Curriculum Vitae

PROF. TS. DR. VIMALA A/P BALAKRISHNAN

Professor
  • Department of Information System
    Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
  • vimala.balakrishnan
  • +603-79676377

BIOGRAPHY

Ts Dr. Vimala Balakrishnan is a Professor at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaya. She holds a PhD in Ergonomics from Multimedia University and leads interdisciplinary research combining machine learning, deep learning, and data analytics with applications across social media, healthcare, and societal issues such as cyberbullying and misinformation. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, holds multiple patents and copyrights, and has been recognized among the top 2% of scientists worldwide by Stanford University (2020–2025). To date, she has secured more than RM 4 million in total research grants as both Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator. Her awards include Malaysia Scopus Excellence Research Award (2024) and Fulbright Research Scholar (2018). She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students, supervises PhD and Master students, and delivers lectures and keynotes at international universities.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS IN MACHINE LEARNING
    Applied Science And Technology, Information And Communication Technology (ict), Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning
  • DATA ANALYTICS
    Applied Science And Technology, Information And Communication Technology (ict), Data And Information Management And Analytics

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • PhD(MMU), (Ergonomic Management)
    Universiti Multimedia Malaysia (mmu)
  • MSc(Computer Science)USM, (Computer Science)
    Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
  • BCompSc(Hons)USM, (Computer Science)
    Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • AHLI JAWATANKUASA KURIKULUM FAKULTI (IJAZAH DASAR)
    04 Nov 2023 - 31 Dec 2027 (Faculty)
  • AHLI JAWATANKUASA PENYELIDIKAN, PENCIPTAAN NILAI DAN USAHAWAN
    01 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026 (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Task Force Member
    01 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2026 (University Malaya)
  • AHLI JAWATANKUASA HARTA INTELEK UNIVERSITI MALAYA DI PUSAT INOVASI & PERUSAHAAN
    01 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2026 (University Malaya)
  • Mentor - International Engineering Invention & Innovation Exhibition (i-ENVEX)
    04 Apr 2014 - present (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Programme Quality Assurance Expert - ProQAE
    01 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2025 (University Malaya)
  • Coordinator for Minor Program
    24 Mar 2024 - 31 Dec 2025 (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • PEMBANGUNAN UJIAN PSIKOMETRIK UNTUK CALON FELO SKIM LATIHAN (SLAB)/ (SLAI)/ MARA) ATAU PENAJA-PENAJA LAIN
    22 Apr 2025 - 22 Oct 2025 (University Malaya)
  • Task force member for UMExpert
    01 Sep 2023 - 31 Aug 2025 (University Malaya)
  • AJK Kurikulum bagi Program Doktor Falsafah (PhD)
    01 Mar 2023 - 04 Mar 2025 (Faculty)
  • Task force member for Master in Data Science (CW & ODL)
    03 Mar 2023 - 04 Mar 2025 (Faculty)
  • Task force member (AJK) for Quality Assurance (Internal Auditor)
    01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2024 (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • AHLI TASKFORCE PENSTRUKTURAN PROGRAM LATIHAN UNTUK STAF AKADEMIK BAHARU (EMERALD)
    14 Jun 2024 - 31 Dec 2024 (University Malaya)
  • AHLI JAWATANKUASA KURIKULUM JABATAN SISTEM MAKLUMAT (IJAZAH DASAR)
    23 Nov 2023 - 31 Dec 2024 (Department)
  • Coordinator for Minor Program (Penyelaras Program Minor)
    24 Jun 2023 - 23 Mar 2024 (Faculty)
  • Coordinator for Data Science Project (Bachelor in Data Science)
    11 Nov 2022 - 10 Nov 2023 (Faculty)
  • Task Force Member
    13 May 2022 - 31 Dec 2022 (University Malaya)
  • Task Force Member
    08 Feb 2022 - 31 Dec 2022 (Faculty)
  • Task Force Member
    30 May 2022 - 31 Dec 2022 (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Associate Editor for Malaysian Journal of Computer Science
    01 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2022 (International)
  • Programme Coordinator
    01 Jan 2018 - 15 Oct 2021 (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Member for AMPP Center for IR 4
    01 Aug 2018 - 31 Jul 2019 (University Malaya)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY (ACM), MEMBER
    2026 to present (International)
  • LEMBAGA TEKNOLOGIS MALAYSIA (MBOT), MEMBER
    2025 to 2026 (National)
  • ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
    2025 to present (International)
  • EDITOR IN CHIEF - MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, CHIEF EDITOR/ EDITOR IN CHIEF
    2024 to 2026 (International)
  • FULL MEMBER - MALAYA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER OF RESEARCH (MALAYA AIR), MEMBER
    2024 to 2026 (University)
  • FULL MEMBER - ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE FOR THE DEVELOPING WORLD, MEMBER
    Since 2022 (International)
  • ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE ( OWSD MALAYSIAN NATIONAL CHAPTER ), MEMBER
    Since 2022 (National)
  • SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE IN MALAYSIA 2022, MEMBER
    Since 2021 (International)
  • FULBRIGHT ALUMNI, MEMBER
    Since 2018 (International)
  • LEADERSHIP IN INNOVATION FELLOW (ROYAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING), MEMBER
    Since 2017 (International)
  • GLOBAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FORUM, ASSOCIATE MEMBER
    Since 2012 (International)
  • MEDICRES, MEMBER
    Since 2012 (International)
  • PROFESSIONAL TECHNOLOGIST, MEMBER
    2024 to 2025 (National)
  • PROFESSIONAL TECHNOLOGIST, MEMBER
    2023 to 2024 (National)
  • ACM COMPUTING MACHINERY, MEMBER
    2023 to 2024 (International)
  • ASSOCIATE EDITOR FOR MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
    2022 to 2024 (International)
  • ASSOCIATE EDITOR (MJCS), MEMBER
    2022 to 2024 (International)
  • QUALITY ASSURANCE TASK FORCE MEMBER, MEMBER
    2022 to 2024 (University)
  • PROFESSIONAL TECHNOLOGIST, MEMBER
    2022 to 2023 (National)
  • PROFESSIONAL TECHNOLOGISTS, MEMBER
    2021 to 2022 (National)
  • MCCA ACADEMIC ADVISOR , ADVISORY BOARD
    2020 to 2022 (National)
  • MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, MEMBER
    2020 to 2022 (International)
  • TASK FORCE CURRICULUM REVIEW FOR MASTER BY RESEARCH, MEMBER
    2021 to 2021 (University)
  • PROGRAMME COORDINATOR FOR MASTER OF DATA SCIENCE, MEMBER
    2019 to 2021 (University)
  • INTERNAL AUDITOR, MEMBER
    2019 to 2021 (University)
  • IEEE.ORG, ACTIVE MEMBER
    2019 to 2019 (International)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Top 2% World Scientist 2025 (long Career)
    2025, Stanford University,  (International)
  • Top 2% World Scientist 2025 (single Year)
    2025, Stanford University,  (International)
  • Excellence Service Award
    2024, Universiti Malaya
  • Mohe- Elsevier Research Excellence Award 2024 - Societal Impact
    2024, Elsevier & MOHE,  (International)
  • Top 2% World Scientist (long Career 2024)
    2024, Stanford University,  (International)
  • Top 2% World Scientist (single Year 2024)
    2024, Standford University,  (International)
  • Gold Award (mytbcompanion - An Integrated Video Observed Therapy Application for Tuberculosis Management in Malaysia)
    2024, ITEX,  (International)
  • Publication in Top 10% Web of Science Indexed Journals Series 2024 -1
    2024, Web of Science,  (International)
  • Silver Award (diagnostic Model Comparison Analysis Based On Pyroptosis Related Genes in Breast Cancer
    2024, MNNF,  (International)
  • Gold Medal (professional) - Mytbcompanion - Tuberculosis Care and Management Through a Bi-lingual Asynchronous Video Observed Therapy Mhealth
    2024, MNNF,  (International)
  • Top 2% World Scientists 2023 (career and Single Year)
    2023, Stanford University,  (International)
  • Diamond Award (hello@UM - An Integrated Vot App)
    2023, MNNF,  (International)
  • Gold Award (hello+@UM - An Integrated Video Observed Therapy System to Revolutionize Tuberculosis Care in Malaysia)
    2023, 3rd International Research Invention, Innovation and Exhibition,  (International)
  • Gold Award (hello@UM)
    2023, UiTM,  (International)
  • Best of The Best Award (hello@UM)
    2023, UiTM,  (International)
  • Best Video Presentation (hello@UM)
    2023, MNNF Networks,  (International)
  • Gold Award (hello@UM - Tuberculosis Vots)
    2023, MNNF Networks,  (International)
  • Top 2% World Scientists 2022 (career and Single Year)
    2022, Stanford University,  (International)
  • Top 2% World Scientists 2021
    2021, Stanford University,  (International)
  • Gold Award (hello@UM)
    2021, ITEX2021,  (International)
  • Best Paper - Coronavirus Stress: Stressors and Socio-demographic Correlates Among Malaysian Women in The Midst of Lockdown
    2021, Universitas Putra Indonesia,  (International)
  • The Pandemic and Its Effect On Malaysian Women?emotional Distress, Stressors and Socio-demographici
    2021, SciTech,  (International)
  • Top 2% World Scientist 2020
    2020, Stanford University,  (International)
  • Indonesia Innovators Day 2020 (gold - Sentiment and Personality Based Cyberbullying Detection Model)
    2020, Universiti Mercu Bina,  (International)
  • Fcsit Innovation 2019 (best Poster Award)
    2019, University of Malaya,  (Ptj/ Faculty)
  • Invention Innovation and Design Exposition 2019 (iidex)
    2019, UiTM,  (National)
  • Invention Innovation and Design Exposition 2019 (iidex) - Diapool (bronze)
    2019, UiTM,  (National)
  • IEEE National Postgraduate Poster Competition 2019 (4th Place)
    2019, University Sains Malaysia,  (National)
  • Fulbright Visiting Scholar 2018
    2018, MACEE,  (International)
  • Invention Innovation and Design Exposition 2017 (silver) - Phybr-sentiextended
    2017, UiTM,  (National)
  • Invention Innovation and Design Exposition 2017 (diamond/gold) - Sentical: Sentiment Intensity Calculator
    2017, UiTM,  (National)
  • Invention Innovation and Design Exposition 2017 (gold) - E-notification Management System
    2017, UiTM,  (National)
  • Cardiff Incoming Visiting Fellowship Scheme & International Collaboration Seedcorn Fund.
