Computer Science Research Away Day

On Friday 1st November 2013, Computer Science organised a research away day at KLTC. The aim of the day was to plan for the current MOSTI call and, more widely, to encourage more proposal submissions by Computer Science. The workshop benefited from colleagues from other Schools/Faculties who also joined the workshop in order to offer …

Post Graduate Research Poster Competition

This post was contributed by Rex Ng The annual Postgraduate Research (PGR) Showcase and Poster Competition was held successfully at the Great Hall, UNMC on the 1st of October 2013. This event was organised by the Faculty of Engineering (FoE) for PGR students of the FoE to showcase their research work and build networks as …

Excellence in Research and Commercialisation

Last week (10-11 Sep 2013) UNMC organised a AKEPT workshop entitled Excellence in Research and Commercialisation. It was aimed at senior managers (up to VC level) in (predminantly) public universities. We (I should say our Provost) proposed the workshop and what started as just an idea turned into quite a large event, which was attended …

Workshop: Azotic Technologies for Nitrogen Fixing Technology

Workshop: Azotic Technologies for Nitrogen Fixing Technology Time: 11.30 am – 1.00 pm Presenter: Dr David Dent Please email to Mr Theng Zheng Yew at zhengyew.theng@nottingham.edu.my to register for the workshopy. There are some other workshops also planned. See this document for more details (Workshops 12 Sept 2013). Header Image: Fordyce Joiner’s Workshop (downloaded from Google, 22 …

Workshop: Academic Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Workshop: Academic Innovation and Entrepreneurship Time: 1.30 pm – 4.30 pm Presenters: Dr Susan Huxtable and Gary Evans Please email to Mr Theng Zheng Yew at zhengyew.theng@nottingham.edu.my to register for workshop(s) and consultation with Dr Susan and Gary. There are some other workshops also planned. See this document for more details (Workshops 12 Sept 2013).     …

Workshop: Briefing on EU Grant – Horizon 2020

Workshop 1: Briefing on EU Grant – Horizon 2020 Time: 9.30 am – 11.00 am Presenter: David Crowley Please email to Mr Theng Zheng Yew at zhengyew.theng@nottingham.edu.my to register for this workshop. There are some other workshops also planned. See this document for more details (Workshops 12 Sept 2013).   Header Image: Fordyce Joiner’s Workshop (downloaded from …

Post-genomics and Bio-informatics workshop

This post was submitted by Dr Chin Chiew Foan What type of technology can bring biologists working on rubber trees, tomato, oil palm, bacteria, human, rice, elephant, vanilla orchids, virus, tobacco and Arabidopsis together? The answer is Bio-informatics. Last week on 4 and 5 July, there was a workshop on Post-genomics and Bio-informatics in UNMC …

Postgraduate Colloquium for Environmental Research 2013 (POCER 2013)

This post was submitted by Dr Denny Ng The last weekend saw the second installment of our very own Postgraduate Colloquium for Environmental Research (POCER), as it is affectionately known, held successfully at Awana Hotels & Resorts, Genting Highlands, Malaysia from 28th to 29th June. This colloquium was jointly organised by the Centre of Excellence …

Dr Glen Reynolds and South East Asia Rainforest Programme

Last week (20th June 2013) were we fortunate enough to have a visit from Dr Glen Reynolds, who is the Director & Senior Scientist of the South East Asia Rainforest Programme (SEARRP). Glen is based at the Danum Valley Field Centre and gave a presentation of the various projects that he, and his team, are …

Research Priorities Workshop – 2

As part of the process of reviewing the research priorities across the University (not just at UNMC), we are holding two workshops (they are the same format, but we are holding two to accommodate all the people that wanted to attend). The first was last week (24th April 2013). Ten people attended, with a number …