Curriculum Vitae
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
- PhD (MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS), (MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS)Universiti Malaya (UM)
- M.Sc (STATISTICS), (Statistics)Universiti Malaya (UM)
- B.Sc (MATHEMATICS), (Mathematics)Universiti Malaya (UM)
MEMBERSHIPS
- MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS, MEMBERSince 2026 (National)
PUBLICATIONS
Article in Journal
- Pillay, A. B., Pathmanathan D., Dabo-Niang S., Abu, A., Omar, H. (2024). Functional data geometric morphometrics with machine learning for craniodental shape classification in shrews, Scientific Reports,14(1), 15579.
- Pillay, A. B., Pathmanathan D., Abu, A., Omar, H. (2023). RFE-Based feature selection to improve classification accuracy for morphometric analysis of craniodental characters of house rats, Sains Malaysiana. 52(7), 1901-1914.
RESEARCH INTEREST
- Functional Data Analysis (functional data analysis, statistical shape analysis)
- Biostatistics (ecology, species classification, biodiversity informatics)
- Time Series Analysis (statistical forecasting, temporal modelling)
- Computational Biology (morphometrics, biological image data)
PAPER PRESENTED
ORAL PRESENTER
- Functional Data Approaches in 3D Morphometrics, 3rd International Conference in Data Science 2025, University of Colombo. Sri Lanka (International) (25 Nov 2025 - 26 Nov 2025)
- Functional Data Geometric Morphometrics with Machine Learning for Craniodental Shape Classification in Shrew., The 28th Biological Sciences Graduate Congress 2023, UniversitI Malaya (International) (14 Dec 2023 - 15 Dec 2023)
ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES
Evaluation
- (2026) Reviewed An Article, International, (Reviewer)
- (2026) Reviewed Article, National, (Reviewer)
SUPERVISION
Postgraduate Student
- (2025) DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF AQUILARIA SPP. (THYMELAEACEAE) IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA, LAU KAH HOO
COURSE ATTENDED
Internal/ External Course
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MSC10 - STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP IN RESEARCH SUPERVISION: CULTIVATING EXCELLENCE, ETHICS, AND IMPACT, UNIVERSITI MALAYA (17 Dec 2025 - 17 Dec 2025)