    2017, Cardiff University,  (International)
  • International Invention and Innovative Competition 2017 (sentical- Diamond Award)
    2017, MNNF Network,  (International)
  • International Intellectual Exposition Iiex 2017 - Sentical (bronze)
    2017, Adinda Resources,  (International)
  • Learning Innovation and Teaching Education Research (silver)
    2017, University of Malaya,  (University)
  • International Invention, Innovation and Design Competition 2017 - Phybr (silver)
    2017, UiTM,  (International)
  • Leaders in Innovation Fellowship
    2017, Royal Academy of Engineering,  (International)
  • Excellence Service Award
    2017, Universiti Malaya

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
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  1. Basheer, Faris; Balakrishnan, Vimala (2026). Think Before You Click: Psychological Factors and the Role of Self-Awareness in Cyber Scam Resilience, DEVIANT BEHAVIOR. . doi:10.1080/01639625.2026.2647429
  2. Shuib, Liyana; Eke, Christopher Ifeanyi; Azmi, Noraniza; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Abdul Razak, Hairil (2026). Machine Learning Technique for Managing Vulnerable People During the Covid-19 and Related Pandemic Through Telemedicine: Systematic Review, Open Challenges, and Research Directions, NEURAL PROCESSING LETTERS. 58(2). doi:10.1007/s11063-025-11807-0
  3. Azman, Shafiqah; Pathmanathan, Dharini; Balakrishnan, Vimala (2025). A two-stage forecasting model using random forest subset-based feature selection and BiGRU with attention mechanism: Application to stock indices, PLOS ONE. 20(5). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0323015
  4. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Ahhmed, Umayma; Basheer, Faris (2025). Personal, environmental and behavioral predictors associated with online fraud victimization among adults, PLOS ONE. 20(1). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0317232
  5. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Kumaresan, Thayananth; Surendra, Henry; Allsop, Matthew; Tiong, Chiong Kian; Sheng, Nicholas Ng Jian; Mohtar, Mazlina (2025). Developing and assessing MyTBCompanion - A tri-lingual integrated video observed therapy app for tuberculosis patient management in Malaysia and Indonesia, PLOS ONE. 20(4). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0320394
  6. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Loganathamoorthy, Deepiga; Kumar Ayyasamy, Ramesh; Alhashmi, Saadat M.; Chinnasamy, P. (2025). Online suicide ideation detection (OnSIDe): a context-aware transfer learning approach using BERT-CNN, PEERJ COMPUTER SCIENCE. 11. doi:10.7717/peerj-cs.3239
  7. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Rustamov, Zahiriddin; Ramanathan, Ghayathri; Lim, Jia Leng (2025). A decade's overview of artificial intelligence in diagnosing: a scoping review, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MACHINE LEARNING AND CYBERNETICS. . doi:10.1007/s13042-024-02440-9
  8. Morelli, Mara; Rosati, Fau; Cattelino, Elena; Urbini, Flavio; Baiocco, Roberto; Bianchi, Dora; Laghi, Fiorenzo; Gasseau, Maurizio; Sorokowski, Piotr; Misiak, Michal; Dziekan, Martyna; Hudson, Heather; Marshall, Alexandra; Nguyen, Thanh Truc; Mark, Lauren; Kopecky, Kamil; Szotkowski, Rene; Demirtas, Ezgi Toplu; Van Ouytsel, Joris; Ponnet, Koen; Walrave, Michel; Zhu, Tingshao; Chen, Ya; Zhao, Nan; Liu, Xiaoqian; Voiskounsky, Alexander; Bogacheva, Nataliya; Ioannou, Maria; Synnott, John; Tzani-Pepelasis, Kalliopi; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Okumu, Moses; Small, Eusebius; Nikolova, Silviya Pavlova; Drouin, Michelle; Ragona, Alessandra; Chirumbolo, Antonio (2025). Emotionally Tough, Sexting Rough: Relationship Between Callous Unemotional Traits and Aggravated Sexting in 11 Countries, PSICOTHEMA. 37(3), 33-44. doi:10.70478/psicothema.2025.37.22
  9. Subramaniam, Rajendren; Azzuhri, Saaidal Razalli; Wah, Teh Ying; Mahmood, Atif; Balakrishnan, Vimala (2025). A Holistic Anti-Counterfeiting Platform Using NFC and Blockchain Technologies, CMC-COMPUTERS MATERIALS & CONTINUA. 83(3), 4257-4280. doi:10.32604/cmc.2025.061560
  10. Balakrishnan, Vimala (2024). Socio-demographic Predictors for Misinformation Sharing and Authenticating amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic among Malaysian Young Adults, INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT. . doi:10.1177/02666669221118922
  11. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Ayyasamy, Ramesh Kumar; Alhashmi, Saadat M. (2024). COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake Among Vaccinated Population in Malaysia, SAGE OPEN. 14(4). doi:10.1177/21582440241292709
  12. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Eesan, Meesha Lini (2024). Enablers and disablers for contactless payment acceptance among Malaysian adults, HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS. 11(1). doi:10.1057/s41599-024-03057-7
  13. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Ramanathan, Ghayathri; Zhou, Siyi; Wong, Chee Kuan (2024). Optimized support vector regression predicting treatment duration among tuberculosis patients in Malaysia, MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS. . doi:10.1007/s11042-023-16028-y
  14. Govindan, Vithyatheri; Balakrishnan, Vimala (2024). INVESTIGATING THE IMPORTANCE OF HYPERBOLES TO DETECT SARCASM USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES, MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. 37(1), 71-88. doi:10.22452/mjcs.vol37no1.3
  15. Rajagopal, Saravanan; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Chiam, Yin Kia (2024). The direct effect of institutional factors on healthcare information systems (HIS) organisational interoperability in Malaysian public hospitals, HEALTH INFORMATICS JOURNAL. 30(4). doi:10.1177/14604582241294218
  16. Shaikh, Farhan Bashir; Ayyasamy, Ramesh Kumar; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Rehman, Mobashar; Kalhoro, Shadab (2024). Cyberbullying attitude, intention and behaviour among Malaysian tertiary students - A two stage SEM- ANN approach, EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES. . doi:10.1007/s10639-023-12064-1
  17. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Gan, Chin Lay (2023). Going Cashless? Elucidating Predictors for Mobile Payment Users' Readiness and Intention to Adopt, SAGE OPEN. 13(4). doi:10.1177/21582440231215111
  18. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Govindan, Vithyatheri; Govaichelvan, Kumanan N. (2023). Tamil Offensive Language Detection: Supervised versus Unsupervised Learning Approaches, ACM TRANSACTIONS ON ASIAN AND LOW-RESOURCE LANGUAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING. 22(4). doi:10.1145/3575860
  19. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Kehrabi, Yousra; Ramanathan, Ghayathri; Paul, Scott Arjay; Tiong, Chiong Kian (2023). Machine learning approaches in diagnosing tuberculosis through biomarkers-A systematic review, PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY. 179, 16-25. doi:10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2023.03.001
  20. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Ng, Kee Seong; Kaur, Wandeep; Lee, Zhen Lek (2023). COVID-19 mental health prevalence and its risk factors in South East Asia, CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY. . doi:10.1007/s12144-021-02556-z
  21. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Ng, See Kiat (2023). Personality and emotion based cyberbullying detection on YouTube using ensemble classifiers, BEHAVIOUR & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. . doi:10.1080/0144929X.2022.2116599
  22. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Yong, Kok Khuen; Tiong, Chiong Kian; Ng, Nicholas Jian Shen; Ni, Zhao (2023). A Scoping Review of Knowledge, Awareness, Perceptions, Attitudes, and Risky Behaviors of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Southeast Asia, HEALTHCARE. 11(8). doi:10.3390/healthcare11081093
  23. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Zing, Hii Lee; Laporte, Eric (2023). COVID-19 INFODEMIC - UNDERSTANDING CONTENT FEATURES IN DETECTING FAKE NEWS USING A MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH, MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. 36(1), 1-13. doi:10.22452/mjcs.vol36no1.1
  24. Balakrisnan, Vimala; Kaity, Mohammed (2023). Cyberbullying detection and machine learning: a systematic literature review, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REVIEW. . doi:10.1007/s10462-023-10553-w
  25. Kaur, Wandeep; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Wei, Ian Ng Zhi; Chen, Annabel Yeo Yung; Ni, Zhao (2023). Understanding Women's Knowledge, Awareness, and Perceptions of STIs/STDs in Asia: A Scoping Review, HEALTHCARE. 11(19). doi:10.3390/healthcare11192643
  26. Balakrishnan, Vimala (2022). COVID-19 and fake news dissemination among Malaysians - Motives and its sociodemographic correlates, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION. 73. doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102900
  27. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Ng, Kee S.; Arabnia, Hamid R. (2022). Unravelling social media racial discriminations through a semi-supervised approach, TELEMATICS AND INFORMATICS. 67. doi:10.1016/j.tele.2021.101752
  28. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Ng, Kee Seong; Kaur, Wandeep; Govaichelvan, Kumanan; Lee, Zhen Lek (2022). COVID-19 depression and its risk factors in Asia Pacific - A systematic review and meta-analysis, JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 298, 47-56. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.11.048
  29. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Ng, Wei Zhen; Soo, Mun Chong; Han, Gan Joo; Lee, Choon Jiat (2022). Infodemic and fake news-A comprehensive overview of its global magnitude during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021: A scoping review, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION. 78. doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103144
  30. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Rahman, Luqman Hakim Abdul; Tan, Jia Kai; Lee, Yee Sin (2022). COVID-19 fake news among the general population: motives, sociodemographic, attitude/behavior and impacts - a systematic review, ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW. . doi:10.1108/OIR-02-2022-0082
