Curriculum Vitae

DR. SAW SHIER NEE

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Artificial Intelligence
    Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
  • sawsn
  • 03-79676341

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD, (Kejuruteraan Bioperubatan)
    National University of Singapore
  • BBMedEng, (Kejuruteraan Bioperubatan)
    Universiti Malaya (um)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Excellence Service Award
    2025, Universiti Malaya
  • Silver Award
    2025, MTE,  (International)
  • Silver Medal
    2024, ITEX 2024,  (International)
  • Anugerah Projek Akademik Cemerlang 2024
    2024, FSKTM,  (University)
  • Certificate of Excellent Service
    2023, Universiti Malaya
  • World Council of Biomechanics (wcb, 2018) Student Bursary Award
    2018, World Council of Biomechanics (WCB, 2018),  (International)
  • Biomedical Engineering Society (bmes) Career Development Award
    2018, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES),  (International)
  • President?s Graduate Fellowship, Singapore
    2015, Singapore,  (International)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Deng, Jiaxuan; Sethi, Neha Sethi Ap Naresh; Kamar, Azanna Ahmad; Saaid, Rahmah; Loo, Chu Kiong; Mattar, Citra Nurfarah Zaini; Jalil, Nurul Syazwani; Saw, Shier Nee (2025). Enhancing Small-for-Gestational-Age Prediction: Multi-Country Validation of Nuchal Thickness, Estimated Fetal Weight, and Machine Learning Models, PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS. . doi:10.1002/pd.6748
  2. Heryanto, Christophorus Manuel; Phan, Chia Wei; Tan, Yee Shin; Saw, Shier Nee; Seow, Eng Keng (2025). Current Knowledge on Mushroom and Mushroom-Based Product Authentication: From DNA Barcoding, Chemometrics, to Artificial Intelligence, FOOD REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL. . doi:10.1080/87559129.2025.2480233
  3. Huang, Junjun; Saw, Shier Nee; Chen, Yanlin; Hu, Dongdong; Sun, Xufeng; Chen, Ning; Chu Kiong, Loo (2025). A Reconstructed UNet Model With Hybrid Fuzzy Pooling for Gastric Cancer Segmentation in Tissue Pathology Images, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON FUZZY SYSTEMS. 33(1), 457-467. doi:10.1109/TFUZZ.2024.3474699
  4. Matrol, Afrina Adlyna Mohamad; Koh, Melanie; Tan, Wei Ping Eddy; Ong, Hang Cheng; Ramanaidu, Letchumy Praba; Saw, Shier Nee (2025). Assessing the Accuracy of Fitness Smartwatch Data for Cardiovascular and Physical Activity Monitoring: A Validation Study in Digital Health, JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS. (216). doi:10.3791/67674
  5. Ou, Yang Zhou Ling; Chuah, Joon Huang; Ting, Hua Nong; Saw, Shier Nee; Zhao, Jun (2025). SAFH-Net: A Hybrid Network With Shuffle Attention and Adaptive Feature Fusion for Enhanced Retinal Vessel Segmentation, IEEE ACCESS. 13, 138932-138949. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3596113
  6. Saw, Shier Nee; Yan, Yet Yen; Ng, Kwan Hoong (2025). Current status and future directions of explainable artificial intelligence in medical imaging, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY. 183. doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2024.111884
  7. Wan, Tianran; Johnstone, Edward D.; Saw, Shier Nee; Jensen, Oliver E.; Chernyavsky, Igor L. (2025). A functional shunt in the umbilical cord: the role of coiling in solute and heat transfer, JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE. 22(230). doi:10.1098/rsif.2025.0148
  8. Huang, Junjun; Saw, Shier Nee; Feng, Wei; Jiang, Yujie; Yang, Ruohan; Qin, Yesheng; Seng, Lee Soon (2024). A Latent Factor-Based Bayesian Neural Networks Model in Cloud Platform for Used Car Price Prediction, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT. . doi:10.1109/TEM.2023.3270301
  9. Huang, Junjun; Saw, Shier Nee; He, Tianran; Feng, Wei; Loo, Chu Kiong (2024). A masked graph neural network model for real-time gastric polyp detection in Healthcare 4.0, JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION INTEGRATION. 34. doi:10.1016/j.jii.2023.100467
  10. Huang, Junjun; Saw, Shier Nee; He, Tianran; Yang, Ruohan; Qin, Yesheng; Chen, Yanlin; Kiong, Loo Chu (2024). DCNNLFS: A Dilated Convolutional Neural Network With Late Fusion Strategy for Intelligent Classification of Gastric Histopathology Images, IEEE JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH INFORMATICS. 28(8), 4534-4543. doi:10.1109/JBHI.2023.3334709
