He obtained B.Sc. Hons in 1973 and Ph.D. in 1976 from UM.  He went on a French Scholarship in 1976. He returned to UM as a Lecturer In 1978. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1986 and Professor in 2000 During sabbatical leaves, he had been to the Tokyo Institute of Technology (1983),  the PennState University, USA (1989). He was a visiting professor to the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in 1990, and to the King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology, Thailand in April and the University of Sidney in July 1997. He has written 3 textbooks, and published more than 133 journal papers. He had supervised and produced 45 Ph.Ds. and 72 M.Sc. He has filed 25 patents and has served as consultant to many local and foreign companies.

Dr. Fakhrur Razi Maamor holds a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) at Faculty of Art and Design, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam. He furthered his studies at the same university, obtaining a Master's degree in Arts and Design through a research mode. During this stage, he conducted research titled "Buah Buton at Luak Tanah Mengandung, Negeri Sembilan: The Interrelation of Cultural Context with the Adat Perpatih Community." His research focused on the aesthetic visual culture that aligns with the discipline of art. To ensure harmony within the context of Malay visual arts, he continued his research, incorporating philosophical aspects, and advanced to the Doctor of Philosophy level in the field of art at the Academy of Malay Studies, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. He successfully completed his thesis titled "Buah Buton di Luak Tanah Mengandung, Negeri Sembilan: Hubung Kait Kosmologi dengan Kehidupan Masyarakat Adat Perpatih", achieving the status of Graduate on Time (G.O.T.). Currently, his involvement in fine arts and visual culture extends to various activities and research both domestically and internationally. Numerous writings focusing on visual arts have been published, reflecting contemporary relevance while remaining rooted in the foundational content of artistic creation. As such, he firmly believes that content and ideas must be aligned to develop a coherent artwork.

Effariza Hanafi received the B.Eng. in Telecommunications (first class honours) from the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A., Australia, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2010 and 2014, respectively. She joined the Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she is now a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering. She is actively involved in research as a principal investigator and has secured research grants from Fundamental Research Grants Scheme (MOE, Malaysia) and internal research grants in Universiti Malaya. She has published more than 40 journal papers in ISI-indexed publications and refereed conference papers. She is an active reviewer for numerous high-quality journals such as IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Access and several international conferences such as IEEE Global Communications Conference.   She is currently a Senior Member for IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). She was the recipient of the MARA Scholarship for undergraduate study, and the Codan Achievement Prize in 2010. She was also the recipient of Scholarship from the Ministry of Higher Education and University of Malaya, Malaysia for her doctoral studies, and the best student poster presentation at the Australian Communications Theory Workshop (AusCTW) 2013. In 2015, she was the recipient of the University of Malaya Excellence Awards. She was an awardee for financial support from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for AUN/SEED-Net Regional Conference on Computer and Information Engineering (RCCIE) 2018.   Her main research interests span widely across the area of Internet of Things (system integration, smart system), wireless communication (5G networks, channel characterization, cooperative and distributed communications, non-orthogonal multiple access), RF technologies (PCB fabrication, UHF RFID tag antenna) and optical communications (fiber laser and sensor).