As a highly accomplished computer scientist and data mining expert with over 35 years of experience, I have demonstrated exceptional leadership, expertise, and vision in the field. Over the course of my career, I have achieved numerous successes and made significant contributions to the industry. I began as an entry-level computer programmer in 1988 and advanced to become a Professor of Data Mining at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology at the University of Malaya. I obtained my tertiary academic qualifications from Oklahoma City University and the University of Malaya, and I have published more than 90 academic papers in top-tier journals, including Information Fusion and the International Journal of Information Management. I have a remarkable H-index and number of citations in Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholars databases, and I have supervised numerous students at all levels of study. My areas of research include data warehouse, data mining, deep learning, IoT, activity recognition, wearable sensors, accelerometers, heart arrhythmia, electrocardiograph, supraventricular premature beat, multivariate time series, edge computing, task scheduling, data streams, mobile computing, speaker verification, language recognition, clustering algorithms, MapReduce, stock market, and sentiment analysis. I have received several grants of more than RM one million, including public, international, and private grants, and I have completed two commercial data science projects for Petronas GTD and Air Liquide. I serve as an Associate Editor for Human-Media Interaction - Frontiers in Psychology and a reviewer for several high-quality journals. I am also an Expert Advisory Panel for Master of Science (Data Science) Degree Program at UTP, Programme Advisory Panel for Bachelor of Business (Honors) in Business Analytics at TARUC, and an external assessor of Swinburne University of Technology (BS of Computer Science program). Additionally, I am an External Assessor for Programme Master Sciences (Computer and Information Engineering), IIUM, and a technical assessor of Swiss National Science Foundation. I have been teaching data mining since 2002, and have produced many highly qualified data scientists and Ph.D. graduates who have gone on to work for top companies like IBM, Amazon Web Services, and Google. As a highly respected and accomplished computer scientist, I have demonstrated exceptional dedication to the industry, and I am confident that my expertise, leadership, and vision make me a highly qualified computer scientist.

Farrah Dina Yusop is a distinguished academic and expert in instructional design and technology, online learning, and curriculum innovation. She holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instructional Technology (CIT) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) from Iowa State University (USA). She previously served as Director of Universiti Malaya’s Academic Enhancement and Leadership Development Center (ADeC), where she led institutional initiatives in online learning implementation and academic professional development. Internationally recognised for her scholarship in instructional design, technology-enhanced learning, innovative curriculum, and service-learning, she is best known for her Civic-Minded Instructional Designer (CMID) framework, which redefines how professionals are educated to contribute meaningfully to society. Her work has been published extensively in leading international and Malaysian journals, shaping discourse in instructional design and higher education. Her 2014 article in the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) received the Outstanding Journal Article Award from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), USA, an international recognition of the scholarly and practical impact of her research. She has authored over 73 journal articles, including 46 in high-impact journals, alongside more than 30 book chapters and 7 academic books. Her publications span instructional design, technology-enhanced learning, online education, and curriculum innovation, consistently translating theory into authentic, evidence-based educational practice. Her most recent and impactful recognitions include AKRI 2025, being a finalist for the Anugerah Akademik Negara (AAN) 2025, Malaysia’s highest national academic award, and recipient of Universiti Malaya’s Outstanding Academic Staff Award in the Social Sciences & Humanities category 2025. Earlier in her career, she received the International Outstanding Woman in Humanities and Social Sciences Award (2018) and AKRI 2018, in addition to multiple Universiti Malaya excellence awards in teaching and research. Dr. Farrah serves on international editorial boards, including MOJEM (a Scopus-indexed journal), and regularly contributes as an international and national external examiner. She is an invited keynote and guest speaker at conferences, seminars, and professional training programmes at both national and international levels. She has held strategic appointments on influential committees at international and national levels, including the Asia University Network–Technology Enhanced Personalised Learning (AUN-TEPL), the Malaysian e-Learning IPTA Council (MEIPTA), and the Majlis Kerjasama Ketua-ketua Pusat Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran IPTA Malaysia (MAGNETIC). She currently serves as a member of the Strategic Committee for Service-Learning Malaysia (SULAM), Ministry of Higher Education. Actively engaged in transdisciplinary research, she collaborates with scholars and industry partners across diverse fields such as healthcare, digital skills development, talent management, and professional education. Through major international initiatives, including Erasmus+ projects involving global university consortia, she continues to advance innovation, societal engagement, and excellence in higher education.

Dr Jim Chai is a registered pharmacist with the Pharmacy Board Malaysia, the Pharmacy Council of New Zealand, and the General Pharmaceutical Council (Great Britain). He previously practised as a hospital clinical pharmacist before transitioning into academia.   He graduated from the University of Otago in 2002 and later completed his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. His doctoral research employed a qualitative, patient-centred methodology to examine patients’ lived experiences of insulin therapy in the management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. This work laid the foundation for his sustained research interest in diabetes care, medicines use, and patient experience. He continues to expand his diabetes research portfolio, progressing from studies on insulin use to pharmacist-led prediabetes screening and early intervention models in community pharmacy practice.   At Universiti Malaya, his academic focus has broadened to include health professions education and higher education pedagogy, with particular emphasis on simulation-based learning, immersive technologies in pharmacy education, experiential learning design, and clinical readiness training. His work integrates educational innovation with service development to strengthen competency and practice preparedness among pharmacy graduates.   In addition, he serves as the Antimicrobial Stewardship Project Coordinator under the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society, where he leads the strategic development and implementation of stewardship training initiatives to enhance antimicrobial governance in Malaysian hospitals, particularly within the private healthcare sector.