  11. Liao, Shufu; Li, Xuan; Deng, Maosen; Liu, Bin; Wang, Yatong; Saw, Shier Nee; Li, Zhe (2023). A Miniaturized Ultrasonic Micro-Hole Perforator for Minimally Invasive Craniotomy, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING. 70(7), 2069-2079. doi:10.1109/TBME.2023.3234965
  12. Ngo, Thi Kim Ngan; Yang, Sze Jue; Mao, Bin-Hsu; Nguyen, Thi Kim Mai; Ng, Qi Ding; Kuo, Yao-Lung; Tsai, Jui-Hung; Saw, Shier Nee; Tu, Ting-Yuan (2023). A deep learning-based pipeline for analyzing the influences of interfacial mechanochemical microenvironments on spheroid invasion using differential interference contrast microscopic images, MATERIALS TODAY BIO. 23. doi:10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100820
  13. Park, S., Saw, S. N., Li, X. T., Paknezhad, M., Coppola, D., Dinish, U. S., . . . Olivo, M. (2021). Model learning analysis of 3D optoacoustic mesoscopy images for the classification of atopic dermatitis. Biomedical Optics Express, 12(6), 3671-3683. doi: 10.1364/boe.415105
Others
  1. *Park, S., *Saw, S. N., *Li, X., Paknezhad, M., Coppola, D., Dinish, U. S., Ebrahim Attia, A. B., Yew, Y. W., Guan Thng, S. T., Lee, H. K., & Olivo, M. (2021). Model learning analysis of 3D optoacoustic mesoscopy images for the classification of atopic dermatitis. Biomedical Optics Express, 12(6), 3671-3683. https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.415105 *co-first author
  2. Saw, S. N., Biswas, A., Mattar, C. N. Z., Lee, H. K., & Yap, C. H. (2021). Machine learning improves early prediction of small-for-gestational-age births and reveals nuchal fold thickness as unexpected predictor. Prenatal Diagnosis, 41(4), 505-516. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/pd.5903
  3. Shier Nee Saw, Yichen Dai, Choon Hwai Yap. (2021). A Review of Biomechanics Analysis of the Umbilical Placenta System With Regards to Diseases
  4. Tun, W. M., Yap, C. H., Saw, S. N., James, J. L., & Clark, A. R. (2019). Differences in placental capillary shear stress in fetal growth restriction may affect endothelial cell function and vascular network formation. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 9876. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46151-6
  5. Saw, S. N., Low, J. Y. R., Mattar, C. N. Z., Biswas, A., Chen, L., & Yap, C. H. (2018). Motorizing and Optimizing Ultrasound Strain Elastography for Detection of Intrauterine Growth Restriction Pregnancies. Ultrasound Med Biol, 44(3), 532-543. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2017.12.007
  6. Saw, S. N., Low, J. Y. R., Ong, M. H. H., Poh, Y. W., Mattar, C. N. Z., Biswas, A., & Yap, C. H. (2018). Hyperelastic Mechanical Properties of Ex Vivo Normal and Intrauterine Growth Restricted Placenta. Ann Biomed Eng. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-018-2019-5
  7. Saw, S. N., Poh, Y. W., Chia, D., Biswas, A., Mattar, C. N. Z., & Yap, C. H. (2018). Characterization of the hemodynamic wall shear stresses in human umbilical vessels from normal and intrauterine growth restricted pregnancies [journal article]. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-018-1017-8
  8. Saw, S. N., Tay, J. J. H., Poh, Y. W., Yang, L., Tan, W. C., Tan, L. K., Clark, A., Biswas, A., Mattar, C. N. Z., & Yap, C. H. (2018). Altered Placental Chorionic Arterial Biomechanical Properties During Intrauterine Growth Restriction. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 16526. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34834-5
  9. Saw, S. N., Dawn, C., Biswas, A., Mattar, C. N. Z., & Yap, C. H. (2017). Characterization of the in vivo wall shear stress environment of human fetus umbilical arteries and veins. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 16(1), 197-211.
  10. Lau, J. S., Saw, S. N., Buist, M. L., Biswas, A., Zaini Mattar, C. N., & Yap, C. H. (2016). Mechanical testing and non-linear viscoelastic modelling of the human placenta in normal and growth restricted pregnancies. Journal of Biomechanics, 49(2), 173-184. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.11.055
Chapter in Books
  1. Saw, S. K., Sopandi, S. A., bin Ramely, R., Chan, C. K., Wong, M. P. K., & Saw, S. N. (2022). A Review of Artificial Intelligence Models in Prognosticating Abdominal Aorta Aneurysms. Empowering Sustainable Industrial 4.0 Systems With Machine Intelligence, 101-112.

