Nur Farhana Azmi is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Building Surveying, Universiti Malaya. She holds a PhD degree in Building Control and Performance, and Bachelor degree in Building Surveying. Her doctoral thesis focused on sustaining the identity of small towns in Malaysia from the perspective of building regulations and requirements. Her current research interests are in Building Control, Building Regulations, and Urban Conservation. She has collaborated actively with researchers in several other disciplines of built environment and has published a number of publications in journals, proceedings, and book chapters. Professionally, Farhana is a full member of the Royal Institution of Surveyors Malaysia (MRISM).

Dr. Hannuun Yaacob currently holds the position of a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Decision Science within the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Malaya. She earned her Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Sheffield, UK. Her primary research interests encompass Bayesian statistics and biostatistics. In her previous research project, she focused on statistical genetics, where she developed a Bayesian statistical model to identify potential causal genes for breast cancer. Presently, her research revolves around preference-based measures and health-related quality of life, with a keen interest in the application of statistics in social science research. Dr. Hannuun's work effectively bridges the gap between statistical analysis and the human experience, significantly contributing to our understanding of preferences, aspirations, and the tools used for measurement. An enthusiastic user of the R software, she has also served as a guest speaker at the R conference in 2022 and continues to primarily employ R software in both her research and teaching endeavors. Beyond her academic pursuits, Dr. Hannuun finds solace in reading and traveling, embracing a balanced and holistic life. Her unwavering dedication to advancing social science research serves as an inspiration to emerging scholars in the field, leaving an indelible mark on the academic community.

Muhammad Ashraf Bin Khalid is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Decision Science, Faculty of Business and Economics, Universiti Malaya. He received his degrees of Bachelor of Science in Computational Mathematics from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Master of Applied Statistics and PhD from Universiti Malaya. His research interest is on applied statistics focusing on data computing and analytics. He also works on men’s health issues particularly on the disparity of health outcomes between male and female at the national and the global level.