  31. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Shi, Zhongliang; Law, Chuan Liang; Lim, Regine; Teh, Lee Leng; Fan, Yue (2022). A deep learning approach in predicting products' sentiment ratings: a comparative analysis, JOURNAL OF SUPERCOMPUTING. . doi:10.1007/s11227-021-04169-6
  32. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Shi, Zhongliang; Law, Chuan Liang; Lim, Regine; Teh, Lee Leng; Fan, Yue; Periasamy, Jeyarani (2022). A Comprehensive Analysis of Transformer-Deep Neural Network Models in Twitter Disaster Detection, MATHEMATICS. 10(24). doi:10.3390/math10244664
  33. Govindan, Vithyatheri; Balakrishnan, Vimala (2022). A machine learning approach in analysing the effect of hyperboles using negative sentiment tweets for sarcasm detection, JOURNAL OF KING SAUD UNIVERSITY-COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES. 34(8), 5110-5120. doi:10.1016/j.jksuci.2022.01.008
  34. Kaur, Wandeep; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Chen, Yoke Yong; Periasamy, Jeyarani (2022). Mental Health Risk Factors and Coping Strategies among Students in Asia Pacific during COVID-19 Pandemic-A Scoping Review, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 19(15). doi:10.3390/ijerph19158894
  35. Kaur, Wandeep; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Wong, Kok-Seng (2022). IMPROVING MULTI-LABEL TEXT CLASSIFICATION USING WEIGHTED INFORMATION GAIN AND CO-TRAINED MULTINOMIAL NAIVE BAYES CLASSIFIER, MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. 35(1), 21-36. doi:10.22452/mjcs.vol35no1.2
  36. Abd Rauf, A. A., Ismail, M. A., Balakrishnan, V., Cheong, L. S., Admodisastro, N. I., & Haruna, K. (2021). Analysis of Support for Parents in Raising Children with Dyslexia. Journal of Family Issues, 42(2), 276-292. doi: 10.1177/0192513x20948925
  37. Balakrishnan, V., & Shuib, N. L. M. (2021). Drivers and inhibitors for digital payment adoption using the Cashless Society Readiness-Adoption model in Malaysia. Technology in Society, 65, 9. doi: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101554
  38. Balakrishnan, V., Kaity, M., Rahim, H. A., & Ismail, N. (2021). SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYTICS USING SENTIMENT AND CONTENT ANALYSES ON THE 2018 MALAYSIA'S GENERAL ELECTION. Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, 34(2), 171-183. doi: 10.22452/mjcs.vol34no2.3
  39. Balakrishnan, V., Lok, P. Y., & Rahim, H. A. (2021). A semi-supervised approach in detecting sentiment and emotion based on digital payment reviews. Journal of Supercomputing, 77(4), 3795-3810. doi: 10.1007/s11227-020-03412-w
  40. Balakrishnan, V., Ng, K. S., & Rahim, H. A. (2021). To share or not to share - The underlying motives of sharing fake news amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. Technology in Society, 66, 11. doi: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101676
  41. Balakrishnan, V., Nor, A. M., & Zainal, N. Z. (2021). COVID-19 nationwide lockdown and it's emotional stressors among Malaysian women. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 31(3), 236-250. doi: 10.1080/02185385.2021.1886976
  42. Morelli, M., Urbini, F., Bianchi, D., Baiocco, R., Cattelino, E., Laghi, F., . . . Chirumbolo, A. (2021). The Relationship between Dark Triad Personality Traits and Sexting Behaviors among Adolescents and Young Adults across 11 Countries. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(5), 25. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052526
  43. Arabi, H., Balakrishnan, V., & Shuib, N. L. M. (2020). A Context-Aware Personalized Hybrid Book Recommender System. Journal of Web Engineering, 19(3-4), 405-427. doi: 10.13052/jwe1540-9589.19343
  44. Balakrishnan, V., & Norman, A. A. (2020). Psychological motives of cyberbullying among Malaysian young adults. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 30(3), 181-194. doi: 10.1080/02185385.2020.1772101
  45. Balakrishnan, V., Khan, S., Arabnia, H. R. (2020). Improving cyberbullying detection using Twitter users psychological features and machine learning. Computers Security, 90, 11. doi: 10.1016/j.cose.2019.101710
  46. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Khan, Shahzaib; Arabnia, Hamid R. (2020). Improving cyberbullying detection using Twitter users' psychological features and machine learning, COMPUTERS & SECURITY. 90. doi:10.1016/j.cose.2019.101710
  47. Kaity, M., & Balakrishnan, V. (2020). An integrated semi-automated framework for domain-based polarity words extraction from an unannotated non-English corpus. Journal of Supercomputing, 76(12), 9772-9799. doi: 10.1007/s11227-020-03222-0
  48. Kaity, M., & Balakrishnan, V. (2020). Sentiment lexicons and non-English languages: a survey. Knowledge and Information Systems, 62(12), 4445-4480. doi: 10.1007/s10115-020-01497-6
  49. Maw, M., Balakrishnan, V., Rana, O., Ravana, S. D. (2020). TRENDS AND PATTERNS OF TEXT CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES: A SYSTEMATIC MAPPING STUDY. Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, 33(2), 102-117. doi: 10.22452/mjcs.vol33no2.2
  50. Maw, Maw; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Rana, Omer; Ravana, Sri Devi (2020). TRENDS AND PATTERNS OF TEXT CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUES: A SYSTEMATIC MAPPING STUDY, MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. 33(2), 102-117. doi:10.22452/mjcs.vol33no2.2
  51. Mehmood, Y., & Balakrishnan, V. (2020). An enhanced lexicon-based approach for sentiment analysis: a case study on illegal immigration. Online Information Review, 44(5), 1097-1117. doi: 10.1108/oir-10-2018-0295
  52. Morelli, M., Chirumbolo, A., Bianchi, D., Baiocco, R., Cattelino, E., Laghi, F., . . . Drouin, M. (2020). The role of HEXACO personality traits in different kinds of sexting:A cross-cultural study in 10 countries. Computers in Human Behavior, 113, 11. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2020.106502
  53. Balakrishnan, V., Govindan, V., Arshad, N. I., Shuib, L., Cachia, E. (2019). FACEBOOK USER REACTIONS AND EMOTION: AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE ONLINE DIABETES COMMUNITY. Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, 87-97. doi: 10.22452/mjcs.sp2019no3.6
  54. Balakrishnan, V., Khan, S., Fernandez, T., Arabnia, H. R. (2019). Cyberbullying detection on twitter using Big Five and Dark Triad features. Personality and Individual Differences, 141, 252-257. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2019.01.024
  55. Kaity, M., Balakrishnan, V. (2019). An automatic non-English sentiment lexicon builder using unannotated corpus. Journal of Supercomputing, 75(4), 2243-2268. doi:10.1007/s11227-019-02755-3
  56. Kaur, W., Balakrishnan, V., Rana, O., Sinniah, A. (2019). Liking, sharing, commenting and reacting on Facebook: User behaviors impact on sentiment intensity. Telematics and Informatics, 39, 25-36. doi:10.1016/j.tele.2018.12.005
  57. Kaur, Wandeep; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Rana, Omer; Sinniah, Ajantha (2019). Liking, sharing, commenting and reacting on Facebook: User behaviors' impact on sentiment intensity, TELEMATICS AND INFORMATICS. 39, 25-36. doi:10.1016/j.tele.2018.12.005
  58. Normadhi, N. B. A., Shuib, L., Nasir, H. N. M., Bimba, A., Idris, N., Balakrishnan, V. (2019). Identification of personal traits in adaptive learning environment: Systematic literature review. Computers Education, 130, 168-190. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2018.11.005
  59. Rajagopal, P., Ravana, S. D., Koh, Y. S., Balakrishnan, V. (2019). Evaluating the effectiveness of information retrieval systems using effort-based relevance judgment. Aslib Journal of Information Management, 71(1), 2-17. doi:10.1108/ajim-04-2018-0086
  60. Balakrishnan, V. (2018). Actions, emotional reactions and cyberbullying From the lens of bullies, victims, bully-victims and bystanders among Malaysian young adults. Telematics and Informatics, 35(5), 1190-1200. doi:10.1016/j.tele.2018.02.002
  61. Balakrishnan, V., Arabi, H. (2018). HyPeRM: A HYBRID PERSONALITY-AWARE RECOMMENDER FOR MOVIE. Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, 31(1), 48-62. doi:10.22452/mjcs.vol31no1.4
  62. Balakrishnan, V., Fernandez, T. (2018). Self-esteem, empathy and their impacts on cyberbullying among young adults. Telematics and Informatics, 35(7), 2028-2037. doi:10.1016/j.tele.2018.07.006
  63. Gan, C. L., Balakrishnan, V. (2018). Mobile Technology in the Classroom: What Drives Student-Lecturer Interactions? International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 34(7), 666-679. doi:10.1080/10447318.2017.1380970
  64. Humaidi, Norshima; Balakrishnan, Vimala (2018). Indirect effect of management support on users' compliance behaviour towards information security policies, HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT JOURNAL. 47(1), 17-27. doi:10.1177/1833358317700255
  65. Kaur, W., Balakrishnan, V. (2018). Improving sentiment scoring mechanism: a case study on airline services. Industrial Management Data Systems, 118(8), 1578-1596. doi:10.1108/imds-07-2017-0300
  66. Balakrishnan, V. (2017). Book2U and students learning styles: the effect of learning styles on intention to use a social media-enabled tool. Universal Access in the Information Society, 16(2), 325-335.
  67. Balakrishnan, V. (2017). Unraveling the underlying factors SCuPT-ing cyberbullying behaviours among Malaysian young adults. Computers in Human Behavior, 75, 194-205. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.04.062
  68. Balakrishnan, Vimala (2017). Book2U and students' learning styles: the effect of learning styles on intention to use a social media-enabled tool, UNIVERSAL ACCESS IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY. 16(2), 325-335. doi:10.1007/s10209-016-0460-5
  69. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Teoh, Kung Keat; Pourshafie, Tahereh; Liew, Teik Kooi (2017). Social media and their use in learning: A comparative analysis between Australia and Malaysia from the learners' perspectives, AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY. 33(1), 81-97. doi:10.14742/ajet.2469
  70. Gan, C. L., Balakrishnan, V. (2017). Enhancing classroom interaction via IMMAP - An Interactive Mobile Messaging App. Telematics and Informatics, 34(1), 230-243. doi: 10.1016/j.tele.2016.05.007
  71. Gan, C. L., Balakrishnan, V. (2017). Predicting acceptance of mobile technology for aiding student-lecturer interactions: An empirical study. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 33(2), 143-158.
