obesity and Variations of Obesity-Related Multiborbidity
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East Meet West: Harmonizing Dialogue Between Western and Contemporary Malaysian Music
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Aa - Enhancing Security Cooperation in and With Asia