PROF. DR. MOY FOONG MING

                Dr Moy is a Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, attached with the Department of Social & Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  She teaches Epidemiology, Nutritional Epidemiology, Research Methodology and Evidence-Based Medicine to both undergraduate and postgraduate candidates.   Her research interests include Translational Research in the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the community setting, Workplace Wellness and the effects of obesity and lifestyle behaviours (diet, physical activity etc ) on NCDs.                    Dr Moy is an established researcher and she has been included in the prestigious World’s Top 2 % Scientists in the Stanford University’s list for the last five conservative years (2020 to 2024).  Her expertise in obesity research is ranked top 2.8% among the published authors worldwide on Obesity from 2010 through 2023 (ExpertScape).       Dr Moy has vast experience in running cohort study.  Currently, she heads a cohort study comprising of almost 15,000 teachers from the Peninsular Malaysia (CLUSTer).  A biobank with serum, plasma and buffy coat was set up.  The study aims to determine the temporal relationship between lifestyle practices (diet and physical activity) and stress with cardiovascular diseases with repeated measurements over time.    This cohort study started in 2013 and up to date, a total 14 PhD/DrPH and one MMedSc (Research) candidates worked on this cohort study and ten of them have graduated.  Eighteen ISI articles are published from this cohort.                   Dr Moy is also actively involved in another study that works on the development of a mobile diet app using image capture as the dietary assessment method. This project is in collaboration with co-researchers in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Behavioural Science.  The goal is to have users monitor their diet and for researchers in the nutrition field to have a better tool in dietary assessment. This mobile diet app has registered for patent and copyrights.  Efforts to further refine it for commercialisation is ongoing.                   Dr Moy has generated research grants amounting to more than RM2.5 million. She published more than 100 manuscripts in peer review journals. She is also active in supervising research candidates.  To date, she has successfully supervised to completion more than 50 DrPH, PhD, MMedSc (Research) and MPH candidates.                    Dr Moy initiated and established the University of Malaya Wellness Program in 2008 and coordinated the program until 2013. She also co-ordinated the implementation of Clinical Epidemiology-Evidence Based Medicine module in the MBBS curriculum in 2008.  She was the coordinator for the Master of Public Health (MPH) program from 2018 to 2022.                  She served as Head of the Centre of Epidemiology and Evidence Based Practice (CEBP), one of the top ten research centres in Universiti Malaya, in 2024 - 2025.  She is a certified Cochrane Trainer and actively conducts workshops on Cochrane Systematic Review Protocol Development.    She serves as associate editors for international and local journals. She also reviews manuscripts for both local and international journals.                   She actively engages with the media in health advocacy especially in the prevention of obesity and NCDs, promotion of healthy lifestyle and lately in the preventive measures of COVID-19 as well as promotion of vaccination for COVID-19.                    In summary, Dr Moy has a rich portfolio in teaching, research, mentorship and health advocacy.

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PROF. TS. DR. SRI DEVI A/P RAVANA