  72. Majd, E., Balakrishnan, V. (2017). A trust model for recommender agent systems. Soft Computing, 21(2), 417-433.
  73. Majd, E., Balakrishnan, V., Godazgar, V. (2017). Selecting the reliable supplier by using the advisor agents. Journal of Business Industrial Marketing, 32(2), 238-250.
  74. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Ahmadi, Kian; Ravana, Devi (2016). Improving retrieval relevance using users' explicit feedback, ASLIB JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT. 68(1), 76-98. doi:10.1108/AJIM-07-2015-0106
  75. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Gan, Chin Lay (2016). Mobile Technology and Interactive Lectures: The Key Adoption Factors, MOBILE LEARNING DESIGN: THEORIES AND APPLICATION. , 111-126. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-0027-0_7
  76. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Humaidi, Norshima; Lloyd-Yemoh, Ethel (2016). IMPROVING DOCUMENT RELEVANCY USING INTEGRATED LANGUAGE MODELING TECHNIQUES, MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. 29(1), 45-55
  77. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Lay, Gan Chin (2016). Students' learning styles and their effects on the use of social media technology for learning, TELEMATICS AND INFORMATICS. 33(3), 808-821. doi:10.1016/j.tele.2015.12.004
  78. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Mehmood, Yasir; Nagappan, Yoganathan (2016). Moving beyond text highlights: inferring users' interests to improve the relevance of retrieval, INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL. 21(4)
  79. Gan, Chin Lay; Balakrishnan, Vimala (2016). An Empirical Study of Factors Affecting Mobile Wireless Technology Adoption for Promoting Interactive Lectures in Higher Education, INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF RESEARCH IN OPEN AND DISTRIBUTED LEARNING. 17(1), 214-239
  80. Majd, Elham; Balakrishnan, Vimala (2016). A reputation-oriented trust model for multi-agent environments, INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS. 116(7), 1380-1396. doi:10.1108/IMDS-06-2015-0256
  81. Saadi, Younes; Yanto, Iwan Tri Riyadi; Herawan, Tutut; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Chiroma, Haruna; Risnumawan, Anhar (2016). Ringed Seal Search for Global Optimization via a Sensitive Search Model, PLOS ONE. 11(1). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144371
  82. Shamim, Azra; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Tahir, Muhammad; Qureshi, Muhammad Ahsan (2016). Age and domain specific usability analysis of opinion visualisation techniques, BEHAVIOUR & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 35(8), 680-689. doi:10.1080/0144929X.2016.1141235
  83. Balakrishnan, Vimala (2015). Cyberbullying among young adults in Malaysia: The roles of gender, age and Internet frequency, COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 46, 149-157. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.021
  84. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Liew, Teik Kooi; Pourgholaminejad, Shiva (2015). Fun learning with Edooware - A social media enabled tool, COMPUTERS & EDUCATION. 80, 39-47. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2014.08.008
  85. Humaidi, Norshima; Balakrishnan, Vimala (2015). THE MODERATING EFFECT OF WORKING EXPERIENCE ON HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY POLICIES COMPLIANCE BEHAVIOUR, MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. 28(2), 70-92
  86. Majd, Elham; Balakrishnan, Vimala (2015). Selecting advisor agents using reliability, reputation and risks, JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & FUZZY SYSTEMS. 29(5), 1835-1846. doi:10.3233/IFS-151662
  87. Ravana, Sri Devi; Rajagopal, Prabha; Balakrishnan, Vimala (2015). Ranking retrieval systems using pseudo relevance judgments, ASLIB JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT. 67(6), 700-714. doi:10.1108/AJIM-03-2015-0046
  88. Shamim, Azra; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Tahir, Muhammad (2015). Evaluation of opinion visualization techniques, INFORMATION VISUALIZATION. 14(4), 339-358. doi:10.1177/1473871614550537
  89. Balakrishnan, Vimala (2014). Using social networks to enhance teaching and learning experiences in higher learning institutions, INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION AND TEACHING INTERNATIONAL. 51(6), 595-606. doi:10.1080/14703297.2013.863735
  90. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Zhang, Xinyue (2014). Implicit user behaviours to improve post-retrieval document relevancy, COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 33, 104-112. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2014.01.001
  91. Gan, Chin Lay; Balakrishnan, Vimala (2014). Determinants of mobile wireless technology for promoting interactivity in lecture sessions: an empirical analysis, JOURNAL OF COMPUTING IN HIGHER EDUCATION. 26(2), 159-181. doi:10.1007/s12528-014-9082-1
  92. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Shakouri, Mohammad Reza; Hoodeh, Hooman (2013). Developing a hybrid predictive system for retinopathy, JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & FUZZY SYSTEMS. 25(1), 191-199. doi:10.3233/IFS-2012-0625
  93. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Shamim, Azra (2013). Malaysian Facebookers: Motives and addictive behaviours unraveled, COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 29(4), 1342-1349. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2013.01.010
  94. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Raj, Ram Gopal (2012). Exploring the relationship between urbanized Malaysian youth and their mobile phones: A quantitative approach, TELEMATICS AND INFORMATICS. 29(3), 263-272. doi:10.1016/j.tele.2011.11.001
  95. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Shakouri, Mohammad R.; Hoodeh, Hooman (2012). Integrating association rules and case-based reasoning to predict retinopathy, MAEJO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 6(3), 334-343
  96. Huang, Lim Bee; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Raj, Ram Gopal (2012). IMPROVING THE RELEVANCY OF DOCUMENT SEARCH USING THE MULTI-TERM ADJACENCY KEYWORD-ORDER MODEL, MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. 25(1), 1-10
  97. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Guan, Sim Foo; Raj, Ram Gopal (2011). A one-mode-for-all predictor for text messaging, MAEJO INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 5(2), 266-278
  98. Raj, Ram Gopal; Balakrishnan, Vimala (2011). A MODEL FOR DETERMINING THE DEGREE OF CONTRADICTIONS IN INFORMATION, MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. 24(3), 160-167
ESCI
  1. Ndenkeh, Jackson Jr Nforbewing; Aidoo-Frimpong, Gloria A.; Nelson, LaRon E.; Peng, Mary L.; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Barnhart, Victoria; Davis, Bernard; Prayer, James Donte; Quamina, Alvan; Ni, Zhao (2025). Formative evaluation of the acceptance of HIV prevention Artificial Intelligence chatbots by Black gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in the Southern United States: Focus group study, PLOS DIGITAL HEALTH. 4(6). doi:10.1371/journal.pdig.0000891
  2. Cheah, Min Hui; Gan, Yan Nee; Altice, Frederick L.; Wickersham, Jeffrey A.; Shrestha, Roman; Salleh, Nur Afiqah Mohd; Ng, Kee Seong; Azwa, Iskandar; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Kamarulzaman, Adeeba; Ni, Zhao (2024). Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of Using an Artificial Intelligence Chatbot to Promote HIV Testing and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Malaysia: Mixed Methods Study, JMIR HUMAN FACTORS. 11. doi:10.2196/52055
  3. Ni, Zhao; Peng, Mary L.; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Tee, Vincent; Azwa, Iskandar; Saifi, Rumana; Nelson, LaRon E.; Vlahov, David; Altice, Frederick L. (2024). Implementation of Chatbot Technology in Health Care: Protocol for a Bibliometric Analysis, JMIR RESEARCH PROTOCOLS. 13. doi:10.2196/54349
  4. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Hashim, Aainaa Nadia Mohammed; Lee, Voon Chung; Lee, Voon Hee; Lee, Ying Qiu (2023). Fatal structure fire classification from building fire data using machine learning, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT COMPUTING AND CYBERNETICS. . doi:10.1108/IJICC-07-2023-0167
  5. Arabi, Hossein; Balakrishnan, Vimala (2019). Personalized Hybrid Book Recommender, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN THE SERVICE SECTOR. 11(3), 70-97. doi:10.4018/IJISSS.2019070105
Scopus
  1. Ramakrishnan K., Balakrishnan V., Wong H.Y., Tay S.H., Soo K.L., Kiew W.K. (2023). Face Mask Wearing Classification Using Machine Learning , Engineering Proceedings. 41(1). doi:10.3390/engproc2023041013
Others
  1. Balakrishnan V, Nor AM, Zainal NZ & Shuib NLM. (2021) The Pandemic and Its Effect on Malaysian Women Emotional Distress, Stressors and Socio-Demographic. J Infect Dis Res, 4(S1): 16.
  2. Vimala Balakrishnan, Marian Cynthia Martin, Wandeep Kaur and Amir Javed (2019) A comparative analysis of detection mechanisms for emotion detection, Journal of Physics: Conference Series (International Conference Computer Science and Engineering), 1339 012016, 1 - 8
  3. Wong, V.K., Bong, S.T., Lee, C.M, Vimala Balakrishnan, Lok, P.Y. & Ng, J. J. (2019) Entity Clustering of User Reviews Using Topic Modelling and Similarity Scores, Malaysian Journal of Information and Communication Technology, 4, 137 - 147
  4. Norshima Humaidi, Vimala Balakrishnan, Melissa Shahrom (2018) Exploring User s Experience using E-Notification Management System, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(11), 1589 1602.
  5. Wandeep Kaur, Vimala Balakrishnan & Baljit Singh (2017) Social Media Sentiment Analysis of Thermal Engineering Students for Continuous Quality Improvement in Engineering Education, Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol SI 4 (1), 263-272,
  6. Vimala Balakrishnan & Ethel Llyod-Yemoh (2014)Stemming and lemmatization: A comparison of retrieval performances, Lecture Notes on Software Engineering, 2(3), 262 - 266
  7. Norshima Humaidi & Vimala Balakrishnan (2013) Management Support as a Predictor to Promote Information Security Behavior among Employees, International Journal of Information Technology & Computer Science ( IJITCS ) (ISSN No : 2091-1610 )Volume 7 : No : 2 : Issue on January / February, 2013
  8. Vimala Balakrishnan & Kian Ahmadi (2013) An Architecture to Enhance Post Retrieval Document Relevancy using Integrated Techniques, International Journal of Machine Learning and Computing, 3:2, pp. 233 - 236
  9. Vimala Balakrishnan & Loo Huck Soo (2013)Social Media in e-learning: An empirical analysis among students and academicians, GSTF Journal on Computing,2(4):145- 149
  10. Vimala Balakrishnan and Elham Majd (2013) A comparative analysis of trust models for multi-agent systems, Lecture Notes on Software Engineering, 1(2), 183 - 185
  11. Govindan, V., V. Balakrishnan and H.S. Loo, 2012. Using rule-based reasoning and object-oriented methodologies to diagnose diabetes. J. Soc. Sci., 8: 66-73.
