DR. WOO CHAW SENG

Woo Chaw Seng completed his B.Comp.Sc. and M.Comp.Sc. at the University of Malaya(UM) in 1996 and 1999 respectively. He joined the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology at UM in 1999 as a lecturer. A SIRIM patent was granted out of his Masters thesis. Serving as a fellow in the 5th Residential College from 2000 to 2003 provided him lots of management skills and softskills. He received a fully financed Study Leave Award from UM to study PhD at QUT Australia in 2004-2006. UM appointed him to serve as Principal of the 1st Residential College from 2008 to 2012. The university management also appointed him to serve as Head of Artificial Intelligence Department in his faculty from 2009 to 2011. He was awarded a fully financed 9-month sabbatical leave in 2012. Dr Woo has been actively doing research, supervising postgraduates, managing research grants, attending workshops/seminars, and publishing in conferences and journals. His research interests include image processing, computer security, and mobile computing.

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DR. NABIHAH BINTI DZIARUDDIN

Dr. Nabihah earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2008. She then pursued postgraduate training and achieved a Master's in Clinical Dentistry (Paediatric Dentistry) with Distinction from Queen Mary University of London in 2016. In that same year, she also obtained a Diploma of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Dr. Nabihah is an active committee member of the Malaysian Association of Paediatric Dentistry (MAPD) and a member of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry (IAPD). Her main areas of expertise include minimal intervention and aesthetic dentistry for children, dental treatment for children with complex conditions and special needs, and behaviour management in paediatric patients using nitrous oxide inhalational sedation. With her exceptional qualifications and experience, Dr. Nabihah brings a wealth of knowledge and skills to her practice. She is passionate about providing the best possible dental care for her young patients, and she continually strives to enhance her expertise through ongoing education and professional development.

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ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. LOO FUNG YING

Loo Fung Ying is Associate Professor of cultural musicology and the Dean of Faculty of Creative Arts, Universiti Malaya. She teaches cultural musicology and research methodology. After obtaining her Fellowship (Trinity College of London) and Bachelor of Music (Hons) in piano performance (Universiti Putra Malaysia), she furthered her music study at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where she received her Master of Music in Piano Performance with distinction. She studied piano under Michael Schreider, Barno Haknazarov, Larisa Rakhmanova, and Lillian Joseph, and had master classes conducted by Artur Pizzaro, Boris Berman, Irina Osipova, Julian Jacobson, Richard MacMahon, Olga Malissova, and Ng Chong Lim. As a pianist, her performances locally and abroad included the first piano concertos of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky under the baton of Zakhid Khaknazarov, recitals at St. John’s Smith Square and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and a recording for Ceri Richard’s Themes and Variations published by National Museums and Galleries of Wales, UK. Fung Ying continues to pursue research in music and completed her PhD at the University of Sheffield, UK in 2009. Her research interests include cultural musicology, performance practice, popular music, music and movement perception, and Tai Chi in application to the physicality of piano performance.  She joined Universiti Malaya in 2009 and has published over sixty refereed articles and book chapters. Her work has appeared in International Review of the Aesthetics and Sociology of Music, Muzikološki Zbornik, Revista Música Hodie, Asian Theatre Journal, International Journal of Music Education, IEEE Multimedia, Women's History Review, Media Watch, Journal of Popular television, New Ideas in Psychology and The Routledge Companion to Women and Musical Leadership. Her research has been supported by grants from the Ministry of Higher Education, Universiti Malaya, and Universiti Putra Malaysia, and won her gold and silver awards at local and international research exhibitions. She is a member of the International Editorial Board of eTropic and Media Watch. She has held positions such as Deputy Director (Postgraduate study and Research) of Cultural Centre (now Faculty of Creative Arts), Universiti Malaya (from 2010 to 2018, and April 2024 to March 2025), Chair of Academic Programmes Accreditation Panel for PhD, Master’s, and Bachelor degree level (Malaysian Qualifications Agency), Internal Auditor of MYRA (Malaysia Research Assessment, Ministry of Higher Education), and Associate Editor of Malaysian Journal of Performing and Visual Arts. As an active composer and musician with the multiple award-winning Dama Orchestra (now Dama Asia Productions) from 2001 to 2016, she has over twenty productions to date, five albums and three sold-out musicals: Empress Wu, I Have a Date with Spring and Butterfly Lovers. In addition, her composition titled Freedom won second prize at the 2022 Seoul International Meditation Music Competition.

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