ASSOCIATE PROF. DR. SAAIDAL RAZALLI BIN AZZUHRI

Dr. Saaidal Razalli Azzuhri holds a BEng in Telecommunication from the University of Malaya. After graduation, he began his career as a Wireless Network Engineer at eB Technologies, a second-tier Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Malaysia. He later joined Telekom Malaysia, the country’s largest ISP, where he worked as a Network Engineer. He pursued his MSc in IT at the Malaysia University of Science and Technology (MUST), through a collaborative program with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2014, he completed his PhD in Wireless Network Systems at the University of Queensland, Australia, with a research focus on wireless ad-hoc routing systems. He is currently serving as an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer System & Technology, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya. In 2018, Dr. Saaidal established the university's first Blockchain Technology Lab using private funding. He later secured a government-to-government research grant to study transborder blockchain infrastructure between China and Malaysia, sponsored by the publicly-listed company MyEG Services Berhad. He has also received government and industry grants for artificial intelligence applications in wireless communications and drone systems, as well as an International Newton Mobility Grant for optical microfiber research. Dr. Saaidal holds two patents related to unmanned aerial vehicles and fiber optic biosensors. He is frequently invited by the media to provide expert commentary on cybersecurity, 5G networks, and other technology issues. His areas of expertise encompass wireless networks, mobile ad-hoc networks, autonomous systems, fiber lasers, fiber sensors and Blockchain. Some of Dr. Saaidal's media appearances include: ‘UM Miliki Makmal Teknologi Blockchain’, Utusan Malaysia, Nov 13, 2018 ‘UM Tubuh Makmal Teknologi Blockchain’, Berita Harian, Nov 15 2018 ‘Makmal Blockchain UM’, Harian Metro, Nov 25 2018 ‘Malaysia Perlu Tingkatkan Keselamatan Cyber Terutama Menuju Era 5G’, Buletin Pagi TV3, 24 Jan 2019 'Industri Halal Di Indonesia Butuh Dukungan Teknologi dan Inovasi', Ayo Bandung Portal, 29 September 2020 'Malaysia and China Collaborate to Enhance Cross-Border Supply Chain Traceability', Digital News Asia, 17 February 2023 'Malaysia hormati perjanjian dengan Ericsson, terbuka bekerjasama dengan pihak lain', Benar News Portal, 5 March 2023'Malaysia bincang kerjasama dengan Elon Musk, SpaceX bantu capaian akses internet', Malaysia Institute of Economic Research (MIER) News Portal, 18 July 2023 'MyEG, UM to include AI technology in collaborative research with China' The Star, 14 Jun 2023 'Watch what Dr Saaidal and Dr Kamarul of University Malaya have to say about 5G technology and how it will change our lives! #5GMalaysia', Richard Ker Tik Tok channel (Digital Media and Technology Influencer), 29 December 2023

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DR. LEE WAN LING

Dr. Lee Wan Ling was a practicing clinical nurse in coronary ward from 1992 until she joined the College of Nursing, University Malaya Medical Centre as nurse educator in 2000.  She joined the Department of Nursing Science UM in 2011. She has more than three decades of experience in teaching nursing students and supervising them in clinical areas. After obtaining her PhD in 2018, she is actively involved in research activities with keen interest in mobile-Health, technology in education, coronary nursing, aged care especially in long-term facilities, cross-cultural adaptation and validation of questionnaire, health literacy, nursing education, critical care and non-communicable diseases. Among her current projects in aged care research include the local adaptions and implementation of World Health Organization’s iSupport for Dementia in collaboration with Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation Malaysia and Sunway University (UMG003C-2022). She leads an interdisciplinary program to develop caregiving credentialing and music care module for caregivers and older people (IIRG003-2022 SAH) in collaboration with aged care industry and related NGOs (https://youtu.be/rB9hn6hcbBA). She also leads the Education and Training subcommittee of KENDANA – Malaysian Caregivers Association (https://www.kendana.com/portfolio ). She is expanding the development of electronic activity tracking system (EATs) prototype called UMFit (Grant RF009C-2018) with a team of UM researchers working on project entitled AI-Enabled Application for Personalization and Monitoring of Fitness Among Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients (Prototype Research Grant: PRGS/1/2022/SKK01/UM/02/1) in collaboration with international partners such as Huami and Huawei to build a hybrid cardiac rehabilitation program.

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DR. MARLINDA BINTI AB RAHMAN

Dr. Marlinda bt Ab Rahman is a senior lecturer at Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre (NANOCAT), University of Malaya, Malaysia since June 2018. She obtained her MS.c and Ph.D. from the University of Malaya, Malaysia in experimental physics in 2013 and 2017 respectively. She obtained her B.Sc. in physics from the same university. Her research interests are in the area of graphene, nanomaterials, electrochemical, and biosensors. Her current research project is on the synthesis and fabrication of graphene infused natural rubber composite for sensor applications.

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