  12. Balakrishnan, V., Paul, H.P. Yeow & H.S. Loo, (2011). An Empirical Analysis on Mobile Phone Messaging Satisfaction among Malaysian Youths Journal of Social Sciences, 7 (2): 241-250
  13. Balakrishnan, Vimala & Paul H.P. Yeow. Determining the predictors and a cross-gender analysis for messaging satisfaction. HUMAN IT 11.1 (2010): 29 54.
  14. Balakrishnan, Vimala. 2009. A look into SMS Usage Patterns among Malaysian Youths, Human IT, 10(2),55-80.
  15. Vimala Balakrishnan, Hossein Arabi, Lau Siong Hoe & Teoh Kung Keat (2009). A Secure Remote User Authentication System Digital Certificates. Journal of Mobile Technology, Knowledge and Society, 1(1),
  16. Vimala Balakrishnan & Paul, H.P. Yeow. 2008. A Study of the Effect of Thumb Sizes on Mobile Phone Texting Satisfaction, Journal of Usability Studies, 3(3):118- 128
  17. Vimala Balakrishnan & Paul, H.P.Yeow. 2008. Hand Measurements and Gender Effect on Mobile Phone Messaging Satisfaction: A Study Based on Keypad Design Factors, International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction , 4(4):54-67
  18. Vimala Balakrishnan & Paul,H.P. Yeow. 2008. Hand anthropometry and SMS Satisfaction. Journal of Applied Sciences. 8(5):816 - 822
  19. Balakrishnan, V., & Paul, H.P.Yeow. (2007). Hand-size Variations and the Effect on Mobile Phone Texting Satisfaction, Ubiquitous Computing and Communication Journal, 2(5), 1 8
  20. Balakrishnan, V., & Paul, H.P.Yeow. (2007). Texting Satisfaction: Does age and gender make a difference? International Journal of Computer Science and Security, 1(1), 85 96.
  21. Balakrishnan, Vimala & Paul, H.P.Yeow. (2007). SMS Usage Satisfaction: Influences of Hand Anthropometry and Gender. Human IT, 9(2), 52 75
Chapter in Books
  1. Vimala Balakrishnan, Kee S. Ng, & Azmawaty Mohamad Nor (2021) Women s emotional health and support in a time of crisis, In D. G.J. Louis, Surinderpal Kaur, Cheong H. F., (Eds.), COVID-19 and Psychology in Malaysia Psychosocial Effects, Coping, and Resilience, pp. 54 - 70, Routledge, DOI: 10.4324/9781003178576-4
  2. Vimala Balakrishnan, Salimah Mokhtar & Gan Chin Lay (2019) Collaboration Made Easy with the Collaborators in Action Tool: A Case Study on the Probability and Statistics Course, In N.A. Hamzaid & F.A. Ghaffar (Ed.), Eyes on Learning, Hearts on Teaching (pp.8-13). Kuala Lumpur: Academic Enhancement and Leadership Centre (ADeC).
  3. Wandeep Kaur, Rayvendran Visvalingam, Vimala Balakrishnan (2017) SentI-Cal: Sentiment Intensity Calculator. In Tengku Adil Tengku Izhar & Muhammad Fazli Baharduin (Eds.) International Intellectual Exposition IIEX 2017 INVENTION, INNOVATION, DESIGN & RESEARCH (pp.62 - 68) Kuala Lumpur: Adinda Resources
  4. Vimala Balakrishnan & Gan Chin Lay (2016) Mobile Technology and Interactive Lectures: The Key Adoption Factors, Lecture Notes Educational Technology, In Churchill, D. et al. (Eds.) Mobile Learning Design: Theories and Application, Chapter 7, pp. 111-126
  5. Wandeep Kaur & Vimala Balakrishnan (2016) Bilingual Sentiment Detection Investigating Impact of Tweet Translation, In , Jolanta Mizera-Pietraszko, Yao-Liang Chung, Pit Pichappan (Eds.), Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, pp. 105 - 111
  6. Vimala Balakrishnan & Huck Soo-Loo (2015) Social Networks and E-learning: Identifying Key Factors, in Ravindran, A, & Bacon , L (Eds.)Innovations in Technology Enhanced Learning, pp.85 - 89
  7. Vimala Balakrishnan & Hamza Adamu Fanda (2013) Social Networks and E-learning: Perceptions of Students and Academicians in Tertiary Institutions in Malaysia, In. Hamada, M (Ed.), E-learning:New Technology, Applications and Future Trends, Chapter 10, pp. 195 - 207, Nova Publishers
  8. Vimala Balakrishnan & Wided Batat (2010). Text Messaging Culture Among Youths: Comparing Malaysian and French Youths. E-Book: Global Sustainable Development: A Challenge for Consumer Citizens. Available: http://www.educationforsustainabledevelopment.org/map.h tm.
Article in Proceeding
WoS
  1. Rarnakrishnan, Kalaimagal; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Govaichelvan, Kumanan (2022). Linguistic Feature-based Classification for Anger and Anticipation using Machine Learning, DELTA: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEEP LEARNING THEORY AND APPLICATIONS. , 140-147. doi:10.5220/0011289300003277
  2. Kaur, Wandeep; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Singh, Baljit (2020). Improving Teaching and Learning Experience in Engineering Education using Sentiment Analysis Techniques., 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 2019 (ICAME 2019). 834. doi:10.1088/1757-899X/834/1/012026
  3. Abo, Mohamed Elhag M.; Shah, Nordiana Ahmad Kharman; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Kamal, Mohamed; Abdelaziz, Ahmed; Haruna, Khalid (2019). SSA-SDA: Subjectivity and Sentiment Analysis of Sudanese Dialect Arabic, 2019 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES (ICCIS). , 206-210. doi:10.1109/iccisci.2019.8716466
  4. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Kaur, Wandeep (2019). String-based Multinomial Naive Bayes for Emotion Detection among Facebook Diabetes Community, KNOWLEDGE-BASED AND INTELLIGENT INFORMATION & ENGINEERING SYSTEMS (KES 2019). 159, 30-37. doi:10.1016/j.procs.2019.09.157
  5. Balakrishnan, Vimala; Majd, Elham (2016). Managing Communication Risks in A Multi-agent Environment, 2016 SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INNOVATIVE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY (INTECH). , 343-348
  6. Kaur, Wandeep; Balakrishnan, Vimala (2016). Bilingual Sentiment Detection - Investigating Impact of Tweet Translation, ADVANCES IN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES. 282, 105-111. doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-637-8-105
  7. Arabi, Hossein; Balakrishnan, Vimala (2014). Social Tagging in Recommender Systems, 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (ICCST).
  8. Balakrishnan, Vimala (2014). Learning Can Be Fun - Exploring the Intention to Use Social Media among University Students, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (INTCESS14), VOLS I AND II. , 876-883
  9. Shamim, Azra; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Tahir, Muhammad (2013). Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis Systems: A Comparison of Design Considerations, ENTREPRENEURSHIP VISION 2020: INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABILITY, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, VOLS 1 AND 2. , 1-+
  10. Shamim, Azra; Balakrishnan, Vimala; Tahir, Muhammad (2013). The Evaluation of Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis Systems using Evaluation Metrics, ENTREPRENEURSHIP VISION 2020: INNOVATION, DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABILITY, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH, VOLS 1 AND 2. , 8-+
Scopus
  1. Tan Z.Y., Balakrishnan V. (2026). A Comparative Study of Acoustic and Textual Features Using GPT Embeddings in Detecting Audio Deepfakes, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems. 1570 LNNS, 1-7. doi:10.1007/978-3-032-00329-4_1
  2. Pan Z., Xia Y., Balakrishnan V., Zainal Abidin M.Z., Abdul Rahman S.S. (2025). DERM: Dynamic Evidence Reliability Modeling for Multimodal Rumor Detection, Proceedings of the 7th ACM International Conference on Multimedia in Asia Mmasia 2025. . doi:10.1145/3743093.3771053
  3. Kaur W., Balakrishnan V., Singh B., Remeli M.F. (2023). Student perception on online learning in engineering education during covid 19 for UiTM Shah Alam FKM students, AIP Conference Proceedings. 2571. doi:10.1063/5.0142266
  4. Ramakrishnan K., Balakrishnan V., Chong S.M. (2023). COVID-19 Fake News Detection in Malaysia A Supervised Approach, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. , 165-170. doi:10.1145/3587828.3587853
  5. Ramakrishnan K., Balakrishnan V., Han G.J., Seong N.K. (2023). Long COVID Emotion Analyzer: Using Machine Learning Approach, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering. 983 LNEE, 529-541. doi:10.1007/978-981-19-8406-8_42
  6. Rustamov Z., Rustamov J., Sultana M.S., Ywei J., Balakrishnan V., Zaki N. (2023). Cardiovascular Disease Prediction using Ensemble Learning Techniques: A Stacking Approach, 2023 19th IEEE International Colloquium on Signal Processing and Its Applications, CSPA 2023 - Conference Proceedings. , 93-98. doi:10.1109/CSPA57446.2023.10087730
  7. Ramakrishnan K., Balakrishnan V. (2022). Health Misinformation in the Covid-19 Era - Detecting Misinformation on Bi-lingual Corpora using Lexical Features, International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering, ICECCME 2022. . doi:10.1109/ICECCME55909.2022.9988481
  8. Ramakrishnan K., Balakrishnan V. (2022). SentiMage: A Sentiment-Image-based COVID-19 Health Misinformation Detection using Machine Learning, International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering, ICECCME 2022. . doi:10.1109/ICECCME55909.2022.9987818
  9. Ramakrishnan K., Balakrishnan V., Kee Seong N., Mohd Shuib N. (2021). Coronavirus Stress: Stressors and Socio-demographic Correlates among Malaysian Women in the Midst of Lockdown, Proceedings - 2nd International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering: The Effects of the Digital World After Pandemic (EDWAP), IC2SE 2021. . doi:10.1109/IC2SE52832.2021.9792049
  10. Ramakrishnan K., Balakrishnan V., Ng K.S. (2021). Using Artificial Intelligence for Diabetes Distress Detection among the Facebook Community, Proceedings - 2nd International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering: The Effects of the Digital World After Pandemic (EDWAP), IC2SE 2021. . doi:10.1109/IC2SE52832.2021.9791927
Others
  1. Vimala Balakrishnan and Meeshalini Jegathesan (2020) Socio-demographic Impact on Digital Payment Adoption among Malaysian Users, Proceeding of ICITS 2020 6th International Conference on Information Technology & Society, Selangor, MALAYSIA (pp. 1 - 6)
  2. Vimala Balakrishnan& Meeshalini Jeganathan (2020) : Socio-demographic Impact on Digital Payment Adoption among Malaysian Users, 6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY 2020 (ICITS 2020).