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2023 - 2026, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    Deciphering The Factors Associated With Neonatal Death And Prolonged In-hospital Length-of-stay Using Machine Learning ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 2025 - 2026, AI FOR MEDICINE RESEARCH GRANT SCHEME
    Ai-generated Virtual Patient Cases ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2025 - 2026, AI FOR MEDICINE RESEARCH GRANT SCHEME
    Natural Language Vp Response: A Comprehensive Framework For Needs- Assessment, Co-design, Validation & Scaled Implementation Of Generative-ai Educational Tools In Undergraduate Medicine ( Co-Researcher)
  4. 2025 - 2026, AI FOR MEDICINE RESEARCH GRANT SCHEME
    Myvip@ Um Integration ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  5. 2025 - 2026, AI FOR MEDICINE RESEARCH GRANT SCHEME
    Capacity Building For Artificial Intelligence In Health Care: Producing Technologically-adept Healthcare Workers In Malaysia ( Co-Researcher)
  6. 2025 - 2026, Others MOHE
    Optimizing Large Language Models For Vaccine Communication: A Bilingual Evaluation And Intervention Approach ( Co-Researcher)
  7. 2024 - 2025, RU Geran - UMCIC
    Neoguard ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  8. 2023 - 2024, MOSTI-Funding
    An Ai-driven Fetal Monitoring Model To Predict Fetal Growth Restriction Infants ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  9. 2023 - 2024, Partnership Grant
    Real-Time Detection And Classification Of Oral Lesions For Early Detection Of Oral Cancer ( Co-Researcher)
  10. 2020 - 2023, Others MOHE - Top 100 (IIRG)-HWB
    Improving Dengue Severity Prognostication Using Artificial Intelligence ? The Desprog Study ( Co-Researcher)
  11. 2021 - 2023, RU Geran
    Establishing Safe Environments To Return To Tertiary Education Settings For Post-covid-19 Via Computational Fluid Dynamics Solution ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  12. 2021 - 2023, Government Agency
    Early Detection Of Intrauterine Growth Restriction Fetus Using Artificial Intelligence ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  13. 2021 - 2023, International Funding
    Match 2021: Deep Learning Based Severity Assessment Of Autism In Children ( Co-Researcher)
  14. 2022 - 2023, MOSTI-Funding
    Memosa? Aicp: A Digital Health Platform For Early Detection Of Oral Cancer ( Co-Researcher)
Private
  1. 2021 - 2025, Private Funding
    Remeshing Using Deep Learning ( Principal Investigator(PI))
International
  1. 2024 - 2027, International Funding
    Prospective Trial Of A Machine Learning Algorithm For Rapid Rule-out Of Acute Coronary Syndrome ( Principal Investigator(PI))
University
  1. 2025 - 2026, University Grant
    UMHealth AI-Enhanced Virtual Patient Project ( Co-Researcher)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2025) Penilaian Permohonan Skim Geran Padanan UM-ucsi 2025, University, (Internal Evaluator)
  2. (2025) Reviewer for Grant, University, (External Evaluator)
Contribution to external organisation
  1. (2025) Visiting Professor of Cancer Research Malaysia, International, (Adjunct/Visiting Professors)
Contribution to event
  1. (2021) Co-director of The 14th Annual Asean College of Medical Physics (acomp), International, (Event Coordinator)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
  1. (2025) Improving Long Covid Symptoms Prognostication using Physiological Measurements Data with Machine Learning, AFRINA ADLYNA BINTI MOHAMAD MATROL
  2. (2025) RAPID ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES PREDICTION WITH MACHINE LEARNING MODELS, DENG JIAXUAN
  3. (2025) Deep-learning-based NBI for gastric cancer., JUNJUN HUANG
  4. (2025) MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION METHODS BASED ON GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS, OU YANGZHOULING
  5. (2025) Automated Detection of Oral Lesions Using Deep Learning for Early Detection of Oral Cancer, TAN YONG LE
  6. (2025) Forecasting Fetus Growth Using Machine Learning, YANG YUHAN
  7. (2025) Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Clinical Chatbot For Anorectal Malformation (ARM) with Large Language Model (LLM), TUA YONG LIANG
  8. (2024) Modeling Nuchal Fold in Predicting Small-for-Gestational at Birth, DENG JIAXUAN

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITIES

  • Keynote Speaker, (25 Nov 2025 - 26 Nov 2025) (International)
  • Penulis Bersama Untuk Kursus Kepintaran Buatan Dalam Kesihatan Digital (mqi7013), (15 Mar 2025 - 15 Sep 2025) (University)
  • Content Validator, (10 Mar 2025 - 31 Jul 2025) (University)
  • Invited Speaker for Universiti Malaya Centre for Data Analytics Workshop Series 2025: Data Analytics for Health and Medicine, (15 Jan 2025 - 16 Jan 2025) (International)
  • Exco for Ysn-asm 2024, (09 Nov 2024 - 10 Nov 2025) (National)
  • Committee for Chrysalis Award, (07 Nov 2024 - 10 Nov 2024) (National)
  • Setup and Showcase The Research Technology and Engaging in Discussions to Highlight The Impact of Scientific Advancements, (16 Oct 2024 - 19 Oct 2024) (International)
  • Moderator for Ysn-asm Science Leadership Program 2024, (01 Jul 2024 - 03 Jul 2024) (National)
  • Invited Speaker, (16 Aug 2023 - 18 Aug 2023) (International)
  • Judge On Our Computer Science Panel, (01 Jun 2022 - 10 Sep 2022) (International)