Dr. Wang I Ta started his piano study at the age of ten and received his formal training in the National Taiwan Normal University (BA) under prof. Lina Yeh, Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University (MM) under prof. Boris Slutsky, and University of Minnesota (DMA) under prof. Alexander Braginsky.     He was the recipient of the Rising Star Award of National Concert Hall in Taiwan 2008, Hutchinson Scholarship (University of Minnesota), and Rosenberg Scholarship (Peabody Conservatory). He was the winner of the Schubert Club Music Competition, the Walnut Hill Concerto Competition, and the Eleanor Bell Watson Competition. Besides his formal education, he also attended and performed in renowned festivals such as TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute (now Piano Texas), International New York Keyboard Festival, and Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory-The International Summer School.   As a soloist, he has collaborated with the KLPAC Orchestra, Camerata Youth Orchestra, UM Symphony Orchestra, Hunan Symphony Orchestra and Longwood Symphony Orchestra, etc. His concerts in Taiwan were sponsored by the National Culture and Arts Foundation from 2008 to 2012.  He is currently the Head of the Music Department and a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Malaya.

Lai Kuan Tham is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Universiti Malaya. She is a member of the Centre for Applied Biomechanics. She obtained her PhD, MEngSc, and BEng in Biomedical Engineering from Universiti Malaya. Her research interests span widely across the areas of biomechanics, particularly in human movement analysis, physical activity monitoring, and medical diagnosis based on wearable technologies and artificial intelligence. Current research includes gait and movement analysis in lower limb amputees, early detection of epilepsy, and scoliosis classification.   

  Norjihan is currently an Associate Professor in Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaya. She holds a PhD in Computer Science from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (2013) and has served at UM since 2002, contributing extensively to teaching, research, and academic leadership. Her research interests focus on information security, particularly privacy, data security, and data protection, with significant publications in areas such as privacy in location-based services, mobile health applications, and sentiment analysis for mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has led and participated in numerous funded research projects, including those on secure health information exchange, intelligent transportation systems, and early disease prediction through daily activity analysis. Importantly, Dr. Norjihan has demonstrated strong involvement in academic program assessment and development, serving as Program Coordinator for the Master of Information Technology Management and playing a role in curriculum enhancement, underscoring her expertise and recognition in academic quality assurance and program assessment.