  3. Vimala Balakrishnan, Pravin Kumar Selvanayagam & Lok Pik Yin (2020) Sentiment and Emotion Analyses for Malaysian Mobile Digital Payment Applications, In Proceedings of the 2020 the 4th International Conference on Compute and Data Analysis 2020 (ICCDA 2020), Silicon Valley, USA (March),
  4. Vimala Balakrishnan & Wandeep Kaur (2019) String-based Multinomial Naive Bayes for Emotion Detection among Facebook Diabetes Community, Procedia Computer Science 15, 30 37
  5. Vimala Balakrishnan, Marian Cynthia Martin, Wandeep Kaur and Amir Javed (2019) A comparative analysis of detection mechanisms for emotion detection, Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering: Industrial Revolution 4.0 Opportunities and Challenges, pp. 23, April 26 - 27, Padang, Indonesia
  6. Khan, S., Balakrishnan, V. & Ng, K. Y. (2018) Multiple feature enhanced cyberbullying detection model, In Balakrishnan et al. (Eds) Proceedings of the Data Science Research Symposium: Data Analytics and its Applications, pp. 17 - 18, Malaysia
  7. Mohamed Elhag M. Abo, Nordiana Ahmed and Vimala Balakrishnan (2018), Arabic Sentiment Analysis: An Overview of the ML Algorithms, In Balakrishnan et al. (Eds) Proceedings of the Data Science Research Symposium: Data Analytics and its Applications, pp. 63-64, Malaysia
  8. Mohammed Kaity and Vimala Balakrishnan (2018) Building Multilingual Sentiment Lexicons Based on Unlabelled Corpus, In Balakrishnan et al. (Eds) Proceedings of Data Science Research Symposium 2018: Data Science and its Applications, pp. 10 - 12
  9. Wandeep Kaur & Vimala Balakrishnan (2018) Mapping Sentiment Analysis Research Evolution, Proceedings of Researchfora 18th International Conference on Science, Engineering and Technology, pp. 48 - 53
  10. Wandeep Kaur, Amer Javed, Vimala Balakrishnan, Pete Burnap, Hajar Abdul Rahim (2018) Mapping Human Emotions using Keyword Based Emotion Filter and String Vectors, In Balakrishnan et al. (Eds) Proceedings of the Data Science Research Symposium: Data Analytics and its Applications, pp. 22-23, Malaysia
  11. Mohammed Kaity and Vimala Balakrishnan (2017) A Multi-Layered Framework for Building Multilingual Sentiment Lexicons, In Chiew et al. (Eds) PGRES 2017, FCSIT, pp 29-34
  12. Vimala Balakrishnan & Elham Majd (2016) Managing Communication Risks in A Multi-agent Environment, 6th International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology (INTECH 2016), pp. 219-224
  13. Wandeep Kaur & Vimala Balakrishnan (2016) Bilingual Sentiment Detection Investigating Impact of Tweet Translation, Advances in Digital Technologies J. Mizera-Pietraszko et al. (Eds.), pp. 105 - 111
  14. Wandeep Kaur & Vimala Balakrishnan (2016) Sentiment Analysis Technique: A Look into Support Vector Machine and Na ve Bayes, In Proceedings of 2016 International Conference on IT, Mechanical & Communication Engineering (ICIMCE 2016), pp. 82 - 87
  15. Elham Majd & Vimala Balakrishnan (2015) Evaluating Reputation of Agents in E-commerce Multi-Agent Environments, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Science & Computational Mathematics (ICCSCM 2015), pp. 16 - 22
  16. Vimala Balakrishnan & Gan Chin Lay (2015) Mobile Technology and Interactive Lectures: The Key Adoption Factors, In Churchill, D., Chiu, T.K.F. & Gu, N. (Eds.) Proceedings of the International Mobile Learning Festival 2015: Mobile Learning , MOOCs and 21st Century Learning, pp. 94 - 114
  17. Azra Shamim, Bushra Fayyaz, and Vimala Balakrishnan (2014), Layered Defense in Depth Model for IT Organizations, 2nd International Conference on Innovations in Engineering and Technology, pp. 25 - 28
  18. Azra Shamim, Vimala Balakrishnan, Madiha Kazmi, and Zunaira Sattar (2014), Intelligent Data Mining in Autonomous Heterogeneous Distributed and Dynamic Data Sources, 2nd International Conference on Innovations in Engineering and Technology, pp. 29 - 32
  19. Azra Shamim, Vimala Balakrishnan, and Muhammad Tahir (2014) Evaluation of Radial and Hierarchical Opinion Visualization Techniques, in Baby, S. & Sandhu, P. S. (Eds.)IIE International Conference Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology (ICAET'2014),pp. 442 - 446
  20. Elham Majd, Vimala Balakrishnan, Sousan Gharib, Katayoon Pourmahdi, Leili Shakeri, Masoumeh Feyz Abadi, (2014) Calculating the Reliability and Reputation of Agents in E-Commerce Multi-Agent Environments, Applied Mechanics and Materials,(3rd International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering and Process, ICMEP 2014)
  21. Teoh, K. K., Pourshafie, T. & Balakrishnan, V. (2014), A gender lens perspective of the use of social network in higher education in Malaysia and Australia,SocialCom 14, http://dx.doi.org/10/1145/2639968.2640070
  22. Vimala Balakrishnan & Ethel Llyod-Yemoh (2014)Stemming and lemmatization: A comparison of retrieval performances, Lecture Notes on Software Engineering, 2(3), 262 - 266
  23. Vimala Balakrishnan & Zhang Xinyue (2014), Using Text Highlight and Page Reviews to Improve Search Engine Result Page, ATINER'S Paper Series, No: COM2014-0939, pp 5 - 12
  24. Vimala Balakrishnan (2014) Learning Can Be Fun Exploring the Intention to Use Social Media among University Students, Proceedings of INTCESS14- International Conference on Education and Social Sciences, pp. 157 - 164
  25. Azra Shamim,Vimala Balakrishnan & Muhammad Tahir (2013) Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis Systems: A Comparison of Design Considerations, Entrepreneurship Vision 2020: Innovation, Development Sustainability, and Economic Growth, March 22, Malaysia
  26. Elham Majd & Vimala Balakrishnan (2013) Analysis of Trust Models to Improve e-Commerce Multi-agent Systems, Proceedings of the International Conference on Data Engineering 2013, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 285, pp. 615 - 622
  27. Norshima Humaidi and Vimala Balakrishnan (2013) Management Support as a Predictor to Support Information Security Behaviour among Employees,International Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science, pp. 45-50
  28. Vimala Balakrishnan & Gan Chin Lay (2013) An Exploratory Study of Lecturers Perceptions on the Use of Mobile Wireless Technology to Improve Lecture Interactivity, Joint International Conference on Engineering Education and Research and International Conference Information Technology, pp. 415 - 422
  29. Vimala Balakrishnan & Kian Ahmadi (2013), An Architecture to Enhance Post Retrieval Document Relevancy using Integrated Techniques, International Conference on Knowledge Discovery, pp. 233 - 236
  30. Vimala Balakrishnan and Elham Majd (2013) A comparative analysis of trust models for multi-agent systems, 2nd International Conference on Software and Information Engineering, pp. 183 - 185
  31. Anwar,F., Shamim,A.,Sulaiman, S., & Balakrishnan, V. (2012)An Exploratory Study on Technical and Functional Sophistication of Health Information Technology in Twin Cities of Pakistan, International Conference on Computer and Information Science 2012, Kuala lumpur, pp.170-175
  32. Balakrishnan, V, & Loo, H.S. (2012) Social Networks and E-learning: Key Determinants Identification (Proceeding Paper), 2nd Annual International Conference on Education and E- learning, pp.15 - 19
  33. Norfadzila, S.W.A., Balakrishnan, V., A. Abrizah (2012), The Conceptualization of Integrated Consumer Health Informatics Utilization Framework, International Conference on Information and Knowledge Technology, vol 23, pp 106 - 110
  34. Norshima Humaidi & Vimala Balakrishnan (2012). The Influence of Security Awareness and Security Technology on Users Behavior towards the Implementation of Health Information System: A Conceptual Framework, 2nd International Conference on Management and Artificial Intelligence IPEDR Vol.35, pp. 1-6
  35. Vimala Balakrishnan, Mohammad R. Shakouri, Hooman Hoodeh and Loo, Huck-Soo, Predictions Using Data Mining and Case-based Reasoning: A Case Study for Retinopathy, International Journal of Computer, Information Science and Engineering 63, 573-576
  36. Vimala Balakrishnan & Vithyatheri Govindan (2011). An intelligent diagnostic system for diabetes using rule based reasoning and object-oriented methodology, Proceedings of the IADIS European Conference Data Mining 2011, pp. 137 141, July 24-26, Rome, Italy
  37. Lau Siong Hoe, Teoh Kung Keat & Vimala Balakrishnan, (2009). An Empirical Study of Learning Object Users Behavior Changes in Belief and Attitude. In Proceedings of IBIMA 2009: Creating Global Economies through Innovation and Knowledge Management: Theory & Practice (pp. 443 446), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  38. Teoh Kung Keat, Lau Siong Hoe, Loo Chu Kiong & Vimala Balakrishnan (2009). An Emotion Infused Multi-Modal Approach to Development of Social Agent. In Proceedings of IBIMA 2009: Creating Global Economies through Innovation and Knowledge Management: Theory & Practice (pp. 572 576), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  39. Vimala Balakrishnan & Paul, H.P. Yeow (2009). Text Entry Factors and Texting Satisfaction: An Analysis among Malaysian Users. In Proceedings of IBIMA 2009: Innovation and knowledge Management in Twin Track Economies: Challenges & Solutions (pp.12 20), Cairo, Egypt
  40. Vimala Balakrishnan, Sim Foo Guan, Lau Siong Hoe & Teoh Kung Keat (2009). Enhancements to Mobile Messaging: Abbreviator and Auto-Learner. In Proceedings of IBIMA 2009: Creating Global Economies through Innovation and Knowledge Management: Theory & Practice (pp. 821 825), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  41. Paul, H.P.Yeow & Balakrishnan, V. (2007). Health Effects on Malaysian Youths due to Mobile Messaging. Proceedings of the International Conference on Ergonomics, 28 30, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  42. Balakrishnan, V., Yeow, P.H.P. & Ngo, D.C.L. (2005). An Investigation on the Ergonomics Problem of using Mobile Phones to SMS. In: Bust, P.D., & McCabe, P.T. (eds.), Contemporary Ergonomics, UK: Taylor & Francis, 195-199.
