Dr.Sharifah Fatmadiana is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya in Malaysia since year 2014. She graduated with an MEng in Electrical Electronics Engineering (University of Sheffield, UK) in 2005, MSc in Microelectronics (University of Malaya) in 2009 and PhD in Microelectronics (LJMU,UK) in 2014. Her research interests include emerging technologies in wearable electronics, semiconductor reliability and testing, advanced semiconductor modelling and IC design. She has co-authored in more than 20 journals and conference proceedings. She has collaborated with industries namely INTEL (Malaysia), MIMOS (Malaysia), Infineon Technologies (Malaysia), Motorola Solutions (Malaysia) and IMEC (Belgium) as well as academic institutions namely Liverpool John Moores University, UK. She has secured research grants from the Newton Fund (Royal Academy of Engineering, UK), Sciencefund (MOSTTI, Malaysia), FRGS (MOE,Malaysia) and internal research grants in University of Malaya. She is affiliated with the IEEE and IEEE Electron Devices Society, and has organised and served as a technical committee for a number of IEEE conferences since 2014. An awardee of the MIMOS Prestigious Award 2014 and shortlisted for the Newton Prize in 2017.

Syafiq Faliq Alfan, also known as Sefa, is a performing artist, educator, and cultural researcher deeply interested in the discourse on the history of Asian Traditional Performing Arts from the perspective of Cultural Evolution Theory. He earned his Doctoral Degree from the Faculty of Integrated Arts and Science at Hiroshima University, Japan, in 2022 through his research on the methodological construction of analysis towards traditional dance of Mak Yong and Noh using motion capture technology. As an artist, Sefa has been a member of the Ipoh artist collective called Projek Rabak since 2011, where he currently serves as the director. Since 2007, he has actively participated in numerous local and international performances, focusing on the intersection of Corporeal Mime by Etienne Decroux and the improvisational techniques of Malaysian traditional performing arts. His interest in performance research centers around the body as subject and its entanglement with elements within its environment including space, audience and technology. Sefa is also a creative writer, with notable works such as 'Melankolia Bisu' (2014) and 'Novel Eksperimental' (2013), among others. Currently, his research interests revolve around the pragmatism philosophy and philosophy of history to enhance the historical narrative in Mak Yong and other Malaysian performing arts. He believes that further enriching the discourse in Malaysian traditional performing arts will lead to a better understanding of its role in shaping the identity of the local community. He is also interested in looking at Digital Humanities within the intersection of discussion in aesthetics, ecology, local wisdom, identity formation and arts biomechanics through the use of media and technology (specifically motion capture technology) to understand various experiences and cultures.  As a cultural research critical generalist, he believes the role of the performing arts extends beyond the discourse of performativity and should include discussion on the issues of sustainability, environmental impact, socio-economic, education, architecture, technology, among others.  Potential postgraduate students should be prepared to have an integrated approach in mind to provide practical and high impact solutions in research for the benefit of society.

Dr. Teoh Hooi See currently Senior lecturer at the Department of Chinese Studies, University of Malaya, having joined the University in 2011. Prior to this, she obtained her Bachelor and Master’s degrees from the University of Malaya and her PhD from the University of Peking, Beijing, China. She also was the recipient of the International Students Academic Award (first class) from the University of Peking in 2011. Dr. Teoh’s academic research focuses on classical Chinese drama, modern & contemporary Chinese literature and Mahua Literature. Her published research papers include “Private Assistant, Local Drama and Native Consciousness: The relationship between Yang Enshou's Assistant Career and His Concern in Drama” and “Traditional Women and Qing politics: the Image of Li Xiang Jun in Tao Huashan”. She has also published an anthology of poems entitled “Standing on the other side of forgotten” and a series of essays entitled “Xinshi Honghong”. She has won several literature awards, including Flower Trace (Hua Zhong) of the World Chinese Literature Award, Li He of the Chinese Prose Award, and Chao Qing Youth Literary Award. Currently, Dr. Teoh lectures on classical Chinese drama, modern Chinese literature, and Malaysian Chinese Literature.