Completed Bachelor of Information Technology (Information Science) in 2000 at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaya), and my Master of Software Engineering in 2001 at Universiti Malaya. Completed PhD at the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, The University of Melbourne in 2011. PhD supervised by: Prof. Alistair Moffat PhD Advisory Committee: Prof. Justin Zobel and Prof. Tim Baldwin. Currently she is a Professor at the Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. She is also serving as the Director, Centre for Integral Learning. She has also completed her tenure as the Head of Department from Aug 2017 - Sep 2019. She has also served as the Program Leader/Coordinator for Master of Computer Science from Jan 2012 to July 2017. Her research interest is in Information Retrieval Evaluation, Text Retrieval and Heuristics, Data Science, Data Mining and Machine Learning. She has won a couple of Best Paper Awards at International conferences. She actively delivers keynotes and guest lectures at International and National conferences and Research Seminars. She is also very active in having research collaboration with International researchers from well established Universities. Some of the universities she has collaborated with are Hong Kong University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK), University fo Auckland (NZ), University of Melbourne (Aus), University of Leeds (UK), Alagappa University (India), Amity University (India), Akshaya College of Engineering and Technology (India), Shiraz University (Iran), Mulungushi University (Zambia) and National University of Science and Technology (Pakistan), University of Gunma (Japan). At National level, she is active in the Society of Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management (PECAMP) and has been appointed as commitee member (Assistant Secretary). She has also served as the Secratary for the conference (Fourth International Conference on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management) organized by PECAMP in 2018. Recently in Dec 2020, she served as the General Chair for the virtually and internationally organized SIRKM 2020 (Seminar on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management) She is also the recipient of the competative AUA Scholars Award 2019-2020 - Host Institution is The National University of Singapore (Host Professor CHUA Tat-Seng - https://www.chuatatseng.com/ Sri Devi Ravana is also actively involved in community services. She has served as the Vice Chairman (Women Wings) for the Telugu Association of Malaysia (TAM). She is a actively involved in Girl Guides activities locally and internationally. She was also awarded the Queen Guides Award in 1995. At Universiti Malaya she championed the establishment of the Universiti Malaya Girl Guide Movement (Pasukan Pandu Puteri Siswi) in 2020. She currently serves as the Mentor of the Pasukan Pandu Puteri Siswi Universiti Malaya (UM Girl Guides Clovers).

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PROF. TS. DR. NOR BADRUL ANUAR BIN JUMA'AT

Professor Nor Badrul Anuar is a distinguished academic leader and researcher with a profound track record in institutional governance, digital transformation, and cybersecurity. Following the successful completion of his tenure as the Associate Vice Chancellor (Infrastructure and Information Services) and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Universiti Malaya, he also concluded a significant term as a Senate Member (2022–2025), where he chaired key committees overseeing ICT, sports, library services and infrastructure development. Currently, he serves as a Professor at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology and is the Director of the Centre of Research for Cyber Security & Network (CSNET). In this capacity, he spearheads excellence in cybersecurity research, supervising high-impact projects that foster innovation within the global security landscape. Nor Badrul Anuar began his academic journey at Universiti Malaya, earning his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Science in 2001 and 2003, respectively. He obtained his PhD at the Centre for Information Security & Network Research, University of Plymouth, UK 2012. After joining Universiti Malaya as a tutor in 2001, he was promoted to lecturer in 2003, senior lecturer in 2008, and associate professor in 2017. In 2022, he was promoted to full professor at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology at Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. In addition, he is also serving as a visiting professor at the Institute of Informatics and Computing in Energy (IICE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia. He has supervised numerous post-doctoral fellows and research students, including twenty-two PhD and ten master's research students, in the computer network security and applications domain between 2012 and 2025. He has published extensively on computer security and applications, with his work being featured in academic journals both domestically and internationally. As of January 2025, his 171 published paper has attracted 10,900 citations and an H-index of 48, making him a highly cited scholar. He is recognised as an expert in several subject categories, including computer science, engineering, science & technology, telecommunications, and information science & library science, by Web of Science. In 2022-2025, Stanford University recognised him as one of the world's top 2% scientists. Currently, he serves on the editorial board of two journals, including the Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA), which has an impact factor of 7.574. He has received numerous honours and recognitions throughout his illustrious career. He was honoured by Universiti Malaya for eight consecutive years, from 2012 to 2019, for his outstanding service. In 2015, he was recognised as an outstanding lecturer in science at Universiti Malaya and was awarded the university's highest honour, the Universiti Malaya Excellence Award (Anugerah Cemerlang Universiti Malaya). His research interests are intrusion detection systems, high-speed networks, and management information systems. Specifically, he focuses on intrusion detection systems, intrusion response systems, security event management, digital forensics, and network security, as well as switching, routing, IPv6, and multicast. His current research explores network traffic classification and its applications, as well as the role of federated learning in enhancing network security.    

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