Other Publications
  1. Shijie Zeng, Vimala Balakrishnan, Sharmin Jahan, Yukun Wen & Thayananth Kumaresan (2024), Diagnostic Model Comparison Analysis based on Pyroptosis Related Genes in Breast Cancer, Abstract Book, International Creative Innovation Idea Competition (ICIIC) 2024, MNNF Network, Malaysia, pp. 206 - Extended Abstract
  2. Vimala Balakrishnan, Tiong Chiong Kian & Thayananth Kumaresan (2024) MyTBCompanion - Tuberculosis Care and Management through a Bi-lingual Asynchronous Video Observed Therapy mHealth, Abstract Book, International Creative Innovation Idea Competition (ICIIC) 2024, pp. 206 - Extended Abstract
  3. Kumaresan, T., Balakrishnan, V., Tiong, C.K., Ng J.S. & Ng, K.S., (2023) HELLO+@UM - Breaking Down Barriers to Tuberculosis Care in Malaysia through A Video Observed Therapy System, International Invention and and Innovation Competition Series, Empowering Innovation Post-Pandemic, Page 13, MNNF Publisher - Extended Abstract
  4. Thayananth Kumaresan, Vimala Balakrishnan, Tiong Chiong Kian & Nicholas Ng Jian Shen (2023) Hello+@UM - An Integrated Video Observed Therapy App, International Virtual Competition of Creative & PROGRAMME & ABSTRACT BOOK Innovative Idea (IVCCII), pg. 22 - Extended Abstract
  5. Kumanan, N. G., Vimala Balakrishnan & Kee. S. Ng (2020) COVID-19 Lockdown and the Sentiment of Malaysians, In Varathan et al. (Eds.), E-Proceedings of Seminar on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management 2020 (SIRKM 20), (pp. 36 - 38) - Extended Abstract
  6. Zhen Lek Lee & Vimala BalakrishnanIn (2020 Cyber racism detection model: A case study on Twitter Communication during COVID-19 Pandemic, In Varathan et al. (Eds.), E-Proceedings of Seminar on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management 2020 (SIRKM 20), (pp. 39 - 40) - Extended Abstract
  7. Mohammed Kaity & Vimala Balakrishnan (2018) Building Multilingual Sentiment Lexicons on Unlabelled Corpus, in Balakrishnan, V., Kaur, W., Ismail, M.A. & Haruna, K. (Eds) Proceedings of the Data Science Research Symposium: Data Analytics and its Applications, pp. 10 - 11. - Extended Abstract
  8. Saed Rezayi, Vimala Balakrishnan, Samira Arabnia, Hamid R. Arabnia (2018) Fake News and Cyberbullying in the Modern Era, In H. R. Arabnia, L. Deligiannidis, F. G. Tinetti, & Quoc-Nam Tran (Eds.) Book of Abstracts: 5th International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, Pg. 11, American Council on Science & Education: Nevada, US - Extended Abstract
  9. Vimala Balakrishnan (2018) PHyBR: Personalized Hybrid Book Recommender, In Hashim, R. S. and Muhammad Fauzi (Eds.), Malaysia Research University Network (MRUN) Bulletin, page. 37 - Technical Report
  10. Vimala Balakrishnan (2017) Collaborative Learning via CiA-Collaborators in Action, Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement Research, Book of Abstract, p.42 - Extended Abstract

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2023 - 2026, Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS)
    A Holistic Cyber Scam Susceptibility Model Based On Psychological Individual Differences ( Principal Investigator(PI))
Private
  1. 2022 - 2023, Private Funding - Manage by UMCARES
    Hello+@UM ( Co-Researcher)
International
  1. 2023 - 2024, International Funding
    Revolutionizing Tuberculosis Care Among Low-income Patients In Southeast Asia Through A Multi-lingual Asynchronous Video Observed Therapy Integrated Mhealth Application ( Principal Investigator(PI))
University
  1. 2025 - 2026, University Grant
    An exploratory study on the impact of artificial intelligence and online technology on online safety and behavior. ( Co-Researcher)

PAPER PRESENTED

PLENARY SPEAKER
  1. An Interplay between Machine Learning and Social Good: Leveraging ML to Amplify Social Impact, Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering 2019, NMAM Institute, Nitte (International) (23 May 2019 - 24 May 2019)
INVITED SPEAKER
  1. Writing Research Proposal - Methodology, Training for High ImpactResearch, Innovation, Vision & Excellence - THRIVE, Universiti Malaya (University) (09 Sep 2025 - 10 Sep 2025)
  2. Communicating Science to the Public: Best Practices from Malaysia, Communicating Science to the Public: Best Practices from the Developing Countries, Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (National) (25 May 2023 - 25 May 2023)
  3. Artificial Intelligence for Text Analytics - Inferring Sentiment and Emotion Analyses, Leveraging AI in Applied Linguistics: Exploring Trends & Embracing Opportunities, Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics & TELUS International Finland (International) (28 Nov 2022 - 28 Nov 2022)
  4. Our New Digital Guard for Cyberbullying, Gathering of the Great Minds (GOTGM) 2022, University of Malaya Medical Society (National) (17 Apr 2022 - 31 May 2022)
  5. Users Psychological Features and Their Impacts on Cyberbullying Detection, Research Seminar, Georgia Tech, Atlanta (International) (05 Oct 2018 - 05 Oct 2018)
  6. Cyberbullying Detection Mechanisms using Users Psychological Features, Guest Lecture on Cyberbullying Detection Mechanisms, University of Georgia (International) (20 Sep 2018 - 20 Sep 2018)
ORAL PRESENTER
  1. A Comparative Study of Acoustic and Textual Features Using GPT Embeddings in Detecting Audio Deepfakes, The International Conference on Business and Technology (ICBTEdinburgh 2025), EuroMid Academy of Business and Technology (International) (12 Apr 2025 - 13 Apr 2025)
  2. Predicting Tuberculosis Treatment Outcome using Machine Learning, International Conference on Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, IITER (International) (20 Mar 2024 - 22 Mar 2024)
  3. Sentiments of online anti-vaccination endorsements: A case study of Amazon Japan, 16th ITS Asia-Pacific Conference, ITS (International) (26 Nov 2023 - 28 Nov 2023)
  4. Face mask-wearing classification using machine learning, EEPES 2023, EEPES.EU (International) (21 Jun 2023 - 23 Jun 2023)
  5. Linguistic Feature-based Classification for Anger and Anticipation using Machine Learning, 3rd International Conference on Deep Learning Theory and Applications (DeLTA 2022), Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (International) (12 Jul 2022 - 14 Jul 2022)
  6. Improving Trusts in Multi-agent Environments via the TripleR Model, International Journal of Arts and Social Sciences (International) (20 Oct 2015 - 22 Oct 2015)
POSTER PRESENTER
  1. Hello@UM, Collaboration with Higher Education Strategic Initiatives, Petronas Malaysia (National) (03 Jun 2023 - 03 Jun 2023)
PRESENTER
  1. 18th World Seminar on COVID-19 and Vaccination, 18th World Seminar on COVID-19 and Vaccination (18 May 2021)
  2. ICITS 2020 6th International Conference on Information Technology & Society, ICITS 2020 6th International Conference on Information Technology & Society, (11 Nov 2020)
  3. Socio-demographic Impact on Digital Payment Adoption among Malaysian Users, 6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY 2020 (ICITS 2020). (11 Nov 2020)
  4. Sentiment and Emotion Analyses for Malaysian Mobile Digital Payment Applications, 4th International Conference on Compute and Data Analysis 2020 (ICCDA 2020) (09 Mar 2020)
  5. String-based Multinomial Na ve Bayes for Emotion Detection among Facebook Diabetes Community, 23rd International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems, (05 Sep 2019)
  6. String-based Multinomial Naive Bayes for Emotion Detection among Facebook Diabetes Community, 23rd International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, KES 2019 (International) (04 Sep 2019 - 06 Sep 2019)
  7. Entity Clustering of User Reviews Using Topic Modeling and Similarity Scores, 5th International Conference on IT and Society 2019, KUIS (International) (20 Aug 2019 - 20 Aug 2019)
  8. Investigating the Impact of User Reactions For Emotion Detection among Facebook Diabetes Community, 5th International Conference on IT and Society 2019, KUIS (International) (20 Aug 2019 - 20 Aug 2019)
  9. A comparative analysis of detection mechanisms for emotion detection, Proceedings of International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering: Industrial Revolution 4.0 Opport, International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering 2019 (26 Apr 2019)
  10. Users Personality in Cyberbullying Detection, PyData Atlanta Meetup, PyData Atlanta (International) (12 Sep 2018 - 12 Sep 2018)
  11. Multiple feature enhanced cyberbullying detection model, Proceedings of the Data Science Research Symposium: Data Analytics and its Applications (12 Jul 2018)
  12. Mapping Sentiment Analysis Research Evolution, 18th International Conference on Science, Engineering and Technology (28 Apr 2018)
  13. Collaborative Learning via CiA - Collaborators in Action, Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement Research Conference 2017, ADEC (National) (15 Mar 2017 - 16 Mar 2017)
  14. Improving Trusts in Multi-agent Environments via the TripleR Model, International Journal of Arts and Social Sciences (International) (20 Oct 2015 - 22 Oct 2015)
  15. Mobile Technology and Interactive Lectures: The Key Adoption Factors, International Mobile Learning Festival 2015 (International) (21 May 2015 - 23 May 2015)
  16. Evaluating Reputation of Agents in E-commerce Multi- Agent Environments, The 4th International Conference on Computer Science & Computational Mathematics (International) (07 May 2015 - 08 May 2015)
  17. Learning via a Social Media Enabled Tool Do Learning Styles Make a Difference?, International Conference on Distance Learning and Education (International) (08 Oct 2014 - 10 Oct 2014)
  18. Using Text Highlights and Page Reviews to Improve Search Engine Results Page, 10th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (International) (09 May 2014)
  19. Stemming and lemmatization: A comparison of retrieval performances, 6th International Conference on Computer Engineering and Technology (ICCET 2014) (10 Apr 2014 - 11 Apr 2014)
  20. Calculating the Reliability and Reputation of Agents in E-Commerce Multi-Agent Environments, 3rd International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering and Process (ICMEP) (10 Apr 2014 - 11 Apr 2014)
  21. Learning Can Be Fun Exploring the Intention to Use Social Media among University Students,, International Conference on Education and Social Sciences 2014 (03 Feb 2014)
  22. An Exploratory Study of Lecturers Perceptions on the Use of Mobile Wireless Technology to Improve Lecture Interactivity, ICEE/ICIT Joint 2013 Conference (International) (08 Dec 2013 - 12 Dec 2013)
  23. An Architecture to Enhance Post Retrieval Document Relevancy Using Integrated Techniques, International Conference on Knowledge Discovery 2013 (18 May 2013 - 20 May 2013)
  24. A Comparative Analysis of Trust Models for Multi-agent Systems, 2013 2nd International Conference on Software and Information Engineering (ICSIE 2013) (International) (05 May 2013 - 06 May 2013)
  25. A Framework to Promote Interactivity using Mobile Wireless Technology in Universities Lecture Environment, International Journal of Arts and Social Sciences Conference (18 Mar 2013 - 22 Mar 2013)
  26. Social Networks and E-learning: Key Determinants Identification, 2nd Annual International Conference on Education and E-learning (International) (16 Sep 2012)
  27. The Influence of Security Awareness and Security Technology on Users Behavior towards the Implementation of Health Information System: A Conceptual Framework, International Conference on Management and Artificial Intelligence (International) (01 Apr 2012)
  28. Predictions Using Data Mining and Case-based Reasoning: A Case Study for Retinopathy, International Conference on Information Technology (International) (28 Mar 2012)
  29. An intelligent diagnostic system for diabetes using rule based reasoning and object-oriented methodology, IADIS European Conference on Data Mining (01 Aug 2011)
  30. Enhancements to Mobile Messaging: Abbreviator and Auto-Learner, 12th IBIMA Conference, IBIMA (International) (02 Jun 2009 - 05 Jun 2009)
  31. A Secure Remote User Authentication System Digital Certificates, 12th IBIMA Conference (01 Apr 2009)
  32. Text Entry Factors and Texting Satisfaction: An Analysis among Malaysian Users, 11th IBIMA Conference (International) (02 Jan 2009 - 04 Jan 2009)
  33. An Investigation on the Ergonomics Problem of using Mobile Phones to SMS., Contemporary Ergonomics, Ergonomics (International) (01 Apr 2005 - 06 Apr 2005)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
  1. AI in Education & Society: Teaching the machine, transforming human, International Conference on Intellectual Advancement 2025, Islamic University of Maldives (International) (20 Sep 2025 - 23 Sep 2025)
OTHERS
  1. The Use of Theory and Research Method in Information System Research Seminar 2014, The Use of Theory and Research Method in Information System Research Seminar 2014 (28 Oct 2014 - 29 Oct 2014)
  2. Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis Systems: A Comparison of Design Considerations,, 20th IBIMA Conference (01 Mar 2013)
  3. The Evaluation of Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis Systems using Evaluation Metrics, 20th IBIMA Conference (01 Mar 2013)
  4. An Exploratory Study on Technical and Functional Sophistications of Health Information Technology in Twin Cities of Pakistan, 2012 International Conference on Computer & Information Science (ICCIS) (01 Oct 2012)
  5. The Conceptualization of Integrated Consumer Health Informatics Utilization Framework, International Conference on Information and Knowledge Technology 2012, WASET Engineering (International) (13 Mar 2012 - 13 Mar 2012)
  6. An Emotion Infused Multi-Modal Approach to Development of Social Agent, 12th IBIMA Conference (01 Apr 2009)
  7. An Empirical Study of Learning Object Users Behavior Changes in Belief and Attitude, 12th IBIMA Conference (01 Apr 2009)
  8. Health Effects on Malaysian Youths due to Mobile Messaging, International Conference on Ergonomics (01 Apr 2007)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2026) Master in Digital Transformation, National, (External Assessor)
  2. (2026) External Assessor for Bachelor of it (data Analytics), National, (External Assessor)
  3. (2025) Application Reviewer for The 2025 Fulbright Specialist Program., International, (Reviewer)
  4. (2025) External Curriculum Assessor for Bachelor of Liberal Arts (computer Science), National, (External Assessor)
  5. (2025) Umreg Panel Reviewer, University, (Internal Assessor)
  6. (2025) Bachelor or Business and Knowledge Management, National, (External Assessor)
  7. (2024) Umreg Assessment 2024, University, (Internal Evaluator)
  8. (2023) Academic Promotion Assessor 2023, National, (External Assessor)
  9. (2023) Academic Promotion External Assessor, National, (External Assessor)
  10. (2023) Ted1 Application, University, (Reviewer)
  11. (2023) External Assessor for Bachelor in it and Data Analytics, National, (External Assessor)
  12. (2022) Trgs Panel Reviewer 2022, University, (Reviewer)
  13. (2022) External Assessor for Bachelor of Applied Data Science - Monash University, National, (External Assessor)
  14. (2022) External Assessor for Master of Data Science, National, (External Assessor)
  15. (2022) External Assessor for Bachelor of Business and Knowledge Management, National, (External Assessor)
  16. (2021) Moderation and Assessment for Mds Programme (help University), National, (External Examiner)
Contribution to external organisation
  1. (2026) Adjunct Professor (korea University, Korea), International, (Adjunct/Visiting Professors)
  2. (2021) Advisor for Bachelor in Digital Health, National, (Expert Advisor)
  3. (2021) The Star Interview - Study: Mental health of Malaysians during the pandemic must be addressed, The Star
  4. (2017) Expert Panel for Media Round Table Forum (CMCF), Communications and Multimedia Content Forum Malaysia
Contribution to event
  1. (2026) Universiti Malaya, University, (Course Facilitator)
  2. (2025) PhD Research and Supervision, International, (Course Facilitator)
  3. (2023) Communicating Science to The Public: Best Practices from Malaysia, International, (Panelist/Moderator)
  4. (2022) Expert Panel for "malaysia Disrupted: Inclusivity in The Digital Economy', National, (Panelist/Moderator)
  5. (2022) Trgs Coaching & Mock Presentation Session, University, (Panelist/Moderator)
Media appearance
  1. (2024) The Star Cyberbullying Interview, National, (Interview)
  2. (2024) Mytbcompanion Vodcast for UM Bulletin, University, (Interview)
  3. (2022) Gathering of The Great Minds (gotgm) 2022 (the Next Epoch: a Multidisciplinary Approach), University, (Interview)
  4. (2021) The Star Interview - Study: Mental Health of Malaysians During The Pandemic Must Be Addressed, National, (Interview)

PATENT/ IPR

  • Project Celik TB Educational Materials - Multi-lingual Infographics
    COPYRIGHT
  • Cyber scam resilience model based on individual differences mediated by self awareness
    COPYRIGHT
  • MyTBCompanion
    TRADEMARK
  • MyTBCompanion - Multi-lingual A-VOT enabled mobile app for Tuberculosis Care
    COPYRIGHT
  • Hello@UM - A Video Observed Therapy Digital Intervention for Tuberculosis Management in Malaysia
    COPYRIGHT
  • Collaborators in Actions
    COPYRIGHT
  • Interactive Mobile Messaging Application
    PATENT
  • Enhancing Classroom Interaction via an Interactive Mobile Messaging Application
    Patent
  • A method for selecting most trustworthy service/product provider among a plurality of service/product providers
    Patent
  • A method for computing reliability, unreliability and uncertainty of a service provider
    Patent
  • System for Critical Product Features Identification Using an Opinion Analyzer
    Patent

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITIES

  • Talk On "harnessing Ai in Social Good: from Cyberbullying to Digital Health, (03 Jul 2025 - 04 Jul 2025) (International)
  • The Star Featured Interview for Mytbcompanion (tuberculosis App), (21 Mar 2025 - 26 Mar 2025) (National)
  • Podcast Mytbcompanion: Revolutionising Tuberculosis Management With Video Observed Therapy (vot), (15 Nov 2024 - 15 Nov 2024) (National)
  • Featured Interview Article in UM Research Bulletin - Mytbcompanion, (25 Oct 2024 - 25 Oct 2024) (University)
  • Communicating Science to The Public: Best Practices from The Developing Countries, (25 May 2023 - 25 May 2023) (International)
  • Women in Academia Fireside Chat, (23 Apr 2022 - 23 Apr 2022) (International)
  • Interview On Cyberbullying Modelling, (16 Jun 2021 - 16 Jun 2021) (National)
  • Clarkston Refugee Center Visit 2018, (05 Sep 2018 - 05 Sep 2018)
  • Malaysia Hari Ini Tv3 Interview - Cyberbullying 2017, (15 Sep 2017 - 15 Sep 2017)
  • Cyberbullying Interview Nst 2017, (13 Sep 2017 - 13 Sep 2017)
  • Cyberbullying The Star September 2017, (13 Sep 2017 - 13 Sep 2017)
  • Cyberbullying Berita Harian 2017, (13 Sep 2017 - 13 Sep 2017)
  • Cyberbullying Interview The Star Newspaper, (19 May 2017 - 19 May 2017)
  • Cyberbullying Interview On Bfm 89.9, (13 Mar 2017 - 13 Mar 2017)
  • Her World Interview On Cyberbullying (january 2017 Edition), (01 Jan 2017 - 30 Jan 2017)
  • Guest Lecture At Soongsil University, (06 Apr 2016 - 06 Apr 2016)
  • Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Charity, (23 Nov 2015 - 23 Nov 2015)
  • Interview With The New York Magazine (online Edition)- Expert Opinion Sharing, (07 Sep 2012 - 07 Sep 2012)